Victor Jara of Chile (Brian Hibbard)

Brian Hibbard sings the Adrian Mitchell/Arlo Guthrie song about the killing of Victor Jara by the fascist government of Chile. Recorded at the Adrian Mitchell memorial concert, at the Tricycle Theatre in Camden, London. Accompanied by Pete Moser(accordion), Andy Burton (violin) and Greg Stephens(guitar) Brian: a tribute Brian Hibbard, of Flying Pickets fame, has sadly died. He was the lead singer of the group, and had a smash hit with "Only You" which made the Christmas No 1 spot. The group was formed by actors in the 7.84 company, the radical political theatre group, and took their name from actions in the 1970's Heath/miners' strike(not the later Scargill/Thatcher one, as myth would have it). I thought people would like to hear him singing Adrian Mitchell's "Victor Jara of Chile", as a tribute to Brian's ucompromising commitment to radical causes and theatre: and as a tribute to Adrian's commitment, come to think of it! Brian's death is a personal loss to me in many ways, particularly as we had planned to work together this summer, he was going to record Victor Jara for the new Boat Band CD. Alas, that collaboration will not be happening, but he will be remembered. He fought the good fight, and he was a fabulous singer. And of course he had spectacularly impresive sideburns. Nice one, Brian. from Greg Stephens