Eddy Dark and the Salvos - Brian Mapstone interview - Glastonbury 2010 - (part two)
Channel: Brian Mapstone
Date: 2010-09-17

BROADCASTER AND NEWSPAPER REPORTER MERVYN COLENUTT CONTINUES HIS INTERVIEW WITH, BRIAN MAPSTONE, AT GLASTONBURY AUGUST 2010. THE INTERVIEW FOLLOWS THE FINAL APPEARANCE OF SINGER EDDY DARK WITHE THE SALVOS. BRIAN IS RHYTHM GUITARIST AND SINGER WITH THE SALVOS WHICH HE CO-FOUNDED IN 1960.EDDY DARK AND THE SALVOS WERE SOMERSET'S TOP BAND IN THE EARLY 60s, WITH A HUGE LOCAL FOLLOWING AND FAN BASE.THEY RE- FORMED  IN 2004 FOR THE LAUNCH OF A BOOK ON LOCAL ROCK N ROLL, WRITTEN .BY BARRY SOWDEN.BRIAN, HIS WIFE CAROLE AND PARTNER GARTH MUTON, ALSO RAN WESTSIDE PROMOTIONS,A SOMERSET COMPANY WHICHIN THE 60S PROMOTED  ROCK N ROLL SHOWS AND DANCES THROUGHOUT THE WEST.GLASTONBURY TOWN HALL WAS THEIR MAIN VENUE, AND THEY BROUGHT THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC TO THE TOWN. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MICHAEL EAVIS'S FANTASTICALLY SUCCESSFUL GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL STARTED, BUT LOCALS WERE OFFERED NAMES LIKE GENE VINCENT, FLEETWOOD MAC, T'REX,AMEN CORNER, BIILLY J KRAMER,ALEXIS KORNER, CHAMPION JACK DUPREE, THE MOODY BLUES, ELTON JOHN ALSO MADE AN APPEARNCE AS PIANO PLAYER FOR BLUESMAN  LONG JOHN BALDRY.    THE PREVIOUS SHOW HAD BEEN EDDY DARK'S FINAL APPEARANCE WITH THE SALVOS, EDDY(RON FELLOWS) WILL NOW FOLLOW HIS LOVE OF ACOUSTIC AND COUNTRY MUSIC,AND CONCENTRATE ON SONG WRITING AND RECORDING. IN THE LATE 60s RON WROTE AND RECORDED AN EXCELLENT ALBUM OF COUNTRY STYLE SONGS ENTITLED  'FOR THOSE ALONE' ALONG WITH GUITARIST  PAUL TOPLIS THEY WERE KNOWN AS 'SOFT SHOE' THE ALBUM IS STILL A COLLECTORS ITEM AND APPEARED IN THE 'URBAN PUNK CHARTS' IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN PIRATED AND IS SELLING SUCCESSFULLY ON E BAY.   THE SALVOS WILL CONTINUE AS A 5 PIECE, NEXT APPEARING IN GLASTONBURY JANUARY 2011