Biography
Curtis Creek Band
Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 1983
Members: Nobuo Yagi, Toru Hirano, Yutaka Watanabe, Hiroshi Hirai, Hajime Hirano, Toshiya Shioiri, Daisuke Kobayashi, Masakatsu Kawamoto, Koichi Suzaki, さっか利郎
Japanese nature fusion band that was formed In 1979.Formed with fishing friends mainly a famous harmonica player 八木のぶお(Nobuo Yagi) and a sax player さっか利郎 (Toshiro Sakka).
Original members were 平野 肇 (Hajime Hirano : drums), 平野 融 (Toru Hirano : guitar), 八木のぶお (Nobuo Yagi : harmonica), さっか利郎 (Toshiro Sakka : sax, flute), 平井 宏 (Hirai Hiroshi : piano (until 1981)), 小林 大介 (Daisuke Kobayashi : bass (until 1981)).
In 1981, the members were changed to Toshiya Shioiri on piano and Masakatsu Kawamoto on bass.
After that, drummer was replaced by Toby Suzaki (トビー洲崎) and Yutaka Watanabe (渡辺豊), and from 2009, original member Hajime Hirano returned.