Pavilionaire
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WORLD famous? I don't see him filling the Maracana any time soon.
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WORLD famous? I don't see him filling the Maracana any time soon.
Number 13 in the 1978 Festive Fifty is good enough for me to be world famous.
Stato
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I seem to remember that he died before completely finishing the record to his satisfaction. Was he planning to write lyrics later, but didn't get the chance because of the plane crash?
Nitram
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Def Leppard's drummer.
What about putting together a physically challenged group. Drummer and lead guitarist (Iommi) sorted. Stevie Wonder keyboards and vocals. I'm struggling with a bass player maybe Lemmy could fit at a stretch as he is always legless
Any other candidates for a supergroup?Why does Otis Redding whistle his way thru the last part of "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"?
I seem to remember that he died before completely finishing the record to his satisfaction. Was he planning to write lyrics later, but didn't get the chance because of the plane crash?
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That's about it, as I remember it early in the recording session they "laid down" the length and cadence of the track with the whistle, went home for the weekend / evening - Otis died in a plane crash and so couldn't complete the recording - an enterprising manager and the rest is history.
I seem to remember that he died before completely finishing the record to his satisfaction. Was he planning to write lyrics later, but didn't get the chance because of the plane crash?
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That's about it, as I remember it early in the recording session they "laid down" the length and cadence of the track with the whistle, went home for the weekend / evening - Otis died in a plane crash and so couldn't complete the recording - an enterprising manager and the rest is history.
Pogue Mahone
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Def Leppard's drummer.
What about putting together a physically challenged group. Drummer and lead guitarist (Iommi) sorted. Stevie Wonder keyboards and vocals. I'm struggling with a bass player maybe Lemmy could fit at a stretch as he is always legless
Robert Wyatt. He plays just about everything.
Buzzer
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Def Leppard's drummer.
What about putting together a physically challenged group. Drummer and lead guitarist (Iommi) sorted. Stevie Wonder keyboards and vocals. I'm struggling with a bass player maybe Lemmy could fit at a stretch as he is always legless
John Martyn played a mean guitar. Also, if you're looking for other lead singers then Ian Dury could be a good shout.
Buzzer
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Was John Martyn physically challenged? I never knew that and I saw him in concert
He was a serious pisshead though
He had his right leg amputated below the knee due to being a right piss-head!
Stato
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Was John Martyn physically challenged? I never knew that and I saw him in concert
He was a serious pisshead though
He may have been complete when you saw him. He had part of his leg amputated a few years before he died.
Ian Dury could be joined by David Newton-Rohoman, the drummer from Kilburn and the High Roads who couldn't walk without crutches.
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Lenny Rider
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Alan Lake, Diana Dors husband was jailed after a pub brawl along with which one hit wonder? And what was his hit?
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AmexRuislip
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Been done before I know but not for a while I don't think. I think the last time that we did this I hardly recognised any of the bands/artists being mentioned
At the time, Mick Jagger was often put forward as the person being referred to in the title of Carly Simon's single "You're so Vain"
In fact he was a backing singer on the record and can clearly be heard on the backing chorus, especially towards the end of the record.
Who put the ram in ramalamadingdong?
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Leapy Lee
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Little arrows
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Richard Hannon (snr of course)
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Was it Clive Dunn (Grandad)?
AmexRuislip
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What black soul singer used to do backing vocals for David Bowie?