You likely already know this, but at one time or another, LJB had in his band: Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Reg Dwight (Elton John) all of them when they were all in their late teens, IIRC.
Posted on 08/21/2015 10:02:13 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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I LOVE Skeet Surfin’!
Maybe the cop was a Jan and Dean fan.
Same reason.
One of my favorite cuts from the era...Long John Baldry's intro to the story (while playing keyboard in the background) and then slamming into the song (but you really should hit the youtube link to hear him tell the story in his British accent, complete with voices of the officer and the magistrate and then enjoy the song.)...the story lyrics...
You know I remember a few years ago, some funny things used to happen to me, about 1956-57. At that time, there was no blues scene or, uh, not really any kind of scene in, uh, London. I used to go out and play my guitar in the streets and sing things with um, passin' the hat 'round.
I remember one particular night, I was uh, playing the guitar in a little alleyway just off of Wardour Street in Soho and uh, I got busted by the police. This policeman came up and dragged me in, my guitar and, my hat full of pennies, off to the police station. Anyway, the next day I had to appear in Marlboro street police court and uh, it was quite a day. Police officer giving his evidence:
"I was proceeding in a Southerly direction, M'Lord, when I heard uh, strange sounds coming from the Wardour Place, M'Lord. A sort of boogie-woogie music was being played. On further investigation, I saw the defendant standing there with a guitar and an old hat on the floor collecting pennies. Well, I decided that uh, he was contravening a breach of the peace, there, as there was a traffic jam about five miles long behind Wardour Street, wondering what all the uh, fuss was about, so then I arrested the uh, defendant"
"Uh, just one moment, officer. Wh-what is this boogie-woogie music here we're talking about?"
"Oh, well M'Lord", said the officer, getting out his notebook, obviously he'd been doing up his homework, "it's a kind of jazz rhythm music peculiar to the American negro"
"Oh. What was the defendant doing, uh, playing this kind of music there in Wardour Street?"
Anyway, I got off with a caution, a year's conditional discharge, but I'll always remember that policeman and his boogie-woogie, so don't try to lay no boogie-woogie on the king of rock and roll.
But most importantly, did the officers get home safely?
Ironically, what keeps me from dealing with obnoxious morons in public more directly is that if I do, I may then have to encounter a cop.
Why did no one help the old man? I can’t imagine just sitting there or filming while this old guy is assaulted. The whole restaurant and office building should have emptied out. Geez.
You likely already know this, but at one time or another, LJB had in his band: Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Reg Dwight (Elton John) all of them when they were all in their late teens, IIRC.
Was he asking Rhonda for some help?
It was “In My Cell”
I may be mistaken on Mick Jagger. I looked it up and he was not mentioned, but also in LJB bands were: Caleb Quaye (Traffic) Nicky Hopkins (many bands and studio great), and Brian Auger (Oblivion Express)
Agree!
Saw him live one time in Philly in 1971 as a back-up act. He shoulda been the headliner!
Say what?
“What is wrong with cops nowadays?”
Add to all the reasons you listed the use of steroids by many police officers. Do a Google search. Roid rage has become a very serious problem.
I’ll go with the assault but you are dead wrong about the aettery!!!!
Garland Jeffries for example was big in Europe, not so much here. I saw Van Morrison in Ireland in the late 90's for half of what he would have cost in the USA. Rory Gallagher is another example.
Never did see LJB, wish I had
Take a look at (and listen to) the Brandos...great band, and when they released, “Gettsyburg,” in 1987, everybody was calling lead singer David Kincaid the new John Fogerty. They stood their ground and refused to relinquish creative control to American record labels and were more or less blacklisted in the USA, but have had some well deserved success in Europe.
Rory Gallagher is another example.
Saw Rory in Philly as well in that 1970-1972 time frame...
"But I don't have no clothes to clean,
to put inside the machine
It was the craziest place I've ever been."
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