He was in Nashville during sisters. I was in Nashville in 86 lived in Brentwood mansion without no furniture. We had Jerry reeds old limousine. There was small scene in Nashville nobody looked like us . There wasn’t a lot in Nashville even in 80s. I heard everything changed in 90s. I can’t imagine Nashville during sixties. Grand ol oprea was like cult
SAHB. I always saw these cartoon covers in the sales bins . In Holland he was unknown . And terrible , but I bought one album for the cover , hanged it on my wall and forgot to listen to it . And hearing it now for the first , I can only say" wish I'd played it then ,For it now sounds a bit 70's but without the memories . It's okay , but no Zep or Badco or Stones . Sad but it's too late for me. You must be Scots I think . To really get it.
Love "What'd I Say" at 10.09. Wow. Real music. RESPECT I saw them supporting Slade, many many moons ago. Not an easy gig - nobody at a Slade gig paid attention to a support act....BUT SAHB were different and by the end of the set the crowd acknowledged TRUE talent
I only ever saw the SAHB once, it was in 1975 at Bradford St George's Hall, it was by far the best concert I've ever seen. At one moment in the gig Alex put his hands up and the band instantly stopped playing. Alex uttered in his usual Glaswegian swagger, "If you c*nts down at the front don't stop fighting, I'll go down there and kick the f*ck out of you". The trouble makers instantly stopped their fighting and the gig commenced. Well done Alex. R.I.P.
Just as he did at Crystal Palace supporting The Who in 76 then. Alex was a very strong personality {they call it alpha male now} and BAR looks suitably subservient here.
what’s up with everyone here & in many comments quantifying the remarks with their age or the age of the content. life can be discovering things throughout. Manufactured solipsism.
Saw him in 1975 in Glasgow’s Parkhead football ground. He said, ‘Do you know what it’ like to be in paradise?’, Ooo, ho ho, by he was truly an entertainer fronting a really good .backing band, loved & missed, JaneR
I remember Lesley Wood from the competitions. She was the Scottish Champion at the time. I was in awe of her Majorette skills. I was still in primary school and she was quite a bit older than me. She also had the most beautiful fully sequenced leotard on when I first saw her at The Plaza Ballroom. Happy memories.
How I loved Alex!!!! Truly mesmerising performer oozing passion in this interview. THE SAHB cut a swathe across many styles of music too, innovating as they went along. He made 40, at least!!!
My dad is of Scottish descent and enjoyed Donovan in the 60s. I acquired his 45 of Sunshine Superman as a little girl of 5 and played it on my little red record player. When I saw him for visits over the summer he would sing to me "Jennifer, Juniper." I really enjoyed this interview.
Alex H has been somewhat appropriated as a symbol of Scotland. For those of us who thought he was simply brilliant in the 1970s, his Scottishness was not cause for comment. He had fans all over. In the South we all thought he was excellent. You did not need to be Scottish to be aware of him. He was often on national TV. It's only now that i,m seeing comments like 'bloody southern snobs' and similar. Which is all bollocks coz we all loved him in the 70s.
I think I heard Donovan say he went to Southend. Did I correctly?
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Great interview with Donovan from 1982. I've been a fan since he first appeared in 1965. "Fairytale" and "What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid" were two of the first three albums I ever bought.
I met Donavan big fan at a book storein Boston MA.Loved his music big fan as a preteen. Shame people don’t listen to this kind of music in pop. Music business has changed so much.
Donovan lived on St Vincent Street at the same time Billy Connolly lived on Dover Street, the two are parallel and it’s possible if they were close together that they knew each other.
His point about the melting pot of America inventing modern music is spot on. We needed each other once . Now we are not a melting pot. We are a salad.
@Ken MacGregor , danke für dieses Interview, aber ich komme aus Deutschland und gehöre auch schon zum älteren Semester. Ich bin der englischen Sprache nicht mehr so mächtig und mein Schulenglisch ist lange her. Deshalb meine Bitte, ob Sie diesen Film mit Untertitel Deutsch unterlegen können.
