I actually joined the band as a keyboard player, they were already formed, but placed an advert in the world famous ‘Hessy’s’ store (Frank Hessy’s Liverpool. That’s when A Game of Soldiers started as a band, right? How did you get together? How did you know each other? ++ So let’s rewind, let’s go back to 1980. The main difference from ‘A Game of Soldiers’, I guess is the guitar work, my stuff is very keyboard based. I still have that burning urge to create and make music after so many years of being in a band.These days it’s just for pleasure and indeed good therapy! I have, what I call a ‘desk top’ studio at home, it’s great to go to when the ideas spring to mind or I hear something on the radio & think ‘I can do that better’! It’s really about putting stuff down for keeps sake, at the moment, kind of a diary or some small legacy to leave for my kids…better out than in…I say! Future releases? maybe? I’d like to compile a cd of new material some day. Care to tell me a bit about your new adventures? Is it just you or you have a band? And how different it is to the sound of A Game of Soldiers? Do you have any releases? I saw you are still making music these days. ++ Hi Gary! Thanks so much for the interview. And also be their fan on Facebook! Enjoy! There was so little information about them online, so I’m very happy to hear from Gary the whole story of A Game of Soldiers in this interview. Many of these, plus new recordings by Gary can be heard on his soundcloud page. A Game of Soldiers hailed from Liverpool and released only one 7″ though many recordings were made. ![]() Thanks so much to Gary Marshall for the interview.
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