| 词条 | Stretch (band) |
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| name = Stretch | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = United Kingdom | years_active = 1974–79, 2007–present | genre = Blues rock, pop rock | label = Anchor, Repertoire| | associated_acts = Fleetwood Mac, Curved Air, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Status Quo | website = | current_members = Kirby Gregory Elmer Gantry Jim Scadding Justin Hildreth | past_members = Paul Martinez Craig Collinge John Wilkinson Jim Russell Hiroshi Kato Dave Evans John Cook Steve Emery Jeff Rich Nicko McBrain Chris Mercer }}{{listen | filename = Why Did You Do It?.ogg | title = "Why Did You Do It?" | description = "Why Did You Do It?", 1975 | pos = }}Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between Elmer Gantry (real name Dave Terry) and Kirby (real name Graham) Gregory. Gantry had been the frontman of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera. Kirby had been a member of Curved Air.[1] FormationThe band was put together in 1974 with help from Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis and drummer Mick Fleetwood, to perform as Fleetwood Mac on a US tour because the existing Fleetwood Mac were not in a position to fulfil outstanding contractual obligations. However, Fleetwood did not join the tour as planned, and later denied any knowledge or involvement, and partway through the tour it became obvious to audiences that there was no original member of Fleetwood Mac in the band, and the tour collapsed. Bass player Paul Martinez claimed, "Mick Fleetwood pulled out at the last minute claiming not to know who we were!"[2][3] Music careerStretch rose from the ashes of this debacle, and soon had a No. 16 hit single in November 1975 with "Why Did You Do It?",[4] the lyric of which was a direct attack on Mick Fleetwood for his failure to join the band on the ill-fated US tour.[5] In the official video for the record bass player Paul Martinez wore a traditional keffiyeh head-dress. Besides bass player Martinez, guitarist Kirby and Jim Russell on drums and tambourine, the single featured electric guitar by Hiroshi Kato and horns by Bud Beadle, Chris Mercer, Mick Eve, Mike Bailey and Ron Carthy.[6] The band followed the single up with the album Elastique, but during the recording of this album, Martinez was sacked.[5] Drummer Jim Russell left the band before the recording of the second album, You Can't Beat Your Brain for Entertainment, due to musical differences.[5] He was replaced by future Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich. Two more albums were made, but Gantry left before the last album, Forget the Past. Another blow came in 1979 when manager Davis decided to withdraw his financial input,[5] and the band eventually split up. In 1999 Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino used distorted vocal samples from the first line of the song "Why Did You Do It?", in order to produce his own track "Bla Bla Bla". The samples were deliberately used in a way that made the vocals make no sense.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Stretch reformed in 2007 to coincide with a "Greatest Hits" collection, and toured in support of the Jeff Healey Band.[7] In 2011 Stretch released the album Unfinished Business, an 11-track recording for Repertoire Records including original songs, covers and a new version of "Why Did You Do It?".[8] Cover versionsIn 2012, German producer Ferry Ultra recorded a version of "Why Did You Do It?" featuring Canadian vocalist Ashley Slater for the album Ferry Ultra and the Homeless Funkers.[9] Personnel
DiscographyAlbums
Singles
References1. ^MusicMight 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.paulmartinezmusic.com/ |title=Paul Martinez Homepage |accessdate=4 December 2011 |publisher=paulmartinezmusic.com}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/25/stretch-why-did-you-do-it|title=Old music: Stretch – Why Did You Do it?|first=Matt|last=Seaton|date=25 October 2011|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}} 4. ^1 {{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 536}} 5. ^1 2 3 The Story of Stretch 6. ^Elastique, Stretch, Anchor Records: ANCL 2014, 1975 - sleeve notes 7. ^How Stretch Bounced Back 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Stretch-Unfinished-Business/release/7515860|title=Stretch - Unfinished Business|website=Discogs|accessdate=14 September 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/peppermint-jam-records/ferry-ultra-feat-ashley-slater?in=peppermint-jam-records/sets/ferry-ultra-and-the-homeless-1|title=Ferry Ultra feat. Ashley Slater - Why Did You Do It|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017}} External links
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