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   On Long Earth's page, the Bio, the band pic and the web links are out of date & the personnel has changed
 https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=10245

correct website - www.longearthmusic.com

Here's the new Biography

Long Earth is a prog rock band from Scotland.
Coming together through a series of unexpected but fortunate events,
five musicians, some of whom had played together decades earlier in
Scottish prog stalwarts Abel Ganz, who just wanted to create good
music and have fun. By strange coincidence, Mike, Ken, Gordon,
Renaldo and Hew all played at the same Glasgow Festival in the
80s...but in 3 different bands!
In 2017 Long Earth released their Debut album The Source, proving popular
with both prog fans, DJs and rock writers alike, and began building a local
audience at their gigs around Glasgow. The Source was a serious statement
of intent, showcasing the instrumental and songwriting prowess of the band.
However, their distinctive identity was not fully formed until the arrival of
Martin Haggarty as the band’s new vocalist in 2018 during the writing
sessions for the second album, the album that was to become Once Around
The Sun
Personnel;
Mike Baxter (Keyboards) was a feature of the vibrant Glasgow music scene
during the late 70s and 80s, notably with Shoot The Moon, Glas Clas and
Identity Crisis amongst many others. It was during Mike’s time with Identity
Crisis that he played with Gordon, rehearsing and recording in Edinburgh.
Gordon Mackie (Bass) has a background in music spanning more than 40
years. During the ’80’s he provided the bottom end and drive for Cry Wolf and
seminal Glasgow prog rock band Abel Ganz. Gordon recorded “Gullible’s
Travels” with Ganz and played a lot of great live gigs throughout Scotland
including the Kelvingrove Festival. Moving into the ’90’s, following a move to
Edinburgh, a chance meeting in a supermarket saw Gordon hooking up with
Mike in Identity Crisis.
Ken Weir (Drums & Percussion) was the original drummer in Abel Ganz
recording “Gratuitous Flash” and “Gullible’s Travels” along with Hew
Montgomery and Gordon Mackie - the band also featuring Martin Haggarty
for a while. Thirty years later, the four of them would work together again in
Long Earth. Ken’s sister Connie is also responsible for Long Earth’s artwork.

Renaldo McKim (Guitar) joined Long Earth at the latter stages of the
recording of debut album “The Source” – Renaldo has played with many
bands over the years, latterly with Suicide Underground, and now Long Earth.
Martin Haggarty (Vocals) joined Long Earth in June 2018. Martin
formed Glasgow Indie outfit Lost Weekends in 1983, before joining Abel Ganz
where he replaced Alan Reed, who had left for Pallas. Martin then joined
short-lived proggers Masque in 1986, before forming Field of Vision in 1987.
After 4 years, FoV took a hiatus that lasted until 2013, when the 3 core
members reformed to write new music, some of which featured on 2015’s
Viccissitudes of Life EP, and 2016 single The Dagger. Field of Vision continue
to write and record as a studio-only project, but with a desire to return to live
music and a surplus of musical ideas, the opportunity to join some former
bandmates in Long Earth was too good to resist.
The final cog in the wheel is Hew Montgomery, (Abel Ganz / Comedy Of

Errors / Grand Tour) who has been a motivating factor in Long Earth, and co-
producer of both The Source and new album Once Around the Sun

On 19 March 2020, the new album Once Around the Sun was released
on CD and Download. 
The band are booked to play selected gigs and festivals around the UK
throughout 2020 and 2021, and have already started writing new material for a third album.

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