(Photo of Ian Hunter with Mick Ronson’s daughter.)
”I didn’t know if I was going to become a musician, because I couldn’t sing very good. In those days you really had to be a good singer. I didn’t know I had a chance until Dylan came along. I couldn’t really understand what he was saying, but then I heard Sonny Bono and I thought, well I could do it.”
Wow, my first huge musical passion. I loved Mott The Hoople. They were my first gig, although technically the first band I saw were their openers that night, a little known new band called Queen, on their first UK tour. I’ve even seen some try to re-write that night, and re-cast Queen as the headliners, but Mott were absolutely the stars of the show. 17th November 1973.
Thanks to Pat Thomas for finding this tune and Ian Hunter quote. Pat is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975
