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Lou Johnson passed away this week after a long illness caused by a severe stroke many years ago. I only ever met him via the phone but he was so warm and welcoming, I felt I knew him well. I also got on famously with his wife Linda, as we had something in common – Lou was our favourite singer.

Le Beat Bespoke Presents The Seeds UK debut Featuring original members Daryl Hooper and Don Boomer

Plus the UK premiere of "Pushin' Too Hard" The acclaimed rockumentary. Plus Q&A with director Neil Norman and producer Alec Palao.

Saturday 20th April 2019. The Venue: 229 Great Portland St. London W1W 5PN

Tickets: lebeatbespoke.com
Documentary trailer: youtu.be

Ace Records aficionados will very likely be familiar with the uniquely soulful guitar-playing which embellished such notable hits as Dobie Gray’s ‘Drift Away’ and Billy Swan’s ‘I Can Help’, as well as the ground-breaking use of electric sitar on the Box Tops’ ‘Cry Like A Baby’ and ‘Hooked On A Feeling’ by B.J. Thomas. Add to these Elvis Presley’s ‘In The Ghetto’ and ‘Suspicious Minds’, Dusty Springfield’s ‘Son Of A Preacher Man’, Joe Tex’s ‘Skinny Legs And All’, and many more significant chartbusters by the likes of Bill Black’s Combo, Joe Tex, Neil Diamond, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, Jimmy Buffett, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard. Such an imposing list should provide an idea of the enormous contribution made over six decades by Memphis and Nashville’s most versatile and in-demand session guitarist, Reggie Young, who has died at the age of 82.

The legendary Art Laboe, beloved Los Angeles deejay and founder of Original Sound Records, passed away last Friday at the age of 97. Alec Palao remembers a fascinating figure, and one of the true architects of the reissue business.

It was with considerable sadness that we learned of the death of the superb Rockabilly artist Glen Glenn.