telstar

[(royclough)]

Thought I posted this Tuesday but evidently not

Roger LaVerne who played the organ on this classic passed away Monday

Tornados were the first UK group to top the charts in US.

[(hamilton_square)]

Roy; I don’t know if you have seen this 45-minute interview featuring Roger La Verne and Clem Cattini talking about Joe Meek and all things Tornados. I suspect you may well have come across it before now seeing has it’s been up on YouTube for near five years – but just in case it’s of interest to others …

Part 1 …



Part 2 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnHpUC9vvfQ

Part 3 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Nm8ddDpo0

Part 4 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcViKY4yNh8

Part 5 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOWeuX8KP0

[(royclough)]

good one

[(hamilton_square)]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... aVern.html

According to his obituary in the Daily Telegraph; Roger LaVern experienced a fair amount of highs and lows during his 75 years that reportedly included …

… having a philandering father who was sentenced to be hanged for murdering his mistress
… racking up some 3,500 sexual conquests on his own behalf
… during the course of which he was married 9 times
… being one-time marathon piano playing world record holder
… known throughout Mexico of the 1970s as El Lobo Plateado (“The Silver Wolf”)