Despite their success internal frictions escalated and there were further line-up changes. By August 1971 the line-up was Johns, Robinson, Harry Brus (ex-Dave Miller Set, Jeff St John’s Copperwine ) on bass guitar and Steve Webb on drums. Johns and Robinson parted ways and each fronted their own version of Blackfeather. Their former manager, Peter Conyngham of Nova Agency, had registered the Blackfeather name and thus owned its rights. He favoured the Johns-led variety with Jim Penson on drums, Warren Ward on bass guitar, Paul Wylde on piano and Alex “Zac” Zytnick (ex Tamam Shud ) on lead guitar. The Robinson-led group included Brus and Webb; they struggled on as a trio for a short time before disbanding. Robinson worked with a studio group, Duck, in 1972 and then issued a solo album, Pity for the Victim (1974). He retired from performing in the 1980s and became a teacher and composer.
Despite their success internal frictions escalated and there were
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