Just found this in the archive, taken 1978/9 ish in Liverpool, Eagle owned a club there "Eric's" read so much about him but never seen a picture, suppose some of you on here would have met him?

supposedly he hated his picture taken, hence there is buggar all out there..

Mal:-)

Edited September 14, 200717 yr by Mal.C.

Eddie's Brother?

Looks like a still from the Sopranos. Old school spect

Just found this in the archive, taken 1978/9 ish in Liverpool, Eagle owned a club there "Eric's" read so much about him but never seen a picture, suppose some of you on here would have met him?

supposedly he hated his picture taken, hence there is buggar all out there..

Mal:-)

Priceless!! A groundbreaking pioneer for the scene, we know today. We should wonder how soul collecting in the UK would have evolved without early 60s innovative DJs like him and the local guys who wanted to be him?

Edited September 14, 200717 yr by john manship

Just found this in the archive, taken 1978/9 ish in Liverpool, Eagle owned a club there "Eric's" read so much about him but never seen a picture, suppose some of you on here would have met him?

supposedly he hated his picture taken, hence there is buggar all out there..

Mal:-)

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exh...erics/index.asp

Isn't he actually interviewed briefly on that TV prog about NS..............the one with Mick Hucknall in??

He's talking about the Wheel and early Manchester clubs.

Cheers,

Mark R

Isn't he actually interviewed briefly on that TV prog about NS..............the one with Mick Hucknall in??

He's talking about the Wheel and early Manchester clubs.

Cheers,

Mark R

He was.

He was a dj at the twisted wheel,bit before my time tho.

well done Mal C for starting this thread - I know the word 'legend' is thrown around the entertainment business like false tears but Roger Eagle really does deserve that title. His involvement in 2 of the most influential clubs in the North tells you all you need to know.

Great link as well Neil.

For those that require more information check a rare interview with the man at

Pool Of Life - Roger Eagle the godfather of British soul https://freespace.virgin.net/penny.kiley/eagle.htm

onwards,

derek

well done Mal C for starting this thread - I know the word 'legend' is thrown around the entertainment business like false tears but Roger Eagle really does deserve that title. His involvement in 2 of the most influential clubs in the North tells you all you need to know.

Great link as well Neil.

For those that require more information check a rare interview with the man at

Pool Of Life - Roger Eagle the godfather of British soul https://freespace.virgin.net/penny.kiley/eagle.htm

onwards,

derek

thanks Derek.

I know you should never wish your life away but I'd still trade five years of my life to have been able to experience 12 months at the Whitworth St Twisted Wheel...

What a fantastic read, both of the articles

Sad that he has passed on, but more so in the fact that with the resurgence of the R&B side of the scene he would have probably have been in his element again.

Great stuff

What a fantastic read, both of the articles

Sad that he has passed on, but more so in the fact that with the resurgence of the R&B side of the scene he would have probably have been in his element again.

Great stuff

Absolutely Bogue... .....Delxxx

After leaving --The Twisted Wheel(shortly after it,s move from Brazennose st. to Whitworth St,he went to other clubs in Manchester then started Eric,s in Liverpool(just near the Cavern!) he came back to D.J. in Manchester under the name of Juke Box Johnson(and that was the t.v. show he was interviewed for) he died i believe just before publication of the book--"Central 1179-The Twisted Wheel Story.

Regards

Tony Coleby

You know what after reading this thread today i had a nosey around the internet and while i admit having heard about Roger only on a small scale,through the club/music scene in Liverpool/Manchester(he even influenced the 80s scene)i must admit what a top bloke he seemed to be and like Bogue said what a great read and story behind this thread.

Just found this in the archive, taken 1978/9 ish in Liverpool, Eagle owned a club there "Eric's" read so much about him but never seen a picture, suppose some of you on here would have met him?

supposedly he hated his picture taken, hence there is buggar all out there..

Mal:-)

I don't think I'm exagerating when I say Roger Eagle was probably the single greatest influence on the growth of Soul music in the North of England. A true pioneer. I wish I'd met him.....

Ian Dewhirst

I don't think I'm exagerating when I say Roger Eagle was probably the single greatest influence on the growth of Soul music in the North of England. A true pioneer. I wish I'd met him.....

Ian Dewhirst

Quite correct ....

We all owe a deep debt to Roger Eagle for the major contribution he made to soul music in the UK .

He truly derserves the title of " Legend " .....

Malc Burton

Nothing to do with NS I know, but I have a book about the early 80's Liverpool Scene that revolved around Erics, which was Liverpool's equivalent of the Hacienda. It contains that photo. Roger was much involved in promoting bands at Erics, including Echo And The Bunnymen and the Teardrop Explodes.

Ian Levine is once reputed to have said......"Roger Eagle has nothing whatsoever to do with northern soul"....I wish I could meet him and ask him why he thinks this......during my visits to the Wheel, listening to the music he played, then getting to know him and asking about records he'd been playing and about the artists who sang on them, and he was always keen to pass on his knowledge if he thought you cared....at that time 65 onwards I was really into Bobby Bland, I loved his records.....if I hadn't gone to the Wheel, and heard these wonderful records and gotten to know and talk to Roger about Bobby Bland, I probably wouldn't be sat here now, writing this, and that's not just me of course there were plenty of others like me, wanting to know more about this music that made us feel so good, Roger by doing what he did, was the catalyst that sent lads like me off in the search to hear more, the more tenatious ones going to America.......and we all know where that leads us to.....

Mr Levine, Roger Eagle's connection to Northern Soul is solid and unbreakable....

Edited September 17, 200717 yr by DelTee

Ian Levine is once reputed to have said......"Roger Eagle has nothing whatsoever to do with northern soul"....

Mr Levine, Roger Eagle's connection to Northern Soul is solid and unbreakable....

He doesn't actually mean that, he interviewed Roger in the Strange World Of NS film and Eagle himself says that he hated it when the music went from blues/rhythm & blues into uptempo soul and no-one wanted to hear the slow stuff anymore

I will always be eternally grateful to Mr Levine for his contribution to the scene via his discoveries played at the Mecca 1972ish plus the video stuff he did on the wheel and its patrons via the three box vid set he did.

Up until then I always viewed those that patronised the Wheel as Soul music supporters who enjoyed the amphetamine fuelled scene that it was.

I always maintained those that went to the Torch were far superior and with it than those bloke who went to the Wheel, the truth is that those guys who did the Wheel 69 onwards had it off big time and all that followed that unique establishment should never forget the part it had shaping the next two decades.

I just wish I had been born 3 year earlier...bastards shit bollocks...

Then again a mate of mine who missed his lift to his first ever Torch night in Jan 73 because he stopped off for a beer en route to the pick up point always wishes he had left his house 30 mins earlier....lol

Edited September 17, 200717 yr by PaulDonnelly

yes paul, but then there are lots of kids who'd have given their right arm to have attended the (golden) torch. I was 13 when it closed, so like you with the wheel, I was three years out too. I did get to the casino in february 1975 though, when some people thought it had already plunged into a downward spiral. the wheel for me is something I can't really relate to. the torch however, would probably have been quite familiar to me, had I stepped into a tardis. I dunno...