Dashiell Hedayat biography (http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1820)
Daniel Théron (aka Jack-Alain Léger) - Born 5 June 1947 (Toulon, France) - 17 July 2013
A weird cult figure from France that was more known as a poet and a general counter culture activist, that did one of the zaniest album with GONG.
His first album released under the MELMOTH pseudo was called "La Devanture Des Ivresses" (1970) and was long recitals of texts accompanied with music. He actually won a prize for that album and received critical acclaim.
A second album was released under the name DASHIELL HEDAYAT and he called it "Obsolete" (1971). The name DASHIELL HEDAYAT was a tribute to Dashiell Hammett (American author of detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer and political activist) and Sadegh Hedayat (Iranian writer, translator and intellectual).
This album over the years became a real cult object because of the general freakiness, the presence of the almost copmlete GONG (many GongHeads consider this album the best they did), and the participation of beat poet and general counter culture activist Willam Burroughs going along reciting his text.
GONG will then return to their career (taking a huge step up as they will do the famous RGI Trilogy and the "Camembert" thing) while DASHIELL HEDAYAT concentrated on literature.
He used the Hedayat name for his first books before taking on the name Jack-Alain Léger in 1973. Daniel Théron published most of his book under the name Léger and had a bestseller with "Monsignore". Later he also wrote books under the names Eve Saint-Roch and Paul Smaïl.
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Le Voyage D'été (8:20)
2. Vous Direz Que Je Suis Tombé (6:07)
3. La Mort Multicolore (4:13)
4. Papier A Fleur (5:55)
5. Le Blues Interminable De La Préposée (5:48)
6. Mary-Flora Belle (4:06)
7. Le Voyage D'Hiver (3:29)
Line-up / Musicians
- Daniel Théron ("Melmoth") / vocals, composer
With:
- José Fadla / acoustic & electric guitars
- Didier de Saint-Jores / piano, organ, vibes, percussions
- Richard Raux / alto & tenor saxes, flute
- Robert Balestero / drums, vibes, percussion
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