Boston Harold Podcast

"Real Live" LP, 1984. Inner Sleeve and Sticker. Credit: SONY/ Searching For A Gem Hello and welcome to the Boston Harold Video Podcast. My very special guest today is singer, songwriter, musician, and author, Gregg Sutton.  .  The Gregg Sutton interview. Boston Harold Podcast.    The main impetus for inviting Mr. Sutton to appear on my podcast was because he was the bassist on Bob Dylan's 1984 European tour, the one that spawned the underappreciated album, Real Live.  He now also appears on one other track, the otherwise never-before released song "Enough is Enough," which begins disc five of last year's Bootleg Series box set, Springtime in New York 1980-1985 .  Dylan's impressive touring band that year also included guitarist Mick Taylor (Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones, Carla Olson ), keyboardist Ian McLagan (Small Faces, Faces, Rolling Stones), and drummer Colin Allen (Stone the Crows.)   Not only did he get to play with one-and-a-half m...

Hello and welcome to the Boston Harold Podcast. My special guest today is drummer Colin Allen, who has played with  John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Stone the Crows, and Focus, among many others.  Along with guitarist Mick Taylor (The Bluesbreakers, the Rolling Stones), keyboardist Ian McLagan (Rod Stewart & the Faces, the Small Faces, the Rolling Stones), and bassist/songwriter Gregg Sutton (Andy Kaufman, later Lone Justice), Mr. Allen was a member of  Bob Dylan's band during his 1984 tour of Europe. "Real Live" 1984 US LP inner sleeve (Credit: Sony via Searching For A Gem )  Since one of the songs from the 1984 tour, the previously unreleased "Enough Is Enough," was included in the recent box set, Springtime in New York: 1980-1985, Bootleg Series Vol. 16 , I invited Mr. Allen to be interviewed for my blogcast page, and since he no longer does video interviews, he graciously agreed to do it by email.  Mr. Allen spent over six years writing his autobiograph...