THE THURSDAY TIME TRAVELER > 1967
"You Won't Be Seeing Me Anymore" Tim Andrews & Gordon Haskell
THE THURSDAY TIME TRAVELER—“You Won’t Be Seeing Me Anymore” by Tim Andrews
…Today the Time Machine puts a lens on 1967—a song recorded in London but has a folk-pop California vision that could’ve come from Laurel Canyon or San Francisco. On a cosmic jukebox this track would play next to It’s A Beautiful Day (“White Bird”) and Love. It was written by Gordon Haskell, Tim/Chris Andrews’s former bandmate from Fleur de Lys. Gordon is often noted for his role in an early incarnation of King Crimson, but beyond that he was a prolific singer-songwriter who, after years as a “starving folksinger,” found success with the hit single “How Wonderful You Are” and the platinum album HARRY’S BAR.
The lyrics to “You Won’t Be Seeing Me…” is a song for seasonal love, coming from a young man who travels for a long time and leaves his troubled sweetheart behind. The track (w/Gordon on bass and guitar) was produced by Paul Clay (Dada, Ace Kefford, early Yes) and Mike Noble (Joan Armatrading, Fleur de Lys, John Kongos). It was the B-side of “Sad Simon Lives Again,” Tim’s first solo single after he’d signed with renowned producer, promoter, and music executive Tony Hall, who’d plugged The Beatles, Carmen McRae, and later inked Black Sabbath’s first record deal.
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