House Of Thandoy

The history of Thandoy goes back to 1975 where guitarist Steve Higgins and drummer Rob Bougie played their first gig in the glade at Glastonbury festival. With bass man Giles they started playing the free festival circuit. When Rob and Giles went off on their own journey, Steve Higgins formed a new line-up with bass man Subs and drummer Richard Lanchester. They were joined by Eric on electric viola and later by Shanks on congas. The band continued to play the free festivals. In 1981, Rob returned on drums with Twink and Maz on synths and this was the start of Karmakanix. In 2001 Steve was introduced to Mike Howlett through producer John Leckie, and after a jam at Mike’s birthday party, House of Thandoy emerged, they were later joined by drummer Eddy Sayer, and made one album which features Theo Travis on flute and sax. In 2003 Steve Cassidy started playing drums with the band.