Band facts you never knew.

hollywoodrox

guitars4you said:

hollywoodrox said:

guitars4you said:

Lewis Collins who most famously played Bodie in the late70s/early80s British action TV show The Professionals, used to work at the same hairdressers, Andre Bernard Salon, on Ranelagh Street in Liverpool, as Paul McCartney’s younger brother, Mike.

He was a drummer, and had been in a high school band The Renegades. He was at the McCartney home with Mike writing songs when Pete Best was dropped from The Beatles.

Mike McCartney suggested Collins as a possible replacement to Paul, but Lewis turned down the opportunity to audition for the Beatles, Collins opted to continue drumming on a more amateur basis, playing for a number of local bands, including The Eyes and The Georgians.

He quit hairdressing in 1964 to become the bass player for The Mojos, performing on their charting singles “Goodbye Dolly Gray” and “Until My Baby Comes Home”.

Obviously he was a true Professional

Please tell me this isn’t an April fool,that’s so cool

True story - Honest - To be fair I knew the gist of the story - I knew he was a hairdresser and had worked with Paul's brother and knew he had turned down an audition with The Beatles - But did not know about his switch to bass and a. hit single - Found that on google

That’s great , I remember him being in a sitcom called the cuckoo waltz which was good at the time I think I was 8 lol 

EricTheWeary

rlw said:

I'm not 100% sure of this  but, many many years ago on the Roger Scott show on GLR, Scott interviewed Walter Trout and it turned out that one of, if not his first, professional gigs was a guitarist for Hank Williams junior, playing country.

Walter,IIRC, studied jazz trumpet as a young man and met Louis Armstrong. Flea and Jeff Healey also played jazz trumpet. 

EricTheWeary

hollywoodrox said:

guitars4you said:

hollywoodrox said:

guitars4you said:

Lewis Collins who most famously played Bodie in the late70s/early80s British action TV show The Professionals, used to work at the same hairdressers, Andre Bernard Salon, on Ranelagh Street in Liverpool, as Paul McCartney’s younger brother, Mike.

He was a drummer, and had been in a high school band The Renegades. He was at the McCartney home with Mike writing songs when Pete Best was dropped from The Beatles.

Mike McCartney suggested Collins as a possible replacement to Paul, but Lewis turned down the opportunity to audition for the Beatles, Collins opted to continue drumming on a more amateur basis, playing for a number of local bands, including The Eyes and The Georgians.

He quit hairdressing in 1964 to become the bass player for The Mojos, performing on their charting singles “Goodbye Dolly Gray” and “Until My Baby Comes Home”.

Obviously he was a true Professional

Please tell me this isn’t an April fool,that’s so cool

True story - Honest - To be fair I knew the gist of the story - I knew he was a hairdresser and had worked with Paul's brother and knew he had turned down an audition with The Beatles - But did not know about his switch to bass and a. hit single - Found that on google

That’s great , I remember him being in a sitcom called the cuckoo waltz which was good at the time I think I was 8 lol 

With Diane Keen who was a sitcom staple and I had warm feelings towards her. Collins was replaced by another actor and it all went down hill. 

ICBM

Highly respected and rather nerdy guitar repair guru Dan Erlewine was in a blues band called the Prime Movers with James Osterberg, better known as bonkers proto-punk Iggy Pop.

Nitefly

EricTheWeary said:

hollywoodrox said:

guitars4you said:

hollywoodrox said:

guitars4you said:

Lewis Collins who most famously played Bodie in the late70s/early80s British action TV show The Professionals, used to work at the same hairdressers, Andre Bernard Salon, on Ranelagh Street in Liverpool, as Paul McCartney’s younger brother, Mike.

He was a drummer, and had been in a high school band The Renegades. He was at the McCartney home with Mike writing songs when Pete Best was dropped from The Beatles.

Mike McCartney suggested Collins as a possible replacement to Paul, but Lewis turned down the opportunity to audition for the Beatles, Collins opted to continue drumming on a more amateur basis, playing for a number of local bands, including The Eyes and The Georgians.

He quit hairdressing in 1964 to become the bass player for The Mojos, performing on their charting singles “Goodbye Dolly Gray” and “Until My Baby Comes Home”.

Obviously he was a true Professional

Please tell me this isn’t an April fool,that’s so cool

True story - Honest - To be fair I knew the gist of the story - I knew he was a hairdresser and had worked with Paul's brother and knew he had turned down an audition with The Beatles - But did not know about his switch to bass and a. hit single - Found that on google

That’s great , I remember him being in a sitcom called the cuckoo waltz which was good at the time I think I was 8 lol 

With Diane Keen who was a sitcom staple and I had warm feelings towards her. Collins was replaced by another actor and it all went down hill. 

Fliss and Chris!?  David Roper played Chris.

Funkfingers

Fee Waybill of The Tubes appeared as Frank N. Furter in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.

RocknRollDave

Stan Collymore was the original bassist in Queen.

mudslide73

Miss Diane from Crossroads was married to both Carl Wayne (of the Vikings then Move) and previously the great Tommy Vance.

Offset

rlw said:

I'm not 100% sure of this  but, many many years ago on the Roger Scott show on GLR, Scott interviewed Walter Trout and it turned out that one of, if not his first, professional gigs was a guitarist for Hank Williams junior, playing country.

This is dreadfully name-droppy but I've been to a bbq in Nashville with Hank Jnr's daughter, Hilary.

Sorry :-)

Wazmeister

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