The band now calling themselves Back Street Crawler played several shows that made up for in energy what they lacked in finesse. I can remember your mother very clearly too , If you have were any link in the chain that included Hallfield School, Woolworths, Bobbies Sweet shop & newsagent, Portobello Baths, ABC Saturday morning cinema, 6d & 9d, throwing aniseed balls from the back-row, YO-YO competitions, Batman, The Spike Milligan painted elves, the playground with an actual sandpit, football, cricket, 3 or 14 per side, Billy Edwards, a professional footballer with Wimbledon, tall Susan Painter and all from 1956 to 1969(?) But as John Glover observes, It was Free against the world. I only can dream of this, i was in my childhood and Teenie years far away from England and i saw the big times there always a bit later and only on Photos and Film. Im confused by the wiki page that suggests that all of Alexis kids are now dead. [4] He was survived by a daughter, singer Sappho Gillett Korner ( died 2006) and two sons, guitarist Nicholas 'Nico' Korner ( died 1988) and sound engineer Damian Korner ( died 2008). Earlier in the decade, Korners ensemble Blues Incorporated had beena valuable training ground for several future Rolling Stones. Growing up, their second son Paul showed a wit and precocity beyond his years. We did Stormy Monday Blues, Three OClock In The Morning by BB King brought the place down, said Rodgers. Take care & Ill be in touch again .. XXX, Hiya Jan MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and may 2016 bring all your hearts can desire. Kirke found the break-up hard, but Kossoff was devastated. I dont know if you know this but he was run over and killed when he was 19 . Fire And Water: The Making Of Free's Masterpiece. But a rift in our direction did start to become obvious between the authentic and the obviously commercial., In August, Free played to 600,000 at the Isle Of Wight Festival alongside The Who and Koss idol, Jimi Hendrix. Vocals (Background) 1979. I am so sorry to hear that news about Eddie. Kossoff came round to the house, recalls Rodgers now. She told him to put his seatbelt on and asked where the guy sitting next to me had gone. The first friend i ever made was called Sappho, or Fo as i called her. Born in Paddington, west London, to a Barbadian-Guyanese father and an English mother, Fraser was something of a musical prodigy. As a family we moved to Notting Hill when I was 12 but I always felt Queensway was like a magnet. Alternatively, the Rodgers/Kossoff co-writeMoonshine was a bleak, spectral blues. For me, England and USA from the 50s to the 70s had the greatest music inspirations ever. Islands diverse roster included underground rock heroes Traffic and Spooky Tooth, and reggae acts Jimmy Cliff and Millie Small. She had a son who was a young toddler at the time, I think his name is Jesse. If I am not being impolite were you and Sappho born in 1952? England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Richard was wandering if anyone on here remembered him from those days as he lives in Cornwall now. He was just 25 years old. God! He really caught my attention.. Just five months after the release of Fire And Water came Highway. Featured New Releases; Editors' Choice; All New Releases; Discover. But Kossoff was in no state to play every solo on the album, not least when he was discovered fast asleep and snoring between takes. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Her voice was more dreamy & folksy than her gravelly-voiced Bluesy father. I suspect it was more shock that Id got to this age at all. Need help finding Amy? He was as intense and emotional about the music as I was.. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Shortly afterwards, another aspiring group, The Wildflowers, moved from their native Teeside and into a house near the Kossoffs in Golders Green. Sadly, all the praise in the world couldnt keep Paul Kossoff alive. So sorry, I knew her when I lived at Moscow rd..So many years ago and have been checking her Dad out when I came across this site and the news she had passed away , Like someone said you could help but adore her, Hello Bill , Were you at Holland Park. Wow just followed the link to the Stones concert in Hyde Park. Fraser formed a new group, Sharks, and Rodgers and Kirke paired up in Bad Company. Sorry to read about her passing..I was just watching a DVD of Alexis & Friends and remember her. And in the meantime, 17-year-old Simon Kirke was a drummer in search of a gig. That was the end.. I can do e-mails twitter your Sappho Korner page and that about covers it. Anthony, Anthony Eddie was my little bro . Its a massive turning of a corner and Im really pleased for you. Kossoff was taken ill shortly before the bands first UK tour. I think it was called South London Tech College or something. Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Brian May and Joe Bonamassa are just some of those whove paid homage to Kossoff and his sound. I couldnt work out why . It was filed under Music . Not to mention, a teacher taking me aside on leaving the Hall, after prayers, on my very first day, not yet 5 years old, and telling me, in future, to move my mouth but not to sing. Unfortunately, this job posting is expired. I remember walking down this long corridor at the airport and looking over at him and he was sort of I dunno, radiating, he says, struggling to find the right words. We were in Box Hill School together back when we were around 14 or 15. Back to Queensway this June 23rd to the now named Gold Mine Chinese Restaurant to celebrate the birthday of my lifelong friend Barbara Diamant. One of the songs is called Sappho and I remembered from reading somewhere, that this was his Daughter and I wondered if I find something about her in the Net. Hiya Bill, I said, Look, Koss has gone off the rails. Worse still, Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers were clashing: Rodgers resented the bass players self-appointed leadership; Fraser thought the bands singer looked down on him. Kreppamel .. this place has been quiet. Rodgers song, Come Together In The Morning, was written indirectly about Kossoff. Shorter than me by perhaps a foot, in your young teenage years, with a patchy face that a loving mother would always want to take a wet hankie to. May she rest in peace. I wish you well and long may you proverbially run. Genres Moods Themes Blues . Damian Korner, Nicholas Korner and Sappho Gillett Korner. , Ilked her her and often asked people wot had become of her . Sorry I do not have Facebook. Kossoff asked Rodgers to join Black Cat Bones. Weve back in the early 80s at a place called Flask Walk, in Hampstead..I think Nico was around too. David Kossoff was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants and a radio, film and TV actor. God bless Wendell, but he wasnt Koss, and this wasnt Free, says Rabbit Bundrick. Happier, innocent days, around 1962/4, at first when I was 10/12 and Eddie, possibly, two years younger and Finally, The ABC CINEMA, BOBBIES, WHITELEYS, WOOLWORTHS and NORRMANS were our shelters and scenes of devilment, Keep it real, precious and present and call it a book. Can I ask some questions? The first friend i ever made was called Sappho, or Fo as i called her. There were always lots of jam sessions at Island, says Digby Smith. Amy Gillett in Las Vegas, NV We found Amy Gillett in Las Vegas - select Amy below based on age, prior locations, and family. I was looking for Sappho and came across your touching obituary. There was no going back now, he admits, so we had to keep Koss in as good a nick as we could., John Taylor was hired as Back Street Crawlers tour manager and Kossoffs occasional minder. I lost my brothers Eddie Payne . Hello. Get started United Kingdom, Select Burial and Cremation Index, 1840-2014 Find family history information in a . Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Kossoff had been prescribed Mogadon to help with his withdrawal. A second Back Street Crawler album, 2nd Street, was pieced together in between dates, in studios around America. They had this energy, as if they wanted to prove themselves, says Docherty. David was trying to get him off the stuff, but Paul didnt get on with his dad at all. And when the band broke up, I was on my own. SAPPHO KORNER R.I.P. I know . Korner suggested his daughter Sapphos boyfriend, a 15-year-old, part-English, Barbadian and Guyanese musician named Andy Fraser. All the pest to you too .. A happy New Year Peace from Sarah . We had no tools to help him, says Paul Rodgers, unlike today.. In 76 she took me and my baby daughter in when we had nowhere to live. I am definitely going out to Barcelona for a few days next month, even if I have to quarantine again when I get home. Be it, now, 63 years, and very unlikely, I pledge, through here, and elsewhere, to bring together as many, as possible, of Hallfield, Bayswater, Queensway, Salem Road, Moscow Road, + contemporaries. Taylor didnt see Kossoff again until the evening. sorry to have to break this to you if you didnt already know My life wouldve been v. different had Eddie been around he was an ally . | balletcatblue SAPPHO KORNER R.I.P. If it helps I was born in 1952. The song in which his lyrics talk about a fourteen year old girl, possibly, named Saffron. Instead, Kossoff meandered between jam sessions and occasional pub gigs. I loved him to death, he said, in a statement more prescient than anyone could have imagined. He got well again and said he wanted to put a band together. I would like to contact her family whom I lost touch with. In fact, hed recently gone to Jamaica for a spell of rest and recuperation, only to discover Mandrax was available at every pharmacist on the island without prescription. We were held on the plane for an hour, while the authorities argued over where Koss had died LA or New York, says Taylor. I didnt know who he was or what had gone down, but heres all these people yelling, God! Glover was impressed by Koss playing, and approached Chris Blackwell for a record deal. Find album credit information for The Party Album by Alexis Korner on AllMusic. She had a beautiful showmans wagon with a tiny cast iron stove and beveled glass windows. He just wandered off at some point during the five-hour flight. We last said goodbye as she was off to Glastonbury to be with her new husband Peter. You too take care, love from Sarah , This may not be the best place to place my e-mail account details but who knows maybe nothing ventured nothing gained kreppamel@aol.com. We were always a rock/blues band, says Rodgers. Kyler's Korner, Las Vegas, Nevada. Everyone smoked dope sometimes too much dope but Kossoff had acquired a taste for the powerful sedative Mandrax. Its so tragic because he didnt get a chance to know his father, he says. When I think of the days of my youth, thoughts of old age were so far from my mind as to be almost non-existent. I knew Sappho from 76 to about 80 when I left Wales and moved back to London. I seem to remember that your sister was very young when I visited and I wish that I remembered you better. XOX to you too . Contrary to rumour, Kossoff hadnt overdosed. I note that we have not engaged here since October. Ones own mortality makes one think back to more innocent times. one day Ill let it run away with itself . Heres how it works. All rights reserved. Top Stories 'British blues will survive the apocalypse!': how the underground scene kept its groove [4] They toured Europe and released an album on Atlantic Records. Come October, a clearly un-cured Kossoff joined the new Free of Rodgers, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit to start work on a new album. My 67th Birthday, was touched by the strangest of moments, as I suddenly realised that I was the oldest member of my family. Around autumn 1974, David Kossoff called John Glover and told him Paul was drug-free. Sappho would have been 14 when the song was released in 1966. Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster. Tomorrow Ill be 68 !!! Koss girlfriend, Sandie Chard, tried to reason with him She stuck around. And I broke two of his fingers, he says, adding sarcastically, Great, what a fantastic thing to do. Once again, Snuffy Walden was hired to play, and Kossoff reduced to introducing his own band on stage and then watching the show like a regular punter. I certainly dont remember Sappho mentioning it either she was never a bragger but even so I think she wouldve mentioned it .. But backstage there was a modesty about him. Genre. But within that was the rapport between Kossoff and Rodgers. Another relationship was also suffering. His father, the great-great-grandson of a former slave, introduced. Are those who have contemporary memories of Sappho, Alexis & the family still here? Taylor sat with Kossoff after take-off. Melody Maker called it Freemania! But the group faced a dilemma. Simon Kirke was informed just before a Bad Company show in New Orleans, but decided not to tell Paul Rodgers until some days later, so as not to jeopardise the tour. words can do nothing to explain the awful sadness . Albums such as Frees Fire And Water and the hits Wishing Well and All Right Now have arguably grown better with age. I went through a big Hendrix thing, where I was infatuated by him, his music and his death, he admitted. It was almost as much about the notes he didnt play as the ones he did. Among my record collection is a signed copy of R & B From The Marquee by Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated, from a live concert in 1962 (I was only ten at the time and thus could not attend.) Andy Fraser was the first to walk, quitting on the eve of a Japanese tour: I couldnt bear to see what Koss was doing to himself. But when Kossoff went for a course of neuroelectric therapy the black box treatment that helped cure Claptons addictions Free went to Japan without him. I cannot know whether, of course, you have visited this part of the site. Two years ago, Rodgers met Kossoffs son, Simon, for the first time. hugs from Sarah . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Cest la vie. Despite Kossoffs unpredictability, nobody wanted to give up, and Free were soon back in the studio. I mention this fine album as having Spotify, on my computer, I have been able to add it to my Record Library, there, for free. Seems like a very tragic situation. The Party Album. I remember many deep coversations with Sappho and of course much laughter. Hallfield or Fox or neither of course .. The band that would soon become Free jammed together for the first time on April 19 1968 at the Nags Head in Battersea. You have to be together to do that, insists Rodgers. Thank you for the Lovely story about Sappho and letting that be the way from me to find out about her leaving us. Theyve stayed in touch ever since. Great memory, thanks for sharing with us Anthony. So your just hitting 68. Benefits: Employee discount. so much sad news of ex hallfield students RIP all of you , Chris Pierre, Chris Pierre .. We were both very young but I could never quite get her out of my head. But it wasnt quite the collaborative effort it appeared to be. But nothing long term came of these collaborations. At a gig at Newcastle City Hall, he collapsed after playing just two numbers. He died of lung cancer in London on 1 January 1984 and was survived by a daughter, musician Sappho Gillett Korner, and two sons, guitarist Nicholas (Nico) Korner and sound engineer Damian Korner. Always drop me a line when the mood takes you. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about Alexis Korner on MyHeritage, the world's family history network. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. The only reason that I bring this up, and I dont know whether youve discussed it before, is that I was recently talking to friends about meanings in song lyrics from the 1960s. It was in a room not much bigger than my lounge, says Frees ex-manager John Glover now. Paul Rodgers said, Thats it. But is it at all possible that Windsor Court is in Moscow Road and one of your brothers was EdwardI always knew him as Eddie? Footage from the show captured them at the height of their powers; Kossoff wincing and gurning as if every note played was having a physical effect on his being. I too was looking for her and am sad to know shes gone. Rodgers, "Paul was as emotional about as music as I was", All at sea, Kossoff and Back Street Crawler drummer Tony Braunagel in 1975, Hiding on the backstreets, Kossoff and BC vocalist, Terry Wilson-Slesser, The Story Behind The Songs: Feel Like Makin' Love by Bad Company, The unlikely life story of Paul Kossoff's guitar, Paul Rodgers: My greatest regret is not having Paul Kossoff around. The memory meant that I had to touch base with you. Sappho Korner (died 2006) was a singer and percussionist. How weird someone told me the other day about Sappho being the influence behind Mellow Yellow . But disaster had struck early in the tour after Kossoff attacked John Glover with a whiskey bottle. Kossoff had to be dissuaded from abandoning the Highway sessions and taking the next plane to Seattle for the funeral. I dont know what hed taken.. In 1981, Korner joined another "supergroup", Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewartbased on boogie-woogiekeyboard players, which featured a rhythm sectioncomprising Jack Bruceand Charlie Watts, among others, as well as a horn section. I wonder what an emoji for Bayswater would look like probably best that there isnt one . We were a blues band, so we decided on Free, which we thought was something a bit more nebulous.. 1950 Born: 19th April 1928, Paris, France. Nice to finally be able to reply having just sussed out WordPress all over again .. My surname is Payne . We were both four years old and she lived next door to me. I lived in Windsor Court. When they werent out and about playing one-night stands and negotiating Britains primitive motorway system, Free were in the studio. Backstage afterwards there was champagne flying everywhere, like the Grand Prix, remembers John Taylor. I seem to have 2 accounts. Docherty moved Kossoff into his 12th-floor flat in a Wearside tower block, and began a cold turkey/boot camp regime. Looking forward to touching base with you again, soon, and I hope you are keeping well. Friends gave him pills, thinking they were doing him a favour, adds John Glover. He was a founder of the seminal British blues band Blues Incorporated, which greatly influenced the blues scene in London in the early 1960s and had such adherents as Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. swimming conked alley .. Keep it real indeed but sending much love your way . Pictures. Apologies for stilted writing as Im using an iPhone and a stylus my body doesnt move in the way I want it to anymore hugely frustrating. I remember Eddie , he had reddish hair didnt he? Hiya William .. We were all drunks or druggies as you call them at one time . I had read that Donovan was friends of the family? Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 1 January 1984) was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of Brit . I remember going to that flat with Sappho .. Her father was Alexis Korner..the late and magnificant white blues man. It happened quickly and took everybody by surprise. A jazz fan, he learned to play the guitar and piano. Chris said, This is John. Soon after the Nags Head jam session, the new band were backing Alexis Korner in blues clubs around London and the Home Counties. Let me know if theres a way we can inbox each other and I can send you my email. I do hope that March finds you well and all other attenders, here, in the light of the BIG issue that is a horror, now, and is masking, dont mind the pun, Brexit as the UKs most pressing problem. Lots of laughs and a few adventures together was just thinking about Sappho and found this site had no idea she had left the stage. Walk In My Shadow and a swaggering take on Booker T And The MGs The Hunter bottled the aggression John Glover witnessed at the showcase. North Las Vegas, NV 89031. 4850 Camino Al Norte. But his addiction meant he resented their help. And everybody knew what he wanted it for.. That guitar and him were as one, says Digby-Smith, who watched, amused, as another unnamed guitarist picked up Koss Les Paul, switched on his Marshall amp and struggled to play a note. Frees engineer Andy Johns recalled Kossoff getting embarrassed and uptight when Fraser had to teach him his parts. I remember conker collecting in Kensington Gardens, failing to sail origami boats on the Round Pond, Tea in the Cafeteria, now the Serpentine Gallery. will find another way to contact you .. xxx, William that wasnt a dog kennel that was our house .. well Fo and I made it into a house .. , I am this moment putting together a CD for my car with selected songs of my Alexis Korner CDs. KKTRs rootsy blues and funk rock lacked Frees bite and, most importantly, Paul Rodgerss voice. Fraser lasted six weeks with Mayall before getting fired. Geoff was the top promoter in the north east, but I was the manager and this is what I do., In January 75, to test Kossoffs reliability, Glover put him on the road with John Martyn: He played a few songs a night with John, and it was great for a couple of weeks. Gosh you are younger than this old goat. Sappho Korner A.k.a. How on earth did that happen and Im so glad it did. I went to school with Sappho in the 60s she was light years ahead in sooo many ways she introduced her father to some of us that I have never forgotten. It was great fun to see. It was also something his father would have done. He also lived near their house and often went back there with Sappho. Anthony Kreppel reaches out, here, again, and might, on Twitter. and elsewhere, to unite others, those whose names have slipped my failing memory, but were, all of Sapphos time, in that little triangle that has the 3 points Bayswater, to the East, Foxs School, Notting Hill, along to the West of that, and Westbourne Grove, slightly to the South, encompassing Queensway, Hallfield, Whiteleys, among other notable points, and finally The Prince Alfred Pub, Queensway, Cellar Bar, as a meeting point, on a Friday evening, for a tight little group. So with a bad heart but a light one, I am happy, in another year, to be wishing the Hallfield Sappho contemporaries all good things for the Festive Season. we lived in Windsor Court Im the eldest of 4 brothers and one sister . Not long after I was with Alexis in one of his Rocket 88 gigs in mid Wales..a friend took me backstage to meet him, and he was such a gentleman..Ive spoken to him about Saphon and he seemed concerned with her health..He introduced me to the guys in the band, including Charlie(Watts) who was the drummer around that timeIve often wondered about her. It kicked the stuffing out of him, says Glover. I am sure you are happier being out in the country. On one occasion, bassist Terry Wilson kicked Koss door in and physically removed a dealer from his hotel suite. Did you know the Korner family well? Other times, Hey, Koss, listen to that, you cunt!. Then there was a knock at the door and a dealer outside. He saw the empty seats and said, Ill have that row there That was the last thing he ever said to me. The next thing Taylor remembers is being prodded awake by a stewardess as they approached JFK. Children: Damian Korner, Nicholas Korner, Sappho Gillett Korner Music groups: Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated (1961 1966), CCS (1970 1973), Snape. album arrived six months later. still trying to work out this site .. His work has appeared in The Times and The Daily Telegraph, and the magazines Q, Mojo, Classic Rock, Music Week and Prog. He was also, already, an in-demand guitarist. Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster. I remember getting into Koss car and his dad had stuck these typed-out instructions on the dashboard: Are you fit to drive?, Turn on headlights. Kossoffs solo album, Back Street Crawler, slipped out in November 73. She must have been a young woman at the time. Read more about this topic: Alexis Korner I cant find you on Facebook. (LogOut/ We wondered whether or not he might have been talking about our dearly departed friend. Find family history information in a whole new way Create a free family tree for yourself or for Sappho Korner and we'll search for valuable new information for you. Hed spend days and nights slumped on the sofa in Golborne Mews, Hendrix playing, as dealers and hangers-on drifted in and out. John Glover is certain Kossoff played in an early five-man line-up of Bad Company, and has the tape to prove it (Rodgers wont let me put it out.). Ive a feeling its going to be a great year as well . And Paul would go off into a dream-like state more than the rest of us., Frustratingly, when Kossoff was straight he could still play beautifully. never overlooking the much-loved Sappho & Alexis Korner, Portobello road, The Notting Hill Carnivals and a one-eyed -cat., Please write here or Tweet me, search my full name the tall boy, in class, who cried because he couldnt be Alice and was given the role of the Mad Hatter. Absolute O'Brien. Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster. He was appalled by what he found. Kossoff was delighted when old friend Rabbit Bundrick replaced Mike Montgomery. At some point during the flight, Kossoff had visited the toilet and never come back. Their singer was Middlesbrough dockers son Paul Rodgers. So I started having conversations with Paul and Andy individually, because I couldnt get them in a room together. I went to Hallfield as well & we were born in the same year . [15] Korner died of lung cancer aged 55 years, on 1 January 1984. Free played their real final show at Miamis Hollywood Sportatorium on February 17, 1973. Free clashed with Blackwell when he insisted they edit it down for a single release. And what happened? Sandie was making cups of tea and trying to maintain an air of domesticity. Paul struggled academically, but his strong, squat fingers made light work of forming shapes and chords. Youre welcome Alamo .. Employer est. From my friendship with Sappho I was invited to many fine Concerts including Jimi Hendrixs first London appearance & The Rolling Stones concert, in Hyde Park, where Alexis Korners Band played with Sappho on percussion and vocals. Paul Rodgers watched from the sidelines. For those who have a deep-rooted love for poetry, I would surely hope that they have read the fragmented remains of Sappho; a Greek poet who is more commonly known as the first documented lesbian.. Poetry in itself dates back to hundreds of thousands of years and is a huge tool in shedding light on topics that are lost in the abyss of the world's problems. Our children were at school together. David was a bugger for that Dymo tape, where you can print out words. Koss crept back to Free before anyone noticed. That Yo-Yo contest Adrian Norrman won, got a bike, So competitive. Chris Blackwell was desperate for Free to have a hit, but hed have to wait a little longer. Fraser lasted six weeks with Mayall before getting fired. The two had become a songwriting partnership under awkward circumstances. Im just mad about Saffron,and shes just mad about me Was this true or mereley the product of an addled teenagers mind? Roused from a collective torpor, they blinked and stared as the stewardess ran down the aisle. I hope that you and everyone who comes here is well and that the spirit still moves you. Below, please find related information to help you with your job search. Sorry William my email oooooooops better not give it out here . She was my friend too and I have very special memories of going to Gigs with Alexis together and enjoying the smokey blues atmosphere as well as daytime fun at her house and mine. That night, Koss didnt fall over and didnt forget the chords. Aus der Ehe stammen seine Tochter, die Musikerin Sappho Gillett Korner ( 2006), sowie die Shne Nicholas ( 1988) und Damien ( 2008). (LogOut/ But the flight was undersold. But youre correct all we have lived through and the amazing times weve had. In July, Free joined Eric Clapton and Steve Winwoods new group Blind Faith on a US tour. We were both four years old and she lived next door to me. As Christmas 71 came around, John Glover realised neither Peace or Toby would ever replace Free. Not sure Graham I knew so many people in those days .. we all lived in Bayswater .. Paul Rodgers description of Paul Kossoffs intense, emotional relationship with music is reinforced by his reaction to Jimi Hendrixs death.