As I walked into the room I saw a world I knew so very well but a world that to a large extent doesn’t exist anymore. I had gone to Swansea Museum on Thursday evening for the launch of a new book, ‘The Ugly Lovely Landscape’, featuring the work of Swansea Artist George Little.
Well there’s no question any more, summer has gone, and autumn has arrived with storms, wind and rain. It was only last week I tried to pop down to the beach as often as possible to make the most of the warm sunshine …what a difference a week makes.
It’s not often that I have to reach for my calculator when I go to a concert but last week that’s exactly what I found myself doing. Kiki Dee has been a part of my life and my story for just over 50 years, in fact 50 years and one week and a half.
With 20 mins to go until the doors were due to open for my Golden Jubilee concert we still had a problem which threatened whether the show could go ahead as planned. I’m always surprised how calm I feel when this happens, and I know, because this happens almost every time.
It’s 3 days to go until my 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Concert at the Grand Theatre. 3rd October, the special day in 1973 that I signed to Elton John’s Rocket Records…. except I’m not sure if we’ve got the right date!!!
I woke up in a strange bed. For a moment I felt disorientated. I tried my best to work out where I was and when it was. As my eyes started to focus I saw them… a pair of feet… and then it all started coming back.
You always have a choice to be an encourager or discourager…who are you going to be?
Today will be the first time ‘Mal Pope & The Jacks’ have performed together since, well to be honest, we can’t quite remember. There are 2 explanations, one is that it was a very long time ago, the other is we are now so old our memories are not what they used to be.
This week I’ve been making the new video for my new single. The song isn’t new, but with the kindness of Elton John returning my original 1973 tapes and copyrights, and with the wonders of technology my new single features a duet with my 13 year old self.
In 1973 I recorded my first LP for Elton John’s Rocket Records. It was decided to wait to release it until my summer holidays. Unfortunately my voice broke and the album was shelved 50 years later its finally time for Rocket Boy.
