As you do , when meeting old faces , the subject of " whatever happened to .... " / " do you still see .... " invariably comes up . This has been the case over the last few months with the name of Terry " ok-okay-okeh " Sampson .
Terry was , as we all know , one of the major promoters in the mid - 70s , and more so , because of his personna , soon became one of the more notable characters on / of the scene during that period .
I worked for Terry many times , with the most memorable time being that of / at the first KGB all - nighter in Sheffield ( 1977 ? - apologies for the senior moment in not recalling exactly when ) : The place was packed , and as a result of this , the number of bodies inside caused the temperature and humidity levels to rise ..... drastically . As the stage was situated underneath a curved roof - covered in aluminium foil or similar - it meant the condensation within the place had a better place to cling onto besides the other walls in the KGB ...... until it decided to release its' large accumulation of droplets of water onto the person and decks - and the respective electrical equipment - below . At one point , it was akin to the renowned Gene Kelly / Singing In The Rain movie scene . When this was pointed out to Terry , he replied " don't worry - I've got a spare set of
decks " ...... The next person to follow me DJing was the late , great Bub , who , when queing up his first record , turned to me and said " if I had known it was going to be like this , I'd have brought my f***ing trunks " Priceless .
In order to give me some ammunition in respect of a reply to that question - does anyone know what happened to El Tel ?
As you do , when meeting old faces , the subject of " whatever happened to .... " / " do you still see .... " invariably comes up . This has been the case over the last few months with the name of Terry " ok-okay-okeh " Sampson .
Terry was , as we all know , one of the major promoters in the mid - 70s , and more so , because of his personna , soon became one of the more notable characters on / of the scene during that period .
I worked for Terry many times , with the most memorable time being that of / at the first KGB all - nighter in Sheffield ( 1977 ? - apologies for the senior moment in not recalling exactly when ) : The place was packed , and as a result of this , the number of bodies inside caused the temperature and humidity levels to rise ..... drastically . As the stage was situated underneath a curved roof - covered in aluminium foil or similar - it meant the condensation within the place had a better place to cling onto besides the other walls in the KGB ...... until it decided to release its' large accumulation of droplets of water onto the person and decks - and the respective electrical equipment - below . At one point , it was akin to the renowned Gene Kelly / Singing In The Rain movie scene . When this was pointed out to Terry , he replied " don't worry - I've got a spare set of
decks " ...... The next person to follow me DJing was the late , great Bub , who , when queing up his first record , turned to me and said " if I had known it was going to be like this , I'd have brought my f***ing trunks " Priceless .
In order to give me some ammunition in respect of a reply to that question - does anyone know what happened to El Tel ?
Malc Burton