BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Flickr has logged over a million views of his photography sprinkled with a select selection of other people’s historical rock’n'roll shots – that often include our Mr Fallon. The number of hits at time of writing is 1,000,983 and rising.

The Top 5 plus 1 plus 2
#1 This is currently the most popular image, with 19,603 hits:

Alison Mosshart & Bobby Gillespie England Dec 19th 2008 by BP Fallon.
Like a leopard messiah, tigers on vaseline, rock’n'roll…

BP says “It’s loosely a kinda diary, a rock’n'roll adventure unfolding. Well, it’s a bunch of pix. I love it”.

#2 Of 1,360 pictures, this is the second most popular Fallon photograph, with 19,484 hits:

The Kills Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart NYC May 2 2009 by BP Fallon.
Moments later Jamie and Alison took the stage at Webster Hall to slay ‘em with an incendiary performance. BP played his DJ his set just before The Kills.

#3 This shot – taken during U2′s global ‘Zoo TV’ on which BP was billed as ‘Guru, Viber & DJ’ – has recorded 14,300 views. Photographer unknown:

Larry Mullen Jr & Morleigh Steinberg & Bono & BP Fallon in Mexico
in the foothills of the Teotihuacan Pyramid Dec 1992

#4 And the third most popular image by our Mr Fallon is celebrating 9,510 hits:

Joey Ramone & fan at CBGB New York City June 25th 2000 by BP Fallon.

#5 The jive at 5 is this now-iconic image beautifully printed by Mr lib_lab:

Patti Palladin & Anita Pallenberg London 1997 by BP Fallon

#6 The return of that timeless fave of ours back into the frame:

Performance: Johnny Shannon & Anita Pallenberg & James Fox London 2008 by BP Fallon

And here for the craic are another two favourites by Fallon:

Ronnie Drew Dublin Jan 20th 2006 by BP Fallon.
Ronnie Drew RIP Dublin Aug 16 2008. Says BP
“Ronnie, he was The Greatest Living Irishman”

A Foggy Day In Dublin Town: the view from Aer Lingus EI 157
by BP Fallon Nov 29th 2009

BP Fallon’s Flickr

With thanks to Harley Sears and Mr lib_lab who first fully introduced BP to Flickr

Wang Dang Doodle Band Of The Week – from London
- The Kills playing acoustically

The Kills photography by BP Fallon

00:00 BP Fallon tra la la and Rachel says yes
00:36 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:45 Baby Says (acoustic) – The Kills
04:01 Tempo 116.7 (Reaching Dangerous Levels Of Sobriety)
- Brian Jonestown Massacre
08:58 Oh My Mind – The Sounds Of Kaleidoscope
13:26 Psycho Dead – Dead Skeletons
18:39 BP verbal
19:45 Pots And Pans (acoustic) - The Kills
23:40 Across The Hill – Donal Lunny & Friends
29:15 Heart Breaking Man – Prospector
32:10 Geronimo – BP Fallon
32:21 Bobby’s Bedroom – Sean Lennon
35:01 I’m Alright – Mose Allison
38:07 Cocaine And Ashes – Son Volt
42:32 Verbal – BP Fallon & the spirit of Keith Richards
43:46 Satellite (acoustic) - The Kills
46:51 Gave Me – Jeanne Marine
50:55 The Water’s All Run Dry – Wrinkle Neck Mules
55:01 Sail Away – Morgan O’Kane
60:06 BP Fallon a tout à l’heure
61:24 Last Day Of Magic (acoustic) – The Kills
64:37 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Hear here!
BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring The Kills playing acoustically, on BTR

Killing it: Jamie Hince & BP Fallon & Alison Mosshart

Dead Skeletons

Keith Richards & BP Fallon

Sean Lennon ‘Rosencrantz And Guilderstern Are Undead’ album cover

We’ll Meet Again: The Kills by BP Fallon

Lizzy: Rock’n'Roll in G by BP Fallon

With thanks to Joly

Hats Off To Harper: Roy Harper & BP Fallon & Dave Cochran, Knebworth Festival England 1975. Memphis-born Dave – who once saw Elvis in a diner – played bass in Roy’s band Trigger with Chris Spedding (guitar) and Bill Bruford (drums). At the festival, Roy also sang ‘Have A Cigar’ with Pink Floyd. Polaroid photographer unknown.

Roy Harper talking to editor Allan Jones in ‘Editor’s Letters’ in the current Uncut magazine:

“At the time, BP Fallon was doing my PR. He knew there hadn’t been a diagnosis, but he’d been with me when the doctors asked what I’d recently been up to that might have made me ill, and I told them I’d tried to bring a still-born lamb back to life by cupping my hands around its mouth and blowing into them. I actually never touched the lamb at all, but in Fallon’s version of events I’d ended up in hospital after giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a sheep.

“This was the story that went out to a ludicrous number of newspapers. Suddenly I’m president of The North-East Lancashire Sheep Shaggers Association. For years, it was the only thing people wanted to talk about, how I nearly died after kissing a sheep. I spent years trying to explain what had happened and in the end just gave up and went along with it. I mean, why not?”

Double Trouble: BP Fallon & Roy Harper in Ålesund, Norway 1975. BP’s snakeskin jacket a present from Steve Marriott, bless him. Photography by Steinar Remme.

Double Bubble: Roy Harper not with a sheep, Continental Hyatt House West Hollywood June 1973 during a Led Zeppelin tour. Photography by
BP Fallon who took some of the shots below – as did Roy Harper:

Led Zeppelin ‘Physical Graffiti’ inner sleeve (1975). Jimmy Page with bandaged left hand and champagne glass in the right and John Bonham and Robert Plant ascloseasthis in a limo, photography by BP Fallon.

Read the complete Allan Jones’ ‘Editor’s Letters’ plus ‘Roy Harper: a candid interview with the mercurial singer, who’s 70 this month’ in Uncut.

The End?

Melody Maker July 12 1975. 12p weekly 60c in USA.

SEE! More fun & frolics! BP Fallon and Sable Starr swap clothes LA 1973, photography by Roy Harper x

BP Fallon and Sean Lennon are talking on the phone. “What’s it sound like?” BP asks and Sean replies “The end of the world”.

The same room: John Lennon shows Sean the studio during the making of Double Fantasy (1980), photography by Bob Gruen (top image) and Sean Lennon mixing Yoko Ono’s next album, photography by BP Fallon.

Now we’re at Sears Sound on West 48th Street in New York. This used to be The Hit Factory and this is the very same room that Sean Lennon’s mum and dad used in the recording of their Double Fantasy album – the last album released by John Lennon during his lifetime.

Sean Lennon is mixing Yoko Ono’s new record that features Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and also RZA from The Wu-Tang Clan. It’s very moving, seeing Sean working here putting his heart into the art he learned from his parents in this very same room.

The album by Yoko will be released on Sean’s Chimera Records. And what does it sound like? It sounds like the end of the world.

As well as having their own bands – BP Fallon & His Bandits and The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger – BP Fallon (vox) and Sean Lennon (vox/guitar/drums) play together in the musical collective Operation Juliet.

The Kills Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart at Terminal 5 NYC by BP Fallon

BP Fallon cemented his continuing relationship with The Kills when he made a surprise guest appearance at The Kills’ New York show at Terminal 5.

Rock’n'Roll Poet: BP Fallon recites at Terminal 5 NYC by Dana (Distorton) Yavin/Brooklyn Vegan

Walking on stage unannounced just before Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart played their powerful set, BP stilled the delighted audience to perform a spoken word reading that kicked off with part of ‘Fame #9′ and lead into The Viceroy Of Verbal setting out his rock’n'roll credo in ‘I Believe In Elvis Presley’.

It was the most explosive and interactive solo performance by our sonic poet so far, with the capacity 3,200-people audience enthusiastically cheering lines like “I believe in John Lennon” – altered from the more oblique “I believe in Dr Winston” – and, good Lord, “I believe in marijuana”.

Taken by the spirit, our Mr Fallon ended up crouched across the lip of the stage like a cross between Albert Einstein and Gene Vincent. Magic.

BP Fallon and Alison Mosshart met in 2002 at Death Disco in London when he was DJing there with Courtney Love. Since then BP has DJed on Kills dates in America, England and Ireland – but this was the first time he’d given a spoken word performance at a Kills show.

BP’s previous spoken word show in America was with The Greenhornes at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.

With thanks to Jamie & Alison and their vibey team, with particular thanks to Matt Pollock.

The Kills Alison Mosshart & Jamie Hince at Terminal 5 NYC by BP Fallon

Alison by BP

‘The Last Goodbye’ by BP Fallon

Jamie Hince & fans by BP Fallon

The backdrop to this all: The Kills stage backdrop photographed by BP Fallon

Wang Dang Doodle Band Of The Week – from London
- Lightning Raiders

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Lightning Raiders

00:00 BP Fallon & Camille Rowe
00:36 Jaime Coon & Jimi Hendrix
00:46 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
00:52 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
01:01 What’s Up Doc – Mick Jones & Tony James in Carbon/Silicon
06:47 Detroit City – Drivin’ N’ Cryin’
11:15 Addiction – Lightning Raiders
14:34 BP verbal
15:22 Psychedelic Music – Lightning Raiders w/ Sex Pistols
Steve Jones (gtr) & Paul Cook (drums)
17:45 Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal – Dr Strangely Strange
22:35 Sign On My Mind – Dr Strangely Strange w/ Gary Moore
30:55 Camille Wang Dang Doodling
31:00 Slow Baby – Black Dub
35:13 Slow Ice, Old Moon – Brian Eno
38:31 Future Starts Slow – The Kills
42:33 Slow – Tricky
45:55 BP rabbit
47:40 Poppy – Lenny Kaye
51:41 Bobby’s Bedroom – Sean Lennon
54:20 Never Gonna Dance Like Me – Aaron Lee Tasjan
57:36 BP Fallon a tout à l’heure
59:00 Views – Lightning Raiders w/ Steve Jones & Paul Cook
62:28 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Camille Rowe by BP Fallon

Camille Rowe & Mick Jones by BP Fallon

The Kills Jamie Hince & Alison Mosshart by BP Fallon

Alison by BP

Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye by BP Fallon

Sean Lennon & BP Fallon & Lenny Kaye courtesy Brooklyn Vegan

Aaron Lee Tasjan & BP Fallon & Lenny Kaye by Crossed Eye Films

Sean Lennon & Aaron Lee Tasjan by BP Fallon

The Road Is A Harsh Mistress: Alison Mosshart by BP Fallon

More vibey Wang Dang visuals & live gigs listings on BreakThruRadio.com – where if you wish you can click from track to track

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle Goes 40 Shades Of Green

Photography: Dublin by BP Fallon

BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle Goes 40 Shades Of Green

00:00 BP introduces The Greening Of Wang Dang Doodle
00:29 Ramalama Boogaloo Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew
00:39 Some Kind Of Kick – The Things
03:42 I Heard Wonders – David Holmes
09:09 Big Old River – Henry McCullough
11:37 BP verbal
12:12 Neu Tune – Humanzi
19:27 Don’t Hold Your Head So Low – Sweet Jane
24:27 Waitin’ ‘Round To Die – The Mighty Stef & Shane MacGowan
28:24 Magazine – The Mighty Stef
31:45 Leave My Body Behind – The Brothers Movement
35:57 BP rabbit
36:30 Tralee Trembles – Lilt
41:44 Sonny Boy Blues – The Hot Sprockets
48:38 Friends In Time – The Golden Horde & Maria McKee
53:59 Blue Shoes – Colm Mac Con Iomaire
56:58 BP parting glass
57:51 The Parting Glass – Ronnie Drew
59:38 And the jingles jangling go auld triangling

Photography: BP Fallon & Shane MacGowan by Jaime Coon

Photography: Lydia Des Dolles of Sweet Jane

Photography: David Holmes by BP Fallon

Photography: Jimi Hendrix & Robert Wyatt (The Soft Machine)
& Henry McCullough (Eire Apparent) on tour together in America
1968 by Linda Eastman

Photography: Ronnie Drew & BP Fallon by Barbara Lindberg

More vibey Wang Dang visuals plus live gig listings on brill BreakThruRadio.com

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

More vibey Wang Dang visuals plus live gig listings on brill BreakThruRadio.com

We spent Christmas Day in upstate New York. The day was beyond splendid and we graciously and gratefully thank those who know. “Just Say Know”, y’know?

And Christmas Day and night time was a visual feast of Yuletide USA. Snow and lights and sights like Santa’s pickup truck. And his helicopter. Tacky? Magnificent? Both. It made us smile and feel even warmer. 

Father Christmas Meets Andy Warhol. Or something

Photography by & © BP Fallon Dec 25th 2009 
More ‘Christmas In America’  images by BPF 

Photography by BP Fallon NYC 103109

Jesus dragging his cross behind him staggering down the steps to the subway train makes Anna Wintour (left) realise that she isn’t the only one facing cut-backs, while she simultaneously notes the shade of His bloodstains. “Very next season” she indexes to herself.

Halloween in New York! BPF got on the L Train at 1st Ave and went one stop to Bedford Ave and then back again.

Here’s the evidence: Halloween in New York