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long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:57 am
by steve56
died today aged 64,had one no 1 record in 1967.
Re: long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:28 am
by Steve R
He was a stalwart of the British blues scene, his influence being far greater than any personal commercial success.
Re: long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:40 am
by steve56
yeah was a member of supergroup the steampacket also featured rod stewart,julie driscoll[whom i fancied].
Re: long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:57 am
by Guilbert
Not many people know this.
Elton John was called Reg Dwight when he was just a piano
player in various bands.
He wanted to change his name and was playing in a band
called Bluesology with Long John Baldry and Elton Dean
(saxophone player).
So he took the "Elton" and the "John" from each of them and
so a legend was born.
Could just as easily have been Dean Baldry I suppose.
Re: long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:49 am
by mart
But where did he get the Hercules from? Surely not Poirot.
Mart
Re: long john baldry [60s blues singer]
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:11 am
by Steve R
mart wrote:
> But where did he get the Hercules from? Surely not Poirot.
>
> Mart
Actually he took it from the name of Steptoe and Son's horse - seriously.