Video: BP Fallon & David Holmes - ‘Henry McCullough’.
Record Store Day 9 years ago.
We had a Record Store Day hit, David Holmes & I, with the Limited Edition 12” record ‘Henry McCullough’ - music by David plus amazing mixes by Andrew Weatherall bless him, lyrics by me spoken off the top of my head with nothing written down, my tribute to a dearest friend whose funeral I’d attended earlier in the day.
Time flies.
Is time our enemy or our friend?
#HenryMcCullough #RecordStoreDay #LateNightTales #DavidHolmes #BPFallon
Thinking of Clem Burke, gone a year and a day ago.
Clem, it was special making music with you. And I'm so glad we got back together the ace Blondie rhythm section of you and Nigel. We had such fun both live and in the studio and some good solid rocking. We'll have more when the time comes.
Film clip of Clem from the documental movie BP Fallon Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Photo 1) BP Fallon & The Bandits - Aaron Lee Tasjan guitar, Clem Burke drums, yours truly warble & twitch and Nigel Harrison bass. Picture by Christopher Durst.
Photo 2) Clem & I having a percussion vibe at Red Horse Ranch Studio, near Austin, Texas. Picture by Glen Brown.
I am honoured to have been invited to be part of the art project to benefit the Simon Community who care for homeless people, the project organised by John O’Donnell.
In Trinity College in Dublin I wrote a poem/prayer on one brick mould and some words on another.
The brick moulds will be given to painters and the final results auctioned for Simon Community.
Other people who have taken part are Bono, Imelda May, Tommy Tiernan, Glen Hansard, Gavin Friday and Cillian Murphy.
📸 Alfie Fury.
John Lennon - piano, vocals (live)\
George Harrison - guitar
Yoko Ono - sanitary towel, knitting needles
Mal Evans - tambourine (live)
Klaus Voorman - bass
BP Fallon - phantom bass (live)
Alan White - drums
I’ve already had a lot of mega fun in my life - and this is right up there, ‘playing’ bass in John Lennon’s group on Top Of The Pops.
“Instant Karma” John said. “Instant Calmer” I said. Both are true. Blessings & amen.
#JohnLennon #TheBeatles #YokoOno #JohnLennonAndThePlasticOnoBand #BPFRnRWizard
This picture of Bob Dylan hanging out with Patsy Dennehy and yours truly is nothing to do with me talking on the podcast Travel Tales With Feargal about how I was completely utterly totally blown away by Bob Dylan & The Hawks aka The Band at the Adelphi Cinema in Dublin in 1966, when Dylan ‘went electric’.
Basically I’m talking about my Five Fave Gigs - stuff about Sinead and Shane and Jimi and somehow I got in seven fab faves. It’s vibey verbal and Feargal’s cool - link in bio.
Photo by Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman at Slane Castle, Ireland 1984.
In this episode of Travel Tales with Fergal, I’m joined by legendary Irish DJ, musician, author, photographer and rock’n’roll insider BP Fallon otherwise known to many simply as “The Beep.” Listen from the bio link and all podcast platforms.
With a career spanning decades at the very heart of music history - working with The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, T. Rex, U2 and more - BP Fallon has witnessed some of the most iconic moments in rock’n’roll firsthand.
In this conversation, he shares his five favourite gigs from a lifetime of extraordinary experiences, offering vivid stories from stages, studios and concerts around the world.
From unforgettable performances to behind-the-scenes encounters, this episode is a front-row seat to music history as seen by the guru BP Fallon.
BP Falllon & The Bandits rehearsing in Joe King Carrasco & Dr Kim’s house in Austin, Texas - 13 years ago. Time flies!
The personnel: me on vocals, from Blondie Nigel Harrison bass and Clem Burke drums (RIP) and visible through the bannisters on the right Scott Asheton of The Stooges drums (RIP). Ace guitarists Aaron Lee Tasjan and Little Barrie joined us.
Tho’ I say so m’self - what an incredible group!
#RocknRoll
Photo by Weston McGowan.
17 years ago? My God.
Shane & me DJing at Death Disco Belfast. It was, as you can imagine, a wild night.
We had quite a few. A special wondrous music-fuelled madness.
And Shane was a great DJ, too.
#ShaneMcGowan #ThePogues #ThePopes #DeathDisco #BPFallon
Thank you to everyone who joined us in NYC for the screening and Q&A yesterday.
Pic 3 - Nigel Harrison @1silvergod of @blondieofficial Blondie/BP Fallon & The Bandits plus legendary photo ace Bob Gruen - @bob_gruen - after the NY screening 📸 @radek_nyc
Last call for New York City!
Our current US tour climaxes in NYC tomorrow Saturday March 7th, 1pm at Village East by Angelika Cinema.
Ticket link in bio.
