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Post by andre005 on Sept 17, 2020 17:24:18 GMT -5
pasadenaweekly.com/michael-des-barres-just-wants-to-be-himself/Interesting take on Andy with Powerstation! He was the leader of the pack! He replaced the great Robert Palmer in The Power Station—which also featured Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, bassist John Taylor and drummer Tony Thompson—when the “Addicted to Love” singer preferred not to tour. “I knew him 10 years before, when he was in Vinegar Joe,” Des Barres said. “I loved him. We were quite close, but he was in the Marvin Gaye world and I was in the Steve Marriott world. “It was two very different things. He was very subdued and a crooner. When I was in Chequered Past, I opened for Duran Duran and Andy said he remembered me. They watched us because they loved Jonesy (Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols). When Robert said, ‘Look, I don’t think I’m comfortable singing to 60,000 topless girls,’ he recommended me. They called me to come to New York, I met John and Tony, met Andy, who had the final say as he was the leader of that pack. Boom, boom, boom, my first gig was Live Aid.” He said he wasn’t nervous at all about taking Palmer’s place after The Power Station scored hits “Some Like It Hot” and “Get It On.” “I jumped up on stage fearless,” he said. “What else are you going to do? I had big shoes to fill, but I wasn’t going to do an impersonation of Robert Palmer. ‘Some Like It Hot’ just got hotter.”
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Post by nileblogers on Sept 18, 2020 14:13:07 GMT -5
He’s had an interesting life. He kind of looks like a rocking older version of Nick in that picture.
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Post by tfranson on Sept 22, 2020 15:33:07 GMT -5
The documentary “Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be? is excellent, I highly recommend it. Gave me a whole new appreciation for him as I did not like him fronting the Power Station
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