Bernie Calvert and John Maycraft, 3/29/2008 |
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BERNIE CALVERT & MUSIC COLLEAGUE JOHN MAYCRAFT
Published on 3/29/2008
By: Julie Burns
For well-known musicians Bernie Calvert and John Maycraft, their professional lives struck ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:05:00 GMT |
The Hollies: Outer and Inner Space, by Alan Smith (1967) |
I have news for Hollies' fans who think the whole group has suddenly become all psychedelic and way out of sight, baby! It hasn't. The only "trip" you'll find Hollie Allan Clarke taking th...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:42:00 GMT |
"Romany": The Hollies Hop Over Disaster, by Janis Schacht, Circus Magazine, May 1973 |
It was one of those typical London days, neither raining or sunny, and up in St. John's Wood at Abbey Road Studios, The Hollies were laying down tracks for their new album "Romany". Mikael Rickf...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:35:00 GMT |
A History of the Hollies, 1973-1988, by Peter Doggett |
In the summer of 1973, Allan Clarke rejoined the Hollies, after an absence of almost two years. Swedish singer Mikael Rickfors was retired into obscurity -- except in Scandinavia, where he subse...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:59:00 GMT |
Blind Date with Mikael Rickfors, Melody Maker Magazine, March 25, 1972 |
Mikael Rickfors, new lead singer with the Hollies, was seated on the floor of manager Robin Britten's West End office. He listened to the records attentively, smiling at the banality of a few di...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:37:00 GMT |
A record review: Stop! Stop! Stop |
Stop! Stop! Stop! by the Hollies shines like a sunny day with joy, enthusiasm and inventiveness. If you don't listen to this new Hollies album, you'll really be missing some swell things.&n...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:44:00 GMT |
Tipsy Sullivan meets the Hollies, 1966 |
It's really weird how things happen at times; take the afternoon I was calmly muttering away into nothingness and driving the rest of the staff hysterically stark. I had just heard that the Holl...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:55:00 GMT |
Have the Hollies Lost the King Midas Touch? Hit Parader Yearbook, May 1968 |
by Don Paulsen
We were talking about talented performers with original ideas who never received the recognition they deserved and I asked the Hollies, "Do you sometimes feel that some ar...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:54:00 GMT |
The Hollies Take You to Their Leader (1966 or ’67) |
Graham Nash is the driving force behind the Manchester group which formed from the nucleus of Christmas carol singers one cold and frosty morning. The idea of the name "The Hollies" came to them...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:40:00 GMT |
Mikael Rickfors interview, Svenska Dagbladet, 25 March 2004 |
(Many thanks to Agneta Andersson for her great translating skills!!!)
Now Mikael is looking ahead
MR makes a comeback with a jazz-influenced album. And two more albums on their way.
- Well, what else...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:16:00 GMT |
