The Authentics were always fighting a losing battle, because of Giorgio Gomelsky’s negative attitude toward us. We even got to the point where Jackie DeShannon, whose song ‘Needles And Pins’ had just been a No. 1 hit single for the Searchers, wrote a single for us and co-produced it with Jimmy Page, but Giorgio never [...]
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Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 5
6 February, 2009 – 9:00 am
At the time, nobody ever thought that pop music was going to become what it now is. Because it was a bit radical and it was kids who liked it, all of the rock/blues musicians thought that by the time we were thirty, it would be over, we’d be back in ordinary jobs and music [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 4
30 January, 2009 – 4:39 pm
1964/5 was an amazing time and Soho was a great place to be. There was a little Italian café just off Wardour Street where they did a mushroom omelette for 3 shillings and 9 pence [approximately 19p] and we were all broke, so you could go in there on a lunchtime and you’d see Rod [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 3
29 January, 2009 – 10:50 am
From 1964 to 1965, the Authentics played the Marquee every Friday night for about 12 months. During that time, the big crowd pullers were Long John Baldry with Rod Stewart, at the Marquee on Wednesday nights I think, and Georgie Fame and Chris Farlowe at the Flamingo on a Thursday and Saturday. That seemed to [...]