Tag Archives: Oxfordshire

Remembering Rick and Status Quo – the John Coghlan interview

Posted on July 6, 2017 by writewyattuk

In the BBC documentary Hello Quo, there’s revealing footage of a jam session at Shepperton Studios featuring the original members of Status Quo, for the first time since drummer John Coghlan left 31 years earlier. That 2012 meeting led to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Alan G. Parker, Alan Lancaster, Andy Bown, Bob Young, Diesel, Dulwich, Eric Clapton, Francis Rossi, Half Moon Putney, Hello Quo, Jackie Lynton, JCQ, John Coghlan, Oxfordshire, Pictures of Matchstick Men, Preston, Rick Parfitt, Shepperton Studios, Status Quo, The Rockers, the Spectres, Woking | 2 Comments

By any other name – beyond Strawberry Switchblade with Rose McDowall

Posted on January 19, 2017 by writewyattuk

While Rose McDowall is best known for her work with early ’80s crossover indie pop act Strawberry Switchblade, she’s made many cult solo recordings over the years. Starting out as a stand-up drummer in Glasgow proto-avant-garde punk trio The Poems … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Bill Drummond, Bjork, Dave Balfe, David Jensen, Drahla, Echo and the Bunnymen, glasgow, Iceland, James Kirk, Jean Sibelius, Jill Bryson, John Peel, Korova, Night School Records, Orange Juice, Ornamental, Oxfordshire, Preston, Ramones, Rose McDowall, Since Yesterday, Sorrow, Spell, Strawberry Switchblade, The Continental, The Hug and Pint, The Poems, The Sugarcubes, Weather Prophets | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: Oxfordshire

Remembering Rick and Status Quo – the John Coghlan interview

By any other name – beyond Strawberry Switchblade with Rose McDowall

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