![]() ![]() When Carlo nervously walked into Keith and Ronnie’s dressing room the guys were delighted! They hugged Carlo, gave him a pint of whiskey and all chatted happily recalling the old days. The TV producers were contacted, and they then surprised Carlo and Iris with backstage passes for the Stones gig that night at the Stade de France in Paris. As a boy, Ronnie had been taken to see Carlo in the Cyril Davies band by his brother Art Wood, and the band had left a lasting impression on him (this was later relayed by Ronnie to Carlo’s daughter). Someone in the Stones’ camp read it and showed it to Ronnie Wood, who demanded that someone get hold of Carlo and bring him to the shows. An interview arranged with France’s biggest selling daily newspaper Le Figaro did the trick. So the TV company took Carlo and his wife Iris to Paris, hoping for an off-chance meeting during the Stones’ shows there. The Stones were in the middle of their Bridges To Babylon world tour, which was now in France. Carlo agreed, feeling sure that Keith Richards at least would be thrilled to see the guy whose musicianship he had once so admired. In July 1998 a British television company thought it would make for great TV if they could reunite Carlo with the Stones again, 35 years after their gigs together at the Marquee Club. In 1998, during the Stones’ European tour, he was invited as an official guest backstage at one of their Paris concerts. He also played a few gigs with the young Rolling Stones and was asked by Brian Jones to join permanently before they hired Charlie Watts as their official drummer in January 1963. The bulk of the band members, including Little, left in 1962 to join the Cyril Davies All Stars, and recorded a single “Country Line Special”, an instrumental track which influenced Keith Richards and Ray Davies in their guitar playing. Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages toured the UK and became known for their unique British rock and roll shows. In 1960 after coming out of the service, he met David Sutch and they formed The Savages with amongst others Nicky Hopkins who lived locally. Apparently the town was a breeding ground for famous drummers. ![]() He committed suicide in '99 at age 58.īut for sheer nerve - he freely admitted he couldn't sing - he deserves to be pulled From the Vaults.Aug– Carlo Little aka Carl O’Neil Little was born on Decemin Shepherd’s Bush, London and raised in Wembley, Middlesex where some of his townpeeps were Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and Charlie Watts. Sutch's career was one of ruthless but often very funny self-promotion, schilling various products, bankruptcy and depression. The White Stripes and the Horrors have covered his Jack the Ripper. Oddly enough, his eccentricity and crazy charm meant his '91 compilation album came with photos of Sutch with a young Nicky Hopkins, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix and Noel Redding, and Keith Moon. Most of his stuff is rubbish: Jack the Ripper is not a million miles from Alley-Oop, and other songs almost parodies of rock'n'roll and pop songs with horror lyrics (Monster in Black is akin to Venus in Blue Jeans). Many of his early songs (this one included) were produced by Joe Meek. Those who played in his revolving-door bands or on his singles included Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Matthew Fisher (later in Procol Harum), Jeff Beck and others. Sort of an English Screaming Jay Hawkins with more music hall than voodoo. He sang of vampires, Dracula, monsters and people crawling out of coffins. He had 18" hair, wore bullhorns on his head, and was heavily into shock-horror rock. In the Stones' Get Off Of My Cloud, Sutch was the "guy all dressed up like Union Jack".īut back at the start of his singing career in 1960 he appeared at the famous 2i's coffee bar in London where Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard and Adam Faith had all been "discovered".īack then Sutch was a genuine wildman of British pop. He's in the opening scenes of The New Statesman standing against Alan B'stard (Rik Mayall). In later years Screaming Lord Sutch was better known for being the founder of the Official Monster Raving Looney Party in Britain and standing in various electorates (from '63) in weird outfits. ![]()
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