Mighty Baby
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Psychedelic rock, Folk rock
Years active	1969-1971
Label(s)	Head Records, Blue Horizon, Castle Music
Associated acts	The Action
Website	actionmightybaby.co.uk
Members
Alan 'Bam' King (voc, gr) Martin Stone (gr) Ian Whiteman (pno) Mike Evans (bs) Roger Powell (ds)

Mighty Baby were formed in 1968 from the ashes of The Action. They released two albums, Mighty Baby (which appeared in December 1969, but had been recorded a year earlier) and A Jug Of Love (October 1971). Their debut, a dense collection of psychedelic rock, appeared on the tiny Head label in the UK, and on Chess in the US. Over the course on 1970 several members of the band became Muslims (adherents of the Sufi order), and their second album reflected the spiritual journey they had embarked on, sounding little like its predecessor. It is now regarded as one of the best albums of its time, with especially notable guitar parts from Martin Stone.

As well as gigging regularly together, the band also played many sessions for others, including Robin Scott ("Woman From the Warm Grass"), Andy Roberts, Keith Christmas ("Stimulus" and "Fable Of The Wings"), Shelagh McDonald, Sandy Denny, Gary Farr ("Take Something with You", "Strange Fruit").

Discography

• "Action Speak Louder Than ..." (1968 recordings of The Action already in Mighty Baby line-up, released in 1985)
• "Mighty Baby (album)" (Head Records, 1969)
• "Devil's Whisper" b/w "Virgin Spring" (single, Blue Horizon 2096-003, 10/1971)
• "A Jug Of Love" (Blue Horizon 2931-001, 10/1971)
• VA: "Glastonbury Fayre": 1 song: "A Blanket In My Muesli" (Revelation 1/2/3, 3 L.P.s , 4/72, Live recordings from Glastonbury 1971)
• "Live In The Attic" (Rolled Gold Productions, Dec 2000)

With Reg King

• "Reg King" (1971 L.P. United Artists 29157)

External Links

• http://www.myspace.com/mightybabyband Mighty Baby at MySpace
• http://www.renderingislam.com/alwhiteman.htm Ian Abdul Lateef Whiteman, Graphic Designer, Calligrapher, Musician; Interviewed by Kelly Crosby