Mike McCartney: how I nearly became the first Radio 1 DJ
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"The sixties were the decade that changed the world, and I should know, cos I was there..."
The sixties was the decade "where people fought for rights, stopped a war, reinvented fashion, and changed the face of music," Mike McCartney tells Remember A Charity's Last Pirate FM.
McCartney, of The Scaffold fame, goes on to reveal how he nearly became the first Radio 1 DJ.
"Somewhere, I’ve got on a tape with my millions of tapes, the theme tune my brother and I did for this Radio 1 my own programme"
Graham Nash asked if he was still with Radio 1 and invited him over to his flat with his Uher tape recorder to meet legendary Motown group, The Supremes. After arriving at the BBC to pick up his Uher on a Sunday when everyone had left, McCartney eventually met the band.
"So you can’t give me my Uher? I popped by that evening... they are supreme."
He also talks about running into a lost Little Richard driving round LA.
"Suddenly this car pulls up alongside me. It's Richard! He's on the other side with a bible on his knee!"
Listen to more of Mike's memories from the sixties from his full interview on Last Pirate FM.
The sixties was the decade "where people fought for rights, stopped a war, reinvented fashion, and changed the face of music," Mike McCartney tells Remember A Charity's Last Pirate FM.
McCartney, of The Scaffold fame, goes on to reveal how he nearly became the first Radio 1 DJ.
"Somewhere, I’ve got on a tape with my millions of tapes, the theme tune my brother and I did for this Radio 1 my own programme"
Graham Nash asked if he was still with Radio 1 and invited him over to his flat with his Uher tape recorder to meet legendary Motown group, The Supremes. After arriving at the BBC to pick up his Uher on a Sunday when everyone had left, McCartney eventually met the band.
"So you can’t give me my Uher? I popped by that evening... they are supreme."
He also talks about running into a lost Little Richard driving round LA.
"Suddenly this car pulls up alongside me. It's Richard! He's on the other side with a bible on his knee!"
Listen to more of Mike's memories from the sixties from his full interview on Last Pirate FM.