Eddy Dark and The Salvos - Brian Mapstone Interview - Glastonbury 2010- ( part one)
Channel: Brian Mapstone
Date: 2010-09-17

SOMERSET RADIO AND NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST MERVYN COLENUTT, INTERVIEWS BRIAN MAPSTONE. BRIAN WAS BAND LEADER AND FOUNDER MEMBER OF ICONIC 60s SOMERSET BAND 'EDDY DARK AND THE SALVOS'. THE INTERVIEW FOLLOWS THE BAND'S APPEARANCE IN GLASTONBURY, AUGUST  2010,ON THE OCCASION OF VOCALIST  EDDY DARK'S FINAL APPEARANCE WITH THE SALVOS. BRIAN WAS ALSO THE FIRST SOMERSET PROMOTER TO BRING MAJOR ROCK N ROLL, BANDS AND ARTISTES,TO THE AREA IN THE  EARLY 60s,PRECURSING THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL BY SEVERAL YEARS. HIS COMPANY WESTSIDE PROMOTIONS, PRESENTED ALL THE TOP ROCK STARS OF THE ERA, INCLUDING  GENE VINCENT, T 'REX, FLEETWOOD MAC,PP ARNOLD, BILLY J KRAMER ,DAVE DEE,  TIM ROSE,JOHN MAYALLS BLUESBREAKERS, AND MANY MORE.      EDDY DARK AND THE SALVOS RE FORMED IN 2004 AFTER A 43 YEAR BREAK, THE SALVOS WILL NOW CONTINUE AS A 5 PIECE, EDDY DARK(SINGER AND GUITARIST RON FELLOWS) WILL CONCENTRATE ON SONG WRITING AND RECORDING,AND FOLLOWING HIS LOVE OF ACOUSTIC AND COUNTRY MUSIC.THE  INTERVIEW REFLECTS MERVYNS THOUGHTS, AS A 60s FAN OF THE SALVOS, AND BRIANS MUSINGS ON MUSIC THEN AND NOW. PART 2 CONTINUES THE INTERVIEW.