Louisiana Is A Strange Old Place To Be
Date - Mid Nineties Place - Louisiana Characters - Thought Provoking Outcome - Strange Cajun Adventures The following short stories are sections that were left out of my book There…
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…
Sir Douglas Quintet. Being Early Can Make You Late?
Date: 1984 Artist: Sir Douglas Quintet Album: Rio Medina Place: San Antonio Texas How Being Early Can Make You Late? Back in 1984, I found myself heading to San Antonio…
Arthur Mullard. Everyone’s Making It Big but Me.
Artist: Arthur Mullard and Chas & Dave. Year: 1975. Place: De Lane Lea, Wembley. Song: I Only Have Eyes for You. Song: Everyone's Making It Big but Me. Firstly UK…
Writing A Song An Innovative Approach.
Songwriters The lifeblood. Music Story Songs Country Music Songs Novice Songwriters The oxygen of the music industry Has always been its songwriters, serving as its lifeblood. Music, whether lyrical or…
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…
Anthony Newley’s Mother Grace One Extraordinary Lady
Surrey England Time - 1999 - 2002 Name - Frances Grace Newley Looking after Gracie After Tony Newley passed away in April 1999, Sue and I would take his mother,…
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…
Status Quo & Young and Moody & The Devil Went Down
Place - Pye Studios - De Lane Lea Studios Wembley Time - 1970s Artist - Status Quo - Young & Moody For over 50 years Status Quo, known today more…
A Look At Vic Maile Recording Engineer/Producer & Close Friend
Place - Pye Studios/Mobile/DeLane Lea /UK Time - 1969 - 1989 Artist/Producer - Vic Maile Engineer and Producer. Vic Maile started his career as a sound engineer in 1965 at…
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…
Eldorado The Album & Meeting Lou Clark For The First Time
Place - De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley - Nashville Time - 1974 - 2007 Artist - Louis Clark Louis Clark Born 27 February 1947 Died 13 February 2021, was an…
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…
Nostromo The Alien Theme – In Space No One Can Make You Dance – Except – Nostromo
Time - 1979 Place - De Lane Lea Studios Wembley - Bronze Studios Artist - Nostromo Nostromo Was a studio band I put together 1979 to release a disco single…
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…
Special Little Moments (From The Blogs) Pt 2
Place - The World Time - 1960 - 2005Artists - Various David Carradine – Fascinating? Maybe. Weird? Definitely For the full story go to Stories David Carradine was best known…
The Most Famous Grizzly Bear In The World
Place - Dunblane, Scotland & London Time - 1980 Artist - Hercules The Bear Hercules the Bear Hercules a trained grizzly bear who was famous for escaping during filming for…
Geriatric Dinosaurs Join The Party
Tubeway Army Place - De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley, United Kingdom Time - April 1978 Artist - Tubeway Army Tubeway Army Were a London-based punk band led by lead singer…
You Gotta Have Faith that I’m Your Man
Place - Wembley/Edgware Time - 1979/80 Artist - Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou - Singer & Songwriter/Record Producer Georgios Panayiotou Was an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Known as a leading creative force…
Dave Miller – The Man Who Invented Payola
Place - London Time - 1970-80'S Entrepreneur/Record Producer - Dave Miller Dave Miller Dave Miller was the founder of Holiday & Essex Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1951. The labels had local…
Who’s In Charge of The Chaos, Indulgence & Ego
Place - De Lne Lea Studios Wembley England Time - Mid 70's Artist - Jimmy Webb Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum…
Strange But True-Oddball -The Drunk-The Gambler and The Dame
Place - De Lane Lea/CTS Wembley UK Time - 1970s Various Artists, Clients & Staff The Portsmouth Sinfonia - The self-proclaimed "World's Worst Orchestra” This somewhat unorthodox orchestra was founded in…
Nashville Stars & Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
Place - Nashville Time - 1979/80 Characters - Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton-Wesley Rose, Jerry Foster, Nutty Walt Discovering Nashville. Having finished the Bill Haley recordings at Fame studios, I decided…
The Stripper & The Choir Boy
Place - London Time - 1952- 1965 Author - Kenny Denton As a Young Child. I spent most of my time living within my imagination, believing that no dream was…
Master Plan Part 2: Border Issues in the USA
Place - New York, London, Germany Time - 1970 Deal Maker - Dave Meyers Producer - Kenny Denton First Refusal. Having signed the deal with PolyGram we set off to…
Master Plan Part 1: Tricking Your Way To An Amazing Record Deal
Place - London & Europe Time - 1978-1979 Deal Maker - Dave Meyers Producer - Kenny Denton Finding an A&R Person. Finding an A&R person in any record company, who…
Peter Green Part 2: The Most Horrendous Argument
Place - KD's Studio, Chiswick, London Time - 1997 Artist - Peter Green- AKA Peter Greenbaum Album - The Robert Johnson Songbook Production Credits As we were making progress with…
Peter Green Part 1: Do You Believe In The After Life
Place - KD's Studio, Chiswick, London Time - 1997 Artist - Peter Green AKA Peter Greenbaum Album - The Robert Johnson Songbook Peter Green had reached legendary status over the…
David Carradine – Fascinating? Maybe. Weird? Definitely
Place - De Lane Lea Studios, Wembley Time - 1974 Artist - David Carradine David Carradine was best known as an actor although he did dabble with a music career…
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…
Secrets In The Attic
Place - KD's Studio, Chiswick, London Time - 1994 Artist - Alisha's Attic Alisha's Attic was a successful duo in the mid-nineties. The two sisters Karen and Shelly are the…
Strange But True: Music Industry Anecdotes
Place - Various Time - 1960- 2006 Artist - Various Barry Gibb and Blue Weaver - Saturday Night Fever Blue Weaver was a founder member of Amen Corner, a Welsh…
Sham 69: Got What It Takes To Be A Star
Place - De Lane Lea Studios, England Time - 1977 Artist - Sham 69 Engineer - Rafe McKenna In early 1977 whilst working at De Lane Lea the managing director,…
Cajun Adventure Part 4: Treachery & Greed
Place - London, England Time - 1992 Artist - Toby The next eighteen months would relieve me of both my sanity and $50,000. The first six months was spent negotiating…
Cajun Adventure Part 3: Baloo really was a Bear
Place - Lafayette, Louisiana Time - 1992 Artist - Toby Tomera Baloo Arrives Having spoken to Camey Doucet I phoned Toby almost immediately, I explained who I was and about…
Cajun Adventure Part 2: The Happening That Never Happened
Place - Triangle Club Scott, Louisiana Time - 1992 Radio DJ - Camey Doucet The Triangle Club After a good night sleep at a Carlean hotel I was up early…
Cajun Adventure Part 1: The Search for Talent in Louisiana
Place - Louisiana Time - 1992 Artist - Toby Tomera First a quick history lesson, don't worry I'll keep it short. In 1605 French settlers arrived in what is now…
Bill Haley’s Manager & One Embarrassing Evening
Time - 1979 Place - London Manager - Patrick Malynn Patrick, Never Paddy Patrick Malynn was a tall, elegant Irishman and what you would call a dapper dresser. He could…
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…
Isle of Wight – a Beautiful Dream That Became a Monster
Place - Isle of Wight Festival Time - August 1970 Artist - Kris Kristofferson and John Sebastian Of all the bans that played at the Isle of Wight Festival, in…
The Doors – In the Dark About the Bass Player
Place - Isle of Wight Festival Time - Saturday 29th August 1970 Artist - The Doors Late on the Saturday evening we were receiving a lot of feedback in the…
The Who Live At The Oval Cricket Ground 1971
Place - The Oval Cricket Grand Time - 18th September 1971 Artist - The Who The Pye mobile recording studio was hired to record the Goodbye Summer: Concert for Bangladesh…
The Who – Hells Angels and a Broken Drum Mic
Place - Isle Of Wight Festival Time - 30th August 1970 Artist - The Who By Saturday the 29th of August the festival was well on its way. There were…
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…
Jack Fishman: How The Sting Got Stung
Place - De Lane Lea Time - 1973 Song Writer - Jack Fishman As a songwriter, Jack Fishman was a real wordsmith and wrote the lyrics to many of the…
Dr Feelgood and the Secret to Stupidity
The Place - De Lane Lea, Wembley The Time - August 1976 Artist - Dr Feelgood The Album - Stupidity Engineer - Vic Maile Dr. Feelgood formed in 1971 was…
Jack Fishman: A Shilling Goes A Long Way
Place - Pye Recording Studios, London Time - 1970 Client - Jack Fishman Spycatcher Jack Fishman was a songwriter, journalist and spy catcher. He co-wrote several hits including, If Paradise…
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,…