John Rostill - 70 today (if he'd lived)

[Arpeggio]

Came across this link & pertinent / poignant reminder from our old friend Geoff Barker:

"ON THE SHOW 2 NITE: Remembering the 70th anniversary today, of the birth of one of the Uk`s greatest bass-players, the late JOHN ROSTILL, with some of his best licks with THE SHADOWS and CLIFF. Plus: CHUCK BERRY/ROBERT GORDON/RICKY NELSON/BILLY LEE RILEY/WANDA/WEBB PIERCE/BIG TOWN PLAYBOYS/BERNIE WOODS/RUDY LA CRIOUX/RUSTI STEEL/BOYD BENNETT and more. `The Saturday Night Rock n Roll Party`: All BBC stations in the West & Southwest, On-line & Listen again. 8-10pm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/h ... 149795.stm) & other stations.

Geoff also recommended this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBBd0xwzEc

Bests.....Rob

[David Martin]

Thanks for reminding us...

[StuartD]

Great Bass Player, songwriter and even greater man.

Stuart

[Geoff_W]

Thanks for the reminder Rob. It's hard to believe that in a little under 18 month's we'll mark the 40th anniversary of John's tragic and untimely death.

[drakula63]

One of my favourite Shads bass players.

Fingers crossed that the new edition of Rob's book does see the light of day...

A fitting tribute in my opinion.

[donna plasky]

I'm sad to say that I never knew about John Rostill while he was still amongst us, but I surely do now. I admire and respect him so much. His music with The Shadows and with Olivia Newton-John lives on.

- Donna

[Arpeggio]

Still a few days to catch Geoff Barker's show here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... 6_06_2012/

Mostly good old Rock'n' Roll - with a few Shadows and Cliff tracks (eg "I'm The Lonely One") interspersed.

Bests.....Rob

[drakula63]

By a strange coincidence, this letter and picture appeared in one of the 'better' tabloids a few days ago...

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[iefje]

I still sometimes wonder about the "Rockin' With Curly Leads" album. If John was available for the recording sessions, the line-up on the album would have been Hank, Bruce, Brian, John and John! I wonder too if Hank and John (Rostill) ever sorted out their disagreements.

[manofmystery]

What a line up and what an album it would have been! Sadly never to be