Prog musicians who play tennis

[Homburg]

Which prog musicians play/played tennis?

[Richard]

Tony Banks is a huge tennis fan. I recall him being briefly interviewed once by CBS while attending the US Open, and he and Mike Rutherford would regularly find time to play while Genesis was on tour.

[bill g]

I played a Tennis album just the other day. I hear they just released a 3rd album.

Oh...

Okay, I do play tennis, I'm not great at it, but not terrible either. Not surprised Tony Banks plays, as he is a very good ping pong player.

[dregsfan]

Alan White used to. ; )

[No Pride]

Yep... we're running out of things to talk about.

[progeezer]

Yep... we're running out of things to talk about.

[zeprogmeister]

Bjorn Lynne Bjorg
Pete Sampras Gabriel
John McEnroe Godfry

..to name a few

[Dave (in MA)]

Here's some old family home movie footage from when the Genesis boys were growing up.

[Garden Dreamer]

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That's Geddy and Alex from Rush, if the pic is too small to tell.

[boilk]

I hearby challenge Tony Banks to a game of tennis, or table tennis, his choice of venue. He does frequent this forum, doesn't he?

neil

[WytchCrypt]

Martin Barre from Tull is a demon at table tennis. Heard that from IA on a Tull radio interview when they were in town on the Rock Island tour

[nosebone]

I love tennis and my 15 year old son is a beast at the game.

[Shadow]

Yep... we're running out of things to talk about.

We haven't done: Prog Musicians Who Pee Sitting Down

[No Pride]

We haven't done: Prog Musicians Who Pee Sitting Down

[bob_32_116]

Burt Bacharach, whose music many say was often progressive, is a tennis tragic, though I don't think he plays, just attends the matches.

[JKL2000]

Prog Musicians Who Pee Sitting Down

Robert Wyatt

Sorry, just trying to put an end to this thread!

[realprog]

Jeff Wayne's fairly prog in releasing concept albums. Here's what Wiki says:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne

Wayne published a book called The Book of Tennis and created, produced and scored eight thirty-minute episodes of The Book of Tennis Chronicles that was distributed by Fox Sports in approximately twenty countries, and was broadcast in the US on The Tennis Channel between 2005 and 2008.

Wayne has remained involved with tennis; he has won the British National Indoor Veterans singles and doubles titles, and the National Clay Court doubles. In 1992 he partnered former Great Britain No. 1 and Davis Cup captain Roger Taylor at the European Veteran Championships. In 1999, Wayne represented Great Britain in the Austria Cup in Spain, and achieved an ITF world ranking in his age group. In 2008 Wayne was elected into the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain. Wayne has also played many fundraising pro-am tournaments including for: Muscular Dystrophy, Olympic Games and Save the Children.

[Dave (in MA)]

We haven't done: Prog Musicians Who Pee Sitting Down

Dee Palmer?
Jennifer Maidman?
(I denounce myself, as they say)

[progeezer]

If you named every woman in a prog band, your sit-down pee numbers would be voluminous (both literally and figuratively!).

[Poisoned Youth]

What about tennis players who play prog?

[Reach]

I remember seeing Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree, etc.) playing tennis.

[Reach]

And actually I find this question more interesting than a lot of typical music/muso topics because it gets more at the personality that made the music.

[No Pride]

And actually I find this question more interesting than a lot of typical music/muso topics because it gets more at the personality that made the music.

Well in that case...

Danny Gottlieb (original Pat Metheny Band drummer... and he'd laugh if he knew I was listing him as a "prog musician") plays in the band I tour with. We play at a lot of military bases and he and his wife, Beth (percussion) look for a tennis court first thing after checking into our lodging. It's a somewhat new thing for them, but Beth is a very athletic person in general and she's always pushing Danny to get involved. So whenever there's a tennis court and any down time before soundcheck, they always play tennis.

As for me, I used to play a lot of table tennis when I was younger, but never played real tennis. Too much running around!

[simon moon]

Martin Barre from Tull is a demon at table tennis. Heard that from IA on a Tull radio interview when they were in town on the Rock Island tour

So is Rick Wakeman.

In the UK, table tennis is taken a lot more seriously than in the US. They have a fairly organized club system.

It is not the same game (from a quality standpoint) that most Americans play.

[bob_32_116]

It may not be "prog", but Chrissie Hynde's latest album, which is actually her first solo album, features none other than John McEnroe on guitar.