Rick Parfitt Status Quo interview - Slade and quitting smoking dope
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Published 2023-08-07
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I saw Quo and Slade in '73 at the Melbourne Showgrounds (Australia) and it pissed down most of the day, but didn't stop the crowd from witnessing a kick arse concert!! been hooked on both bands ever since.. 🤘
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Y'know... he's a lovely fella to listen to, there doesn't seem to be a bit of the 'do you know who I am?' crap about him, or big headedness, just a very sincere guy.
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Slade were the business live. Always a great time.
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Great guy,met him through work a couple of times,so honest about his drug problems,he would talk all day 🎸
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Gotta love Rick
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Another rocker who could really light up a stage . Total rock star. Irreplaceable.
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Rick.. absolute rock legend
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Love these stories. Rick was obviously a really open fella, unlike Rossi who has a protective wall around him.
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Had the pleasure of seeing Quo live and I bumped into Noddy in Manchester, rock n roll
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I smoked some Thai Stick in 1975…and watched Jeff Beck /Mahavisnu Orchestra..play in Detroit!
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Loved Slade on our side of the Pond. Imagine seeing them in a club that only held 200 and everyone was on top of each other enjoying the hell out of them in the mid 70s.
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If you never got to see Slade live you missed something very special, i have seen all the top bands live since the late 60s, and Slade were by far the best live band of the lot.
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Saw Slade towards the end, at Reading festival.. They went down a storm..
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Great story!😂
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Sadly soon after that the band moved onto Coke,and destroyed all humour within the band
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant but scary
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Rick’s memory is failing here. When Slade were skinheads they didn’t have any hits. When they grew their hair back they took England, and the rest of the world (except the US), by storm. Slade were the biggest band around for 3 years. That’s why Quo supported them when Slade went to Australia. Slade were the biggest selling band in Britain in the seventies. I love Quo, but Quo weren’t in the (big hits) picture really, until 1975 with Down Down etc. They were more of an albums band.
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I'm glad I never took drugs
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Blow never did ANYTHING for me! Hits you like a sledgehammer and you fall fast asleep. DUH!! Needless to say, i never felt the urge to explore any of the other "substances"! BUT. I used to love my beer. A lot.
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Different kinds of weed have different effects.. the laughing gear didn’t get round our way much..
