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Stars of the Ipswich Regent bound All Star 60s Tour interviewed (08:00 07 October 2015)
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/stars_of_the_ipswich_regent_bound_all_star_60s_tour_interviewed_1_4259554
“It’s a very pertinent question as to why we’re on the tour,” says keyboard player and singer Bob Jackson, the only member of this incarnation to have been in the band in the 1970s.
“But when a promoter offers you a tour, you don’t turn it down.”
“You might imagine how hard it affected the band and it’s hard to put into words. It was one catastrophe after another. After Pete died the band broke up, but Tom and I got back together, but then he lost the will to live as well.”
“I usually work as a member of The Fortunes and have done for more than 20 years, but they weren’t touring on the dates of this tour and I had been asked many times to go out as Badfinger and bring the music back to the UK, so I have and this tour will be our relaunch – our debut gigs. It’s a labour of love, whether we’ll continue after the tour all depends on the reaction of the audience.”
“We’ll only get about half-an-hour, but that’s great for the audience as it’ll be wall to wall hits. Personally, I wish we could play more. We’ll do all the Badfinger hits and Without You, which I do with The Fortunes; plus we may be able to fit one or two more tracks in.”
★★
Stars of the Ipswich Regent bound All Star 60s Tour interviewed (08:00 07 October 2015)
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/stars_of_the_ipswich_regent_bound_all_star_60s_tour_interviewed_1_4259554
“It’s a very pertinent question as to why we’re on the tour,” says keyboard player and singer Bob Jackson, the only member of this incarnation to have been in the band in the 1970s.
“But when a promoter offers you a tour, you don’t turn it down.”
“You might imagine how hard it affected the band and it’s hard to put into words. It was one catastrophe after another. After Pete died the band broke up, but Tom and I got back together, but then he lost the will to live as well.”
“I usually work as a member of The Fortunes and have done for more than 20 years, but they weren’t touring on the dates of this tour and I had been asked many times to go out as Badfinger and bring the music back to the UK, so I have and this tour will be our relaunch – our debut gigs. It’s a labour of love, whether we’ll continue after the tour all depends on the reaction of the audience.”
“We’ll only get about half-an-hour, but that’s great for the audience as it’ll be wall to wall hits. Personally, I wish we could play more. We’ll do all the Badfinger hits and Without You, which I do with The Fortunes; plus we may be able to fit one or two more tracks in.”
★★
