From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V2 #49 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, November 22 1997 Volume 02 : Number 049 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] cant let go ["MCGINLEY GA" ] [AVALON] Ferry in mourning ["MCGINLEY GA" ] Re: [AVALON] cant let go ["Victor Hastings" ] [AVALON] patrick helmore [tfagan ] Re: [AVALON] cant let go [LizzieJim@aol.com] [AVALON] patrick helmore part 2 [tfagan ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:55:36 GMT From: "MCGINLEY GA" Subject: [AVALON] cant let go Perhaps its because I am a bit of a novice compared to the rest of you when it comes to Ferrys music but what I read in a book a couple of days afo greatly surprised me. It was stated that Bryan had planned giving up music around the time of splitting up with Jerry Hall. They claimed that Cant Let Go was written in relation to this subject. Originally I thought this song was written about the Hall break up but this explanation certainly explains a few things. The first part of the song obhiously refers to the buzz of performing live and "go west" refers to people advising him to pack it in . Thankfully our hero never did "Let Go". - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:47:35 GMT From: "MCGINLEY GA" Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in mourning Bryan Ferry was all over the news here in Ireland last week after his father in law was killed in a fire at his home Connemara. Bryan flew to Ireland to mourn the death with wife Lucy. The fire occurred in the same setting used for the Avalon cover. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:50:24 -0600 From: "Victor Hastings" Subject: Re: [AVALON] cant let go - -----Original Message----- From: MCGINLEY GA To: avalon@smoe.org Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 5:02 AM Subject: [AVALON] cant let go >Perhaps its because I am a bit of a novice compared to the rest of >you when it comes to Ferrys music but what I read in a book a couple >of days afo greatly surprised me. It was stated that Bryan had >planned giving up music around the time of splitting up with Jerry >Hall. They claimed that Cant Let Go was written in relation to this >subject. Originally I thought this song was written about the Hall >break up but this explanation certainly explains a few things. The >first part of the song obhiously refers to the buzz of performing >live and "go west" refers to people advising him to pack it in . >Thankfully our hero never did "Let Go". > actually ferry did "go west" in a literal sense -- he moved to los angeles sometime around 1976 (hence the references to "cuesta way," "sunset to the beach," and "canoga park." i've read that the experience was absolutely miserable for him -- lonely & isolated. which is not to imply that you are incorrect, just that the song may work on multiple levels. >-------------------- >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: >unsubscribe avalon - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 97 20:06:40 PST From: tfagan Subject: [AVALON] patrick helmore Rock star's father-in-law dies in blaze by Keith Kelly THE FATHER-in-law of famous 1980s sophisticated pop singer Bryan Ferry = died yesterday morning after fire gutted the 19th century fishing lodge = in Inverin where he lived. Patrick Helmore, a 74-years-old English national who lived in the area = for the past two decades, was alone in the house when a fire broke out = some time after 6am. Mr Helmore was the father-in-law of Bryan Ferry, = the lead singer with 1980s pop band Roxy Music. A spokesperson for Galway Fire Brigade said yesterday that the station = received a call about a fire in Inverin at 7.05am and two units of = Galway Fire Brigade were dispatched to deal with the blaze. The units arrived at Crumlin Fishing Lodge at 7.36am and had the fire = under control by 10am. The house was a timber structure and was = completely destroyed in the blaze. The spokesperson for Galway Fire Station said the body of a male was = recovered from the house and was removed to University College Hospital = Galway where a post-mortem was to be carried out. Garda=ED in Salthill Garda Station confirmed that the body of a = 74-years-old male was recovered from the fire. A spokesperson for = Salthill Garda Station said the scene is being technically examined and = as of yet the cause of the fire is not known. Ferry was the lead singer with the English band Roxy Music before = embarking on a solo career. He frequently visited the house in Inverin. He had a Top 10 hit with the song 'Lets Stick Together', the video of = which featured cat-suit clad model Jerry Hall with whom Ferry was = romantically linked. Hall married front man of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and is = expecting a fourth child by him. Between Roxy Music and a solo career he had other Top 10 hits with songs = such as 'Avalon', 'Over You', 'Dance Away', 'Love is a Drug' and his = most successful song, a re-recording of the John Lennon classic 'Jealous = Guy'. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 01:35:30 -0500 (EST) From: LizzieJim@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] cant let go Hi what was the book you were reading about Mr Ferry? I'm wondering if it's one I have yet to read. I was at the Virgin Record store in NY over the past week-end and I always look to see if anyone has ever written anything new on Roxy or Bryan but there was nothing. Don't you think he should write his memoirs by now and maybe do the book tour. Anything! I miss him. They did have a great compilation import album called More than this which is expensive but worth it. Includes all the words to the songs on the CD. I was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Summer and would you believe I couldn't find a thing about anything Bryan or Roxy. I almost asked for my money back. As far as I know our Hard Rock Cafe here in Chicago has the white dinner Jacket from Another Time etc. It's worth visting there. I cannot wait for the Diana Tribute record it has been toooo long. Janeen - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 97 01:33:28 PST From: tfagan Subject: [AVALON] patrick helmore part 2 and this from the 11-13-97 irish times: Man (73) dies as blaze destroys lakeside lodge - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A retired insurance broker living in Connemara died when fire engulfed his home, a lakeside fishing lodge, early yesterday morning. Mr Patrick Helmore (73) had lived alone in the two-storey house, Crumlin Lodge, near Inverin. The blaze destroyed the building. Mr Helmore had been semi-invalid. His daughter Lucy was married to the singer Bryan Ferry, a regular visitor to the wooden lodge during the early 1980s. Mr Ferry featured the lodge on the cover of his 1982 Avalon album, which reached number one in the British charts. He composed some of his music there and was a regular visitor to some of the local pubs during his visits to Connemara. The cause of the fire has not yet been established. A loud bang at 7 a.m. yesterday awoke the caretaker, Mr Martin Costello, who lives in a gate lodge on the grounds. Mr Costello raised the alarm and ran to the house, which was ablaze. He broke a window in an attempt to get inside, but was forced back by the flames. Two units of Galway Fire Brigade spent four hours damping down the building. Mr Helmore had been twice married. He is survived by six children. - -------------------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V2 #49 *************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to avalon-digest-owner@smoe.org