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5 unusual facts about Anthony Phillips


Anthony Phillips

After leaving Genesis, Phillips studied classical music (especially classical guitar) and made recordings in collaboration with Harry Williamson, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins, among others.

Both of these albums were produced by Rupert Hine and were intended to reach a mainstream audience, though neither album was successful in that regard.

John Silver

In 1973 Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins recorded a song dedicated to Silver, called "Silver Song".

Penlee lifeboat disaster

The CD reissue of the Anthony Phillips' album Invisible Men includes "The Ballad of Penlee" about the incident.

Richard MacPhail

Following the break-up of The Anon, MacPhail joined The Austin Hippy Blues, which also featured Harry Williamson, who later wrote and performed music with Macphail's old bandmate and Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips.



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Artists interviewed on the station during the seventies included Boston's Tom Scholz (one of his rare radio interviews ), Journey's Steve Perry, Ross Vallory and Greg Rolie, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ed King, Charlie Daniels, Anthony Phillips, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, John Hall of Orleans, and several more.