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...a few times even if he did refer to its singer as 'Mickey Jump' on occasions. On the B-side was a slightly more typical Jupp blues treatment 'Down At The Doctors', which may well see the light of day on the Feelgood's next album. | |||
Since 'Nature's Radio' didn't set the charts or sales returns alight and as it was a one-off deal, Jupp found himself labelless and bandless. (The single used sessionmen notably Jimmy Jewell sax, Tim Renwick and Micky Moody guitars, Colin Gibson bass, Pete Solley piano and Glen De Fleur drums. --> | |||
With the chance of a tour on offer (his manager is Keith Reid, lyricist for Procul Harum — still keeping the local links going), and with Jupp looking for a band and ace guitarist Mick Grabham (ex-Cochise and four LPs worth of Harum), looking for a vocalist/writer/player a compromise was reached and the Mickey Jupp Band hit the road for the first time as support to Elvis Costello's just finished [[:Category:1978 UK Tour|UK dates]]. | |||
The band are Jupp, guitar and vocals, Graham, guitar, John Gordon bass and Ron Telemacque drums. That was the lineup when I caught up with them at the seaside the other week, not Southend but distinct Penzance where they were playing [[Concert 1978-04-11 Penzance|The Garden]] with EC. | |||
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The location is the alehouse known in these parts as The Yacht, where Jupp and buddies quaff pregig ales. My first shock was the Jupp was cleanshaven, the few photos of him around show him moustached, including the most recent publicity pics. Apparently as soon as they were taken (and only one photo was circulated at that), he shaved the moush off. Confusion tactics, eh? | |||
"I've spent most of my time in Southend," he utters shyly. | |||
"I did go to Bath to live for a while, just a brief sojourn. I was working at a builders merchants, great it was too. I wrote some good songs during that period, some of my best I reckon." | |||
Included was 'Cross Country' about the journey twixt Bath and his hometown. | |||
"I don't like travelling. At least I don't like travelling in a hurry. If I'd driven we'd never have got here so fast. I don't make a very good passenger." | |||
So, what had he been up to since he had the big band three years back? "That band came about due to my name getting warm through the Feelgoods and the Flyers. That band was bloody great, but it had too many petty egos to support. Some of the band wanted the vocalist out, but I thought that was the difference of the band, so I quit. They carried on for about three months. I did the odd folk club on my own or with Frank Mead on sax and harmonica. | |||
"About a year ago I got peed off and was just about to go up North and work on a farm or something, when I heard from Keith Reid and Gary Brooker that they wanted me to come up town and discuss something — I've known them for a long long time. It was like the cavalry coming in to rescue you when you're surrounded by Indians. | |||
"Anyway we did some demos at Gary's and worked a deal out. This is the first time I've ever had a regular deal in this business." | |||
This was also his first real tour, being used to one night stands and club residencies in the past. | |||
"So, Arista took up an option and wanted 'Nature's Radio' as a single as a one-off deal (though they have since helped out with support for the tour to see what happens as a result). That was done with sessionmen and I suppose I realised that I'd have to get a band together again. | |||
"I got the title when I was in this pub toilet in Cricklewood and heard these two blokes say something that sounded like Nature's Radio — though it probably wasn't, it sounded a good phrase so I wrote the song around it. | |||
"I didn't think it sounded right for me as it came out on record, not dirty enough, but I wasn't in a position to argue. It did get some plays on Tony Blackburn's show though." | |||
What is it like being back on the road? | |||
"Great, I've never done so many gigs so close together before. In the old days it would be Southend to Leeds and back to Southend again or whatever. | |||
"We've been going down a bomb, had several encores to date. In Glasgow where we're an unknown quantity we went down a storm." What were his views on the changing Sodthend scene? | |||
"My theory is that it has all changed because there is no longer anywhere much to play there, so the bands have had to come to London to work. There is only one paying gig there now." Enter one Mick Grabham into the conversation, explaining his route to the new found job: | |||
"I wasn't enjoying Procul Harum anymore so I left. Then I became frustrated so my intention was to form a band. Still, nothing happened, so I went to the States. I had a couple of sessions to play in France and had a call asking me if I'd be interested in working with Mickey. I'd heard of him through Procul of course. | |||
"We did a Hope and Anchor gig and I played a session produced by Nick Lowe. | |||
"The gigs are going great, better all the time. Not bad for one week's rehearsals anyway." | |||
The rhythm section is not undistinguished either with 'Guinness' Gordon as he is referred to is a former member of Highway and drummer Ron has been in a list of bands as long as your arm including work with The Equals, Foundatins and Zappata. What are their plans for the future? | |||
"I've decided to stick at it," confirms Mickey. "I've got a single ready (record company willing), for after the tour, that's 'Switchboard Susan'. | |||
"I don't want to see the world particularly. I quite like England. I'm not that bothered you know. I am enjoying getting up and playing and shouting my head off again though." | |||
If you should be lucky enough to find any of the Legend records you'd be well advised to snap 'em up — or maybe you can fool a friend out of one? Not so many years back you could have bought any amount of them from the deletion racks — I fear one kick myself for not doing just that. "That's the odd thing," Mickey reflects. "When they were out they hardly sold — now everybody wants them. So, I've kept a few copies of 'Nature's Radio' in case that becomes a collector's Item." | |||
That's what I like about these old blues singers; they don't talk crap, got a sense of history. | |||
(Special thanks to Pete 'Mine's a double Perrier water' Frame for information gleaned from his 'Mickey Jupp And The Southend Scene' family tree, circa 1975, without which this article would have been a lot shorter.)--> | |||
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[[David Brown]]'s profile of [[Mickey Jupp]] notes his support slot on the [[:Category:1978 UK Tour|UK Tour]]. | |||
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