Archive for March, 2010

MICKY JONES R.I.P.

Friday, March 12th, 2010 · Posted in News & Gossip

MICKY JONES 1946-2010

We were sad to learn that MICKY JONES, guitarist and singer with legendary Welsh progressive rock band Man, passed away in his sleep on 10th March 2010.

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THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS: THE TIME HAS COME

Monday, March 8th, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week

Great to see The Chambers Brothers in action on this US TV show from the 1970s. The group appeared on Ed Sullivan’s Rock’n’Roll Classic, performing ‘The Time Has Come Today’ their 1968 break through hit.

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THE MOTORS

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week


Motoring down the rock’n’roll freeway

THE MOTORS ON BBC TV’S THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1978

Here are The Motors in action, one of the hottest bands of the Seventies and contemporaries of the Kursaal Flyers and Heavy Metal Kids. The group was fronted by Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster, who had met in the pub rock band Ducks Deluxe. After playing in various bands Nick was encouraged by his manager Richard Ogden to form his own group. Working began on assembling The Motors in January 1977 and Garvey and McMaster recruited Ricky Wernham (drums), and guitarist Bram Tchaikovsky. They made their debut at he Marquee Club, London in March 1977 and signed to Virgin.

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Rock journalist Chris Welch has been a member of the Repertoire team for twenty years. He has written hundreds of CD liner notes for a huge range of album releases since joining the company in 1988. His comprehensive knowledge of the rock and pop world is based on a career that began in the Swinging Sixties.

As Features Editor on Melody Maker he wrote about all the major rock and pop groups including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Each week he reported on rising stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Tom Jones, Scott Walker, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Jiving K.Boots.

After 40 years Chris is still writing about pop and rock and playing the drums. His current favourite group is Kings of Leon. Each fortnight Chris reminisces about his adventures as a music journalist and reports on the latest news ('Elvis To Tour Shock'), in CHRIS’ CORNER.