Tag Archives: The Beatles

Takin’ Me Bak ‘Ome – talking Slade with Don Powell

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

Christmas was way into the distance when I tracked Don Powell down in Denmark, but the legendary drummer – on a rare break from the live circuit – soon brought the subject up. As I properly introduced myself and mentioned … Continue reading →

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Following in the Fab Four’s footsteps – The Bootleg Beatles feature

Posted on December 7, 2017 by

Granted, it’s not necessarily the best way to start a conversation, telling an interviewee who plays in a tribute band that I’ve always felt there are so many great groups out there that it’s pointless featuring such acts. But while … Continue reading →

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Talking ’bout that Who generation – back in conversation with Richard Houghton

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Did you happen to catch a band called The High Numbers in Greenford, West London, in 1963? They were regulars at the Oldfield Hotel around then, still playing there the following year, by which time they’d changed name to The … Continue reading →

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Still acting nonchalant with The Searchers – the John McNally interview

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

John McNally was back home in Crosby when I called this week, barely five miles from his Kirkdale roots. It seems like he’s rarely there though, thanks to a punishing tour schedule for his band, The Searchers, one of the leading … Continue reading →

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From The Jam – The Cavern Club Live Lounge, Liverpool

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

The hottest night of the year so far, and I was Going Underground. Not as a safe haven from the Sounds From the Street, but to hunker down and resolutely celebrate cultural values increasingly under attack. This was the first … Continue reading →

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Delivering the late bloomer’s last rider – the Ron Sexsmith interview

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

The morning I spoke to Ron Sexsmith, he was in the pensive frame of mind I might have expected. Despite leaving his adopted city of Toronto for a new base 90 miles away in Stratford, Ontario, barely a week before, … Continue reading →

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Exploring the enduring legacy of ABBA – the Carl Magnus Palm interview

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

In the week Lucie Jones flies the flag for the UK in Kiev at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest finals, it seemed apt to feature a recent interview with a Swede whose early memories of the competition centred around his … Continue reading →

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‘The Beatles – I Was There’ – talking the Fab Four Live (1957/66) with Richard Houghton

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

There can’t be too many Beatles devotees in their mid-50s who got to see the band live, anywhere in the world. But while Richard Houghton was one such lucky fan, he remembers next to nothing about the special guests he witnessed. … Continue reading →

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About the Young Idea – talking about The Jam with Nicky Weller

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

From the moment you turn right at the desk inside the Cunard Building’s The Jam – About the Young Idea exhibition and head down a mock London Underground tunnel lined with promo posters publicising the original records, you’re in for … Continue reading →

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Yes yesterdays and todays – the Alan White interview

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

This coming summer, drummer and songwriter Alan White will have been in the band Yes for a staggering 44 years – give or take one worked gap-year. That equates to two-thirds of his 66 years and counting, so I guess … Continue reading →

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