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November 21 2012

Henry McCullough Forever

Henry McCullough – Rock’n’Roll Mainman Two weeks ago the BBC and RTE announced the death of Henry McCullough. Thank God they were incorrect – and they rapidly apologised. However Henry suffered a massive heart attack and remains in extensive care near his home in Ballysally, Coleraine, N Ireland. I love Henry. We’ve been friends since 1966 when The People appeared in Dublin via a stint in Blackpool – and wiped everyone out. Henry was the guitar player – and boy oh boy this young man could play! And then… The People became Eire Apparent, toured Britain on a bill with […]

September 16 2012

“To say I loved Marc Bolan would be untrue…”

Brown Bread, Magic, Marc Bolan, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Marc Bolan & BP Fallon London 1970. Photography by Barrie Wentzell TO SAY I LOVED MARC BOLAN WOULD BE UNTRUE I LOVE HIM A PERFECT MAN? NO A MAGIC MAN? YES MARC HAD A ROCK’N’ROLL HEART AND STYLE AND FLASH AND HE KNEW HOW TO MAKE THE GIRLS CRY IN HAPPINESS THERE’S MORE OF COURSE BUT THAT’LL DO FOR NOW KEEP ON CHOOGLING, MARC YOU ARE HERE FOREVER I LOVE YOU -BP Fallon x Dublin Sept 16 2012 Marc Bolan died 35 years ago today. He was 29 years of age and rocking. Marc Bolan September 30th 1947 – September […]

April 20 2012

Levon Helm RIP

Brown Bread, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

Levon Helm May 26th 1940 – April 19th 2012 So Levon has left the building. God, Levon you were great. That voice that carried the soil of Arkansas in its soul. That perfect unhurried drumming. That mandolin dancing in your hands. Ah, The Band. Three superb frontline singers, all gone now – Rick Danko and Richard Manuel and in this extraordinary triad the most memorable vocalist Levon Helm, hunched behind the drum kit and leaning into the mic and singing of an America long gone and maybe never born. Levon Helm – you had dignity and authenticity and you made […]

December 17 2011

With love to Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold Of Me (video)

Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

As I write this comes the news that Etta James is seriously ill. Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold Of Me (1962) Etta? One of the most emotive voices in soul ever, a volcano of passion and raw feelings of love and hurt and desire stripped to the bone, no messin’, no dressin’, just pure and naked and beautiful. I was lucky enough to meet Etta in London in 1989, the time of her pounding Seven Year Itch album for Island Records. Meeting her in her hotel room, I interviewed this regal queen of soul as she sat there […]

May 19 2011

Dr Garret Fitzgerald RIP: the tie and I

Brown Bread x

I don’t claim to know the game of politics or indeed most of the story. If you know nothing you can never be wrong. Garret Fitzgerald celebrating his 75th birthday with his granddaughters. He was 85 when he died earlier today. I liked Garret Fitzgerald. We were having our makeup done, he and I, at the RTE television studios in Dublin. We were about to go on screen for the Irish tv link-up into Live Aid. It’s July 13th 1985 and much of the world is throbbing to Bob Geldof’s initiative. As we sat there being powdered, he leant towards […]