Nice write-up from Dig it Up ! Thank you ! : ( previous post was supposed to actually include it, not just share the link, sorry.. ) We all know what a great guitarist Radio Birdmans Deniz Tek is but equally impressive is his way with words, the lyrical imagery he created in that bands songs (and for The Visitors) are a large part of their appeal and helped formed their mystique that hung around them for so long. Recently Deniz has found a new outlet for his writing and has penned various essays on the origins of Birdman, his time with TV Jones, buying THAT guitar, working with Ron Asheton and more - each subject treated with as much importance as the next. We found Ron Keeley at a little table waiting for us, smoking Pall Malls and tapping rhythms on the table with his cigarette free hand. Ron did this habitually, even while reading a book. The paperback would be in the cigarette hand, the free hand would be tapping out incessant paradiddles, flans, and rolls along to some subconscious musical track. It was a behavior which would eventually drive Rob insane during endless hours in the VW van (the same vehicle upon which someone scrawled Van of Hate) four years later in England. Tonight Ron was wearing a beige work shirt, a scarf, bell bottom jeans. He had shoulder length mousy brown curls. He looks a bit like a tougher version of Gene Wilder, or a lighter version of Steve McQueen. He ought to have had a Shelby Mustang sitting outside and a .45 in his jacket pocket. Hey Ron, whats happening? Hi Den, Hi Rob...whats up guys? Long time between drinks, eh? Rob sat down, I headed over to the bar and got the drinks. Find the rest of this story and more at deniztek/#!rb-first-steps/cdmm and further scribblings at detroitrocknrollmagazine/2014/05/deniz-tek-buys-fred-sonic-smiths.html. Its inspired stuff. Radio Birdman box set soon - hurrah!
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:03:19 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015