Don J Whistance's
The philosophical notion of a "sense of place," unexplained "place experiences" linked psychologically to the footsteps and the spirit of The Clash, underpins this pictorial and informative journey...
The British Punk movement was initiated by the Sex Pistols..........and on December 1st 1976........the Thames T.V.'s tea-time programme Today show gave them more notoriety....and Punk rock became the 20th century's second great youth rebellion after rock'n'roll
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The Portobello Road is the main road with 37, Lancaster Road off right where Joe Strummer lived...The Golden Cross pub now named the Shannon pub. The shop on the right is now Greggs and S.Fowler & Co. on the left is now Supra (249, Portobello Rd.) and Bee Me (frozen yogurt and cafe) on 251, Portobello Rd.
The following pages unfold from my time at school with Mick Jones.....to Joe's year in Newport to his early years in the 101'ers and the musical influence of The Clash.......
" I am merely a spirit in a body,
Who is made a body and then will depart this body." Joe Strummer 2002
I wonder if you could please help me with a Clash location question?
I'm going to London in a few weeks and am intending to check out quite a few Clash places (mainly courtesy of the information on your excellent website!), however I'm stuck for a couple which I'd love to visit but can't find anything about online; The riot scene on the rear of the first album, and the street on the front of Black Market Clash. I'm assuming they're somewhere in the vicinity of Ladbroke Grove?
If you could help out it would be really appreciated, and be the icing on the cake for my trip!
Again, thank you in advance if you can help out with the street locations,
Very best wishes,
J.C.(1.12.13)
(Johnny Green and The Baker)
(Vic Goddard, Baker, Simonon and Strummer)
(Baker outside Rehearsals Rehearsals.......The Clash LP poster can be seen on Baker's car)
Who are you on Baker's van outside Rehearsal Rehearsal?!
Hidden Gem: The Clash live in Detroit in 1980
Free cookers for sale.....Joe Strummer stands in the middle of the photograph. Behind Paul Simonon stands Tony Parsons and alongside Topper Headon stands Robin Banks (who I knew at Strand Grammar school as Robin Crocker. He played in midfield for the school football team whilst I played left back. Mick Jones would watch our Saturday morning match and then both Robin and Mick would disappear into the streets and side streets of London...)
(Joe Strummer with Ray and Futura 2000...)
The book is NOW available from the: www.terrychimes.com website.
THE CLASH NEW YEAR'S DAY 1977
Don,I enjoyed your web sites! I have always been a big fan of Steve McQueen and the Great Escape and of the Clash!Being a freelance photographer for NME and Rolling Stone magazines, I always documented the British Bands performing in San Francisco.And I always enjoyed hanging out and photographing the Clash.British NME writers Adrian Thrills and Barney Hoskyns stayed at my apartment in SF and we worked on articles for NME.Keep up the good work and I enjoyed reading about Joe.Thanks for turning me on to your sites!Cheers!Chester Simpson
Keith Levene’s “Meeting Joe: Joe Strummer, the Clash and Me”
is available on Kindle
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (8 Jan 2015) In 1976 17 year old Clash founder member and guitarist Keith Levene was on a mission: To poach Joe Strummer from his then band the 101ers to join up with the Clash.
“The Clash had started to form. You could definitely see the potential of the band. Yet there was one important missing link. A dynamite front man and we felt Joe was or could be the one,” recalls Levene.
Levene creates a poignant image of Strummer in “Meeting Joe.”
“Joe was a lovely and very sincere guy. Prepare to love him more after reading this book,” he promises.
Levene also dispels certain myths that have been perpetuated over the years regarding how Strummer joined the Clash.
“There are these stories that Joe was given this ultimatum by Bernard Rhodes to join the Clash in 24 hours or he would be out and/or that he immediately dumped the 101ers when offered the chance to be our front man and/or that he was recruited by other members of the Clash on a dole line to joint our band. It’s all bollocks. I know because I was there,” he explains.
Levene also describes the exciting emerging scene that was developing in West London in 1975-1976 in “Meeting Joe.”
“The feeling I want to relate to those who read this book is that they are accompanying me on a magical mystery tour of West London during those incredibly exciting early days of punk,” Levene says.
An excerpt of Levene’s book can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RY2II0G/ref=kcp_casc_buybook/?showKP=true
A hardback version signed by Keith with accompanying photo and flyer from one of Keith’s gigs with the Clash is available at http://www.teenageguitarist76.com/
Levene has also released an EP entitled “Meeting Joe” to accompany the hard back version of the book.
“One of the tunes is especially personal because I wrote it with Joe at a sound check at one of our gigs,” he states.
For further information contact teenageguitarist76@gmail.com.
Follow Keith on twitter @teenguitarist76
Photo courtesy of (c) Cindy Stern
Paul Simonon Exhibition at ICA, London....click on the paintings for details.
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Very best wishes,
Richard from France
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