Bassically speaking, he's part of the cake. Rhythm is the cake. Everything else is just the icing on the cake...
Music
Movies
Television
Books
Aplenty...
Heroes
Jaco Pastroius, James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Scott Lafaro, Ray Brown, Jerry Jermont, James Brown, Sly Stone, anything with a pulse...
Norman Watt Roy's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Fulham
Body type:
Athletic
Ethnicity:
Other
Religion:
Atheist
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / Yes
Children:
I don't want kids
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Muso...
Norman Watt Roy in your extended network Posted at 8:58 PM Jul 19, 2007 view more
About me:
This IS Norman's Official Page! However, he's always very busy shuffling rizla papers, and woodsheddin with that rhythm stick of his to actually RUN this page. I do it for him. I'm Kyle, and our history as mates goes back way further than my actual birth... long story.
HERE IS A NEW BLOCKHEADS VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE 'GREED.' IT FEATURES CAMEOS FROM MARTIN FREEMAN AND ROLAND RIVRON
INTEGRITY NEVER PAID THE BILLS!!!
Born in Bombay, India on 15th February 1951
When Norman was a four year old his family moved to England and settled in Highbury, North London and at eight years of age relocated to Essex where he remained until he left school and moved back to London.
In 1967 he formed 'The Living Daylights' with his brother Garth and released a single on the Philips label called 'Lets Live For Today' and did regular gigs in venues such as The Angel Blues Rooms in Edmonton, London. In 1968 Norman and Garth formed a nine piece soul band and toured U.S. bases in Germany backing American soul singers such as Sonny Burke and played a summer residency at the Maddocks Club in Spain. By this time the band were known as 'The Greatest Show On Earth' and by 1969 had procured a recording deal with Harvest Records leading to the release in February 1970 of a single 'Real Cool World' which was a hit in Europe and reached No.1 in Switzerland. A debut album was to follow entitled 'Horizons' and by 1971 they had put out another single 'Tell The Story' and a second album 'The Goings Easy'.
72 / 73 Norman joined Glencoe and met guitarist John Turnbull. This funky quartet released two albums 'Glencoe' and 'The Spirit of Glencoe' along with three singles and four recorded John Peel radio sessions before breaking up, and in 1974 got together with keyboardist Mick Gallagher to form the nucleus of a band which ,with the addition of drummer Charlie Charles, was to be called 'Loving Awareness' (managed by Radio Caroline guru Ronan O' Reilly) .It was while doing a session with Charlie for a friend in 1976 that they met Chaz Jankel and Ian Dury and went on to play on the album 'New Boots and Panties'.
The 'Loving Awareness' quartet were later to join up with Chaz and Ian for the first Stiff Tour of U.K. and became known as 'Ian Dury and The Blockheads' releasing two more albums on Stiff and a bevy of singles, achieving No1 status in the U.K. in 1979 with 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' (featuring a dazzling bass line by Norman which can be heard jammed in music shops around the world by aspiring bassists everywhere).It was when Chaz Jankel was replaced for a time in 1980 by Wilko Johnson that a rapport between Norman and Wilko resulted in Norman becoming a regular member of Wilkos' own band by 1985.
During the 1970's and 1980's Norman did session work, appearing on albums such as Nick Lowe's 'Jesus of Cool', Rachel Sweet's 'Fool Around' and Jona Lewie's 'No.1 single 'You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties'. He also made an appearance ..ors 1981 album 'Celebrate the Bullet' and played on The Clash 'Sandanista' album along with fellow Blockhead Mick Gallagher ..boards. Norman also put his bass on their 'Cut The Crap' recordings.
In 1983 he provided the original bass line for the 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' single 'Relax' and in 1984 teammed up with Mickey again for Eric Goulden(Wreckless Eric)s' 'Captains Of Industry' album.
In 2001 Norman completed sessions with members of 'Madness' (with whom he sporadically joined for live work at the time) and the ex producer of Depeche Mode who had recorded him jamming with drummer Steve Monti with plans to sample the results. Since then he has been busy working with Nick Cave on Nick's solo shows (without the Bad Seeds) and continuing to be Wilko Johnson's secret weapon. Which brings us up to date... Where's The Party Norm?
Who I'd like to meet:
Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Duke ellington... all the catssssss!
Hi, thanks for the add, hope you like the songs, let us know what you think, hopefully see you at gig sometime, We have just released a new 3-track single on iTunes, Napster etc
If you could tell your friends about us that would be great, and also add us :-)
Playing all the classics such as 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick', 'Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll', 'Reasons To Be Cheerful' and 'What A Waste'.
And because it's our Skandal Christmas party , we are keeping the ticket price down to just £10. You'll notice that everywhere else on the tour the price is a lot lot more than that. So buy them early to avoid disappointment as it will be more in the door if there are any left.
There will also as usual at Skandal , be a fantastic supporting bill of bands across the 2 rooms so watch this space for more details.
May I presume to bung a plug for HOWDEN RiBFEST II on to your comments please?
Its Friday, Saturday and Sunday October 9th, 10th & 11th with free stuff and paying stuff and drinking stuff and eating stuff and errrmmmm....other stuff.
Find the link to the Howden Live website on me myspace......I thank you.
We're playing two gigs this weekend and we'd love to see you there! Friday night it's Lady Luck at Last Days of Decadence and Saturday it's Shore Leave at the George Tavern!
Hi, Im still in Canada,did some great gigs with World Party ,Now on holiday for a week in Vancouver. How were A W B .Gosh its been a long time I saw them .Best 2 Ya. J T.
Thanks for being a friend.We had a great visit. We have coupons on our My space site as well as cool contests , Trivia and give a ways. Welcome to the Buddha's Body Art Family (est. 1966).Thanks to everyone in Erie for voting Buddha's Erie's Choice for best Tattoo shop 2008. We have won this award repeatedly , Thanks to all of you!!!!!! As seen on TV (Discovery Channel ,ESPN, CNN, ION, Fox, as well as Easy Rider, Tattoo , Tattoo Review, Pushing Ink ) just to name a few. Buddhas Body Art Inc. Erie Pa and Sturgis S.D.Buddha's is one of the nations oldest running tattoo studios (est 1966). It is a second generation studio with the third generation already tattooing. We have five international award winning artist with countless trophies . Each take pride in their work. It is not just a tattoo but a piece of artwork that will last you a lifetime.Safety is our number one priority. All customers receive new individually bagged Sterile equipment that is disposed of after one use. All artist are Licensed in Pa and several other states as well as certified in Bloodborne Pathogens ,First aide, CPR and are required by Buddha's to update education Yearly. Home office is at 2761 w. 12 St. Erie Pa. We are open daily and we take walk ins every day. Monday - Friday 2pm-10pm Saturday 12pm-10pm and Sunday 2pm - 8pm. For Piercing prices and safety info go to www.buddhas.com.Office number is (814) 833-0439.Our Buddha's in Sturgis S.D. is located at 1108 Main St. Sturgis S.D. open for Rally and four times throughout the year.Thanks and tell your friends.
Hi Norman, Thanks for adding me as a friend on myspace. You are one of my favourite bass players! I've enjoyed your music since the seventies and saw you recently with Wilko Johnson. I play bass in a covers band and write songs and poetry. I hope that you may find some time to listen to my material. Best wishes. Will.
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