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Under the influence
This week: Des Henly of Fumble
 Elvis
Presley: "Loving You".
This was the first time I'd heard any rock'n'roll. It
was the late fifties, and against my will I went to see the
film. Up until then I'd thought Elvis was a very silly person.
Anyway, when I got there, I literally spent the whole time
standing on my seat, leaping and cavorting about. From then
on, all I wanted was a guitar and a check shirt and to play
"Loving You."
Everly Brothers: "Cathy's Clown".
This was an influence because I'd never heard anyone singing
like that before. Their vocal sound completely knocked me
out. It was fresh air at the time.
Tommy Steele: "Singing The Blues"
Not much to say about this one except that he had a great
voice and sounded like he meant it.
Shadows: "Apache"
I liked this simply because it was a new sound, a very
clean sound at that. Every time it came on the radio I whipped
it up loud. All I wanted to do after this was to play guitar
like Hank Marvin.
Beatles: "Please Please Me"
Their "Love Me Do" didn't have any impact on me, but "Please
Please Me" had so much power and vitality and a certain aggression
in the voices.
Yardbirds: "Good Mornin Little Schoolgirl"
Before I heard this I'd started liking R and B. So many
great players went through bands at this time, especially
the Yardbirds. I always thought Keith Relf had a demanding
voice and there was an incredible guitar sound on this particular
single.
Cyril Davis: "Chicago Calling"
I hadn't heard harmonica played like this before and Davis
was probably the best white R and B harmonica player in the
world. Listening to him also made me interested in others,
like Jesse Fuller and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Bob Dylan: "Blowin' In The Wind"
I went to see Dylan in the early sixties - I think it was
63 - when he did a two-hour, one-man concert at the London
Festival Hall. I only went because it was a very groovy thing
to do at the time and hitched up from Weston-super-Mare. So
when I got there I was half asleep, Sounds silly, but afterwards
I was a changed person. His music really turned me around
because he was saying so much.
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Roskilde
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Poetry In Lotion (RCA) 1974
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Seller (Sovereign) 1973 (Melody Maker, NME, Disc, Sounds)
Not Fade Away (RCA) 1974
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