Buddy Ascott talks about playing with Tony Fletcher in The Dear Boys, being sacked by his previous band and not knowing why, The Who’s influence on The Chords, offering his drumming services to The Who when he was 18, the large Mod audience that followed The Chords through word of mouth, recording BBC radio sessions for John Peel, his love for The Who By Numbers and why it’s an underrated album, and drunkenly heckling The Who and ending up in their dressing room in the same night.
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The Dear Boys – 'Put It Down' (Page/Fletcher), used with kind permission
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RELATED LINKS
The Chords – ‘Maybe Tomorrow’ Top of the Pops, February 1980
The Chords – ‘Something’s Missing’ Top of the Pops, May 1980
The Chords – first Peel Session BBC Radio 1, July 1979
The Chords – second Peel Session BBC Radio 1, March 1980
Proper – Meant To Say Something Bandcamp
The Chords on London Weekend Show May 1979 (a teenage Tony Fletcher can be seen from 2:59–3:03)
The Chords – ‘This is What They Want’
‘Heaven and Hell’ Tanglewood, Lenox, MA, July 1970
The Dear Boys – ‘Put It Down’ YouTube
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