The Thirteenth Guest were a four piece Jazz/Rock/Fusion band from Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 formed 1979 and disbanded in 1981 when the members all went their respective ways.

The band played a selection of pieces by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever

Return to Forever

Return to Forever is a jazz fusion group founded and led by keyboardist Chick Corea. Through its existence, the band has cycled through a number of different members, with the only consistent band mate of Corea's being bassist Stanley Clarke...

, John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

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 and Chick Corea

Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...

. They also played a number of original compositions written by Bassist Robert Kirk and Keyboard Player Kevin Fitzsimmons. The band built up a sizeable following in and around the Glasgow area and were well respected for their excellent musicianship. There was only ever one recording made by the band and their final gig was played in Cumbernauld Theatre to a sell-out audience.

Band Members:
Bass - Robert Kirk

Keyboards - Kevin Fitzsimmons

Drums - John O'Neill

Guitar - Martin Colgan

Before forming the band with Robert Kirk, John O'Neill had previously played drums in the legendary Scottish rock band Chou Pahrot

Chou Pahrot

Chou Pahrot was one of Scotland's most unusual rock music bands of the 1970s. Originally appearing as a four piece consisting of guitar, bass, drums and saxophone, the departure of the guitar player led to his replacement by violin and a change of name to Chou Pahrot...

 under the pseudonym 'The Amphibian'. Chou Pahrot had a cult following in Scotland at that time and recorded one live album and one studio EP.

After the breakup of The Thirteenth Guest, Kevin Fitzsimmons and John O'Neill went on to work in London theatre and played on many of the biggest shows of that period including:

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

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, Evita, Cats

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, Chess

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, Song and Dance

Song and Dance

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, Some like it hot

Some Like It Hot

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, Me and My Girl

Me and My Girl

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, Blue Angel, The Lion King

The Lion King

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and many others. They also worked on the Theatre production of Alice, a musical written by one of the founding members of Genesis

Genesis (band)

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, Anthony Phillips

Anthony Phillips

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. This was performed at Leeds Playhouse.