Great feature in the NME a couple of weeks
ago (cover pictured) in which our much loved and last remaining music weekly
has matched some young turks of the current music scene with their heroes from the
earlier generations.
John Lydon (always good copy) is matched up
with Rhys Webb from East London’s finest The Horrors.
Cover stars Paul Weller and Miles Kane
strike up such a great rapport that they’re even planning to work together on
Kane’s new album.
It was all in great contrast to a story
from the now defunct Melody Maker (also printed in the also now defunct Number
1 magazine) about 30 years ago when the young Weller was teamed up with his
hero Pete Townshend for a chat and a photo shoot. The meeting was a much edgier
affair than that of Weller and Kane. The pair posed for a now famous picture
outside the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, which is on the route of our
Rock’n’Roll London walk.
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Weller & Townshend outside The Marquee www.jannettebeckman.com |
The now famous photo of Townshend and Weller is the
work of Janette Beckman and is a modern classic of rock & pop photography.
You can see more of her work at her website – www.janettebeckman.com.
Jannette is also teaching a course this summer on
Youth Culture – Documentary and Portrait Photography at the International
Center of Photography in New York. Full details HERE.
For more Weller and Kane at the NME website click HERE.

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