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5 unusual facts about Caleb Quaye


Caleb Quaye

Quaye played guitar, bass and percussion on "Forever's No Time At All", which opened I Am, a 1972 album dedicated to Meher Baba also featuring Pete Townshend.

Starting in 1969, Quaye played guitar supporting Elton John at live concerts around the local London area, first with Boots Slade (bass) and Malcolm Tomlinson (drums), and then later on with what eventually became the nucleus of Hookfoot for sporadic shows.

In 1978, Quaye along with fellow Elton John Band members Kenny Passarelli and Roger Pope joined Hall & Oates.

From 1986 to 1995, Quaye was an Associate Pastor, Chief Musician and Staff Evangelist at the Foursquare Church in Pasadena, California.

Madman Across the Water

Caleb Quaye and Roger Pope wouldn't play with John again until Rock of the Westies in 1975, following Murray and Olsson's departure from the band.


Nigel Olsson

In 1971, Olsson produced and released his debut solo album Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus on Uni Records; featuring Murray and Hookfoot guitarist Caleb Quaye, who had played on John's early albums.

Terri Quaye

She is the daughter of Cab Kaye, older sister of Caleb Quaye and half-sister of Finley McGowan, who after deed poll name-change, is aka Finley Quaye.


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