Stretch

Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between Elmer Gantry (real name Dave Terry) and Kirby (real name Graham) Gregory. Gantry had been the frontman of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera. Kirby had been a member of Curved Air.
The band was put together in 1974 with help from Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis and drummer Mick Fleetwood, to perform as Fleetwood Mac on a US tour because the existing Fleetwood Mac were not in a position to fulfil outstanding contractual obligations. However, Fleetwood did not join the tour as planned, and later denied any knowledge or involvement, and partway through the tour it became obvious to audiences that there was no original member of Fleetwood Mac in the band, and the tour collapsed. Bass player Paul Martinez claimed, "Mick Fleetwood pulled out at the last minute claiming not to know who we were!"
Stretch rose from the ashes of this debacle, and soon had a No. 16 hit single in November 1975 with "Why Did You Do It?", the lyric of which was a direct attack on Mick Fleetwood for his failure to join the band on the ill-fated US tour.
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel played Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and Curved Air often on his shows and when one member of each band collaborated to produce material, he took interest in their output. The band Stretch did three sessions for his programmes. The group's last session was one of Peel's favourite sessions of 1976, which he re-broadcast on 28 December 1976.
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1975-11-25. First Broadcast: 12 December 1975. Repeated: 03 February 1976
*Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover / Hold On / Living On The Highway / Miss Jones
2. Recorded: 1976-04-29. Broadcast: 24 May 1976. Repeated: 29 June 1976
*Showbizz / Feeling Sad / Fixin' To Die / That's The Way The Wind Blows
3. Recorded: 1976-09-30. Broadcast: 18 October 1976
*Can't Get Enough / Hold Up The Light / Rock'n Roll Hoochie-Coo / The Way Life Is
== Other Shows Played ==
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*06 April 1976: That's The Way The Wind Blows (7") Anchor ANC1027
*07 April 1976: That's The Way The Wind Blows (7") Anchor ANC1027
*08 April 1976: That's The Way The Wind Blows (7") Anchor ANC1027
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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