GUITAR LEGEND Paul Kossoff HONOURED IN TRIBUTE SHOW by Terry Slesser
GUITAR
LEGEND
HONOURED IN TRIBUTE SHOW
Guitar legend Paul Kossoff will be
honoured by a former bandmate at the weekend.
Singer Terry Slesser takes to the stage
in Kossoff: The Band Plays On at The Customs House on Saturday, April 28, at
7.45pm.
The frontman sang alongside Kossoff in
Back Street Crawler and they were close friends.
He will be joined on stage by drummer Clive Edwards (UFO, Pat Travers, Wild
Horses), highly-respected keyboard player Dave Chapman and bassist Rick Hunt.
John Buckton takes on the daunting task of
replicating Kossoff’s unique guitar sound on tracks from Back Street Crawler’s
back catalogue, as well as some hits from his previous band, Free, including the
classic rock anthem All Right Now.
Slesser, from South Shields, is keen to keep the
memory of Kossoff and his music alive.
He said: “I’m constantly
being asked about Paul. The interest in him even after all this time is
phenomenal. His totally distinctive style of playing influenced a generation of
rock guitarists and every year there are articles and features about him
in music magazines.
“Free’s
All Right Now is one of the all-time great singles and still notches up
literally millions of radio plays worldwide every year.”
Free
formed in London in 1968 and scored a worldwide hit with All Right Now in 1970,
reaching the No.1 spot in over 20 countries.
They
disbanded five years later and Kossoff went on to form Back Steet Crawler in
1975, but their progress was overshadowed by his well-publicised drug abuse.
Kossoff
died in 1976, aged 25, after suffering a pulmonary embolism on a flight from
Los Angeles to New York.
The
band continued for a few years under the name Crawler, with Slesser and Buckton
reuniting for a short series of UK dates two years ago.
The
response was so positive, with so much affection for "Koss" from both
fans and fellow musicians alike, that they decided to continue with the project.
Kossoff
is regarded as one of Britain’s finest blues guitarists and was ranked 51st
in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
His
impact on fellow guitarists was immense, with Eric Clapton, Queen’s Brian May
and Joe Bonamassa among his admirers.
Tickets
for Kossoff: The Band Plays On are priced £17.50 and available from the box
office on (0191) 454 1234 or online at ww.customshouse.co.uk.
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