SAHB Story by Martin Kielty

Author:Martin Kielty
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781906476762
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
Published: 2012-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

A photo around this time shows the band lined up in front of their aircraft, each happily holding a paper bag like a purse. Each bag contained a stack of hash cakes – but by the time they settled in the plane, someone had managed to eat their way through the lot. Identifying the culprit was simply a case of waiting until the guilty party blurted out: ‘Oh man, the colours on the seat are too much!’ and promptly went Zal-white.

Zal himself had a similar escapade in another US airport, overdoing the recreational substances until he no longer needed makeup. Chris tried rushing him to the toilet but they only made it as far as the balcony, from where Zal projectile-vomited on a passing group of businessmen below. Then they did a runner.

SAHB’s US publicist, Barbara Birdfeather, enthused about life on the road with the guys in a cleaned-up article for the fan club.

Seven-thirty a.m. – an ungodly hour at best, made unnaturally uncomfortable by the incessant ringing of the bedside telephone. Eyes barely opening, I grope for the phone, slowly realising I’m in the Holiday Inn of the city where the Sensational Alex Harvey Band is playing tonight. It’s a call from London, someone inquiring whether they could do a phone interview with Alex later that day. Relieved it wasn’t a major catastrophe, we arrange a mutually convenient time, mutter pleasantries about the weather and hang up.

I turn over, then sit up, unable to get back to sleep. The excitement of the upcoming gig is already getting to me. A headline date in an industrial, middle American town wouldn’t normally seem important, but this is a place that is just crackers over the band – SAHB sells more records here than the States’ top record seller, Elton John; gigs are sold out just about as soon as they’re announced; the kids occasionally spray ‘Vambo Rools!!’ on back street walls. You had to know tonight was gonna be something special!

Grab a fast breakfast, thoughts racing – get the final touches together, make sure everything works, make the difference between a good gig and a great one. Joining me were Dick O’Dell, tall, blonde, tour manager and Dave Batchelor, sound man and album producer for SAHB since its inception.

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