Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke is becoming a member of the combat to save NYC tune venues and participating in a receive advantages to help the Cutting Room — the identical spot the place he met his current spouse, Maria Figueredo.
“About five years ago I used to be doing 3 nights with [Rolling Stones rocker] Ronnie Wood, and we had been doing a tribute to a blues artist named Jimmy Reed,” he tells us. “The first night after I went for a sound take a look at at 6 p.m., earlier than the doors open, Maria was there. I had by no means observed her sooner than and my jaw dropped to my chest she was once so beautiful.”
“I kind of flirted along with her,” he tells us. “The only trouble was, I used to be married at the time.”
Kirke says he did get her number that night and they married three years later, but clarified it was once “after my divorce.”
Kirke might be sharing more tales in a tell all interview with Q104.3’s on-air personality Ken Dashow on Saturday at midday. Fans — whose ticket acquire will cross to help the Cutting Room — can also be able to ask the rock legend questions.
As if to turn out buying a price tag and virtually tuning in will likely be price it, Kirke dropped a gem of rock history, telling Page Six that he used to be at George Harrison’s space 40 years ago on New Year’s Eve when he gained a gold telegram from the Beatles file label EMI.
“House doesn’t in point of fact describe George’s position. It’s several zip codes,” Kirke instructed us, pronouncing one hundred other people attended the birthday celebration — including Bad Company’s Mick Ralph and contributors of Pink Floyd. “Around nighttime, the witching hour. . . we all congregated to sing ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ which nobody knows the words to, however we fudge it.”
One minute after middle of the night Kirke says the doorbell rang and a man “dressed in a chauffeurs uniform” showed up “bearing a present box. . . a black velvet box,” which held a “forged gold telegram,” that used to be inscribed “To George Harrison from Sir Joseph Lockwood, congratulating you on the sale of your billionth file.”
“We have been gobsmacked,” Kirke said of the number, revealing Harrison was less stunned. Kirke says the legend merely stated, “This will make a just right paper weight,” reserve it and “picked up the guitar,” and began taking part in.
Saturday’s event is in partnership with the New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud (NYAAIF). While song venues are ready to open, decreased capability still makes issues difficult.
Kirke will be taking the stage once more this summer with solo presentations.
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