[Erik Fernandez]

I'm still curious, everyone seems to be answering the Peter Gifford/ Diesel
and Dust part of the question, but no one( that I've seen) has responed to
the question of what happened to him? Why did he leave/ get kicked out of
MO? I've followed the band pretty closely only since the early 90's so I
missed whatever saga surrounded his departure.

Please enlighten.
thanks,
Erik
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Gillcrist <andrewg@nwlink.com>
To: Powderworks@Cs. Colorado. Edu <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Powderworks] What happened to Peter Gifford?--Good morning


>
>Actually, Giffo -is- listed in the D&D credits.  Page 10 of the
>CD booket (the last page), right in the middle, it says:
>
> Midnight Oil:
> Peter Gifford -- Bass, Singing
> Jim Moginie -- Guitar, Keyboards, Singing
> Martin Rotsey -- Guitar
> Peter Garrett -- Singer
> Rob Hirst -- Drums, Singing
> Gary Morris -- Facilitator
>
> String Arrangements -- Warne Livesey and Jim Moginie
> Additional Keyboards -- Warne Livesey
> Trombone -- Glad Reed
>
> etc.
>
>> It took me years to find out for sure that Gifford was the bass
>> player on that album ...
>
>May I recommend the Evelyn Wood school of speed reading?  :)
>
> Andy
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
>> [mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of Bjorn Blomquist
>> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:45 AM
>> To: Dale Ortiz
>> Cc: Midnight Oilers
>> Subject: SV: [Powderworks] What happened to Peter Gifford?--Good morning
>>
>>
>> > What happended to Peter Gifford? He was listed in Diesel and
>> Dust, but not the
>> > new one. What year did he leave and why?
>>
>> I find it interesting that you say "he was listed", as the credits
>> for 'Diesel and Dust' have no names of the musicians at all. (It
>> says songs by "Midnight Oil", but nothing else.) At least the
>> copies I have seen have been that way... Those who bought 'Diesel'
>> as their first Midnight Oil album, which includes hell of a lots
>> of people who haven't bought any Oil album since, sure couldn't
>> find out anything about the band through the inlay! Kind of a
>> secret project like the Ghostwriters' first album.
>>
>> It took me years to find out for sure that Gifford was the bass
>> player on that album - and that the "man with the beard" in the
>> video for "Beds are burning" is indeed Peter Gifford. I mean, you
>> don't actually see him playing the bass in the video; in the end
>> of it when you see the Oils in silhouttes he just "walks by" the
>> others, without any instrument. Strange.
>>
>> /Bjorn
>>
>> PS. Welcome to the world, Dale!
>
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