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Slade Alive at Christmas – a two-decade trip down Memory Lane … towards Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
There’s a rather wonderful website out there listing more than 20 years of live performances for Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell, marking Slade’s evolution from their time with the bands that preceded the Black Country’s finest … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Ambrose Slade, Dave Hemingway, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Hammersmith Odeon, Jim lea, Liverpool, Noddy Holder, Royal Court Theatre, Slade, Spenwood books, Sweet, the Vendors, Top of the Pops, walsall, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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Whatever Happened to Lord Wakering? Talking Slade, McCartney, Our Price, and more with Daryl Easlea
Catching up with fellow author and freelance writer Daryl Easlea recently, we got the mutual backslapping out of the way fairly quickly, complimenting each other on our recent Slade publications. It’s not just about being complimentary though, preferring the term … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, Ambrose Slade, Chic, Chris Charlesworth, Chris O'Donnell, Chris Selby, Daryl Easlea, Dave Hill, David Kemp, Don Powell, Futura, George Tremlett, Helen O'Hara, How Does It Feel, Jim lea, Keele, Kube Radio, Leigh-on-Sea, Louder than Words, Merry Xmas Everybody, Michelle Hickman, Noddy Holder, Off the Ground, Omnibus Press, Our Price, Paul McCartney, Record Collector, Rik Gunnell, Slade, Slade in Flame, slady, Smoke Fairies, Sparks, Steeleye Span, Steve Gregory, Steve Megson, The Beatles, The Fall, Thin Lizzy, Whatever Happened to Slade?, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Wreckless Eric
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The call of home is loud… still as loud – a 77th birthday salute to Slade legend Don Powell
If you follow my social media, you’ll know I’ve become a little distracted across 2023, not least through completing Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade (available direct from the publisher via this link). And while this may sound … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, A People's History of Slade, Andy Scott, Bilston, Bob Young, Clem Cattini, Dave Hill, Dave Kemp, Denmark, Don Powell, Gered Mankowitz, Graham Swinnerton, Jim lea, John Coghlan, Johnny Howells, Lindisfarne, Margate, Mick Marson, Noddy Holder, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Laidlaw, Reading Festival, Silkeborg, Slade, Spenwood books, Status Quo, Suzi Quatro, Sweet, Wild! Wild! Wild!, wolverhampton
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Slade’s ultimate rockin’ survivor – back in touch with Don Powell
It was a grey and overcast day in Silkeborg, but Don Powell wasn’t overly bothered about that. “It’s just grey skies here, a bit overcast, but whatever. We’ve been pretty lucky here really, and after spending quite a bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, Bilston, Birmingham, Black Country, Caravan, Chas Chandler, Clem Cattini, Coronavirus, Dapple Rose, Dave Hill, Dave Kemp, Denmark, Don Powell, Ex-Men, Jim lea, Know Who You Are, Lindisfarne, Merry Xmas Everybody, Noddy Holder, Ozzy Osbourne, Play It Loud, Pouk Hill, Ringo Starr, Sara Cox, Silkeborg, Simon Kirke, Slade, St Louis, Status Quo, The Beatles, The Eagles, The glam, the Vendors
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And I thought you might like to know – the Jim Lea interview
It’s not, erm, everyday you get to talk to a childhood hero, but Jim Lea definitely falls into that category for me. I was barely four when his band scored the first of six UK No.1 singles with ‘Coz I … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, Bilston, Chas Chandler, Dave Hill, Dementia UK, Don Powell, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Jim lea, Jimi Hendrix, Noddy Holder, Robin 2, Slade, Staffordshire, The Dummies, The Undertones, When the Lights Are Out, wolverhampton
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