Just Help Yourself
Tom Jones, The Squires and the Road to Stardom
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2018
Seren (Verlag)
978-1-78172-476-7 (ISBN)
Seren (Verlag)
978-1-78172-476-7 (ISBN)
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1960. Britain stood at the cusp of new times, and in Pontypridd, sixteen-year-old Vernon Hopkins found a new singer for his band: a local boy who would come to be known as Tom Jones. Vernon Hopkins’ authentic narrative is a revealing insight into the highs and lows of the music business, full of gritty detail, and previously unseen photographs.
Just Help Yourself is the classic story of the difficult path to fame trod by so many bands and artists in the 1960s. It tells the story of Rhydyfelin rock group The Senators (later the Squires), of founder Vernon Hopkins’s discovery of Tom Jones, and their launch towards international stardom. This is the band’s story from their gigging days in south Wales when Tom and Vernon were as close as brothers, to their eventual and inevitable painful falling out in 1969 when Vernon was sacked by manager (and fellow south Walian) Gordon Mills: since then Hopkins has seen Tom on only a handful of occasions. This is a no-holds-barred account of their time together, gigging in Working Men’s Clubs in south Wales, living a less-than-glamorous life in Notting Hill, waiting for their breakthrough in London. When fame finally did arrive, with it came the uncoupling of the star singer from the band by an unscrupulous manager.
Just Help Yourself gives new insight into Tom Jones himself, and into the world of pop music in the late Sixties and early Seventies in a grittily authentic narrative. Hopkins experienced both the pop star high life, touring America, Australia and Europe, and the low points of being a jobbing musician. The music business really was – and is – as cut throat as reported.
Just Help Yourself is the classic story of the difficult path to fame trod by so many bands and artists in the 1960s. It tells the story of Rhydyfelin rock group The Senators (later the Squires), of founder Vernon Hopkins’s discovery of Tom Jones, and their launch towards international stardom. This is the band’s story from their gigging days in south Wales when Tom and Vernon were as close as brothers, to their eventual and inevitable painful falling out in 1969 when Vernon was sacked by manager (and fellow south Walian) Gordon Mills: since then Hopkins has seen Tom on only a handful of occasions. This is a no-holds-barred account of their time together, gigging in Working Men’s Clubs in south Wales, living a less-than-glamorous life in Notting Hill, waiting for their breakthrough in London. When fame finally did arrive, with it came the uncoupling of the star singer from the band by an unscrupulous manager.
Just Help Yourself gives new insight into Tom Jones himself, and into the world of pop music in the late Sixties and early Seventies in a grittily authentic narrative. Hopkins experienced both the pop star high life, touring America, Australia and Europe, and the low points of being a jobbing musician. The music business really was – and is – as cut throat as reported.
Vernon Hopkins was a compositor for the Pontypridd Observer and bassist for local group, the Senators. Torn between his 9 to 5 job and the possibility of life as a musician he recruited Tom Jones to the band, and eventually decided to seek a recording contract in London. Hopkins is also a songwriter and session musician who played with many top rock names in his post-Squires career.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bridgend |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 522 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78172-476-8 / 1781724768 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78172-476-7 / 9781781724767 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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