No, Edmunds played the drums himself. At the time, he was working as a producer, engineer and session man at Rockfield Studios.
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Does anyone know if it is true that Phil Suarez was the drummer on the 1970 Christmas no 1 'I Hear You Knocking' by Dave Edmunds? He certainly played with the band.
No, Edmunds played the drums himself. At the time, he was working as a producer, engineer and session man at Rockfield Studios.
From the liner notes of Edmunds' excellent 1994 best of compilation 'Chronicles': "He eventually re-emerged with a powerful remake/remodel of Smileys Lewis's classic I Hear You Knocking. The ultimate do-it-yourself job, Edmunds recorded and overdubbed everything himself - vocals, guitars, drums, the whole shebang."
On a similar subject I was told the video of Only you by the flying pickets was filmed in the back bar of the Napier in Canton
Anyone know if this was true?
Dave Edmunds was a class act, lucky to have caught Rockpile live a few times , hellva of a line up and band
I was going to say definitely not, but, having just looked at the video again,
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=RDqgDKtLPp46s
I think it might be - looks a bit too small for the Napier though.
I know his Rockpile touring band was Edmunds, Billy Bremner (not that one!) on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass and Terry Williams (ex Man) on drums. I also heard that he was the brother of Geoff Edmunds the Cardiff estate agent?
According to their official website it was filmed in the Red Lion and Pineapple in Acton High St
https://www.pickets.co.uk/videos