Elvis’s Stepbrother? The Murder of Singer “Orion”
Date: 1980 Place: Nashville Tennessee Artist: Orion AKA Jimmy Ellis Artist: Wayne Jackson While visiting Nashville in 1980 I came cross this bizarre story about Orion and the possibility of…
My Book Is Now Available From Amazon
After what feels like forever and in fact was a lifetime, I'm thrilled to announce that my book is finished and on sale If you are even slightly intrigued and…
New Faces Winners, Koffee n Kreme, Meet Their Fate
Place - De Lane Lea Studio Wembley England Time - 1975 Artist - Koffee n Kreme Firstly UK Only? I would like to point out that the following story New…
Tommy Steele-Every Artist Was First An Amateur
Place - London Time - 1957 - 2004 Artist - Tommy Steele Sir Thomas Hicks OBE Thomas Hicks, known professionally as Tommy Steele, an English entertainer regarded as Britain's first…
“Something Old Something Newley & The Start of Something Strange”
Place - United Kingdom & The USA Time - 1991 - 1999 Artist - Anthony Newley This is the final blog from my memories and times with Anthony Newley When…
Joe Sun & What’s An English Guy Know About Country Music
Place - Nashville - London - Sweden Time - 1984 Artist - Joe Sun And The Solarsystem James Paulsen September 25, 1943, – October 25, 2019, known professionally as Joe…
John & Yoko-Tony Wilson & The Birth Of Hot Chocolate
Place - UK - USA - Trinidad Time - 70's - 80's - 90's Artist - Tony Wilson Tony Wilson Was born in Trinidad and was involved with music from…
Special Little Moments (From The Blogs) PT3
Place - The World Time - 1960 - 2005Artists - Various 30 Million in Just 2 Minutes, What a Triumph! Full Blog in Bands Mungo Jerry’s greatest success was with…
Hi I’m Augie Meyers Am I In The Right Place
Place - London - New York - San Antonio Time - 1981 - 2000 Artist - Augie Meyers Augie Meyers is a legendary Texas musician, best known as the keyboard…
Little Richard Found Religion and the IRS Found Bill Haley
Place - USA Time - 1950s Target - Rock 'n' Roll The Fifties introduction to rock 'n' roll music arrived in conjunction with the destined leader of the youth revolution,…
Bill Haley Part 3: My Final Meeting
Place - The Venue London Time - November 1979 Artist - Bill Haley The next time I met Bill Haley was on November the 17th at The Venue in Victoria, London…
Bill Haley Part 2 – Elvis and Saving Chuck Berry’s Life
Place - Fame Studios, Alabama Time - 25th June 1979 Artist - Bill Haley Producer - Kenny Denton Fame Studios, Alabama In June 79 I headed off to Fame Studios…
Bill Haley Part 1- My First Meeting With a True Charismatic Star
Place - De Lane Lea Wembley, England Time - April 1979 Artist - Bill Haley Album - Everyone Can Rock 'n' Roll Bill Haley has sold over 150 million records…
Fred Astaire – Life Is Beautiful!
Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Recording Studios, Wembley Time - July 1975 Artist - Fred Astaire On completing the duet album with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire wanted to stay on…
Anthony Newley Part 4: A Single Moment Cherished Forever
Place - Langham London Time - 1995 Artist Anthony Newley A Night With Newley Newley was to be filmed performing his one-man show in front of a star-studded audience at…
Anthony Newley – Tells Some Strange Stories.
Place - England, Marigot Bay & Saint Lucia Time - 1966 Artist - Anthony Newley Friends - Peter Sellers, Warren Beatty, a very special dinner guest I would meet up…
Anthony Newley Part 2: Tony adds a little more Newley
Place - KD's Studio, Chiswick London Time - 1994 Artist - Anthony Newley Album - Too Much Woman The album took several weeks to complete and this gave me a…
Anthony Newley Part 1: Meet the Artful Dodger
Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Wembley England Time - 1974 Artist - Anthony Newley The Movie - Mister Quilp Anthony Newley was a major international celebrity. His career spanned more…
Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 3 – The Sessions
The place - Different Fur Studios - San Francisco The time - December 1983 Artist - Sir Douglas Quintet The producer - Kenny Denton Five days and counting On the…
Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 2 – The Rehearsal
The Band- Sir Douglas Quintet Place - Mill Valley San Francisco Time - 1982 Rehearsal Studio On arriving at my motel I was informed that there was no reservation made…
Doug Sahm Nightmare Part 1 – A Bad Start
The Band - Sir Douglas Quintet Place -Sweden & San Francisco Time - 1982 Album - Midnight Sun "You can always tell a Texan but you can't tell him much."…
“Kinky Friedman. The Lone Star New York” Dies In Texas.
Place - The Lone Star Cafe - New York Time - 1984 Artist - Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jew Boys Kinky Friedman is a Texas country singer, novelist, songwriter,…
Tommy Boyce Working with A Real Life Monkee Part 2
Place - De Lane Lea Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Mix Engineer - Kenny Denton Splicing Success Tommy Boyce, born in the USA, was probably most famous…
Tommy Boyce The Monkees & His Magic Touch Part 1:
Place - Del Lane Lea Studios Time - Mid 70s Artist - Tommy Boyce Engineer - Kenny Denton Tommy Boyce was a wonderful complex character So I wanted to capture…
Wayne Fontana: A Noisy Fight with a Bingo Hall
Place - Tangerine Studios, North London Time - The 70s Artist - Wayne Fontana Welcome to Tangerine Studios Situated in heart of North London was a small facility called Tangerine…
Bing Crosby Gives the Best Birthday Gift Ever
Place - The Music Centre, Wembley Time - July 1975 Artist - Bing Crosby In July 1975 at the Music Centre in Wembley, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire were recording…
Jimi Hendrix – Arrogance and a Death Threat
Place - Isle of Wight Festival, East Afton Farm Time - August 26th 1970 The Recording Crew - Vic Maile, Neville Crozier, Alan Perkins, Kenny Denton & Tony Carey 1970…
Dorothy Squires: James Bond’s Wife Does It Her Way
Place - Studio One Pye Recording Studios Time - 1970 Artist - Dorothy Squires Engineer - Howard Barrow A very colourful life. Dorothy Squires was a Welsh vocalist who had…