Shakin Stevens

StanleyAccrington

Have been a fan of his since his rock/rockabilly chart entries. (Well, a fan of his session guitarists to be exact) but his recent song Last man alive is as different as can be. Like it though.

pintspiller

There's a documentary about him on Radio 2. I can't remember if it has aired already though

pintspiller

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xy5st/broadcasts

StanleyAccrington

Thanks for the link/heads up.

mudslide73

Lovely bloke by all accounts. 

EricTheWeary

Wasn't it Billy Bremner who played on a lot of his stuff? 

DesVegas

Yes. Love that new tune. Catchy riff

Bygone_Tones

Shakin Stevens greatest hits was my favourite tape as a kid.

koneguitarist

EricTheWeary said:

Wasn't it Billy Bremner who played on a lot of his stuff? 

Mainly Ian Lawrence, Micky Gee and Albert Lee I think. 

thecolourbox

Sounds a bit ELO to me

cj73

EricTheWeary said:

Wasn't it Billy Bremner who played on a lot of his stuff? 

Scored the best world cup goal ever then played on Shaky's albums....what a talent 

ennspek

One of the two first albums I ever got was Shaky. I think he was in a pink suit on the front. Both were on cassette, the other one was Adam & the Ants.

pintspiller

He is banned from Ballymena Town Hall (or another venue of equal standing elsewhere in Northern Ireland) for kicking the camera out of the hands of a photographer during a show.

Blaendulais

pintspiller said:

He is banned from Ballymena Town Hall (or another venue of equal standing elsewhere in Northern Ireland) for kicking the camera out of the hands of a photographer during a show.

Probably just the way his knees moved as he 'shook' surely the folk of Ballymena could forgive the man

CHrisP86

My father in law did a gig recently as the support act for Shakin Stevens brother. 

siraxeman

< looks to see if I'm on the parody board >

richardhomer

siraxeman said:

< looks to see if I'm on the parody board >

I looked to check if he'd died - happy to see he's not btw....

stuagu

pintspiller said:

He is banned from Ballymena Town Hall (or another venue of equal standing elsewhere in Northern Ireland) for kicking the camera out of the hands of a photographer during a show.

Hes certainly gone up in my estimation 

EricTheWeary

   [ can't get links to work, bugger]

57Deluxe

Oh - was hoping this was an RIP thread...

Jimbro66

In his days with the Sunsets he was a great live act  -  that's before he turned into Cliff-meets-Showaddywaddy.

Micky Gee ...........now there's a great guitarist who never got the wide recognition he deserved. Loved his playing.