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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2015 12:01:59 GMT
For me it can only be John Peel, head and shoulders above anyone else.
He introduced me to so much
I miss him
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Post by MartinT on Jun 15, 2015 12:45:16 GMT
My friend Erik who, when I was in my teens, introduced me to the fantastic world of classical music.
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Post by dvh on Jun 15, 2015 13:17:15 GMT
Probably my cousin. We didn't have a record player when I was a nipper; being an only child my cousin had a huge room to himself, with a record player and a fantastic record collection, including many imported blues singles.
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Post by pinkie on Jun 15, 2015 13:30:07 GMT
I met John Peel once. I found myself sitting next to him at the bar at Aston University Students Union. Utterly charming man - completely natural and normal - exactly as he seems on TV and radio. The gig was the John Peel Road Show - him as a DJ. The support was a new local band with its first (cover) single in the charts - "Tears of a clown" - "The Beat". They were awesome and really had the crowd going. John Peel was getting about £900 I think, and "The Beat" got £100. After our pint together he went back on stage. "What a fantastic band. You don't want to listen to me - You want to hear them again don't you?" - so he asked them to do another set, and swapped cheques with them. Great guy  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2015 14:21:57 GMT
I can just imagine the daft bugger doing that ! Listened to him for years. Went to a talk he did once at a Uni in London. Exchanged emails a couple of times. Offered him a bed if he was stuck South side of London. Self deprecating to a fault and incredible knowledge and thirst for more |
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Post by John on Jun 15, 2015 14:54:34 GMT
Bloody tough one to answer
Probably Django and his legacy
My friends tended to go to me to keep them updated about good albums and concerts to go too
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Post by aurender on Jun 15, 2015 15:07:06 GMT
Easy for me. It was John Barbirolli. As an 11 year old, I got my first experience of classical music seeing Barbirolli conduct the Halle Orchestra in the Free Trade Hall.
It became a regular trip for me and Barbirolli's recordings have become some of my favourites. His Mahler 6 capture for me the essence of Mahler.
In comparison to Barbirolli, I remember seeing Klemperer a year later and, whilst appreciating the grandeur of his conducting, I never felt as moved by his performances as Barbirolli.
Although I never saw him in real life, Pierre Monteux was another influence on my musical development in the way he was able to communicate a lightness of touch and a charm to the music
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 15:14:26 GMT
I stood with John watching Ozric Tenticles at the Phoenix Festival in the early 90's..great bloke..He liked them i thought they were good too. Im proud to say no one introduced me to what i listern to all done on my tod.I certainly did not listern to radio.. My musical taste has been a life long study.People think Prog is such a small Genre of music, absolutely far from it. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 15, 2015 15:21:24 GMT
My mother, without a doubt ...
Got me into one of the best choirs in the land as a youngster and paid for a huge number of expensive music lessons on various instruments.
I am delighted to say her love of Wagner and opera didn't rub off on me though.
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Post by Chris on Jun 15, 2015 16:24:38 GMT
My Dad. He introduced me to the whole idea of sitting at peace listening to music as well as the spoken word.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 7:31:55 GMT
I'd agree wholeheartedly with Barbirolli. He is a real link with Elgar's intent. His conducting of Jacqueline du Pre - when he played the original opening concerts under Elgar. Or as a young orchestra cellist playing Dream of Gerontius under Elgar. Never saw him "live" but his recordings are breathtaking.
Largely musically self educated, it was a Christmas present from my Dad of a record player (BSR autochanger, crystal cartridge, two valve amp - I was maybe 11) and the ability to reproduce music that set me off. Peer Gynt was the first classical thing I bought, and revealed the background hum of the record player big time. So my life has been a bootstrap of a quest for improved music reproduction and going to live music - both classical and rock. The latter with attenuating ear plugs in place; although I was the teen going to see bands like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple in Newcastle in the early 70's with cotton wool stuffed in my ears. Denim, long centre parted hair, headbanging - and cotton wool stuffed ears.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 16, 2015 12:07:11 GMT
It's a list "whos" rather than "whats" so ...
My cousin, Dave, who gave me my first guitar and introduced me to the blues.
John Peel (and to a degree, pirate radio in general)
Whispering Bob Harris, the greatest living D.J.
Uncut Magazine, my favourite source for discovering new artists these days.
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Post by Tim on Jun 16, 2015 17:13:07 GMT
John Peel Tommy Vance Bob Harris My best mate Adrian (my own musical Obi-Wan Kenobi) Lucky enough to meet Bob a few times at gigs and Tommy was a close friend of Adrian's, so got to hang out with him. His stories were legendary and they still make me smile - quite a character. Never met JP. I would say my overall greatest influence is Bob and long may keep spinning tunes |
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Post by pinkie on Jun 16, 2015 18:37:49 GMT
There is a certain "me too" to this , but without doubt whispering bob Harris and the old grey whistle test were a big influence. And so was John peel - so much quality new music he sponsored. Also radio Luxembourg and radio caroline. Nostalgic memories of my bush transistor radio listening to radio caroline under the bed covers, and I don't think I missed an episode of the old grey whistle test from age 14
My uncle ken (mums cousin) for big band jazz - which led to modern jazz (but my mate mark for introducing spyrogyra and grover Washington.
My dad and "uncle" Henry pool, his work colleague with an encyclopaedic knowledge of radio 3 for interesting me in classical.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 20:47:20 GMT
You've got me going now! Pirate radio got me buying Genesis Trespass and Jethro Tull Aqualung (still have them). And although it now seems like drug fueled progressive jazz - Soft Machine. Forget whether it was Caroline or some similar boat in offshore waters. I rigged an old am radio into two old TV speakers in mono in bedside cabinets and listened late into the night with the sound in the middle of my head. 14 year old bliss.
Then I started working on Saturdays and holidays aged 16 at JG Windows in the Central Arcade in Newcastle selling audio, radio and TV gear, where in spite of a platry £3.67 for an entire day, I could buy anything cost price. But since I was gardening for a tenner on a Sunday, was school chemistry lab assistant at £2 a week, and also did not eat lunch and pocketed my dinner money I was pretty well off (effectively £20 a week went a long way in 1972), skinny and perpetually knackered. So I bought lots of music - Beethoven symphonies, piano conertos, operas, rock and also Thorens TD150 and SME arm (still have them). I was like a kid in a sweet shop. The Beethoven symphonies basically was responsible for my wife to be. 2nd date we went to see Zaroz, a futuristic Sean Connery film. Music - "That is the slow movement of Beethoven 7". Of course she thought that it was total teen blather - until I played it for her. 41 years later....
Of course the Old Grey Whistle Test was an absolute watch. The distant channel reruns really make you realise how good it was, and what superb bands they got.
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Post by Tim on Jun 17, 2015 8:00:24 GMT
Do any of the Bob Harris fans still listen to him? I listen to his 4 hours of BBC broadcasts a week, every week without fail. I learn so much from Bob and get a lot of my 'new' music discoveries from him. A true living legend of the music world IMO.
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