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Where Are They Now?: Long John Baldry
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8a7b3155-9a3b-4f25-830e-5507e183e9dd/3C263368-2458-4A23-83D0-95601BC142C7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html" href="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html" style="font-size: 11px;">cliffeastham.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cliffeastham.blogspot.com/img/48ACB6D9-94CF-479C-A9FE-AFBFCDA1A822" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html"><SPAN>by Cliff <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eastham</SPAN></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html"><DIV>John William <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN> was born January 12, 1941 in East London, England. He grew to a height of 6'7", thus the nickname Long John <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN>. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">Historically, John <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN> has undeniable importance. As a teenager during the '50s he was one of the first British vocalists to do both folk and rock music. Eric Clapton has stated many times that he was inspired to pick up the guitar after seeing <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN> perform.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cliffeastham.blogspot.com/img/4E893043-0C98-4B3A-82A4-37278556EA11" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">In the '60s he sang in the band Blues Incorporated which was lead by Alexis <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Korner</SPAN>. The band also served as a springboard for future rockers Mike Jagger, Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts. Keith Richard and Brian Jones played with them at times</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html"><SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN> became friends with Paul McCartney</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">an invitation to play on one of The Beatles 1964 TV specials, at a time when the Fab Four could have been no bigger, and <SPAN id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baldry</SPAN> was virtually unknown.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">In 1963 John joined Cyril Davies R&B All Stars. Jimmy Page was the guitarist and Nicky Hopkins played piano.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">(click <A href="http://cliffeastham.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-are-they-now-long-john-baldry.html">here</A> for full article) </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3C263368-2458-4A23-83D0-95601BC142C7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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