Let me Introduce you to a world we used to know !
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Three lads from Hartlepool come down to London in the early 70's
They were then and they still are now "Rock and Roll Rowdies"
With Mark (Hobbit) Emery trying to compere the podcasts, these gentlemen share their memories in their own inimitable style.
I've had the honour of working along side three out of the four from 1974 onwards, and it was always a blast!
Here they are introducing themselves to you on the youtube clips to your left.
The audio clip below is of one little story I tell, on tour with Wishbone Ash with Hobbit and Mal on their crew. It's just a case of sometimes shit happens and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
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If you'd like to see them perform on youtube, them click through to any of the clips here or just go to
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8zQwfMgo3wVcNvzOk3NKsA/videos
A little snippet from my 1974 diary remembering Hobbit's birthday and been told to get lots of ice, a bucket and loads of egg salad, you can guess the rest:)
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Here is the link to listen to ALL the Podcasts so far from these happy guys at podbean.com
In my book, published by Routledge the very first chapter is an interview with Brian Croft, the co founder of ESP Lighting. It's great that a podcast has picked up his story for the lovers of live music history
Backstage Pass is a podcast mini-series produced by Chris Smith and Christian Swain edited by Jerry Danielsen and is a joint production with Pantheon Podcasts, the home for music lovers.
With your Backstage Pass you will hear from some of those that were there. Their stories, told with warmth, affection and humour will tell you how they made it happen. You will also hear how some of the crew(s), went from being the archetypal long haired hippies dressed in blue denim to carve out long careers for themselves to become internationally recognised and acclaimed industry leaders in the field of stage lighting and production.
Whatever line they are now in, all are agreed that working with the lighting company was the ‘best apprenticeship ever’. They are waiting to share their stories so grab your Backstage Pass and join them.
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