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May 31 2011

Roy Harper: “Suddenly I’m president of The North-East Lancashire Sheep Shaggers Association”

BP Fallon, BP Fallon Photography, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

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 […]

May 27 2011

Dead Skeletons Wang Dang Doodle

BP Fallon's Wang Dang Doodle, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Wang Dang Doodle Band Of The Week – from Iceland & beyond – Dead Skeletons World Premier of Dead Skeletons ‘Dead Magick’ album BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Dead Skeletons 00:00 Rattle Yer Jewelry – BP Fallon for play 00:29 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – Ronnie Drew 00:39 When The Sun Comes Up (For The Last Time) – Dead Skeletons 07:08 Wild Charms – The Kills 08:23 Blue Shoes – Colm Mac Con Iomaire 11:22 Pots And Pans – The Kills 15:47 We Are Here (Probably) – BP Fallon 16:50 Dead Mantra – Dead Skeletons 25:04 Wild Opal […]

May 24 2011

Salute Him When His Birthday Comes: The Tale Of Bob Dylan & Johnny Thunders & Sid Vicious & Van

BP Fallon, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Bob: salute him when his birthday comes It’s Bob Dylan’s 70th Birthday today. To pay honour to this special occasion, we present this previously-unpublished story. THE TALE OF BOB DYLAN & JOHNNY THUNDERS & SID & VAN by BP Fallon Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland 1984… and beyond Written NYC July 15/16th 2003 1984 and the Orwellian seer Bob Dylan. Chinwagging with The Big Zee in his trailer before the gig, him asking you ’bout that guitar-toting buzzard Johnny Thunders who you’d introduced him to at a Link Wray show in London some six or seven years before. Dylan had […]

May 20 2011

Booker T Wang Dang Doodle

BP Fallon's Wang Dang Doodle, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Wang Dang Doodle Artist Of The Week – from Memphis – Booker T Jones BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle featuring Booker T 00:00 Venice – BP Fallon & Stefania Pia 01:01 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – Jimi Hendrix & Ronnie Drew 01:21 Down In Memphis – Booker T Jones 05:00 Chicken Half – Sugarman 3 08:22 Let Them Knock – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 12:43 BP Fallon’s Wang Dang Doodle – Solomon Burke 12:54 Bright New Way (Skiffle Mix) – Noel Redding & Friends 16:49 Hookers In B – Noel Redding & Friends 20:09 So Long Now – […]

May 16 2011

Lennon to Lennon: The Same Room

BP Fallon Photography, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

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 – […]