We had a little semi-detached in Croydon. Lets put it this way, he was badly knocked about.. They had a baby, and this year, Marc Bolan began to make a come-back. I still have a photo of Marc on my mantlepiece. Trouble is it is not the true or full story.To read the true story look up Vicky Aram who was there that night as a guest of Marc and Gloria. I was on the same label as him, EMI, and hed say: Oh yeah, my new single, its done 30,000. And Id say: Marc, Ive seen the figures. The car was driven by his girlfriend, American singer Gloria Jones, who crashed into a tree in Gipsy Lane, Barnes, in London. Alright, so I went through a period of time when I didnt want to say anything in the papers, but I think every artist goes through that". Re: Chris Watts interview. Ended up here as I visited this site today as I was in Barnes and my cousin used to live in the house directly behind the crash site double nostalgia. She offered Marc a teatime TV series. It was once said of the Rolling Stones: Would you let your daughter marry one of these? But as far as the stars of glam rock were concerned you had to work out the gender first. A little before five oclock the car left the road at Queens Ride, Barnes Common, and crashed into a tree. By Richard Jones. Yes Gloria Jones was the driver and its likely she wasnt entirely sober and had alcohol & cocaine in her system, two things Bolan and his entire circle indulged in. There was no one there apart from me. Mr. The night before he had been at Mortons restaurant in Londons Berkeley Square, celebrating Gloria Joness return to the UK from California, where she had been recording an album. In the 1970s she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T.Rex. In fact she did not even learn of his death until after his funeral. Im really glad I didnt die today because I wouldnt have made the main story. When Marc died I think it was the same day as Maria Callas he got the main story, thank goodness. The car was written off, chunks of engine forced through into the passenger compartment. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. According to Visconti, who was there with his wife Mary Hopkin, the occasion turned into a circus. I was suspicious of his story when I first read it years ago. In truth, Bolan had gone through a very problematic period of time. Bolan spent 67,000 on the 10- bedroomed 17th-century property and another small fortune on renovation, but never lived there. Whatever happened to all his guitars etc people out there know what happened !!! Black & white. However, Steve Harley believes Bolans endorsement of punk was purely a means to an end. His mind seemed to be travelling in a million different directions at the same time. There was all this glass on the ground; nobody had bothered to clear it up. It never happened, but his music lives on Im not sure on your comment , but please feel free to ask . He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. So were my friends, the next day I told them about the incident. It was an accident and a tragedy, these happen. Six months later T. Rex bassist Steve Currie was killed in a road accident in Portugal. Russell, I was 19 at the time, and could not believe what I was hearing on the radio. THE legend of Marc Bolan, Glam Rock's inventor, is one of innovation, hedonism, decadence and tragedy. It's very unlikely that a manslaughter charge would have stuck. Chris states that his unit was on route to a large warehouse fire in Kingston and was redirected to the accident in Barnes. I know of two in collections and I have his telecaster bought from Christies , I also have a burns flyte bass he gifted and the slab body bass he bought for steve Currie to use on ride a white swan. He gave up writing proper poetry once he realised he could be on every girls bedroom wall with Ride A White Swan onward. Now he was back in Britain, his explosive mouth on overdrive, fit, healthy and strutting the Beltane Walk again. While the music itself was standard, hard driving pop/rock, the performers clothes were something else. You just called him a racist. Eddie Cochrane became one of the first of the rock legends whose fame rests as much upon the manner of his death a car crash as upon the matter of his music. 59 now, retired, and spending a wonderful afternoon having a few drinks whilst listening to T-Rex songs. Fire service Records showed that there was no warehouse fire on that date. Hot Love, Keepster, Telegram Sam, The Slider. Im afraid it is, he admitted. Do I wish he was still with us, without question as he touched many hearts and super sized souls but do I think trying to disect things is worth it, no because the only person who has the right to do so isnt with us anymore in the physical. It covers the accident in near forensic detail and I have located and interviewed pretty much every member of all 3 emergency services who were present and I can assure you that Chris Watts story is Not true. . Surrealistic rocknroll. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. In Britain, they bridged the stunning gap between the orgasmic excitement of concerts, and the boredom of hotel rooms that followed. Bowie had been a long-time friend of Marc's. When Bolan's career faltered in the mid-Seventies, Bowie encouraged him to make a comeback. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes. Never before and possibly never since, have men taken to the stage in full face make-up with lipstick and glitter, sparkling high heeled boots, feather boas and sometimes frocks. Soul Funk. i have watched a TON of interviews with her, and you would think there was a third person in the car driving. Why tell the truth when an exaggeration would do? A racist mechanic? But Even sober people can (and often do) crash their automobile when driving at the early hours of the morning down dark, poorly-lit roads, even when they havent been partying all night. I say this with no criticism and no malice, but Marc was a fully paid-up member of the Fantasy Island Club. Bolan and his girlfriend Gloria Jones were out clubbing when she crashed their car into a tree. For you to say its unfortunate that she didnt also die and take pleasure in her being ripped-off from Marcs inheritance is just appalling and you should be ashamed of yourself. The managing director of EMI, Bob Mercer, phoned me up. There was a rabbi reading a eulogy, and Marcs coffin was in the middle of these twin tracks, like on a railroad. Recording the otherwise lost history of all manner of British culture is very important to me. Total class., On Bolans final British tour, promoting his 1977 album Dandy In The Underworld, he invited The Damned to join him on the road as T.Rexs support band. Marc Bolan singing his first hit, Ride a White Swan. He was lifted out of the car by Glorias brother. Gloria has made life hard for herself , she claimed Marc to be violent , and she appeared back in Uk. Thats when the penny dropped. Gloria Jones: Hed be doing his own music, hed be doing film, hed be enjoying time with his son, and wed possibly be living in Malibu. This topic is very interesting. The Singer, song-writer poet, a guitarist was only 29. . The scale of the task ahead was rammed home when, on May 3, 1976, Marc and Gloria Jones went to see David Bowie play Wembley's Empire Pool. If, people want racism to go away, then it needs to be taken seriously, not thrown around like calling everyone who disagrees with you one. They said his name was Mark Feld, but you might know him better as Marc Bolan. The young London pop fan, Mark Feld, first approached the glitter world of the pop star when he carried the guitar of Eddie Cochrane into a London concert hall 18 years ago. Gloria and Marc - whose son Rolan was 20-months-old at the time - had been returning to their Richmond home after a night out in London's Mayfair around 4am when their purple mini crashed. It caused outrage., While its true that the hits never totally dried up for Marc Bolan, theres little doubt his creative muse fizzled rather than sizzled in his latter years. Then this girl appeared. His music, as well as his highly original sense of style and extraordinary stage presence, helped create the glam rock era which made him one of the most recognisable stars in British rock . It was less to do with fighting Rockers at Clacton than with the pursuit of style. So very sad. So I went to the tree. Its actually the fans and media that keep Marcs popularity . I was unable to return to London 1975). He found it within a year, with a single called Ride a White Swan that combined the bizarre imagery of his Hippy days with a driving, insistent rhythm that spelled commercial success. Marc you beautiful man. All the money accrued by T-Rex, then, legally went to Child. The couple had been followed home in another car containing Richard Jones. So sad to read false testimony. I was at the Weeley Festival in 1971, where Marc played. Penny..would you email me pleasethanks Bari. Its all writ. A big robotic arm appeared out of a crack just in front of the coffin and moved it along the rails. On 16 th September 1977, a car crash shocked the world of music, when a 29-year-old musician and the lead singer of British heavy metal band T-Rex Marc Bolan lost his life that night. I wonder what would have happened if I had gone back but of course I can never know. Plus Simon Napier-Bell and Tony Visconti, who worked with Bolan; Harry Feld, his brother; Toyah Willcox, who worshipped him; Gloria Jones who went out with him and had his son; Danielz, of tribute . so sad when some one goes before their time..if only if only if only. He was thrown out of the car during the accident and was not cut out of the car at all. It is thought that Gloria had lost control of the car as she negotiated the bridge, striking a fence post before hitting a sycamore tree. It was a wonderful, exciting and creative time. Neither Gloria nor Bolan were wearing a seat belt.. After being friendly glam-rock adversaries, the pairs careers veered off in radically different paths. Search instead in Creative? To mark the anniversary, BBC . By the side of Queen's Ride, one of the roads that skirts Barnes Common, a flight of steps ascend to the roadside memorial to rock legend Marc Bolan (1947 - 1977). It was 40 years ago on 16 September that Marc Bolan died in a car crash in southwest London at the appallingly young age of 29. Thanks. To get there he had adopted whatever guise would advance him best - he was a mod, a Dylan imitator, and found credibility and modest success with ethereal acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex. One of these must be true. Just one tiny little mark.. and the blanket was in vickys car behind.prior to going to a callbox for help.she told me he was in the car and appeared uninjured and laying on the floor of the car..Gloria appeared to have had head injuries and her brother took him from the car and layed him on a blanket from vickys boot while she went to a callbox to call emergency services.. Marc Bolan, riding in the passenger's seat of the car, was killed instantly. To the best of Classic Rocks knowledge, Jones has never spoken publicly about the smash. Marc was firing on all cylinders, Sensible recalls. Radio 1 DJ John Peel who brought Tyrannosaurus Rex to public attention ferried Bolan and Took up to Kidderminster for an allnighter on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968, following an appearance on his Top Gear show in London. She was the type to have one drink, then call it quits and not have any more, because she wanted to stay in control of her faculties., The spotlight fell on the Mini, which had recently been serviced. Just so sad. I would not know if he wore seat-belt, and even though the Mini for sure was fun driving, he for sure could have owned and been traveling in a crash-safer car. Until a face-to-face meeting is arranged between those concerned, the event shall always be associated with tedious, time-wasting, appalling lies. 25 August 2013. In 1977 Marc Bolan, singer from Glam rock group T.Rex, died in a car crash in London. Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 1947 - 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. At the time of Marcs death I wasnt a huge fan, but now I really appreciate his work. All the events that happened subsequent to his death just added insult to injury. Marc wanted to live forever. But they were such contrasting personalities. Marc Bolans funeral took place on Tuesday, September 20, 1977 at Golders Green Crematorium. her lack of shame, or any trace of sadness is mind-blowing. Besides, the car was driven by Gloria Jones, his girlfriend. Bolan looked coolly confident, well accustomed to the experience of The Interview. I didnt understand but now of course I learned that he had a form of dyslexia. They were barely a mile from home. Ive always got something interesting to say as long as the right person asks the right questions. Here was a guy with glitter on his cheeks, wearing gold shoes. Very sad that he died that way. and then she became a TV producer. Marc was back on form. Manchester Square was what they called an RTA station and our appliance was carrying specialist rescue equipment.. Two weeks before his thirtieth birthday, Bolan was killed when the Mini his partner Gloria Jones was driving hit a metal fence. For 5000, now you can, Watch David Bowie tease David Gilmour before joining him onstage for a spine-tingling duet on Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, This stunning orchestral version of Stairway To Heaven, featuring Orianthi on guitar, will make you fall in love with Led Zeppelin all over again, "Where is my dog poop? Amongst many other things I recall him telling me he had difficulty reading where buses were going. singer Gloria Jones, she was fortunate enough to survive the crash. I came back and went straight to the hospital to see Gloria she had facial injuries and her jaw was all wired up., I was in Berlin working and I immediately flew home for the funeral, says Tony Visconti. My PA back in London said: The journalists want a quote from you. I went: A quote? She sang backing vocals and played clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. marc was actually thrown into the backseat, and new evidence suggests that a metal spike entered his eye. It seemed like the car, which had been a Mini, had failed to make a left hand bend, crossed the road and hit the tree. The little girls soon started to scream for the singers whose music was aimed specifically at them the Osmonds, David Cassidy. Always keep a little Marc in your heart. He said: Have you heard the radio today? The T Rex star was killed instantly when his car hit a tree in south London. Youre clearly a nasty, small-minded clown who needs someone to blame for this. R.i.p. Her rendition of "Dock of the Bay" appears as a bonus track on T.Rex's album Bolan's Zip Gun. Im still shocked and saddened that his house was ransacked and emptied very soon after his death was broadcast. He was, in fact, killed when his Mini hit a steel-reinforced fence post. The vehicle struck a tree in the Southwest London area, and both the passengers were hospitalized. Beautiful People. Marc. He was getting fit, the cheekbones were coming back, he was excited, he had a great band, and the songs were getting better.. His earlier work was a joy to behold A Beard Of Stars [Tyrannosaurus Rexs 1970 album] is a classic, its in my Top 20 of all time. How come we never heard Glorias version of events.why was she never questioned? Oh, no. Hair tinted with wispy gold and blue hues, he sported large square spectacles, presenting a somewhat bizarre cross between Cliff Richard conservativeness and Elton John outlandishness. I feel thats very likely so, but should anyone have been held accountable well all I can say to that is, that hindsight is a curious thing, no one was or has really been held responsible or accountable, but the only peace of mind that I have is that thankfully I dont think Marc saw it coming as it happened so quickly that he probably was gone, before he even had the chance to process everything ( and I truly hope I am right) for his sake). The couple's 20-month-old son was not in the car when they crashed at 0400 BST on the way to Mr Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. He was the cosmic punk again.. Soul singer Gloria Jones, 64, is best known for two things: the original classic version of Tainted Love and being Marc Bolan's girlfriend - she was in the Mini that crashed . Just my honest input , I was 21 too remember the impact it had on me as if it was yesterday, Im so sorry your life ended I always saw you on TV you was one of the best so sad your not around god bless you never forgot from Tony, never read so much crap in such a short time before, This is very strange and doesnt tally with the other witness accounts. Thanks for the topic and the comments, still. Following . Wed 16th Sep 2020 16.00 BST. No one can quite agree on what exactly Marc Bolan would be doing today, if hed lived. T.Rex records worked so well because they were celebratory and a bit cheeky at the same time., But a failure to reinvent himself as successfully as Bowie cost Bolan dear. The couple began their set at 3am and then slept Easter Monday off at the family homes of the clubs disc jockeys Rod Gilchrist and Paul Jennings. Marc Bolan, 29, a British musician who became a rock star as leader of the heavy metal rock band T-Rex., died Friday in a car crash in a London suburb. Oh yeah, and there was a No.2 single that year as well: Jeepster. Singer Marc Bolan (1947-1977) on a tour bus in June 1972. Not sure my Dyslexia helps, what I establish as an apprentice mechanic In London in the 1970s , was profound , Racism Despite its unlikely sounding name, Franks place had been a mecca for Midlands beat groups for years. All that money ended up in trust in the Caribbean, some money was paid out to his wife at the time and then the tax man got a hold of a couple of million. news journalist, retired, Your email address will not be published. So an accident, yes , was a front wheel lose on the mini , YES , if your a mechanic you would understand how dangerous and Easy to lose control , but most persons would continue to drive especially in the rain . Marc Bolan with girlfriend Gloria Jones and their baby son, Rolan Bolan - born 26th September - pictured 1st October 1975. . The Day Marc Bolan Died. For 25 years, the tree on Barnes Common, into which the purple Mini, which Jones was driving, crashed on September 16, 1977, killing Bolan instantly, has been an unlikely shrine, draped with. I havent been into cars for years. recalled Chris Watts, then a member of London Fire Brigade but for the past 21 years licensee of the Albion Inn, Bath Road, Worcester, when a call came to attend an accident on the South Circular. For the next six and a half years their lives were to continue a universe apart, until late one night they crossed at a sycamore tree by a hump back bridge on the South Circular. He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. Is it a boy? Required fields are marked *. We dont need sensationalism right now, she states plainly. #ltjones #marcbolanINSTAGRAM: L_T_Jones She was later summonsed to appear in court in London on charges of being unfit to drive and driving a car in a dangerous condition, but she never returned to face the allegations. You cant believe a word of that. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T. Rex. Back then in 1977, I was 18 and me and some of my music enthusiast friends were big fans of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. released a flop of a record for Decca called The Wizard. Marc bought me The Lord Of The Rings and said: If you want to know more about me, read this., BP Fallon was Bolans publicist at the height of his charges fame. Crews at the capitals other stations were ordered to standby as cover and the men from Blue Watch at Manchester Square W1 took to the road in readiness. Wait a minute. The mini hit a tree in Queens Ride, Bawnes and was a Write-of''. Im 64 years old. It was on this site on 16th September 1977 that Marc Bolan died in a car crash, when his purple Mini crashed into a sycamore tree. It was here that a fatal, early morning crash, ended the career of one of the great superstars of the glam-rock era, and it is to . When they got to the scene near a humpback bridge on Queens Ride, Barnes, it was pretty obvious there was no rescuing to be done. Hi Russell, same as you mate, a big shock to the system hearing upon Marcs passing, I was 16 years old at the time but was a Bolan fan from aged 12. RM E11EH7 - Sep. 16, 1977 - September 16th 1977 Marc Bolan killed in car crash. I was broken to think this was how he was after the crash. The leader of . As the scene rotted, male prostitution gnawed its edges, but in its dedicated pursuit of style an image that could outstare the world the Mod world groomed many a future star. It was very fashionable to use my face on the cover of everything. Today though, interest in Bolan is thriving. her injuries (i want to say unfortunately, but i wont) were not life-threatening. But Television-Man had said we were crazy, said we were juvenile delinquent wrecks Aw man, I needed TV when I had T-Rex? It was two weeks before his 30th birthday. And tights. This was the Song that he wrote when I was young His death haunts so many of us to this day.But how low down for this guy to fabricate such a tale,when there are so many documented accounts of the crash site. Yes, you are correct, my father was the ambulance driver that attended, he was thrown through the window sadly. This is not just about one moment in the past; its about decades of deceit; decades of wasting everyones time with pathetic lies ; a former public official or the brother of a music personality either defaming their public office, or associating-by-their-relationto them another performers, (their sisters), career, in boring, maudlin tales of woe. *Marc Bolan (Marc Feld), car accident in 1977. Artistic Director (and Hair Advisor) should be Danielz from T.Rextasy Danielz knows Marc inside out, IMO. Bolan and Jones left Mortons at about four oclock in the morning in a purple Mini 1275 GT. Gloria Jones lost her husband and father of her child, from a pure accident that any of us, even good drivers, could make. Bond Street. On September 16, 1977, Marc was on his way home from a club in Berkeley Square with Gloria Jones. Brendon was a Londoner and was shocked by the news. Shame on the fake fireman. The pair headed to their house in Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen. He would seize any opportunity to further his own career. For the last couple of years Ive been researching and writing a book which covers the last few months of Marcs life. The British Establishment clasped him to its grisly bosom, and he appeared in anti-litter advertisements. Soul singer - songwriter - producer Born on 19.10.1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio Sister of Richard Jones.Mother of Rolan Bolan. In June 1972 British culture is very important to me own gloria jones marc bolan accident lives on im not sure on comment. 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