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Just after reading another post on kelvingrove festival i seen the band name
Happy the Man the lead singer was a guy called Jamie O'rorke i believe
then a name change to The night swimmers in fact i still have a single with " she started laughing and waisting you time "
then i think jamie went to Manchester so....... anyone know what happened to them ?

Musicthom wrote:Happy the Man the lead singer was a guy called Jamie O'rorke i believe then a name change to The night swimmers

I saw Happy The Man a couple of times in Glasgow in the 80's including their Kelvingrove appearance!

Happy The Man were:
Jamie O'Rourke - Vocals
Ian McLachlan - Guitar
Bill Mullacky - Guitar
Alastair McIntyre - Bass
Steve Hogg - Drums

I seem to remember that the name change was because of an established American band who were already using the name and had had a couple of recordings released over there.

I don't know what happened to Mr O'Rourke but the drummer, Steve Hogg, has a website with a mention of HTM at:- http://www.cosmicegg.co.uk/happytheman.aspx

There's also a video of the band playing on some kids tv show!

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Thank you for that info your a star

hello,i am jamie o'rourke,i was the singer in happy the man! couldnt believe i came across this! happy the man started way back in 1981,me and ian "glocky" mcclachlan,we 1st started out sounding a bit like like orange juice etc,you know,the old jangleypop sound of postcard,but we just seemed to progress into a more rocky sound,i remember alistair joining us,what a bass player! we played some really great gigs,we even supported steve strange once lol! we did release a single after a name change to the "nightswimmers" all in all i think it was a great experience,completely lost touch with glocky,if anyone knows his whereabouts i would love a wee contact number! i live in tenerife now and am still singing....i do a sinatra show! maybe coming back to glasgow though as my daughter is going to drama school there soon.i think i still have a couple of singles under the bed somewhere if anyone wants one! PS,I JUST GOT IN TOUCH WITH STEVIE HOGG THE DRUMMER AND HE LIVES IN SOUTHAMPTON NOW AND PLAYS IN A PUNK BAND FOR LAUGHS!

Musicthom wrote:Just after reading another post on kelvingrove festival i seen the band name
Happy the Man the lead singer was a guy called Jamie O'rorke i believe
then a name change to The night swimmers in fact i still have a single with " she started laughing and waisting you time "
then i think jamie went to Manchester so....... anyone know what happened to them ?

some cool tunes there on myspace guys! respect.j.

Cheers had a lot of influence with bands like HTM and others of that era check our video out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbjUc27g2XQ

Musicthom wrote:Cheers had a lot of influence with bands like HTM and others of that era check our video out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbjUc27g2XQ

aye tam,nice to hear from you,good sound there!

ty you need to get some of them tunes posted would be great to hear some long live the glasgow scene in the 80s

Al McIntyre here. well what can i say? After HTM I ended up playing third stream jazz until that went nowhere my playing improved though. now with my own band check www.2Storeys.com
Good to hear from Jamie recently and I keep in touch with Steve when I can.
Music scene in Glasgow is just great now although not many bands breaking through big time these days.

alsta7 wrote:Al McIntyre here. well what can i say? After HTM I ended up playing third stream jazz until that went nowhere my playing improved though. now with my own band check www.2Storeys.com
Good to hear from Jamie recently and I keep in touch with Steve when I can.
Music scene in Glasgow is just great now although not many bands breaking through big time these days.

Glad to hear your still at it keeep rocking