Friday, 30 September 2011
Friday Slade
To my eternal gratitude my big sister risked her musical credibility way back in the seventies and took a very young Thud to see Slade at the Liverpool Empire and I've loved them ever since (her too!). I meet people who tell me about growing up listening to soul,disco,tamla etc, if you were white and working class in 1970's Huyton then this was the soundtrack of your life.
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Yay! One of the highlights of my life, thus far, was meeting Noddy and Don Powell at Porky Prime Cuts.
I used to watch a band called The Steve Wally Band.
They were utterly brilliant. I think you would have loved them. (I recall that they never used the same drummer twice so technically weren't a band at all)
I got Steve's telephone number and contacted him regularly for gig lists (pre internet days) and followed his band. I have to say that I've only ever been motivated to follow two bands and the other is Muse.
What became of The Steve Wally Band ? Well Malcom (the bassist) joined Simple Minds and tours with them. And Steve ?
Why. He took Noddy Holder's place in Slade of course !
(He has a Simon Templer The Saint tattoo on his left forearm and plays a white Fender Strat)
I love his voice!!! Sexy. Rock and roll fiddle has always been woefully under-done, too. And the gogo booted fan girls is gravy.
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