Steve Priest dead
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:57 pm
Not sure if it's true or not, but just heard that Steve Priest has died. He had been in hospital, so maybe it's true. Sad. A great bass player who was open about his Shads influence - especially Jet. Here's a recent facebook post from former bandmate Andy Scott. It concludes with a photo of the first LP cover.
The Sweet
1 May ·
The Shadows are responsible for my career in music. Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan and in particular, the Red Stratocaster! From the moment I saw their first album cover with the Fender guitars on the front I was hooked. We had seen the Stratocaster but the Telecaster slung on Bruce’s chair was holy grail. I am reliably informed that the instruments were borrowed for the photo session and if you look closely you can see the shop price tags. Back then I would never have dreamed of having that kind of success but here we are. They say you should not meet your heroes but I am lucky enough to include Bruce Welch among my contacts, we keep in touch. I have immense respect and both of us have had our brush with Prostate Cancer which creates a bond among sufferers. So to escape lockdown fever, all of this brings me to an unmissable TV programme tonight, “The Shadows at 60” on BBC Four at 9.30 pm. As I said unmissable !!
Andy
The Sweet
1 May ·
The Shadows are responsible for my career in music. Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan and in particular, the Red Stratocaster! From the moment I saw their first album cover with the Fender guitars on the front I was hooked. We had seen the Stratocaster but the Telecaster slung on Bruce’s chair was holy grail. I am reliably informed that the instruments were borrowed for the photo session and if you look closely you can see the shop price tags. Back then I would never have dreamed of having that kind of success but here we are. They say you should not meet your heroes but I am lucky enough to include Bruce Welch among my contacts, we keep in touch. I have immense respect and both of us have had our brush with Prostate Cancer which creates a bond among sufferers. So to escape lockdown fever, all of this brings me to an unmissable TV programme tonight, “The Shadows at 60” on BBC Four at 9.30 pm. As I said unmissable !!
Andy