Post by rockinronnie on Mar 2, 2014 21:09:25 GMT
Fifty-five British hit singles and a string of hit albums since 1968 have made Status Quo a household name in the U.K. and across the world. In fact there has only ever been one other band that has had more U.K. chart success than Status Quo and that, of course, were the Beatles. Then again, the Beatles broke up in 1970 and Status Quo still are Rockin' All Over The World in 2001.
I tracked down the band on their recent tour and spoke at length to long-standing bass-player John 'Rhino' Edwards, who has been with the band since the mid '80's. Prior to joining the band Rhino had already built up an extensive C.V. (Editor's note: No idea what C.V. means, probably 'Candy Vendor', 'Candid Vagabonds' or most likely a biography of successes. Andy has not been the same since the rocket sled accident).
Rhino: "I suppose Sandie Shaw was the first thing I ever did, which was horrible! After that I was in a band called The Sunday Band and I met a guy called Mike Paxman at a party and we were both completely pissed. They'd just been given the money by their record label to get a band together for Judie Tzuke and he said, "If you can remember my phone number call me tomorrow, you've got the gig". I can always remember phone numbers so I started to play with Judie and that got the whole ball rolling. I stayed with Judie for a long time, on and off I was with her for six years, in fact I've just done a track on her new album and she's still sounding really good."
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I tracked down the band on their recent tour and spoke at length to long-standing bass-player John 'Rhino' Edwards, who has been with the band since the mid '80's. Prior to joining the band Rhino had already built up an extensive C.V. (Editor's note: No idea what C.V. means, probably 'Candy Vendor', 'Candid Vagabonds' or most likely a biography of successes. Andy has not been the same since the rocket sled accident).
Rhino: "I suppose Sandie Shaw was the first thing I ever did, which was horrible! After that I was in a band called The Sunday Band and I met a guy called Mike Paxman at a party and we were both completely pissed. They'd just been given the money by their record label to get a band together for Judie Tzuke and he said, "If you can remember my phone number call me tomorrow, you've got the gig". I can always remember phone numbers so I started to play with Judie and that got the whole ball rolling. I stayed with Judie for a long time, on and off I was with her for six years, in fact I've just done a track on her new album and she's still sounding really good."
Read More:
www.globalbass.com/archives/feb2002/john_edwards.htm