However, the band was also keen to test fans’ trivia. A multiple-choice question asked buyers to name the group’s original drummer. A quick Google search in a separate tab can quickly enlighten unaware fans (it’s Tony McCarroll, by the way). But the line of questioning posed before ...
enthusiasts could bring only crippling Britishdecorumand diffidence. The only sign of life was in the late 1950sskifflecraze, spearheaded by Scotland’sLonnie Donegan. Skiffle groups (like the Beatles-launching Quarrymen) were drummerless acousticguitar-and-banjoensembles, jug bands really, who most ...
Pete Townshend is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the British rock band the Who. Townshend’s evocative songwriting has earned him a reputation as an inventive and intellectual rock
but I have been asked to do the next Who record. Because you're working for me, I can't see that it'll be a problem. But if you do, then say so.' I said 'No, that's all right. I'd love to do that with you.' So we went to Battersea, to what we called...
At one point he yells at the drummer, “Drummer here’s your tempo!” So there are times when you have to steel yourself against the negative vibes. You truly put on your game face in these moments. But back to a studio setting, artists still are the boss. The artist is always right...
Obituary: Chris Curtis ; Original Drummer with the Searchers Who Left the Group in 1966CHRIS CURTIS was the mercurial, maverick drummer with the beat group the Searchers. They had three No 1 records in the 1960s and, Beatles apart, they are recognised as the most significant group to have ...
You know who wins. (The maniac in the Challenger.) It’s a rock and roll movie. The Hitch-Hiker They should not have picked up that hitch-hiking sociopath, but then there wouldn't be a movie. Based on a true story, 'The Hitch-Hiker' is a 1953 oldie starring Edmund O’Brien and...
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McCartney was a bit kinder, saying that Best was a “really good drummer” who merely “wasn’t quite like the rest of us.” Source: dispatch.com Read More>>>
Sad note: Roger Booth, the original drummer, lead singer, and writer, passed away in 2010. Dick Burns, the original lead guitar player, passed away in 1984. Larry Smith, who played trumpet and keyboard with the band for many years, passed away in 2001. Frank Glaser who played lead guita...