PHIL WITH JIMMY PAGE IN SYDNEY
I ASKED PHIL FOR HIS MEMORIES FROM THE DAYS AROUND THE FORMATION OF THE "UNKNOWN BLUES "
PHIL HAD THIS TO SAY. "I WAS HOT TO BE IN A BAND AT ABOUT AGE 15. THE PROBLEM WAS, NO ONE LIKED MY VOICE. THE GUYS AT DE LA SALLE IN MARRICKVILLE , WHO HAD A BAND CALLED THE ROGUES THOUGHT MY VOICE WAS TOO LOW AND NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR THE TUNES THEY WERE DOING. SO THEY SENT ME OVER TO CHRIS BROWN'S HOUSE TO TRY OUT WITH HIS BAND. CHRIS WAS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN EARLWOOD AND WAS ONE COOL GUY, STILL IS.....HIS DAD WAS A PROFESSOR OF OSTEOPATHY AND A FOURTH DAN BLACK BELT IN JU JITSU. I DECIDED I HAD TO BE IN THIS BAND BECAUSE CHRIS HAD A GREAT RICKENBACKER GUITAR. I BEGAN AUDITIONING WITH THEM, DOING A FEW POP TUNES OF THE DAY, AND I COULD SEE THEY WEREN'T TOO IMPRESSED WITH MY INABILITY TO SING IN THOSE ULTRA-HIGH KEYS. JUST AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE ME THE FLICK, CHRIS' DAD WALKED IN AND SAID "YOU BETTER KEEP THIS GUY, HE'S GOT A GOOD VOICE!" SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT CHRIS' DAD WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR IN MY BEING PART OF SUCH AN INNOVATIVE BAND.
DAVE ROWLANDS WAS A GREAT DRUMMER, HE HAD A CLEAN AND DRIVING R&B STYLE.
BILL HODGKISSON PLAYED A GREAT AND POWERFUL BASS- LOCKING IN NICELY WITH DAVE'S. CHRIS BROWN WAS OUR FEARLESS LEADER AND A GREAT INNOVATIVE AND ORIGINAL LEAD GUITARIST. ANDREW BLUNDELL WAS OUR FIRST KEYBOARD PLAYER ON "IF I HAD A TICKET", LATER FOLLOWED BY VAUGHN BROS ON "PICK A BALE OF COTTON"
THE UNKNOWN BLUES WAS DEFINITELY A GARAGE BAND.... A BUNCH OF SCHOOL KIDS TRYING TO MAKE SOME COOL AND DIFFERENT MUSIC.
TO BE CONTINUED..........
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