The British Beat Explosion: Rock 'n' Roll Island - Couverture souple

Whitby, Michele; Platt, John; Davis, Peter; Way, Gina; Howe, Zoe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906582475 ISBN 13 : 9781906582470

Editeur : Aurora Metro Books, 2013

Synopsis

Best Blues Book 2014 by Blues Matters magazine.

Have you heard about Eel Pie Island?

Anyone with an interest in the history of UK rock n' roll is familiar with The Cavern Club and the role that Merseyside played in the story of the British Beat scene. But on a far-less-celebrated, but no less significant path, over a small bridge onto an island in the middle of the Thames, Eel Pie Hotel, another great 60s club night, played host to acts that would later make a global name for themselves.

The Rolling Stones, Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd, The Small Faces, David Bowie and The Yardbirds are amongst the many acts who performed at the legendary Eel Pie Hotel during its 50s and 60s heyday, as did jazz greats like Ken Colyer, Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk, as well as more avant-garde performers like Ivor Cutler.

But how did The Eel Pie Club become such a popular venue? What motivated its founder, Arthur Chisnall to create a space where young people could enjoy the music they wanted to, in an environment free from the usual constraints? Why has this thriving West London scene been omitted from rock history when its influence has spread far and wide?

Recently, bands like The Mystery Jets have paid homage to Chisnall's fabulous club, playing gigs on the island that launched careers and cemented rock's infamous relationships.

The latest incarnation of the Eel Pie Club is alive and well. This book traces the origins of a scene that is long overdue for recognition.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michele Whitby has spent most of her life in the Twickenham area. She discovered Eel Pie Island whilst looking for somewhere to set up a photographic studio after leaving college in 1988 and has never really left the place since. A jack-of-all-trades (hopefully master of some!) she has been amongst other things, a photographer, leather-worker, puzzle writer, comic-book colourist and shopkeeper. She became good friends with Arthur Chisnall around 1996 while beginning to research Eel Pie's musical past. She co-authored the book Eel Pie Island with Dan van der Vat, published in 2009. She was the curator of the Aurora Metro exhibition in 2013 called 'Eelpiland' which digitized two photo archives and collected memorabilia to celebrate the island's music heritage. This led her to campaign for and establish the Eel Pie Island Museum in Twickenham. Michele has two children, Louie and Leila, and lives very happily aboard a boat on the Island, venturing off here and there to catch some live music.

Peter Davis was born in August 1921. He joined an infantry unit after school, deferring a scholarship to Cambridge until after the War. In 1942 he joined the SAS. This book tells of his experiences in Sicily and Italy in 1942 and 1943. He went on to be promoted to Captain and following a skirmish in France in 1945, was awarded the Military Cross. After the War, he took up his scholarship and was granted a Master of Arts degree. He married and moved to South Africa. Peter was murdered on 4 March 1994 and this remains an unsolved crime. Editor Details: Paul Davies, the author's son, has resettled in the UK after many years in South Africa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aurora Metro Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906582475
• ISBN 13: 9781906582470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Éditeur: Wheatley J C
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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