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May 6 2014

The Adventures Of BP Fallon & The Ghost Wolves

BP Fallon & The Ghost Wolves, Life's A Gas, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

BP Fallon & The Ghost Wolves – BPF vocals & Carley Wolf below-the-belt guitar & Jonny Wolf primal drums. Photography by & © Vanessa Smith We’re reflecting on the amazing gigs that BP Fallon has been enjoying with his long-term collaborators from Texas, The Ghost Wolves Their latest round of rocking embraced SXSW in Austin where they played six wild shows. Waxoholics In the latest Waxoholics, Johnny Wolf is interviewed by DeadWeather Denver: You’ve worked with BP Fallon, most recently on his 2014 SXSW showcases. What has playing with him been like? “Oh, well BP is just a hell of […]

April 23 2014

Johnny Thunders – 23 years gone but not gone

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

On the 23rd anniversary of the death of the great Johnny Thunders, we present this reflective and moving piece by his former manager BP Fallon. From the book ‘My Generation: Rock’n’Roll, An Imperfect History’ (Lilliput Press 1996). Johnny Thunders in Dublin 1990 by & © BP Fallon BYE BYE JOHNNY by BP Fallon 1996 The New York Dolls, particularly their gutter peacock guitarist Johnny Thunders, they were gods to the whole of 1976 punk, and The Sex Pistols, The Clash, they carved themselves from the shadows of Iggy And The Stooges, Lou Reed and The Velvets, Bolan and Bowie and […]

April 15 2014

13 years gone: Joey Ramone May 19th 1951 – April 15th 2001

Brown Bread, Life's A Gas, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll, Timeless, Writing

BP Fallon remembers Joey Ramone Joey Ramone by & © BP Fallon Letter from America by BP Fallon: Sunday April 15th 2001 Reprinted from The Irish Times April 24th 2001 I’m sorry to have to tell you that the Mayor Of The East Village Joey Ramone died this afternoon. He died from lymphatic cancer. His mum Charlotte said he was listening to U2’s In A Little While in his room at New York Presbyterian Hospital when he died. “Just as the song finished, Joey finished,” Charlotte said. He was 49. Only a month or so ago I saw him on […]

April 2 2014

BP Fallon & The Strypes photographed by Christopher Durst

BP Fallon & The Strypes, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

BP Fallon & The Strypes for Lou – the photographic essay by Christopher Durst Outside The Paramount Theater in Austin… Soundcheck… This is for you, Lou… “Vicious…” Josh’s guitar solo goes wild… “Vicious…” “You hit me with a flower…” This is rock’n’roll… BP Fallon & The Strypes photocall – front left Bob Gruen, front right Clem Burke who played cowbell… The five in the dressing room… Life’s a gas… Thank you Christopher Durst for your most soulful images. We salute you sir. Video – BP Fallon backed by The Strypes – ‘Vicious’ The fabulous performance of the Lou Reed song […]

April 1 2014

BP Fallon & The Strypes – Debbie Harry speaks

BP Fallon & The Strypes, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll, SXSW

BP Fallon & Debbie Harry at SXSW 2014 in Austin by Linda Carbone When BP Fallon & The Strypes played the Lou Reed song ‘Vicious’ at the SXSW Lou Reed Tribute Concert in Austin, they received the first standing ovation of the evening. Debbie Harry was in the audience and loved it. “BP Fallon was fabulous with The Strypes, just fabulous. And his choreography – the leg in the air, I’m going to steal that! And The Strypes, those fresh young Irish boys, they’re so tight! I loved it”. Joining BP and The Strypes on stage during the song was […]