a brief history early 1970's - north east england / band - beckett "DIScOVERED" BY PROMOTER/AUTHOR GEOFF DOCHERTY 1974-76 invited by magical guitarist Paul Kossoff to form Back Street Crawler SIGNED BY AHMET ERTEGUN TO ATLANTIC RECORDS studio albums x 6 beckett: w.e.a. raft records back street crawler: atlantic records the band plays on + 2Nd street CrawleR 2 albums c.b.s./epic + caribou ranch charlie - atlantic/atco/ mirage def leppard pyromania. b/vox with 'mutt' lange TERRY SLESSER 'BEST OF.. 'the VINYL YEARS tourS uk + u.s.a + EUROPE + JAPAN Foreigner - Kansas - Robin trower - m.s.g SLADE - ALEX HARVEY - CAPT BEEFHEART - FREE Japan + europe w MICHAEL SCHENKER Recording STUDIOS New York - Electric Ladyland + atlantic LOS ANGELES Crystal + kyndon sound Caribou Ranch denver Colorado London - island Basing st: + olympic + abbey RD ridge farm surrey + rockcliffe wales eel pie + sawmills cornwall +ADVISION battery + a.i.r + livingstone FAMOUS-WHAT IF'S.. ? MOTT THE HOOPLE + AC:DC + Iron Maiden LEAD VOcals on album for 'non' band' - 'Charlie' 'It's Inevitable' 1983 - u.s.a. billboard & mtv 'hit..? gigs london marquee club & BBC old grey whistle test TOP TEN CLUB HAMBURG 'RESIDENCY' TWICE bottom line new york + paradise/ boston. mas. my fathers place + Budokan tokyo + osaka tours + 'shared bill GIGS ' slade. roy woods' wizzard. BEACH BOYS. captain beefheart. lindisfarne. thin lizzy. free. rod stewart & faces. MOTT THE HOOPLE. sensational alex harvey band. U2. m.s.g. doobie brothers. SANTANA. iron maiden foreigner. rory gallagher. robin trower. kansas ac/dc - TRAFFIC - JOHN MARTYN CRYSTAL PALACE bowl - SANTANA london music festival-nazareth /earth wind fire DONNINGTON FESTIVAL WITH Y&T ( van.halen / ac:dc ) the reading festival 1974 2015 geordieland uk SOLO + holland sneek/sept