Keef Trouble - Interview Extract From Greater London Radio

Interview Extract From Greater London Radio

Keef Trouble on London's Greater London Radio where he talked about his time with Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts (14 April 2002):

"It was blues singer Jo Ann Kelly, sadly no longer with us, who helped and encouraged the Bretts. We were all art students —still at school in '68, even before Ry Cooder got going properly!"

"Everything was 'Orange Bicycle' and 'Technicolor Yawn', so we became Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts as a reaction against the prissy flower power movement."

"Quite incredible really, we ran the 'Blues Club' on Sunday afternoons at Studio 51 in Great Newport Street, London - the Rolling Stones had done it before and Jo-Ann handed it on to us. It was, of course, run by Pat and Vi —Ken Collier did the Jazz in the evenings."

"Howling Wolf came down one afternoon and jumped up to jam. Ronnie Watts and the Blues Federation had brought him over from the United States. I got him to autograph one of his albums — he signed his real name, Chester Burnett! Then he quizzed me, concerned about whether he'd received his rightful royalties or not. The giant bottle of whisky he was holding looked like one of those miniatures in his hands! He was 6 foot 7, you know!"

"By then, Jo-Ann Kelly had recommended us to London deejays Mike Raven and John Peel, who'd both played our album on national radio. We performed a live session for John Peel at the BBC, which brought our music to a far wider audience."

"We supported our hero, Son House, at Euston Town Hall in London — he sported the customary big bottle of whisky!"

"Arthur Big Boy Crudup played with us at Studio 51. He's the guy who wrote 'That's All Right (Mama),' Elvis Presley's first hit, and he played that song all night long! 'that's alright mama, that's alright for you......' Mind you, he musta been sixty-years-old, even then!"

"And Fred McDowell at the Bridge House near the Elephant and Castle, we backed him, too."

"The band signed up to Robert Stigwood's Agency in 1970 and toured the U.K. supporting Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominoes."

"In 1972 the band scored a huge hit with 'Seaside Shuffle,' which got to No. 2 in the U.K. charts under the guise of Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. In those days it was weird. Anything with a commercial edge was frowned on, so we went under different names, apart from when we played the blues."

This interview with further information about Keef Trouble and 'Oasis' found here.Keef Trouble | Oasis | CD Baby