Steve Hackett remembers batwings, blues clubs and Genesis on £15 a week

Steve Hackett’s seven years in Genesis get re-explored when he tours in October, along with ‘solo gems’ from the records he’s made since, the latest ‘the Roaring Waves’, a collaboration with old pal Steve Rothery. He looks back here at defining moments in the Genesis story such as the stage props, the early American tours and Phil Collins when he met him having just auditioned for Zeffirelli and being “all fur coats and girlfriends”. Along with …

… when bands stood on fishboxes if there wasn’t a stage

… playing harmonica through his nose and “open wounds” from American guitars

.. Cream, John Mayall and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Eel Pie Island

... what Lennon said about Genesis “in the days before we could tweet it, sadly”

… Apache, Man Of Mystery and the guitarists Hank Marvin inspired

… how Phil Collins got to be the band’s singer and the days when Phil and Peter Gabriel did Alan Whicker impressions onstage

... Guy Garvey at the Prog Proms

… the last time the five of them were together and the chance of a reunion

… and the new album with Steve Rothery, inspired by Whitby and the legend of Dracula.

Order copies of ‘The Roaring Wave’ here: https://stevehackettsteverothery.lnk.to/TheRoaringWaves-Album

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