Mike Rutherford looks back at 60 years onstage and the art of cheap rock theatre
· 26 min · Episode 740
Episode Mike Rutherford looks back at 60 years onstage and the art of cheap rock theatre
This one starts with memories of Genesis at Farnborough Tech in 1972 – Batwings? Fox heads? - looks back at school bands and the early ‘70s and ends with the current Mike & the Mechanics tour. But it mostly centres on the first live shows Mike Rutherford ever saw and played which features …
… his mum making him wash the Brylcreem from his hair before seeing Cliff & the Shadows when he was 17.
… buying an electric guitar before you realised it needed an amplifier.
… playing the same theatres he played with Genesis when he was 19.
… Cream at the Marquee Club - “the volume was like an atom bomb!”
… supporting Mott the Hoople at Farx in Southall, “the moment I felt we were getting somewhere”.
… the contract for their £7 fee he still has for Genesis on the Eel Pie Island, “like ancient fading parchment”.
… the non-competitive days of Yes, King Crimson, Rare Bird and the rock underground when there was room for everyone.
… making an album in three days with Jonathan King in Regent Sound (where the Stones recorded).
… Peter Gabriel developing his on-stage theatre because no-one could hear the words.
… ‘Man up!’ Note to self after breaking a hip skiing with his grandchildren.
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