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Guitar legend John Mayall was born 29th of November 1933 in Macclesfield, Manchester, and grew up during World War II listening to his guitarist father’s jazz collection. Strongly influenced by such greats as Leadbelly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith, and Eddie Lang, from the age of 13 he taught himself to play and develop his own style with the aid of a neighbour's piano, borrowed guitars, and secondhand harmonicas. John Mayall's first brush with fame, however, was not for his music. As a teenager, he received newspaper attention when he moved out of the house and into his backyard treehouse. Since, upon returning from Korea with the British Army, he brought his first wife, Pamela, to live with him there. He later wrote the track, "Home In A Tree" which was included on his brilliant 1971 "Memories" album which told the story of his Manchester childhood. From 1956 until 1962, John was performing his music on a part-time basis fronting The Powerhouse Four and, later on, The Blues Syndicate. It was then that Alexis Korner heralded what was to become known as The British Blues Boom of the late 1960's. Alexis was quick to encourage 30 year-old John and his Mancunian drummer, Hughie Flint, to move down to London where he formed John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, recording the debut "John Mayall Plays John Mayall" album. eric clapton & the bluesbreakers After a couple of years and a constant turnover of musicians, John met Eric Clapton, who had quit the Yardbirds in favour of playing the blues. Together they recorded the first hit album in 1966, simply called "Bluesbreakers" (UK No.6) before Clapton along with Jack Bruce left the band to form Cream. In 1966, guitarist Peter Green joined the band whilst Hughie Flint returned to Manchester to form McGuinness Flint. The next album, "A Hard Road", scored Top 10 success, and drummer, Mick Fleetwood, joined the band temporarily before leaving with Green to form Fleetwood Mac. (Mick Taylor was recruited to replace Peter Green). |
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Not sure about the reasons behind the FSOL name. There was a bit of a swagger about the "Madchester" scene at the time, so it might well have been as you suggested but I'm not 100% sure.
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It's possible that they may have made a loss on the original die-cut sleeve though. Those sold out fairly quickly and the later editions used a cheaper sleeve, which presumably did make a profit. Either way, New Order spent most of their earnings from Blue Monday on the Hacienda - which of course was a money pit! Remember that at the height of the club's fame, most of the clientèle were off their tits on E, so the bars didn't make much money, whereas the drug dealers were coining it in.
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they knew all about the drug scene when they opened that place , they had just spent months in NYC chomping down the disco biscuits, most probably they had their own dealers in place before the club opened. 'The factory club would have been a great way to make money disappear from the taxman Last edited by bukowski; 09-03-2011 at 12:39 AM. |
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Most people, myself included, did think Tony Wilson was rolling in it at the time, since the Hacienda was always packed out from the late 80s to the early 90s and he used to swan around in Armani suits (although that was probably because he was also a presenter for Granada TV). But he died a few years ago because he couldn't afford the drugs that could have prolonged his life, so perhaps not.
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Happy Mondays-Halleluja
Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah We're here to pull ya Back in to do it all the same Hallelujah, hallelujah Not sent to save ya Just here to spank ya Play some games Do it long, long, doin' it long Do fine, fine, doin' it fine Go in, out, goin' in, not out Hallelujah, hallelujah Not here to praise ya Just here to raise ya Fill you full of maze Hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah We're Mr. Bitter We'll take a bit of this and that Hallelujah, hallelujah When Shaun William Ryder Will lie down beside ya Fill you full of junk Just here to spank ya play some games Do it long, long, doin' it long Do fine, fine, doin' it fine Go in, out, goin' in, not out Hallelujah, hallelujah Not here to praise ya Just here to raise ya Fill you full of maze Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Read more: http://www.hiplyrics.com/lyrics/hall...#ixzz1G6qYvLKy |
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but he was NEVER a musician You confuse the musicians DOING business stuff with the ones who invest and use thier contacts and pay others to run the businesses, those guys do very well, lets face it, anyone who owns even one house by the age of 40 has done very well, they have 'won' and got 'out' of the game. They still need to eat, but if the own a house , they have done better than most in this fixed tax-con society , they are in a sense 'free' If some band 'loses' £5 million and they still have a house to live in , they have still not done badly. the example of the beetles and 'apple' is a bit different as they were establishment controlled pawns , i don't believe any of the myths that are spun about the eternally shit beetles huge corporations do "stuff that doesn't generally work out" all the time, they are part of tax avoidance scams. I'm not so naive that I will watch one BBC 'documentary' about the factory club and believe every word 'hook , line and sinker' |
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Yeah let's not get too grumpy and political...'there's a time and a place for everythin', to quote the Stone Roses so let's just enjoy the music here, eh? Stone Roses-Elephant Stone My notion of the lyrics to this have been wrong for about 20 years by the way, check em out.. Burst into heaven Kissing the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Dream until the sun goes down And night turns into day Rooms are empty, I've got plenty We're movin' right away Seems like there's a hole in my dreams In my dreams, in my dreams Down through the heavens Choke on the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Did your bed and bookshelf go And run run run away? These four walls saw the rise and fall of the midnight getaway Seems like there's a hole in my dreams Or so it seems Yet nothing means, anything, anymore |
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