Thursday, October 11, 2018

Down in the basement of the Fred Perry Shop - Strummer Calling (till 14 October)

If you click the video you can walk down the stairs.

If you tune in to Aiden McManus' show on Portobello Radio on Wednesday 17 October you will hear Joe Strummer's widow, Lucinda, talking about how the Stummer 001 box set came about.

She will tell you how Joe kept his tape collection in lots of carrier bags in the shed.

Some of Joe's tapes  (a lot of them appear to have been made by Gaz Mayall)
LOOK FOR US NORTH ... this turned out to be a demo tape and when they asked Mick Jones if he knew anything about it turned out he had the master tape and the song is on the box set. 

Sometimes good luck comes in threes ... sometimes you see the sun through the trees - JS

If you are in Covent Garden before Sunday 14 October, you can see these items in real life (and get a free patch).

Robert Gordon (in stetson hat) is responsible for putting the exhibition together for Fred Perry.




You can leaf through Joe's notebook (reproduction that's contained in the Strummer box set)

my name is Joe Strummer






Some of Joe's tapes (including a ton by Gaz Mayall) 







Carrier bags from the shed









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