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Date Posted: 13:36:43 07/15/06 Sat
Another article from last summer on Eric:
ROLLERS ROLL INTO MAZARRON
Written by steve
Thursday, 16 June 2005
Eric Faulkner will be bringing the unforgetable music of the Bay City Rollers to the George and Dragon at Puerto de Mazarrón next week.
Eric was a member of the band right from its start on a council estate in Edinburgh, through the hits and the fan mania to the time they decided to take a rest in 1982.
But the music lives on and Eric looks back on those "crazy days" with great affection. Many of those fans who once waved their tartan scarves now live on the Costas and the gig next week should give them an opportunity to rock again to the tunes they know so well, such as Remember, Bye Bye Baby and Give a Little. Lee, of the George and Dragon, said there would be a prize for the best 1970s outfit and that the night would be one of music, music, music.
Eric was relaxed as he talked to us and recalled some of the highlights of those great days when the Bay City Rollers were phenomenally popular all over the world. They started, he said, as a bunch of lads who got together to make music and who loved having a good time. Heavily influenced by bands like Slade they took the music further and developed their own distinctive style. Before they knew it the rock and roll circus was under way and they were megastars. Concerts in the UK had to be surrounded by lines of police, thousands of fans fought for places and the hysteria became intense. Success in the United States saw the band playing at huge-capacity venues with equally fanatical fans.
Eric remembers these days but today he is looking forward. He is busy, as always, with his own recording studio, producing, and, perhaps most importantly, writing new songs.
The Rollers still get together occasionally and in 2002 they played before an audience of 100, 000 people at a Millennium concert in Edinburgh. It is performing before a live audience that remains one of Eric´s greatest pleasures, and he promises a "cracking night out" with his band at the George and Dragon on October 15.
Eric says that all the Bay City Rollers hits will be on the bill and a gold album will be raffled with proceeds going to charity. Also performing will be Blondlee, a tribute to Debbie Harry, Stateless Joe, a tribute to Status Quo, and Steve Tucker´s Seventies Disco. Tickets are 15 euros in advance from the George and Dragon, 968 153 616, Sporting Chance, La Pinilla, Camposol Sales at Camposol Computers and The Salon and Clinic. Admission on the night will be 20 euros. Coaches will be available to and from Camposol.
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