Earl Slick was the man who stood to the left of David Bowie as they toured the world’s megadomes. Glen Matlock was the bassist in The Sex Pistols– you might have heard of them. Glen and Earl – Picture by Svenja Block (– do not reproduce without permission Tragically I left before the stagediving, but there were a couple of bona fide rock icons I wanted to catch on The Fest stage at Stables Market. Overjoyed to be back in North London, he was clearly among friends, with the audience eagerly helping him out with the lyrics for songs old and new. Watching him hold a rapt audience in the palm of his hand – armed with just a microphone and an acoustic guitar was something to behold. It’s not easy to find new paths on a road well travelled by the likes of Billy Bragg and The Levellers, but with seven albums under his belt Frank’s certainly making a decent stab at it.Īnd there’s no doubting his power as a performer. The bearded bard of Meonstoke is something of a phenomenon, shifting units aplenty with his affirmative take on punk folk. With time perilously short on the Saturday (don’t ask!), I headed down to a packed Electric Ballroom to catch a bit of the night’s headline act Frank Turner.
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