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On this day, 4 June 1971, progressive rock band East of Eden played Cardiff University.
The band had a Top 10 hit in the UK with the single "Jig-a-Jig" in 1970.
The track was stylistically unlike any of their other work. Although some might consider them a symphonic progressive band, others state that their style is mostly jazz-oriented.
Though they split in 1978, the three core members (Dave Arbus, Ron Caines and Geoff Nicholson) reunited in 1996, and their album Kalipse was released the following year.
Like most of their earlier work, it was a cult hit.
Arbus was a guest musician on the Who's track "Baba O'Riley", playing the violin solo.
He was a friend of that band's drummer Keith Moon, and was also later a member of Fiddler's Dram.
