New York, USA. Join Si in Union Square in front of the world famous George Washington statue as he waxes lyrical about life on the road with The Fall and Mark E Smith!
Mark and Simon get the coolest invitation of the decade! As it happens, Si and Mark were both big fans of Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra.
It turns out that, whilst they were in NY, the legendary Barry White was turning 50 and was throwing the most exquisite birthday party, to suit a man of his stature!
So, New York baby, on Broadway in a private function room packed with celebrities… Barry White serenading the ladies on his signature white concert grand piano … when, all of a sudden, Mark meets an old friend from back home in the North.
Read on Lisa Stansfield’s blog …
Lisa immediately remembers one eventful night, sitting at a dinner table in New York, with her husband Ian, The Fall frontman Mark E Smith and Barry White for company…
“We were sitting on slippery leather chairs, and we all drank so much, eventually all four of us fell off the chairs and were sitting under the table laughing. Just me, my husband, Mark E Smith and uber-crooner Barry White. As you do.”
http://www.lisastansfield.net/latest–blog/archives/02-2014/5
Season One of The X Generation brings you key moments in Simon Wolstencroft’s musical career that have influenced some of the greatest Manchester bands of all time.
Credits: Digital Blanket | Video Chain
Producers: James Delargy | John Steven Locke | Simon Wolstencroft
S01 E14: Attending Barry White’s 50th in New York
Season One of The X Generation includes:
Simon Wolstencroft, The Smiths, The Stone Rose, The Weeds, The Fall, Johnny Marr, Ian Brown, James Delargy, John Steven Locke, Video Chain, Digital Blanket, The Clash, Bankrobber, Granby Row, Manchester, Manchester Apollo, Pluto Studios, Keith Hopkins, Derek ‘Lek’ Leckenby, Herman’s Hermits, Rafters Club, The Patrol, Altrincham Grammar, Abbey Road, Wembley, John Squire, Dunham Massey Village Hall, Apsley Cottage, Ray Winstone, There’s a Ghost in my House, Pluto, Granby Row, Rafters Club, Andy Rourke, Freak Party, The Vine Pub, Morrissey, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Suffer Little Children, Decibelle Studios, Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Ancoats, Salford, Terry Hall, The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Tube, The Colourfield, ABC, Prefab Sprout, Corbières Wine Bar, The Weeds, Andrew Berry, The Happy Mondays, Anthony H Wilson, Tony Wilson, The Mondays, The Woodthorpe Pub, Prestwich, Andy Rourke, Blitz Vega, Bend Sinister, Bridgewater House, The Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, I Am Kurious Oranj, Edinburgh, Michael Clark & Company, I Am Curious, Orange, hoi polloi, The Harlequin Pub, Kevin Rowland, Dexys Midnight Runners, buzzing, The Haçienda, Noel Gallagher, Harry S. Fairhurst, India House, Whitworth Street, The Haçienda, Cog Sinister Records, The Harp & Shamrock, New Mount Street, The Inspiral Carpets, Carl Douglas, Kung Fu Fighting, Broadway, NY, legend, Barry White, New York baby, New York, Love Unlimited Orchestra, George Washington, Lisa Stansfield, Divide and Rule, Karl Burns, Golden Gaze, SARM Studios, Basing Street, Notting Hill, Chris Blackwell, Island Records, Basing Street Studios, Island Studios, Borehamwood, Elstree Studios, BBC, TOTP, Top Of The Pops, Grange Hill, Tina Turner, Bryan Adams, Stereophonics, Jez Kerr, The Family Bizarre, Wembley Stadium, The G.O.D.
TAGS: Simon Wolstencroft,The Smiths,The Stone Rose,The Weeds,The Fall,Johnny Marr,Ian Brown,James Delargy,John Steven Locke,Video Chain,Digital Blanket,The Clash,Bankrobber,Manchester,The Patrol,John Squire,There’s a Ghost in my House,Freak Party,Morrissey,Suffer Little Children,Ancoats,Salford,Anthony H Wilson,Tony Wilson,Bend Sinister,I Am Kurious Oranj,The Haçienda,Noel Gallagher,Divide and Rule,Golden Gaze,The Family Bizarre,The G.O.D.,
