Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts
JOOLS HOLLAND
with
HARRIET VYNER
MICHAEL JOSEPH
an imprint of
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MICHAEL JOSEPH
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First published 2007
Copyright Helicon Mountain Ltd., 2007
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9780141904740
To George, Rosie, Fred and Mabel
Acknowledgments
The person who I would most like to thank in the creation of this autobiography is my co-author, Harriet Vyner, without whom no book would have been possible. Furthermore, if anybody has been left out of this book or is in anyway misrepresented, I would like to lay the blame firmly on her shoulders.
I am further enormously grateful to Paul Loas by, Valerie McCartney, David McCartney, Christabel Holland, Mother, Father, Richard and Christopher Holland, Gilson Lavis, Dave Swift, Mark Flanagan, Phil Veacock, Michael Bammi Rose, Lisa Grahame, Derek Nash, Nick Lunt, Roger Goslyn, Winston Rollins, Rico Rodriguez, Fayyaz Virji, Jason McDermid, Jon Scott, Chris Storr, Andy Salmon, Ron Burrow, Pete Dawson, Paul Reynoldson, Simon Chandler Honnor, Richard Hutton, Nick Darton-Bigg, Vicky Hooper, Fred Heffer, Mike Chaplin, Edgar Lustgarten, Uncle David, Mary McCartney, Cathy Coleman, Clare Conville, Tom Weldon, Katy Follain, Carly Cook, Sarah Day, Debbie Hatfield, Natalie Higgins, Lesley Hodgson, Helen Reynolds, Laurie Latham, Garry Cooper, Martin Pugh, Mark Smith, Nicky Armstrong, Lawrence Impey, John Lay, Elena Bello, Mario Warner, Jimmy Mulvoy, Nick Phillips, John Reid, Bernard Doherty, Doug Wright, Grant Eskriett, Ben Ward, Andy Murray, Peter Price, Miles Copeland, Graeme de la Terre, Nick Fleming, Chris Hession, Niki Sanderson, Stuart Kenning, Mark Cooper, Alison Howe, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, Keith Wilkinson, Paul Gunn, Harry Kakoulli, Pino Palladino, Martin Deegan, Mike Paice, Kim Lesley, Maz Roberts, Louise Marshall, Sam Brown, Ruby Turner, Edna Hales, Sandra Grove, Kathy Syplywczak, Roger Brown, Paul and Juli Collins.
Id also like to thank all the people who I mention in this book, and all the people who havent been mentioned in this book but who have, nevertheless, made it possible to have a life to write about. Cheers.
And finally, thank God for the gift of music.
Contents
List of Illustrations
. | A newborn Jools Holland, 1958 (courtesy Derek Holland) |
. | June and Derek Holland, Caxton Hall, Westminster |
. | June Holland holding baby Jools (courtesy Derek Holland) |
. | The family greengrocers business. Left to right: Jools aunt Lil, grandmother Rosie and aunt Daisy ( Bert Hardy) |
. | Left to right: Jools great-grandmother Britannia Powell, grandmother Rosie and mother June Lane |
. | Left to right: Jools father, Derek (foreground), uncle Brian, grand mother Ena, grandfather Percy |
. | Jools and his uncle David, Greenwich |
. | Jools, his mother and twin brothers, Richard and Christopher, 1966 |
. | Jools and grandfather George, Greenwich |
. | Jools and brothers Richard and Christopher ,1972 |
. | Derek Holland, photograph taken by Jools Holland |
. | The ton-up boys, early 1970s (Jools Holland far right) |
. | The fledgling band Cum |
. | Jools and Gilson Lavis, the drum king ( Lawrence Impey) |
. | Left to right: Jools Holland, Chris Difford, Paul Gunn, Harry Kakoulli, Glenn Tilbrook, 1975 ( Lawrence Impey) |
. | Jools on stage with Squeeze, Deptford |
. | Squeeze at the Albany Empire, Deptford, 1978 |
. | Jools, playing the Polymoog keyboard, and Glenn Tilbrook |
. | Left to right: Chris Difford, Harry Kakoulli, John Cale, Glenn Tilbrook, Miles Copeland, Gilson Lavis, Jools Holland, Derek Green ( Jill Furmanovsky) |
. | Left to right: Gilson Lavis, Jools Holland (seated at piano), Harry Kakoulli, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford ( Jill Furmanovsky) |
. | Gilson Lavis, in bed, on tour with Squeeze |
. | John Lay, Madison Square Garden, New York |
. | Chris Difford and Jools father, Derek Holland |
. | The Millionaires, USA, 1981. Left to right: Jools Holland, Tim, Mike Paice (lying down), Maz Roberts, Martin Deegan, Taif ( Pino Palladino/Kim Lesley) |
. | The Millionaires, Caracas, 1981 |
. | Pino Palladino (standing), Jools and Martin Deegan (inside house) |
. | Jools wearing his custom-made piano suit ( ITV/Tyne Tees) |
. | Jools, chequered floor and grand piano ( Barry Ord Clarke) |
. | Jools Holland and Paula Yates ( Joe Bangay) |
. | Jools, Mary Leahy, their baby son George, and Paula Yates, 1985 |
. | Jools and Lesley Ash, New York ( ITV/Tyne Tees) |
. | Stephen Fry, Jools Holland, Stanley Unwin (seated), member of the Tyne Tees production crew, Portmeirion |
. | Jools and George Harrison, Hong Kong, 1985 |
. | Jools and Fats Domino ( ITV/Tyne Tees) |
. | Jools and Stevie Wonder ( ITV/Tyne Tees) |
. | Jools and Van Morrison |
. | Jools and Ray Charles |
. | Jools and BB King ( BBC) |
. | Jools and Joe Strummer |
. | Jools and President Bill Clinton, Birmingham, 1998 |
. | Mark Flanagan, Laurie Latham, Christopher Holland, Jools Holland, Dave Swift, Eric Clapton and Gilson Lavis at Helicon |
. | Jools and Amy Winehouse ( BBC) |
. | The remains of the crushed Vauxhall Cavalier ( Marsha Lay) |
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