September 17, 2004
b.p. fallon
so the show at death disco seemed to go well, tho i had little idea who bp fallon was. turns out he's a rock and roll icon!
Dublin-born BP FALLON is the former publicist to Led Zeppelin, Marc Bolan, Ian Dury, Bob Geldof and manager of New York Doll Johnny Thunders. "Purple browed Beep" is how Marc Bolan described him in the T-Rex hit "Telegram Sam." A DJ since 1964, he has published three books of his words and photographs, one of which - "U2 Faraway So Close" - details his time when he joined U2 on their global Zoo TV tour as DJ, Viber and Guru, spinning nightly from his mirror-covered Trabant; Vogue magazine described his role as "foreplay." At one of the LA gigs at Dodger Stadium in front of 70,000 fans, Fallon infamously fell asleep during his set before waking up and continuing as if nothing had happened. "BP's brilliant, though I'm not sure what he does" Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott famously told Melody Maker in 1976. Among the things that Fallon has done is work at the Beatles' Apple Records - where one of his jobs was testing Paul McCartney's grass - and crop up on BBC TV with John Lennon, miming bass guitar on "Instant Karma." He has DJ'd on tours by Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. Last year BP collaborated with American Pop Artist Peter Max using a Fallon photograph of Bono; the resulting 45 Andy Warhol-style prints were sold at a charity auction in New York (attended by Bono, Bill Clinton and Robert De Niro), helping to raise over three million dollars. "A gentle, wispy sorcerer" is how Vogue describes BP. And Bono describes BP Fallon as "A rock'n'roll creature... the only white black man I know apart from Bob Dylan." [storkcluboakland.com]
helen grew up listening to his radio show in dublin, and her mom made pancakes with him once when she worked for the irish press. small world...
Posted by Dead Nancy at September 17, 2004 11:10 AM
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Yes my mother is cool I have to say - she's coming soon so she'll spill the beans about Tim Pat and his IRA connections (well she might do after a couple of pints...) and BP flipping her off..........
Posted by: wife at September 23, 2004 04:00 PM
so helen knows bp as well as the edge...
i hear he's going to have a q&a and autograph session at the U2 convention in LA this weekend.
i guess i really should go..
Posted by: the sister at October 6, 2004 01:49 AM