AMM

Richard Amm is unable to visit his family in South Africa during the festive season or at short notice, when PA tickets can cost £1,500.

Their 1966 debut album paralleled the work of London’s celebrated free improvisation ensemble AMM, but by 1970’s The Feed-back – released under the name The Group – funk rhythms were stirred into the equation to startling effect.

AMM, which has ordained more than 630,000 people in the United States, has about 13,400 active ministers in Tennessee, according to King.

After researching Tennessee’s marriage laws, King and his colleagues came up with a plan: They converted AMM’s free online ordination application into a print document and tweaked a few sections.

Anyone who signed the papers in the presence of at least one AMM minister could continue officiating weddings in Tennessee after July 1.