It may have been released more times than Pete Doherty, but Liza Williams still finds much to cherish in Friendly Fires' barnstorming dancefloor filler....
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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"...
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...
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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