BP Fallon

We are delighted to announce that BP Fallon will be DJing and speaking at Ireland’s famous Electric Picnic festival.

Photography: BP Fallon speaking at Mindfield at Electric Picnic last year, by lib-lab

Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival, Friday September 3rd – Sunday September 5th at Stradbally Hall Estate, Co. Laois, Ireland.

At Electric Picnic’s Mindfield, BP will speak on the panel ‘Unknown Pleasures’ in a talk about the past, present and future of the music business/schmizzness, in the company of some of its other enduring legends. Peter Hook – former bass player with Joy Division and New Order – teams up with pot evangelist Mr. Nice Howard Marks in a frank conversation about the fraught past; former Wham! manager and author of the scurrilous book ‘Black Vinyl, White Powder’ Simon Napier-Bell joins them to talk about the present – and legendary DJ, photographer, lead vocalist and Viscount Of Vibes BP Fallon looks into the future. The panel is presented by RTE and is moderated by Dave Fanning.
Saturday @ 4pm in the Leviathan tent.

Photography: BP Fallon @ Electric Picnic’s Mindfield 2009 by Bob Gruen

Dublin’s Science Gallery present Ignite at Mindfield. Our esteemed Mr Fallon will give a rapid 5-minutes-with-slides Ignite talk. Title of BP’s chinwag-with-visuals is ‘Now And Zen: Mind Your Mind And Your Mind Will Mind You’ – which could mean anything and probably does.
Saturday @ 3pm.

And after all the sorta-cerebral stuff has been sorted – even more fun and frolics when BP Fallon takes to the decks to DJ at Mindfield, where he headlines under the Science Gallery umbrella (tent?).
Saturday @ 8pm.

“I’m very very vibed up about this Mindfield-Science Gallery-Electric Picnic boogaloo” our Mr Fallon says from New York. “Electric Picnic, with all its many magics like Mindfield and Body And Soul – as well as the incredible music – is an important festival. Last year was a complete gas. I can’t wait to be in Ireland at EP next weekend, spinning and doing verbal”.

Also appearing at Electric Picnic are Massive Attack, Leftfield, Roxy Music, Public Image Ltd, LCD Soundsystem, Modest Mouse, The National, Lucent Dossier Experience, Marc Almond, Crystal Castles, Mumford & Sons, Hot Chip, Steve Earle, The Horrors and a cast of hundreds more.

Photography: May The Road Rise To Meet You – the road to Electric Picnic by BP Fallon

Photography: Mindfield at Electric Picnic 2009 by BP Fallon

Photography: Cosmic lights at Electric Picnic 2008 by BP Fallon

More effervescent EP pix:
1) BP Fallon & The Kills, My Bloody Valentine, Shane MacGowan & The Sex Pistols @ Electric Picnic 2008
2) The BP Fallon Orchestra & Chorus at Mindfield @ Electric Picnic 2009

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Artist Of The Week
- from London - Steve Marriott

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle starring the brilliant Steve Marriott

00:00 BP Fallon intro
00:14 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:23 Street Rat – Steve Marriott
03:04 Strange Times – The Black Keys
06:13 Feelin’ No Pain – Freddy Frogs
09:38 BP verbal
10:15 Louisiana Blues – Steve Marriott
13:57 Strychnine – Bobby Gillespie
14:21 She Moves Me Man – Steve Marriott
18:17 The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song – Jeffrey Lewis
25:16 Let Them Knock – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
29:35 Chicken Half – The Sugarman Three
32:56 Bluegrass Interval – Steve Marriott
36:05 BP rabbit
37:12 High And Happy – Steve Marriott
39:46 Hambone – Steve Marriott
42:27 Of Vegas And Vanity – The Loom
45:27 Stardust – The Lonesome Heroes
49:02 Trouble No More – Honkytonk Homeslice
52:06 Gather – Jay Farrar
56:05 BP outro
57:17 Lord Let Me Hold Out – Steve Marriott
60:41 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Small Faces – Kenney Jones & Ian McLagan
& Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane

Photography: Steve Marriott

Album cover: the amazing Steve Marriott’s Scrubbers

Steve Marriott January 30th 1947 – April 20th 1991.
One of the greatest. God Bless you, Steve.

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BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Band Of The Week
- from New York - The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

Photography: The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl by BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle feat. The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

00:00 BP Fallon opens the door
00:17 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:26 What’s Up Doc? – Carbon Silicon
06:09 Been Down Too Long – Scott H Biram
09:49 True Love Cast Out All Evil – Roky Erickson
14:00 BP gets Ghostly
14:46 The World Was Made For Men – Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
17:46 Don’t Hold Your Head So Low – Sweet Jane
22:42 Never Gonna Dance Like Me – Aaron Lee Tasjan
25:58 BP rabbit
26:39 Jardin Du Luxembourg (acoustic) – Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
29:14 Ask The Elephant – Yoko One & The Plastic Ono Band
32:15 Freed – Sean Lennon
33:46 Smoke & Mirrors – Sean Lennon
38:03 Flowers Of Ours – The Asteroid #4
41:07 BP verbal
41:40 Rainbows In Gasoline – The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
44:50 Hamlet’s Theme – Sean Lennon
48:07 Talking In Tongues – Tania Nally
52:33 Fish 2 Fry – The Jim Jones Revue
56:08 BP bows to the universe
57:16 Lavender Road (acoustic) – The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
61:18 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Sean Lennon & Yoko Ono & Charlotte Kemp Muhl
by BP Fallon

Photography: Charlotte’s Birthday NYC August 17th 2010
by Gavin Doyle

Sreengrab: John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon (vox/piano), Yoko Ono (crocheting and Kotex eyewear),
Beatles tour manager Mal Evans (tambourine), BP Fallon
(bass & hat), Richard DiLello (camera), Klaus Voorman
(bass), Alan White (drums). TOTP London Feb 12th 1970

Screengrab: BP Fallon & His Band – Aaron Lee Tasjan & BPF
& Sean Lennon & Lenny Kaye by Christopher M Lynch 2010

Photography: Charlotte Kemp Muhl & Mickey Mouse by BP Fallon

Photography: Sean Lennon & Woody Allen by BP Fallon

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Robert Plant talking about his Band Of Joy – with video excerpts of songs from the superb new album:

We saw Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy in Houston Texas in a night of musical magic. It was joyous and celebratory, Robert as special a singer as ever and fronting an extraordinary band led by ace guitarist Buddy Miller and featuring the sublime Patti Griffith.

From Led Zeppelin to his solo work to his already-classic ‘Raising Sand’ record with Alison Krauss to the September 13-released Band Of Joy album… Robert live with The Band Of Joy draws mesmerisingly from his amazing career.

Our favourite? Possibly the magnetic bluesed-out ‘Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down’ from the forthcoming album, previously cut by Willie Nelson and Uncle Tupelo… and then of course there’s the contagiously-percussive ‘Angel Dance’. The timeless troubadour shines on brightly.

To be on a roll and not to rock?

Photography: BP Fallon & Robert Plant in Houston Texas by Nicola Powell

Photography: Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy stage backdrop by BP Fallon

Photography: Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy live by BP Fallon July 24th 2010. Note Buddy Miller stage left and Patti Griffith second-right.

Photography: The Lobsters – BP Fallon and Robert Plant – plus
bassist Andy Sylvester sing backing vocals with Melvin’s Marauders
in The Queen’s Head pub in Stourbridge near Kidderminster
May 17th 1979 by Claire De La Luna

Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy: one and two more live pix by BPF.
The Band Of Joy takes its name from Robert’s pre-Zeppelin group
that included John Bonham.

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Artist Of The Week
- from LA - Michael Des Barres

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Michael Des Barres

00:00 BP Fallon gets us choogling
00:21 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:31 Forgive Me – Michael Des Barres
04:07 Hear Ya Dance – Andre Williams
08:54 Chasing Dragons – Gemma Hayes
12:41 BP verbal
13:46 Obsession – Michael Des Barres
17:06 Time – Morgan O’Kane
21:07 Used To Call Me Baby – Split Lip Rayfield
24:35 Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Blind Willie Johnson
27:43 Skunk (Sonically Speaking) – The MC5
31:50 BP rabbit
33:10 Hello New York – Silverhead
36:25 More Than Your Mouth Can Hold – Silverhead
39:48 Rolling With My Baby – Silverhead w/ Carol Grimes & Suzi Quatro
42:36 My Baby Saved My Ass – Michael Des Barres
46:45 Where The Action Is – Michael Des Barres
49:29 BP speak
50:49 I’m So Happy That I’m Crying – Michael Des Barres
54:19 Talkin’ Bobby Dale Hard Luck Blues – Jesse Dayton
59:43 Somethin’ Somebody Said – Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh
62:16 BP au revoir
63:18 Life Is Always Right – Michael Des Barres
65:55 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Michael Des Barres in Silverhead 1973 by Keith Morris

Photography: BP Fallon & Michael Des Barres 1972 by Andrew Tribe
from the cover of the first album by Silverhead

Photography: Nigel Harrison in Silverhead 1972 by BP Fallon
from the cover of the first album by Silverhead

Rare Silverhead badge: the photo of Michael Des Barres by BP Fallon

Silverhead’s second album ’16 & Savaged’ 1973

Photography: Gyl Owen-Corrigan & Michael Des Barres & Iggy Pop
& Coral Shields @ Rodney’s LA 1973 by BP Fallon

Miss Pamela & Michael Des Barres on the cover
of Pamela’s book ‘Take Another Piece Of My Heart’

Photography: Jesse Dayton & BP Fallon & Michael Des Barres
& Danny B Harvey & Jimmy Thrill, Texas 2010 by Little Deb

Photography: Michael Des Barres & Danny B Harvey & BP Fallon
Texas 2010 by Little Deb

Photography: BP Fallon & Michael Des Barres Texas 2010
by Little Deb

Photography: BP Fallon & Michael Des Barres Texas 2010
by Little Deb

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LIFE’S A GAS
I could have loved you girl
Like a planet
I could have chained your heart
To a star
But it really doesn’t matter at all
But it really doesn’t matter at all
Life’s a gas. I hope it’s gonna last.
I could have built a house
On the ocean
I could placed your love
In the sky
I could have turned you
into a priestess
I could have burned
Your fate in the sand
- words & music by Marc Bolan

Photography: Marc Bolan & BP Fallon May 14th 1971 by Spud Murphy

Vibing in the dressing room at The Albert Hall in Nottingham. Later that evening during the T.Rex concert, Spud Murphy took the black and white photograph of Marc on stage with his guitar and amp that – etched in gold – became the basis for the iconic ‘Electric Warrior’ album cover that set the tone for the new Bolan boogie inside. Magic times.

Scan of the German magazine Bravo by Karin Markgraf on Facebook

BP – front left beside Mickey & Marc – is wearing Marc’s glitter leopard jacket. The Ottos were Bravo magazine’s Oscars. Note The Sweet and their producer Mike Chapman – who went on to produce BP Fallon’s bass player Nigel Harrison in Blondie – in the lineup. The award-giving event took place in Munich on April 26th 1972. The next day BP, Marc and Mickey flew to Copenhagen:

Photography: BP Fallon & Marc Bolan in Copenhagen April 27th 1972 by Jørgen Angel

Marc and Mickey and BP had just flown in from Munich via Frankfurt and are here arriving straight from Copenhagen airport at Rosenberg Studios to meet up with Tony Visconti and Steve Currie and Bill Legend and Mick O’Halloran who’d flown out from London earlier. Recording began almost immediately, bearing sonic gold easy action in tracks like ‘Chariot Choogle’ and ‘Buick Mackane’ and the electric version of ‘Sunken Rags’. More magic.

SEE! T.Rex ‘Hot Love’ with BP Fallon playing congas and singing backing vocals (1971)

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Band Of The Week
- from everywhere - The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather – Jack White & Alison Mosshart & Dean Fertita & Jack Lawrence – played a secret show in New York on Wednesday Aug 4th at the rock’n'roll club Don Hills. Here we celebrate this magic group.

Photography: The Dead Weather at Prospect Park, Brooklyn,
NYC Aug 3rd 2010 by BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring The Dead Weather

00:00 BP Fallon talks about the Weather
00:33 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:43 Blue Blood Blues – The Dead Weather
04:04 Heo Nah Lah – The Asteroid #4
07:56 BP verbal
08:40 I Cut Like A Buffalo – The Dead Weather
12:05 Great High Mountain – Jack White
16:32 Fly Farm Blues – Jack White
19:45 No Wow – The Kills
23:42 BP rabbit
24:22 Treat Me Like Your Mother – The Dead Weather
28:28 It’s A Trip – Shakespears Sister
32:10 Die By The Drop – The Dead Weather
35:34 Will There Be Enough Water – The Dead Weather
41:24 I Believe In Elvis Presley – BP Fallon
45:44 BP just can’t help believing
46:22 Where’s Your Money – Sweet Jane
50:42 Funny Cigarette – The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope
54:41 BP bows to the universe
55:56 Outside – The Dead Weather
58:42 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Will There Be Enough Water? Jack White
& Alison Mosshart by BP Fallon

Photography: U R A Fever: Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart
by BP Fallon

Photography: Alison Mosshart & Jack White by photoboth

Photography: Aaron Lee Tasjan & BP Fallon & Jack Lawrence
Don Hill’s NYC by Jo McCaughey

Photography: I Believe In Elvis Presley: BP Fallon & Jack White
Nashville TN by Jo McCaughey

Photography: Elvis

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BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Artist Of The Week
- from Houston & LA - Mike Stinson

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Mike Stinson

00:00 BP Fallon wanders wondering
00:08 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – The Shining Twins
00:12 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:22 I’m Mad – The Dead Weather
03:37 Could Be, Doesn’t Matter – The Heads
07:33 Fly Farm Blues – Jack White
10:44 BP verbal
11:45 Square With The World – Mike Stinson
15:28 John Lawman – Roky Erickson
18:37 Detroit City – Drivin ‘N’ Cryin
22:58 BP rabbit
23:34 Ashes Of A Dream – Mike Stinson
27:39 Good Man – Heavy Trash
30:34 My Brain – Mose Allison
33:28 High School Crush – Just Jason
36:10 Not To Write About Boys – Supercute!
38:19 Psycho – The Shining Twins
41:13 BP speak
41:59 Angel Of The Evening – Mike Stinson
46:03 100 Years From Now – Karen Elson
49:12 Bobby’s Bedroom – Sean Lennon
51:49 Tralee Trembles – Lilt
57:03 BP a bientot
58:00 Walk Away – Mike Stinson
62:08 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers
& Kevn Kinney of Drivin ‘N’ Cryin by BP Fallon

Photography: Supercute! by BP Fallon

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Photography: Jimi Hendrix in Montagu Place, London 1967 by David Magnus

Roy Head: Treat Her Right (1965)

This cat is an amazing mover with his sub-James Brown leg wobbles – and somersaults off the stage, anyone? Fuck me.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience on ‘The Lulu Show’ (1969)

Jimi & Noel & Mitch and their majestic ‘Voodoo Chile’ and a beautifully wild intro to ‘Hey Joe’ before Jimi announces “We’d like to stop playing this rubbish” and launches into a spontaneous twang through Cream’s ‘Sunshine Of You Love’ – with the producers of the live tv show freaking out as the show is running over time. Priceless.

Photography: Jimi & Janis Fillmore West 1968 by Baron Wolman

Photography: Jimi Hendrix & The Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt & The Eire Apparent’s Henry McCullough USA 1968 by Linda Eastman

Photography: Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood and The Move’s Carl Wayne UK 1967

Photography: Brian Jones & Jimi Hendrix @ Monterey 1967. Brian introduced The Jimi Hendrix Experience live on stage, thus introducing them to America

Photography: Jimi in New York 1967 by Baron Wolman

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Artist Of The Week
- from Charlottesville, Virginia - Morgan O’Kane

Photography: Morgan O’Kane by BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Morgan O’Kane

00:00 BP Fallon intro
00:10 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:20 Time – Morgan O’Kane
04:22 Between Darkness And Light – Ruby James
08:45 Been Down So Long – Scott H Biram
12:26 BP rabbit
12:54 Nine Lives – Morgan O’Kane & Domino Kirke
16:51 Psychotic Girl – The Black Keys
20:59 Fish 2 Fry – The Jim Jones Revue
24:34 Talking In Tongues – Tania Nally
29:02 Never Gonna Dance Like Me – Aaron Lee Tasjan
32:17 BP speak and “God Bless Derek Nally”
33:22 Tallulah May – Morgan O’Kane
36:29 I’ll Calm The Ocean – Morgan O’Kane
38:01 Thank Christ For The Kids – The Mighty Stef
42:03 BP verbal
43:01 It’s A Trip – Shakespears Sister
46:39 Cold (Death In Vegas Remix) – Shakespears Sister
50:34 Sonny Boy Blues – The Hot Sprockets
57:29 BP exits stage left, smiling
58:19 Sail Away – Morgan O’Kane
63:25 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Morgan O’Kane (banjo/vox/foot tambo)
and friend by BP Fallon

Photography: Aaron Lee Tasjan & Sarabeth by BP Fallon

Photography: The Mighty Stef

Photography: Anna by BP Fallon

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This programme is dedicated to Derek Nally with love and respect and gratitude. God Bless you, Derek. Rest In Peace.

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Band Of The Week
- from London - The Kills

Photography: The Kills Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart by BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring The Kills

00:00 BP intro
00:07 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:16 Fuck The People – The Kills
04:31 Crown Of Age – The Ettes
06:42 Revolution – Dark Starr featuring Candi Staton
11:02 BP verbal
11:39 What New York Used To Be – The Kills
14:50 London Hates You – The Kills
18:08 Blue Blood Blues – The Dead Weather
21:30 Will There Be Enough Water – The Dead Weather
27:14 21st Century Protest Song – Nik Leman
34:23 100 Years From Now – Karen Elson
37:32 Shining Star – Henry McCullough
42:40 BP rabbit
43:23 Now Wow – The Kills
47:19 Satisfied/Kissy Kissy (acoustic) – The Kills
52:27 When It Comes to Tears – Pete Cummins
56:12 BP au revoir
56:53 The Last Time – Nik Leman
61:04 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: The Kills by BP Fallon

Photography: “We’ll Meet Again”. The Kills by BP Fallon

Photography: Henry McCullough by BP Fallon

Photography: Ariel by BP Fallon

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BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Artist Of The Week
- from Nashville - Karen Elson

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Karen Elson

00:00 BP Fallon and the European community
00.07 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:20 Rock’n’Roll Motherfucker – The D4
02:19 Don’t Hold Your Head So Low – Sweet Jane
07:19 Stolen Roses – Karen Elson
10:25 BP verbal
11:08 The Truth Is In The Dirt – Karen Elson
15:05 Not To Write About Boys – Supercute!
17:13 Greasy Bear – The Shining Twins
19:15 BP rabbit
20:27 Dougie – Floored By Four
w/ Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Yuka Honda & Dougie Bowne
39:46 Wild Strawberries – Archie Bronson Outfit
42:47 Wild Opal Eyes – The Asteroid #4
46:43 Wicked Wire – The Asteroid #4
48:57 BP goin’ back
50:15 100 Years From Now – Karen Elson
53:24 Cold (Death In Vegas mix) – Shakespears Sister
57:19 Little Richard and the French girl
57:26 Rock’n’Roll Psychosis – The Jim Jones Revue
59:53 BP Fallon exits stage right, for now
60:41 The Last Laugh – Karen Elson
63:49 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Jack White & Karen Elson by Annie Leibowitz
for US Vogue

Photography: Mike Watt & Iggy by BP Fallon

Photography: The Beatles with new drummer Ringo Starr
meet their hero Little Richard 1962

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‘Good Times’

The Easybeats with Steve Marriott on the track, storming on backing vocals (1968).

And to be obtuse:

David Bowie attacks Pete Townsend’s Who opus ‘I Can’t Explain’ takes 1 and 2 from ‘The 1980 Floor Show’ (1973). Some wirey stuff going on here. God Bless Mick Ronson.

And some wonderfully raw 1966 punk rock:

The Pretty Things: ‘LSD’.

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Band Of The Week
- from London - Shakespears Sister

World Premier! Shakespears Sister’s September-released
album ‘Songs From The Red Room’

Photography: Siobhan Fahey of Shakespears Sister

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Shakespears Sister

00:00 BP Fallon boogaloo
00:18 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:28 It’s A Trip – Shakespears Sister
04:08 High And Happy – Steve Marriott
06:41 John Lawman – Roky Erickson
09:51 True Love Cast Out All Evil – Roky Erickson
14:04 BP verbal
15:07 You’re Not Yourself – Shakespears Sister
18:36 21st Century Stance – Marc Bolan & BP Fallon
20:55 I Believe In Elvis Presley – BP Fallon
25:14 BP believing
26:11 Was It Worth It? – Shakespears Sister with Terry Hall
30:28 A Man In Uniform – Shakespears Sister
34:02 I’m Not A Bad Girl – Mary Cigarettes
37:53 Strychnine – Bobby Gillespie
38:17 This Is The First Of Your Last Warning (Icelandic) – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
43:46 BP rabbit
44:31 Stardust – The Lonesome Heroes
48:10 Godspeed – Jenny Lewis
52:06 Bobby’s Bedroom – Sean Lennon
54:43 BP adieu
55:35 Bad Blood – Shakespears Sister
60:32 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: Charlotte Marionneau of Le Volume Courbe
& Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama/Shakespears Sister by BP Fallon

Photography: BP Fallon & His Band – Aaron Lee Tasjan
& Sean Lennon & Lenny Kaye – Rock’n'Roll Blessings
by Jen Maler

Hot Love: BP Fallon plays congas and sings backing vocals
with T.Rex 1971. Screengrab from the German TV show
‘Hits A Go Go’

Photography: BP Fallon DJs T.Rex, Irina Lazareanu
& Sean Lennon join in, by Radek

Photography: Steve Marriott

Photography: Mary Cigarettes

Photography: Hello, Sailor by BP Fallon

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Marc Bolan & T.Rex with BP Fallon: ‘Hot Love’ from VisualArtCo on Vimeo

Performance filmed June 27th 1971 in Erbach/Odenwald near Frankfurt for the German TV show ‘Hits A GoGo’. BP Fallon and T.Rex travelled to Italy the following day June 28th 1971 for another TV performance, when the photograph below was taken.

Photography: BP Fallon & T.Rex – Marc Bolan & Mickey Finn & Bill Legend & Steve Currie – Milan 1971. Marc, Mickey and Steve RIP. This image found via Facebook by Karen Bond.

Says BP “We flew to Milan from Frankfurt for another tv show and then flew on to Switzerland later that evening to do interviews. Marc’s peaked cap is from ‘Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die’, Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood’s shop in King’s Road before ‘Sex’.

“La la la lala la la, la la la lala la la…”

T.Rex ‘Hot Love’ screengrabs: BP Fallon & Marc Bolan
on the German TV show ‘Hits A Go Go’ 1971

With thanks to Radek, Bill Kates, lib-lab, Jörg Günther and Dennis Dahm.

“I believe in Charlie Chaplin
I believe in MLK
I believe in what is happening
I believe in come what may…”
- BP Fallon, ‘I Believe In Elvis Presley’

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle with Band Of The Week
- from Philadelphia - The Asteroid #4

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring The Asteroid #4

00:00 BP Fallon ba ba ba…
00:11 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:20 Wicked Wire – The Asteroid #4
02:25 We Fall Away – Sunsplit
07:58 Oh My Mind – The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope
12:23 BP verbal
12:59 The Unknown – The Asteroid #4
17:11 Crazy Afrobeat – Tony Allen
22:01 More Mess On My Thing – The Poets Of Rhythm
26:05 Secret Agent – Tony Allen
31:14 BP rabbit
31:48 Hail To The Clear Figurines – The Asteroid #4
36:24 His Guiding Hand – Medicine Head
40:19 Friends In Time – The Golden Horde with Maria McKee
45:36 Dead Mantra – The Dead Skeletons
53:50 The Stride – Clague
56:21 BP exits stage left, smiling…
57:36 In The Interests Of Captain Marbles – The Asteroid #4
59:06 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: The Golden Horde

Photography: Tony Allen

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The Brooklyn Vegan says: “The musical highlight of the recent not-Pete Doherty show at Milk Studios was BP Fallon and band performing ‘Fame #9′ / ‘I Believe in Elvis Presley’ with Lenny Kaye and Aaron Lee Tasjan on guitars and Sean Lennon on drums. Joly filmed it. Video below…”

Video: BP Fallon & His Band performing ‘Fame #9′ / ‘I Believe In Elvis Presley’ live @ Milk NYC by Joly

Photography: BP Fallon & His Band – Aaron Lee Tasjan & BPF & Lenny Kaye – soundchecking @ Milk NYC by Radek

Screengrab: BP Fallon & His Band – BPF & Aaron Lee Tasjan & Sean Lennon – live @ Milk NYC by Christopher M Lynch

Thirsty: The Interview with BP Fallon Part 1

Amazing interview conducted in The Chelsea Hotel by noted American rock’n'roll commentator Sarah L Myers.

Subjects embraced range from BP Fallon talking about his band to when he used to stay at The Chelsea, from his internet radio show BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle to drugs, from fame and Fuck Buttons to Max’s Kansas City and Dee Dee Ramone, from The Kills to “animalistic behavior is very much part of rock n’ roll” to BP’s idea of romance… and beyond.

And! Listen! In audio!
Hear BP talking to Sarah about “the magnificent tragedy” that was Gene Vincent and the joy and pain of managing Johnny Thunders.

Illustrated with photos by BP Fallon of Alison Mosshart and Agyness Deyn, Alan McGee and Kate Moss, Karen Elson and Slash plus shots of our Mr Fallon with friends like Marc Bolan and Jack White.

It’s such a great interview that here’s the link again x

Photography: BP Fallon & Johnny Thunders Dublin 1990 by Paul Murphy