thomas walker

I’ve seen a lot of stuff on the social media sites about the downfall of personalities owing to substance abuse. Yesterday I read something about Brian Connolly, & I’ve been thinking about it. I’d say that he was quite misunderstood, & was taken advantage of. The attack on him in Staines left with permanent damage to his ability to be able to sing in a high register, & his band members kind of deserted him & found another singer to replace him. He went on to form the band Brian Connelly’s Sweet recruiting the Farmer twin brothers that were formerly, & founders of the band Blackfoot Sue, they had a number 4 in the charts UK single. The backing vocals supplied by these guys were superb. By this time Brian was in a sorry state, & was continually shaking, but he was still a big draw, particularly in Germany, so as the promoter suspected that the punters that would come to see him on an “oldie” night would leave after he had been onstage, he was placed last on the bill. I felt very sorry for him, especially as on one occasion he didn’t get onstage until about 2am despite having an early flight back to the UK that morning. He told me that he thought the only reason other folks didn’t down as much alcohol as himself was because they couldn’t afford it. He said that at one time he used to bury bottles of spirits in his garden hoping that he could keep his problem from his family. The original Sweet made some great records & without a doubt influenced the glam rock scene on both sides of the Atlantic. R.I.P. Brian ☮️☮️✌️✌️🎶🎶😕