and its subsequent tour. Bown continued working with Quo as a session and touring musician, and was finally promoted to full band membership at the end of 1981. He has remained a member of the band ever since.

Bown released a number of singles in the 1970s, including "New York Satyricon Zany" and "Another Shipwreck", none of which charted. His most well-known song however was the theme tune to the children's series Ace of Wands, "Tarot",