My 'The Who" Tattoo

The Who have been a large part of my life, so I had this tattoo done.

Mick Green

Photos of Mick Green, a great guitarist, who passed away on 11 January 2010. These photos were taken at the tribute to Art Wood on 25 March 2007.

Me Talking to Pete Townshend

TCT April 2008

A couple of blurry photos of two of my favourite rock photographers, the first features Matt Kent, who is in the middle of the shot and the second Ross Halfin and Matt Kent, from the Teenage Cancer Trust gig in April 2008.

Mikey at The Halfmoon

Just in from seeing Mikey play an incredible three song set at The Halfmoon, Putney. Mikey commenced with Invisible, then a new song titled My Way. He then sang Whole which is about how the birth of his Daughter Beau Bena has changed his life. Mikey
gave this song so passion and feeling it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Absolutely brilliant!!!

Chelsea Williams

I took this video of Chelsea in Santa Monica on a recent trip. Chelsea has sold 40,000 CDs mainly by busking on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. In this clip, Chelsea gets some vocal help from a bystander.

Art Wood Musical Tribute

I have been getting lots of hits re the Art Wood Musical Tribute so here is a link for all of you that have visited the Blog to view a short piece of video from the night.

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Mikey

Here is a recent photo of Mikey taken in Southend at the end of April 2008.

Quilts and Babies

Steph co-ordinated a Bloggers quilt for a very special baby, Beau Bena. Beau is Mikeys baby and as you can see below she is beautiful.
Bloggers who contirbuted to the quilt were: Suejoy, Izygirl, Elena, Natalie, Grace, Jilly T and Gary.
Steph made a marvelous job of sewing the whole thing together and we (Steph, Jill, Gary and myself} presented it to Rene and Mikey on Monday.

Teenage Cancer Trust 2

Here are a few more photos from the Teenage Cancer Trust Gig


Pete and Roger

Roger

Joan Armatrading


David Gray

Teenage Cancer Trust at RAH

Went to the last night of the Teenage Cancer Trust shows and here are a few photos of the best band in the world THE WHO. Roger compered during the evening.

IAC

I've just added my composition New Year, New Life to IAC. It's electronic and I hope that you like it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A merry Christmas to all my Blogger friends. It is fairly gloomy here in the U.K. so I thought I would post a photo taken by me in sunny Dubai a few weeks ago. Have a good one!!!

Gary Stockton -I Never Wanted To Say Goodbye

This song is by my great friend Gary Stockton and is Number One in the IAC chart. Play it, It's great!!!

Amazing Journey - The Premiere

                                             Me and Alan Rogan
                                             Roger and Heather
                                             Roger
                                             Paul Young

Well it's been a long time since I've posted on my Blog. Mainly because I have been busy and also because I have not had any news. But now I have.
Went to the premiere of Amazing Journey a film of the history of The Who. Arrived at six and stood outside watching a few celebs go in. Twiggy, The Zutons, Roger Daltrey and other celebs that the photographers were going mad for but I didn't know who they were.
Roger was with his wife Heather and I got a couple of good shots of him. Also got a photo of me with Alan Rogan, Petes guitar tech. I went up to him and said ' Hi Alan, can I have a photo?' to which he replied 'What Of?' Anyway I'm quite pleased with the result.
When we went to go in we went to the side entrance but were told we had to go through the front. This meant walking on the red carpet. As I strolled down past the paparrazi I heard someone shouting out ' Mark, Mark" I've made it I thought, they've recognised me. I turned round and there was Delbut. He was waiting for Pete to go in. I also saw Gary and Melissa inside as well as some actors and actresses. When we sat down I looked round and there was Rabbit right behind me. A couple of girls sat next to him and asked if they could shake his hand, so I said whilst you're at it and shook his hand. This just leaves Roger for me to meet to have collected the whole band.
The film was great and after, Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame came on with Pete, Roger and two of the guys that made the film, for a question and answer session. Pete was on top form and had everyone laughing.
On the way out we were just twenty foot behind Pete who had a leather jacket on with a diamonte skull on the back, jeans with hole in and a man bag. He looked trendy for a guy of 62. He did say in the question and answer session that he had no plans in the pipeline and would see how things go. Roger said they were decompressing after the tour.
Mark Squires, Petes minder was with him and I walked up and said 'I don't suppose you remember me' and he genuinely did. Not bad considering it was a year ago that I had chatted with him. Saw Paul Young walking out after and I 'borrowed' a large cardboard publicity poster, which I took home. I will give it back one day, promise!!
So that's it.

Here Comes America is Number 10!!!!

An update on HCA. Gary has advised me that this track is now number ten in the IAC and Cashbox Magazine charts. Great stuff!!!

Mikeys Back!!

It was really good to see Mikey at The Smoke Room on Wednesday night. He was very well received by the audience (which included our Blogger friend Marietta) especially his new song Greenhouse. It was also nice to see Rene after so long. Hopefully Mikey will be doing more gigs which will increase his exposure, 'cos he deserves it. Nice one Mikey!

Here Comes America

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of week but have been busy.

Well, my friend Gary Stockton has woven his magic again. We collaborated on a song called "Here Comes America".

Gary performed the backing and vocals in California and I did my vocals in the U.K. Click the link button below to listen to it.

Ross Halfin

I have been a fan of Ross Halfins diary for ages. Ross is famous for his rock photography and travels extensively to shoot his subjects. I find his diary entertaining and he writes virtually daily. So when I saw him at the Teenage Cancer Trust show shooting The Who I thought I would take a few shots of him in action. You will find his website at www.rosshalfin.co.uk
Ross getting a shot of PT
Ross and his assistant Kazuyo
Ross and an attractive photographer
Checking the shot
I think he's seen me!!!

The Who at The Royal Albert Hall for The Teenage Cancer Trust

Pete

After spending hours over the past few weeks on ebay bidding for tickets I had given up on going to this gig. With some tickets going for £150 each I thought that morally people should not be making money out of a charity gig. On Saturday morning, just by chance, I went on the RAH website, keyed in for two tickets and lo and behold got two in the Choir section which is at the rear of the stage. So I thought I've seen the lads from the front numerous times so from the rear will make a difference. So off we went. Had a meal in a trendy restaurant before the gig and parked (for free) two hundred yards from the hall. Another great gig. Is there no stopping these guys? I'll post a few more photos later in the week. I have put these photos in so if you click on them you get a large version.

Pete and Rog at the end of the show.
Rabbit
Pete
Simon and Zak
The Who at The Roayal Albert Hall
Roger