Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame was an 11-year-old Salford schoolboy when he got his first guitar. Sixty years on, he tells Paul Taylor, he still loves performing
A HUGE part of Graham Gouldman’s life has been turned into a museum exhibit. Just opened at Stockport Museum is the exhibition Strawberry Studios: I Am In Love, telling how, in the 1970s, 10cc made some of the most artful music in British pop history, right there in Stockport.
Though the story now belongs in a museum, the songs of 10cc remain very much alive, even if Salford-born Graham, 71 next month, is the only one of their four creators willing to perform them. He is about to set out on a 10cc greatest hits tour.
Does gigging hold the same appeal now as it did as a teenager in the 1960s Manchester beat boom? ‘It does actually,’ says Graham. ‘It’s much more relaxed in a funny sort of way. We stay in nicer places and we also try to get home as often as possible. But the same mechanics are at work in my brain, even though my brain is a bit older. ‘
One of the highlights of the show, he says, will be Somewhere in Hollywood, during which the band will accompany a video of 10cc original member Kevin Godley singing the song. Kevin could not be persuaded to join the tour in person, and anyone betting on a full reunion of 10cc – Gouldman, Godley, Eric Stewart and Lol Creme – should save their money. Even the excellent 2015 BBC4 documentary I’m Not In Love: The Story of 10cc did not get all four in the same room at the same time.
Bu hikaye Lancashire Life dergisinin April 2017 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye Lancashire Life dergisinin April 2017 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
A Shopper's Paradise
‘Anything is possible’ is the boast of a famous Knightsbridge shop and it could equally apply to Clitheroe, where shoppers come eager to pick up something just that little bit different, especially in the run-up to Christmas
Back from the brink?
There are signs hedgehog numbers might be recovering, and we can all do our bit to help them, says Alan Wright of Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Memories of a LANCASHIRE CHILDHOOD
Blackburn-born Sara Foster has had a string of bestsellers on the other side of the world. With her latest novel now out, she reflects on her Lancashire roots
The tale of BEATRIX'S VALLEY
Land once owned by Beatrix Potter is at the heart of a noisy row over how we enjoy the Lake District
Liverpool's pyramid scheme
We’ve seen the shape of things to come – and it’s a pyramid. But are you ready to spend the afterlife piled high with 34,591 other people in Toxteth?
Around the world in 2000 paintings
Preston artist Martyn Hanks has spent 60 years globetrotting with his paints and brushes
WALKING THE BORDER
This glorious walk in the hills around Earby takes a peek over the county line
We will remember them
For a hundred years the Cenotaph has been the focal point for a nation’s grief, but few know its connection to Kirkby Lonsdale
A pawfect day out
The grounds of Holker Hall at Cartmel are a favourite with human and canine visitors
A LEGACY of LOVE
An unusual war memorial in Lancaster is a haven for wildlife and young people from the city