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Best wishes from Sarah :-)), She was my friend too. never overlooking the much-loved Sappho & Alexis Korner, Portobello road, The Notting Hill Carnivals and a one-eyed -cat., Please write here or Tweet me, search my full name the tall boy, in class, who cried because he couldnt be Alice and was given the role of the Mad Hatter. As Christmas 71 came around, John Glover realised neither Peace or Toby would ever replace Free. When the rest of the group couldnt make it in time to a gig in Connecticut or New Jersey, Kossoff managed to calm the angry promoter. God Bless her family and friends and may she rest in peace. But the flight was undersold. Although I was one of the youngest in the class, having started at Hallfield in Sept 1956 aged just 4 years and 9 months. Kossoffs solo album, Back Street Crawler, slipped out in November 73. Read more about this topic: Alexis Korner At some point during the flight, Kossoff had visited the toilet and never come back. Fraser formed a new group, Sharks, and Rodgers and Kirke paired up in Bad Company. which is very sad . all brown sack cloth . I completely understand about not being trapped indoors in the summer I did 12 weeks isolating because of underlying health conditions. The following day he was called into Blackwells office. But disaster had struck early in the tour after Kossoff attacked John Glover with a whiskey bottle. If it helps I was born in 1952. Looking forward to touching base with you again, soon, and I hope you are keeping well. Much Love, Hiya and best wishes xx Keep wellAnthony Kreppel, kreppamel the fact that you can do anything on this site is a miracle. Blues-Rock British Blues Regional Blues. She was my friend too and I have very special memories of going to Gigs with Alexis together and enjoying the smokey blues atmosphere as well as daytime fun at her house and mine. a whole generation just wiped out the only one who still remains is their mother . And everybody knew what he wanted it for.. .. Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster. Hiya William .. We were all drunks or druggies as you call them at one time . My body isnt doing great either adjusting to it isnt easy but is some of the reason Im not on here much. Paul attended his first concert, Tommy Steele at the London Palladium, aged eight. The absence of Free left a hole in Kossoffs life, which he was now filling with drugs. She must have been a young woman at the time. Another relationship was also suffering. I went to Hallfield. At the heart of their appeal is Paul Rodgers voice and Paul Kossoffs spare, soulful guitar playing. In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewartbased on boogie-woogiekeyboard players, which featured a rhythm sectioncomprising Jack Bruceand Charlie Watts, among others, as well as a horn section. At a gig at Newcastle City Hall, he collapsed after playing just two numbers. And there were the four of Free sat on the sofa. Wow what a lovely, kind, beautiful woman. I wish you well and lets hope that the Winter does not bite too deeply. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. We wondered whether or not he might have been talking about our dearly departed friend. Shorter than me by perhaps a foot, in your young teenage years, with a patchy face that a loving mother would always want to take a wet hankie to. In March, Back Street Crawler were due to play Los Angeles Starwood Club, on the same nights as Bad Company played The Forum. What a lovely thing to say . Then there was this dreadful doctor in Harley Street, whod write him a prescription for whatever he wanted. Before long, Koss was swallowing as many as 20 Mandrax a day. Be it, now, 63 years, and very unlikely, I pledge, through here, and elsewhere, to bring together as many, as possible, of Hallfield, Bayswater, Queensway, Salem Road, Moscow Road, + contemporaries. God only knows how Lemmy ended up there, or what he and Koss had being doing.. The thing that kept messing up Koss was the outside world getting to him, says Rabbit. We were held on the plane for an hour, while the authorities argued over where Koss had died LA or New York, says Taylor. Footage from the show captured them at the height of their powers; Kossoff wincing and gurning as if every note played was having a physical effect on his being. But Kossoff was in no state to play every solo on the album, not least when he was discovered fast asleep and snoring between takes. Below, please find related information to help you with your job search. Alexis Korner ('74) Just Easy ADVERTISEMENT Track listing Show track credits A1 I Got Cha Number 2:44 Johnny Bristol songwriter Greg Reeves songwriter A2 The WASP (Texas Radio) 2:45 The Doors songwriter A3 Robert Johnson 4:05 Alexis Korner songwriter John Edwards songwriter A4 Tree Top Fever 2:54 Alexis Korner songwriter John Edwards songwriter Which Primary school did you go to .. ? Paul was a very together guy, a soulful, intelligent guy. Off stage, he was quick-witted, a sharp mimic and, many believe, could have been a good actor. The doctors told me if he carried on like this, he would die, says Geoff Docherty. Got it Anthony .. so you can remove the address now if you want. I remember Eddie , he had reddish hair didnt he? One afternoon, he slipped away to audition for The Rolling Stones. Fraser lasted six weeks with Mayall before getting fired. Always drop me a line when the mood takes you. Nevertheless, everywhere Kossoff turned, there was another musician ready to shower him with praise. Amy may live in a nearby Las Vegas city, so try searching all of Nevada: Korner suggested his daughter Sapphos boyfriend, a 15-year-old, part-English, Barbadian and Guyanese musician named Andy Fraser. Two years ago, Rodgers met Kossoffs son, Simon, for the first time. That has nothing to do with your being competent & everything to do with this site. Born in Paddington, west London, to a Barbadian-Guyanese father and an English mother, Fraser was something of a musical prodigy. I fed him grilled fish, spring cabbage and orange juice, he recalls. Need help finding Amy? The first friend i ever made was called Sappho, or Fo as i called her. Anthony Kreppel reaches out, here, again, and might, on Twitter. and elsewhere, to unite others, those whose names have slipped my failing memory, but were, all of Sapphos time, in that little triangle that has the 3 points Bayswater, to the East, Foxs School, Notting Hill, along to the West of that, and Westbourne Grove, slightly to the South, encompassing Queensway, Hallfield, Whiteleys, among other notable points, and finally The Prince Alfred Pub, Queensway, Cellar Bar, as a meeting point, on a Friday evening, for a tight little group. Kossoff was delighted when the band showed up at the Starwood, and Rodgers and Kirke jumped up on stage to jam with them. Soon after the Nags Head jam session, the new band were backing Alexis Korner in blues clubs around London and the Home Counties. When a policeman spotted Taylor half-carrying him towards the terminal, he threatened to arrest them both unless they left the airport. How weird someone told me the other day about Sappho being the influence behind Mellow Yellow . Everyone smoked dope sometimes too much dope but Kossoff had acquired a taste for the powerful sedative Mandrax. In the meantime, though, his ex-bandmates were moving on. Docherty allowed him to drink alcohol, but the guitarist insisted on crme de menthe, not the most popular drink in Sunderland: So I went round every pub in town, buying whatever they had left in the bottles. At the end of the night, Koss would stagger up the 24 flights, with Docherty goading him on like a regimental sergeant major: And it worked. Sandie was making cups of tea and trying to maintain an air of domesticity. .. 4850 Camino Al Norte. Styles. But as Back Street Crawler headed to the US for more dates and recording sessions, Rabbit realised his friend was in trouble. That night, Koss didnt fall over and didnt forget the chords. Shortly afterwards, another aspiring group, The Wildflowers, moved from their native Teeside and into a house near the Kossoffs in Golders Green. Sappho Korner A.k.a. Bill Great to touch base with you. will find another way to contact you .. xxx, William that wasnt a dog kennel that was our house .. well Fo and I made it into a house .. , I am this moment putting together a CD for my car with selected songs of my Alexis Korner CDs. I wonder what an emoji for Bayswater would look like probably best that there isnt one . Im concerned about spending too much time on the net my body doesnt like it but I will be back .. and Im still around. Damian Korner, Nicholas Korner and Sappho Gillett Korner. In the 60s, his popular radio show heard him reworking traditional Bible stories for a modern audience. so right back at you Sarah. Ive had other sites where Ive had to design everything from scratch great fun to do but also much easier than here. Andy Frasers first impression of Kossoff was that he looked like a little lion cub.. If I were Alice in Wonderland stood up side down on a hookah while smoking opium thered be no way Id be able to understand whats become of this world TRUMP JOHNSON . Alexis Korner (* 19. Employer est. But the song changed them overnight, and Fire And Water became the first Free album to crack the Top 20, reaching No.2. David was trying to get him off the stuff, but Paul didnt get on with his dad at all. 1950 Contrary to rumour, Kossoff hadnt overdosed. Korner Store Sinclair Gas Station. I was and, thinking back, I thought that you were a little older than myself. Im sure we must know some of the same people I need a break away. I hope your move went well. Love from Sarah X. Forty years after his death, Kossoffs music remains frozen in time. Sappho Korner (died 2006) was a singer and percussionist. You too take care, love from Sarah , This may not be the best place to place my e-mail account details but who knows maybe nothing ventured nothing gained kreppamel@aol.com. Free toured with Osibisa guitarist Wendell Richardson instead. We last said goodbye as she was off to Glastonbury to be with her new husband Peter. Hed spend days and nights slumped on the sofa in Golborne Mews, Hendrix playing, as dealers and hangers-on drifted in and out. Despite the sparse audience, Free played a dynamic set. Sorry to read about her passing..I was just watching a DVD of Alexis & Friends and remember her. I loved him to death, he said, in a statement more prescient than anyone could have imagined. Summary. But the fact is nobody but Kossy could play that guitar through that amp.. The album cover offered an ants-eye view of a woman, sprinkled in stardust and silhouetted against the sky. I flew down to see them somewhere on that tour, sighs John Glover, who remembers Rabbit smashing up a dressing room and various band members sporting black eyes and split lips. That was the end.. I was a friend of sapphos I met her through my friend Annie Holden n I was her hairdresser for a few years whend been on my mind last fee days when I came across your site was so sad to hear of her passing have fond memorys of hanging out at her home in west london she had a great heart n I miss her. Top Stories Photos Videos Movies & TV Shows Albums Awards People also Viewed Cast Tracklist Other Albums Related Albums How to Watch People Also Ask. Following the break-up, Kossoff moved into a house in Golborne Mews, off Londons Portobello Road, and turned it into a drug den/shrine to Jimi. There was a lot of recreational drink and drug activity going on, he says now. Just five months after the release of Fire And Water came Highway. We were both four years old and she lived next door to me. Then there was a knock at the door and a dealer outside. but will be back once winter has set in. I dont know what hed taken.. Vocals. I hope that you and everyone who comes here is well and that the spirit still moves you. Korner died of lung cancer aged 55 years, on 1 January 1984. The other Hallfield School memory, in my final year, was the cancellation of a Summer camping trip to the IOW, because the group the year before had been to rowdy. Top Stories 'British blues will survive the apocalypse!': how the underground scene kept its groove The memory meant that I had to touch base with you. Good news sounds lame but of course isnt. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). (LogOut/ The song in which his lyrics talk about a fourteen year old girl, possibly, named Saffron. And Paul would go off into a dream-like state more than the rest of us., Frustratingly, when Kossoff was straight he could still play beautifully. I was 67 this September for some reason the age of 67 seemed absolutely monumental. Can you let me know what happened? Within a year, Kossoff had joined the north London blues group Black Cat Bones and impressed them with a confidence and stagecraft that belied his 5ft 3in stature. Taylor sat with Kossoff after take-off. My condolences on your childhood friends passing.I knew Sappho or Saffron as we called her,peripherally,as part of a group of habitues at lAuberge in Richmond and just remember her as a pleasant ,friendly and quiet girl-Perhaps,compared to the rest of us young hippies- I also knew that her dad was Alexis K.,one of the formative influences in British music of the sixties /seventies. I look forward to speaking to you in ten years time. It was a one-man stand-up show. I loved her; she was a very, very special person- goodbye Fo from Mo and God BlessX. Tons Of Sobs arrived in March. Kossoff had to be dissuaded from abandoning the Highway sessions and taking the next plane to Seattle for the funeral. P.S. Docherty had heard about Kossoff, thought he could help, and drove down from Sunderland to Golborne Mews. I am sure you are happier being out in the country. Amy Gillett in Las Vegas, NV We found Amy Gillett in Las Vegas - select Amy below based on age, prior locations, and family. I was looking for Sappho and came across your touching obituary. He even came with my parents and myself on Sunday afternoons in the days when the Serpentine Gallery was a Cafeteria. Andy Fraser was the first to walk, quitting on the eve of a Japanese tour: I couldnt bear to see what Koss was doing to himself. But when Kossoff went for a course of neuroelectric therapy the black box treatment that helped cure Claptons addictions Free went to Japan without him. previous; next; The New Church Album Information. Paul Rodgers was about three feet from my face. I went on to meet many fine musicians, including John Mayall & Eric Clapton in that flat. Docherty was now managing Beckett, a group with a fine blues/soul singer named Terry Slesser. We were a blues band, so we decided on Free, which we thought was something a bit more nebulous.. Glover insists it was $150,000. We must know each other Gone, for two days.. I wish you and your family and friends a wonderful time over the festive season and may 2016 bring you all you desire. something which the world is sadly lacking in these days . I cannot know whether, of course, you have visited this part of the site. Other times, Hey, Koss, listen to that, you cunt!. Please dont be a stranger. Texas-born Bundrick had seen Free play the Houston Coliseum: And I had this intuition I would play with them one day. Rabbit worked with Johnny Nash and Islands new signing Bob Marley before arriving in London in 1971. I remember Queens court , I still have an extraordinary fondness for Queensway I remember walking down this long corridor at the airport and looking over at him and he was sort of I dunno, radiating, he says, struggling to find the right words. Died: 1st January 1984, London, England. Be nice to yourself with lots of love from Sarah XXX. I lived in Windsor Court. Their singer was Middlesbrough dockers son Paul Rodgers. The red-eye from Los Angeles to New York had just landed at JFK Airport. Three days later, Black Cat Bones joined Champion Jack Dupree at CBS studios to play on his album, When You Feel The Feeling You Was Feeling. Eddie was that quintessential cheeky scamp. It was difficult, admits Glover. (LogOut/ When Frees next single The Stealer tanked and Highway stalled outside the Top 40, the rows began. In 1950, Korner married Roberta Melville, daughter of art critic Robert Melville. I like this site, where Sappho still lives, for all , who came too late to meet her somewhere, I saw this after reading the Eel Pie.org site about Richmond in the late sixties. I couldnt work out why . Im just mad about Saffron,and shes just mad about me Was this true or mereley the product of an addled teenagers mind? Instead, Kossoff meandered between jam sessions and occasional pub gigs. Then came the night in December 1965 when he saw Eric Clapton with John Mayalls Bluesbreakers in concert. We got stoned together and listened to a lot of Stevie Wonder on her turntable driven by a car battery. It is with great sadness that I found this website and learnt about her passing. But Paul was unconscious, says Docherty. Her father was Alexis Korner..the late and magnificant white blues man. He us the author of Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, Is This the Real Life: The Untold Story of Queen, Magnifico! Here he served the then-unknown Jimi Hendrix and watched spellbound as Hendrix flipped a guitar upside down and played it left-handed. That winter, Andy Fraser was so concerned that he and a roadie broke into the mews house, clambered over the bodies passed out on the floor and kidnapped Koss. He went back on tour and didnt have a hope of staying clean., Shortly after, Kossoff gave an interview to Bob Harris on the BBCs The Old Grey Whistle Test. But backstage there was a modesty about him. But it wasnt quite the collaborative effort it appeared to be. Don't worry, we can still help! Maybe we might stumble over, Sarah, yourself, Billy Edwards, the Soccer Star, Adrian Norrman, my best friend, and son of the Cafe owners, of Norrmans, Susan Painter, the good looking, very English, tall, straight-up, young, lady whom I last met, by complete chance, on the forecourt, call it, of Bayswater Station, in 1968, when we had a few minutes discussing our O level results and then parted, others who have written, here and visit, and finally anyone of that era.. How on earth did that happen and Im so glad it did. Cheers , Anthony Ive just seen your face in my mind. Back to Queensway this June 23rd to the now named Gold Mine Chinese Restaurant to celebrate the birthday of my lifelong friend Barbara Diamant. Dunno if the surname Payne is remembered. And he certainly wasnt a drug casualty. The press were told he was busy working on a solo album. My surname is Payne . Koss was a mild-mannered and generouskinda guy, explains Rabbit, and that made him an easy target.. That guitar and him were as one, says Digby-Smith, who watched, amused, as another unnamed guitarist picked up Koss Les Paul, switched on his Marshall amp and struggled to play a note. Aliases: Sappho Gillett Variations: Viewing All | Sappho Korner Sappho Artist [a1234779] Edit Artist Marketplace 395 For Sale Vinyl and CD Discography 12 Credits 9 Vocals 3 Instruments & Performance Add Release I said, Look, Koss has gone off the rails. Nice to finally be able to reply having just sussed out WordPress all over again .. We were both four years old and she lived next door to me. Will go on the laptop tomorrow Bye for now , GreatAnthony thanks Then I can delete it afterwardGood thinking & thanks, Got it YAY, Let me know if any of your info is still visable . If anyone should want to find me now .. ie ask questions about Sappho then I can be found on Facebook as Sarah Darling not sure I should give out my email address .. X, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Yellow. When they werent out and about playing one-night stands and negotiating Britains primitive motorway system, Free were in the studio. Fraser quickly put together a new group, Toby, and Rodgers formed a trio, Peace. Paul was born on September 14, 1950 in Hampstead, north London, to parents David and Jennie. The lifeless body of ex-Free, now Back Street Crawler guitarist Paul Kossoff had been discovered slumped in the bathroom. Alexis Korner, Musikhalle Hamburg, November 1972 Background information Birth name Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner Also known as "Father of British Blues" Born (1928-04-19)19 April 1928 Paris, France Died 1 January 1984(1984-01-01)(aged 55) London, England Genres Blues, blues rock Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, historian, broadcaster Growing up, their second son Paul showed a wit and precocity beyond his years. We interviewed a few famous people for the school magazine and she was always more nervous than I was> A beautiful. After a few weeks, Kossoff was deemed well enough to visit Annabels nightclub on the tower blocks groundfloor. It was very full-on and I found it a bit aggressive., Glover told Blackwell he wasnt convinced. Baby & children's clothing store His body had gone into shock from Mandrax withdrawal. & dont know how long Ive got left on this planet .. Rodgers, "Paul was as emotional about as music as I was", All at sea, Kossoff and Back Street Crawler drummer Tony Braunagel in 1975, Hiding on the backstreets, Kossoff and BC vocalist, Terry Wilson-Slesser, The Story Behind The Songs: Feel Like Makin' Love by Bad Company, The unlikely life story of Paul Kossoff's guitar, Paul Rodgers: My greatest regret is not having Paul Kossoff around. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. How about we help him and put the band back together, just for a tour?. On tour, Koss could be perfectly lucid one minute, but when the Mandrax kicked in, hed struggle to find the switch on his amp. Get started United Kingdom, Select Burial and Cremation Index, 1840-2014 I remember getting into Koss car and his dad had stuck these typed-out instructions on the dashboard: Are you fit to drive?, Turn on headlights. Kossoffs understated solo on the song Swamp Man trailered the sound of Frees debut album that was recorded soon afterwards. Hello Sarah I went to primary & infants school with Alexis Korners daughter Sappho . So sorry, I knew her when I lived at Moscow rd..So many years ago and have been checking her Dad out when I came across this site and the news she had passed away , Like someone said you could help but adore her, Hello Bill , Were you at Holland Park. There was an instant spark, concurred Rodgers. I remember visiting Sappho in Flask Walk Nico isnt around any more either . So with a bad heart but a light one, I am happy, in another year, to be wishing the Hallfield Sappho contemporaries all good things for the Festive Season. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Kossoff was not a prolific writer and had begun to feel excluded from the Rodgers/Fraser clique. Around this time, Geoff Docherty came back into Kossoffs life. trouble is I never hear her mention it .. Their close relationship is also something I remember with fondness. All rights reserved. My younger brother and sister aged 8 & 6 got the crowds to carry them over to the Stones caravan where they spent their time. Its appropriate title was Heartbreaker. Children: Damian Korner, Nicholas Korner, Sappho Gillett Korner Music groups: Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated (1961 1966), CCS (1970 1973), Snape. I lost two City Breaks and the planned visit by my son, daughter in law and grandson. Lots of laughs and a few adventures together was just thinking about Sappho and found this site had no idea she had left the stage. But it was Islands way of getting the guitarist working again. He was a founder of the seminal British blues band Blues Incorporated, which greatly influenced the blues scene in London in the early 1960s and had such adherents as Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. Mouthful Of Grass, Ill Be Creeping and Lying In The Sunshine were a celebration of peace, love, Mother Nature and sex lots of sex. Hope youre okay now .. Lots of love from Sarah XX, I knew Sappho when I lived in the block next to hers on the Moscow rd , She was about 7 and I was about 9 , Met her dad when he came and put on a gig in RS3 Tooting bec mental hospital for addicts in 1969..I also got a shock when I read she had died , Tell me does anybody know how she died ? Aw Jan ..Im sorry that it had to happen at all but many thanks for your sweet reply .. Long may you run .. Love Sarah XXX, Hiya Jan . From AC/DC to The Black Crowes, from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Rival Sons, each generation brings another group beholden to Frees bare-boned approach. Instead, Rabbit Bundricks Texas pal, Stray Dog guitarist Snuffy Walden, was brought in to play where necessary. Every time I walked into that house, Koss was listening to Hendrix, says keyboard player John Rabbit Bundrick now. What united these songs was a rawness, and a guitarist whom, to quote Alexis Korner, knew not to play too many notes and knew how to use silence. I cant find you on Facebook. there was no way I was gonna play a peasant . Among my record collection is a signed copy of R & B From The Marquee by Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated, from a live concert in 1962 (I was only ten at the time and thus could not attend.) But looking into his eyes is like looking into Pauls. Walk In My Shadow and a swaggering take on Booker T And The MGs The Hunter bottled the aggression John Glover witnessed at the showcase. I have just had the all-clear following the removal of a Cancer a few years ago. Suggested Searches. I thought, Im onto a winner here., But it wasnt to be. Alexis Korner. She had a beautiful showmans wagon with a tiny cast iron stove and beveled glass windows. We met at the L\Auberge in Richmond when we were sixteen. Blackwell wrote him a cheque for 20,000 on the spot. He was a raconteur and an entertainer. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Ivce Only just seen all your comments and Tis late here .. but Ill be back to talk about the Saturday flicks . Kirke found the break-up hard, but Kossoff was devastated. I certainly dont remember Sappho mentioning it either she was never a bragger but even so I think she wouldve mentioned it .. Ive read the comments from Bill Young & William Taylor and feel that I must have known you both or at least met up with you at some time in the early 1960s.