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MUSICAL EXPRESS
May 12 1973
May 12 1973
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.
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.