Music

December 4 2014

BP Fallon pays tribute to Ian McLagan who died yesterday

BP Fallon & The Bandits, Brown Bread, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

BP Fallon presents Ian McLagan with his copies of the BP Fallon & The Bandits LP & CD on which Mac plays. Photography by Crystal Bauer BP Fallon writes: I can’t get my head around it, that this most vibey and energetic of men is… gone. We became friends yonks ago ~ Mac said it was in 1967 ~ when I interviewed the Small Faces in London as we whizzed around Hyde Park in a mini-moke and had a smoke or two. “I know BP Fallon since before he had a hat” Mac used to say. Listen, you’d never meet […]

November 10 2014

BP Fallon & Jimmy Page NYC Nov 2014 – photograph by Bob Gruen

BP Fallon, Led Zeppelin, Life's A Gas, Music, Rock'n'Roll

BP Fallon & Jimmy Page NYC Nov 2014. Photography by & © Bob Gruen Celebrated rock’n’roll photographer Bob Gruen is always in the right place at the right time. Jimmy Page was doing a public interview with John Varvatos at the John Varvatos store which is on the site of CBGBs on New York’s Bowery. Bob Gruen snapped Jimmy and former Led Zeppelin publicist BP Fallon hanging out backstage. Says Bob: “There are three rules to being a good photographer ~ and the first one is ‘Always carry a camera’”. Page & Fallon first met in 1966 at MGM’s Elstree […]

October 18 2014

BP Fallon & Imelda May ~ What The Papers Say

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

ACL Live Shot: Imelda May Dublin rockabilly turns in a Kustom Kar set and owns the place by Tim Stegall, The Austin Chronicle All photography here by Nathan Edge BP Fallon introduces Imelda May poetically at ACL, Texas Graciously, church was in session inside the Zilker tent. A sermon preached by rock’n’roll consultant BP Fallon, ‘I Believe in Elvis Presley’ (“I believe in rockabilly and rock’n’roll”) improvised its climax: “I believe in Imelda May.” One force of nature thus made way for another. With May’s crackerjack band setting a gravedigger groove, the Dublin-born rockabilly sensation slinked out in a form-fitting, […]

October 9 2014

Happy 74th Birthday John Lennon

BP Fallon, Brown Bread, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon (vocals/piano) & BP Fallon (bass guitar/backing vocals) ~ “Like the moon and the stars and the sun…” “Happy Birthday, John ~ I wish you were down here. We sure could use you on this battered but still amazing planet, use your rock’n’roll and your humour and your people-power. God bless you, dear magical Dr Winston O’Boogie. Rest In Peace. And thank you for being such an upful influence on my life and on millions of others too. I miss you & I love you x” ~ BP Fallon, Austin, Texas Oct 9th 2014 John Lennon: October 9th 1940 […]

October 8 2014

BP Fallon & Aaron Lee Tasjan play ABGB Austin this Fri Oct 10th !!!

BP Fallon & Aaron Lee Tasjan, BP Fallon & The Bandits, Magic, Music, Rock'n'Roll

BP Fallon headlines at ABGB in Austin this Friday Oct 10th. And we are delighted to confirm that joining him for their performance together will be BP Fallon & The Bandits guitar ace Aaron Lee Tasjan. The show is presented by Saustex Records and is part of the two-weekender Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta. The evening is a benefit for Team Blixa and The National Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Also playing at ABGB on Friday are Pocket Fishrmen, Gay Sportscasters, Churchwood and Painted Redstarts. BP Fallon & Aaron Lee Tasjan ~ the writers of ‘I Believe In Elvis Presley’ ~ have […]