A rock music columnist and journalist on a provincial newspaper, Paul Merry was plucked from obscurity by Beatles PR man Tony Barrow and lured to London in 1970. Paul then cut his teeth in rock PR, writing press releases for such 'Tony Barrow International' clients as Paul McCartney and Wings and the Kinks as well as promoting then unknown bands like Deep Purple, Gentle Giant and Uriah Heap.
From there, Paul Merry went to CBS Records, then the world’s leading record company.
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Updated 31 May 2016 Global underpants legend: David Beckham What does global underpants icon and ex-England soccer star, David Beckham, have in common with the mysterious 1930s Delta blues legend, Robert Johnson? Answer: London’s East End suburb of Leytonstone in the UK. To be more precise, Leytonstone was where David Beckham was born in 1975 and where...
UPDATED: 4 March 2019. Did 1930s bluesman Sleepy John Estes influence Tyrannosaurus Rex? Before the electric guitar-boogie pop of Marc Bolan’s T-Rex – the group who started Britain’s early 1970s glam-rock era – some might remember we had the hip underground folk-rock of Bolan’s T-Rex’s forerunner: Tyrannosaurus Rex. Tyrannosaurus Rex was an early hippy-style band whose most interesting...
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When you could book Pink Floyd for £250 per gig. That's about US$318 now.
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How would you like to hire Pink Floyd for just £250 (US$334.47) a night? Back in 1969, in the UK, such a thing was possible. As you can see from this vintage price-list, Joe Cocker, the Moody Blues and Jethro Tull cost you £350 ($468) nightly; and Ten Years After, even less. Rory Gallagher’s band...
And why we prefer blues to pop music. Because the title of this blog is Paul Merry Blues, it’s easy to assume blues is the only music I’m interested in. Nothing could be further from the truth. People have referred to me as Mr Bluesman, something I’m definitely not, though I did buy my first...
Meet Laurence Juber, formerly with Paul McCartney and Wings and the greatest rock supergroup of all time. I was humbled recently to receive a five-star review on Amazon Books, from double Grammy winner Laurence Juber, for my paperback, ‘America’s Gift: The Untold Story of how Blues Evolved’. What made it a double whammy is Laurence...
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Meet Laurence Juber, formerly with Paul McCartney and Wings and the greatest rock supergroup of all time. I was humbled recently to receive a five-star review on Amazon Books, from double Grammy winner Laurence Juber, for my paperback, ‘America’s Gift: The Untold Story of how Blues Evolved’. What made it a double whammy is Laurence...
Meet Laurence Juber, formerly with Paul McCartney and Wings and the greatest rock supergroup of all time. I was humbled recently to receive a five-star review on Amazon Books, from double Grammy winner Laurence Juber, for my paperback, ‘America’s Gift: The Untold Story of how Blues Evolved’. What made it a double whammy is Laurence...
My friend, #author Paul Merry @PaulMerry has joined us! Paul has written a detailed history of the blues he called "America's Gift". It's the best reference to the evolution of Black music I've seen. As he settles in, I hope you'll make him feel welcome, especially if you are interested in:
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