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Love is here today – celebrating Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and the power of music’s family affairs
‘You’ve got to keep in mind love is here… today And it’s gone… tomorrow, it’s here and gone so fast’ The night I heard about Brian Wilson’s exit, I felt a compulsion to head to my back room for a … Continue reading
Still feeling the Noize – Chris Selby and Ian Edmundson talking Slade in Flame at 50
According to Chris Selby’s impressive Slade Live! online listings (linked here), 50 years ago yesterday, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell were on the Continent, recording for Belgian TV show Chansons a la Carte. Four days later, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, Black Country, Brian Epstein, British Film Institute, Chas Chandler, Chris Selby, Daryl Easlea, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Far Far Away, Gered Mankowitz, How Does It Feel, Ian Edmundson, Jim lea, Led Zeppelin, Never Too Young To Rock, Noddy Holder, Slade, Slade in Flame, Steve Megson, The Beatles, The Wombles, Tom Conti
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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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‘He paints with light!’ Talking Slade with influential rock ‘n’ roll photographer Gered Mankowitz
In which Malcolm Wyatt publishes further excerpts from Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, in this case the full-length version of his late April 2023 feature/interview with esteemed South East Cornwall-based photographer Gered Mankowitz In Gered Mankowitz: Rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Scott, Bilston, Chas Chandler, Dave Hill, Don Powell, Gered Mankowitz, Jim lea, Jimi Hendrix, Kenneth Williams, Noddy Holder, photography, Rock and Roll Photography, Rolling Stones, Slade, Slade in Flame, Suzi Quatro, The Beatles, The Monkees, Tony Hancock, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade, wolverhampton
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From Stanhope Place to Richfield Avenue: Ambrose Slade: Beginnings and Slade: Alive! At Reading – the WriteWyattUK review
It’s odd to think there were merely 11 and a quarter years between the release of Beginnings, the debut LP from the classic fourpiece that became Slade, and the band’s show-stealing 1980 Reading Festival performance, credited with relaunching their career … Continue reading
Treading Gently forward – beyond The Jam with Steve Brookes
When I spoke to Steve Brookes earlier this week, he was at home in Camberley, Surrey, having played Thames Side Brewery in Staines that weekend, this accomplished guitarist and singer-songwriter clearly enjoying gigging as much now as five decades ago, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Gordelier, Boileroom, Bruce Foxton, Camberley, Chess Records, Dan Jennings, Dave Waller, guildford, Hoodoo Zoo, Jim Webb, Keeping the flame, Paolo Hewitt, Paul Jones, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Steve Brookes, Stone Foundation, The Beatles, The Members, The Style Council, Thin Lizzy, Tread Gently, Woking, Woking FC
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What we still do on our holidays – talking Fairport Convention, Cropredy, and much more with Dave Pegg
Legendary bass player Dave Pegg marked his latest big birthday in style recently, turning 75 with lots of good friends at Dudley Town Hall, a date that also marked 53 years’ involvement with British folk-rock legends Fairport Convention. “It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Bob Dylan, Cropredy, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Elton John, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Joe Brown, John Bonham, Krumlin, Led Zeppelin, Liege & Lief, Little Hadham, Mike Burney, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Perranporth, Ralph mcTell, Richard Houghton, richard Thompson, Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, Simon nicol, The Beatles, The Shadows, Woodworm
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Golden Years – celebrating ABBA at 50 with Carl Magnus Palm
I considered starting this feature/interview with the line, ‘Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall’ as a build-up to tracking down Carl Magnus Palm, seen as the world’s leading historian for a certain legendary pop quartet from … Continue reading
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