This “all-star” band – who had previously backed such top French artists as Eddy Mitchell, Françoise Hardy, and Sylvie Vartan – would be assembled at the behest of bandleader, Bobby Graham, with the blessing of label magnate, Eddie Barclay (previously featured in a Zero to 180 piece about the Parisian “guitar army,” Barclay Stars).Īs Colin Harper writes in issue #38 of fab UK music magazine, Shindig!:īritish Percussion was Eddie Barclay’s semi-blank cheque to Bobby Graham to pull some people together and sell a slice of Swinging London to the French. McLaughlin would also be part of a 25-member assemblage of “musical stunt men” (as drummer, Bobby Graham, would quip*) who would join forces on Februat Pye Recording Studio for a classic album – British Percussion – that was never released on this side of the Atlantic. The guitarist, whose name would become synonymous with 1970s jazz fusion, started out in 1960s London as a session player for the likes of Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach ( What’s New Pussycat? soundtrack), Andrew Oldham Orchestra (“ 365 Rolling Stones (One for Every Day of the Year)” – 45 only!), Tony Meehan Combo (“ Song of Mexico“), David Bowie (“ Karma Man“), and The Hairy Ones (“ Get Off My Cloud“), among many others. It’s true: John McLaughlin once worked the pop scene.
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