Entries from Sunday Mercury - Bev Bevan tagged with 'elo'
Nicky James, his wedding tackle and Tony Hatch
In the Spring of 1963, on a one-off trip towards the East coast of England we found ourselves doing a gig at Scunthorpe Baths. Although Denny Laine and the Diplomats had begun to develop a healthy following in our...
Bev Bevan Diaries - ELO Part 2 in Kansas and Ecuador
My diary this week goes back 13 years to the second week of September 1995, when I was on tour with ELO Part 2 in North and South America. Thursday September 7th Drove down to Gatwick in pouring rain. An...
Bev Bevan, the heavyweight champ and the John Lennon headbutt
Denny Laine and the Diplomats built up a number of steady and regular venues to play at in 1963 and 1964. Amongst them was Birmingham's first bone-fide night club, The Moathouse in Moat Row, close to the Bull Ring. It...
Getting into a twist with the young girls in the balcony
The summer of '63 was a happy go lucky time for the four peroxide blonde Brummie teenagers calling themselves Denny Laine and the Diplomats. As well as that nerve-racking ordeal of opening for The Beatles at the Old Hill...
Bev Bevan Diaries - my first gig with Black Sabbath (and a blonde stripper)
This week I've turned the pages of my diary back 25 years - to my very first tour with Black Sabbath. The line-up at that time was Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), Ian Gillan (vocals), Geoff Nicholls (keyboards)...
The day I pinched Ringo's drum key
Bonfire night, November 5, 1962 , found us at the Plaza Ballroom, Old Hill (billed as DANNY Lane and the Diplomats). Our "manager " at the time was a guy named Dave, who, to celebrate Guy Fawkes night, had purchased...
Bev Bevan Diaries - on the road in July 2008
JULY 2008 Well, it's summer (apparently), so there's not much going on workwise with my band, but we have had a couple of cracking gigs lately - one down in the South and one up in the North. We are...
Virginal girls, lipstick messages, bleach blondes and steak pies
Both Denny Laine and I were determined to make rock'n'roll music our careers. We were also confident in our abilities that we could one day make it big. Denny persuaded Steve to give up his hairdressing job and I managed...
Bev Bevan Diaries - in the US with Britt Ekland and Benny Hill
My diary extract this week comes from exactly 29 years ago, the first week of August 1979. That's when, along with my wife Val, I flew to the USA to do some promotional press and radio interviews. Wednesday August...
Bev Bevan Diaries - on the road with ELO Part 2 in 1993
My diary extract this week is taken from exactly 15 years ago, the last week of July 1993, when I was on a tour of the USA with ELO Part 2. Sat July 24th Another long drive on our tour...
Bev Bevan and Jasper Carrott work Christmas con shock!
I told you last week that I really wasn't cut out to work in a shop - but my time at the Beehive department store, in Albert Street, Birmingham city centre, did have its lighter moments, too. It was September...
Sabbath days - the Bev Bevan Diaries
My diary notes this week date back exactly 21 years ago to the 3rd week of July 1987, when I found myself, for the second time, occupying the drum-stool for Black Sabbath. Tuesday July 14th Rehearsals at "Tasco Sound Stage"...
Selling carpets, kissing girls in the back row and going to Hell
During my fifth and final year at Moseley Grammar School I was consumed with rock'n'roll music. Instead of studying for my upcoming GCE exams, most of my time was spent compiling endless setlists for the group's next show, thinking of...
Looking back - the Bev Bevan diaries
OK, I'm looking back in my diaries this week to exactly 30 years ago - the second week of July 1978, which finds me in the middle of an American tour with ELO. July 8th Atlanta , Georgia. Got up...
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