 One final concert (the second of two shows that day) at the Minneapolis Riverfest was played as a trio, with Bates playing Ballamy's parts on tenor horn (while continuing to cover his main role as keyboard player).Having given Ballamy some time to mourn and with Mick Hutton having left the band following the American tour, Earthworks reconvened in autumn 1988 with a new bass player, Tim Harries (another former Bates collaborator who’d also played with Steeleye Span).As well as double bass, Harries played electric bass guitar and was an accomplished funk player, further emphasising the "electric jazz" aspect of the band.