Set List & Vids Courtesy Of Kenny Smith! Cheers!!
NEW SONG! "Paper Chase"
For thirty years, John Weller managed the career of his son Paul, through the salad days and success of The Jam in the Seventies and early Eighties, the ups and downs of The Style Council and Paul’s re-emergence as a solo artist in the Nineties. Theirs was a unique father-son relationship in the music industry, built on John’s unwavering belief in Paul’s talent and shared values like hard work and pragmatism.
John could be blunt, and once refused to have lunch in a record company’s executive dining room, remarking to the managing director: “I didn’t come here to eat, I came to do business.” But his bark was worse than his bite.
John’s success was all the more remarkable since he started in his forties after years working in factories, on building sites and driving a taxi. When The Jam signed to Polydor in February 1977, for a £6,000 advance and a six per cent royalty rate, John admitted he didn’t have a bank account and asked for cash instead of a cheque. A&R man Chris Parry duly we…
John could be blunt, and once refused to have lunch in a record company’s executive dining room, remarking to the managing director: “I didn’t come here to eat, I came to do business.” But his bark was worse than his bite.
John’s success was all the more remarkable since he started in his forties after years working in factories, on building sites and driving a taxi. When The Jam signed to Polydor in February 1977, for a £6,000 advance and a six per cent royalty rate, John admitted he didn’t have a bank account and asked for cash instead of a cheque. A&R man Chris Parry duly we…
This gig was filmed & will be up on Moshcam.com in about 2 week's time..I know this because I asked the camerawoman...
ReplyDelete..just looking at that set list, I don't think he did "Fast Car" did he ?....Another top performance from the Modfather..
ReplyDeleteDave C from Canberra here
ReplyDeleteThanks aplenty for the vids Kenny. Brilliant. Were you standing second tier back just to the right of the mixer? If so I was immediately on your left. Stoked you put up 'Paper Chase' Cheers mate. Re previous post. No PW did not play 'Fast Car/Slow Traffic' did he! And re the first comment, thanks for the tip about the Metro gig on Moshcam. Nice!