Arrows, Love Is Easy, Alan Merrill

The Arrows perform the ballad "Love Is Easy" from their 1976 album "First Hit." Lead vocals Alan Merrill, Guitars Terry Taylor and Jake Hooker, drums Paul Varley.

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Music

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• Arrows
• Alan-Merrill
• Love-Is-Easy
• uk
• pop
• 70s
• Jake-Hooker
• Paul-Varley
• Terry-Taylor

[fabnekko]

Girls will like this and guys won't. It's very romantic! Guys hate that lovey type ofsentiment:)

[wexiflex]

From what I've seen on video he rarely does a song the same way twice.

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing If you want a real blast from the past look up David John and the Mood. Pete Illingsworth was the tall chap. He was instrumental in bringing Paul down from Preston. That's where it all began.

They formed Little Free Rock, that's way back in the Marquee, Bag O Nails, Ronny Scotts, Speakeasy days.

At one point they did have Ginger Johnson, and Speedy Aquai on board, Jack Berry book them practically every week.

London was real.

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing I stayed in London at June's , Bill was in the thick of it with a woman, "again" and somewhere along the way took on Stickey Fingers.

If you ever see Spinal Tap, Dave Caffaneti, is the key board player.

Stevie did alot of studio stuff , many people appreciated his talent.

I could have sworn seeing Tetsu in late 77, but it is sometimes a blur.

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing Yes that's the one and it was used on that recording. It was on a chair behind in the booth and Mickey promised to send me to Highgate cemetary if I sat on it, I assured him I love the place but wouldn't be so stupid. He was so personable.

[KeithTheKing]

@TR5T Dallas Taylor was drumming with Paul Varley in the South of France 1977. Two drummers in the band. The photos are on the Arrows website, stuff from Vence France. Tetsu left for Japan never to return in 1976, so he wasn't in the mix. When they got back to London from France, Wyman failed to get the "new Arrows" a record deal, and then in 1978 Alan, Mick Feat and Steve Gould formed Runner. That's when Paul started Darling, in 1978.

[KeithTheKing]

@TR5T That must be the famous white Fender bass owned by Mr. Most that was on so many hit records. Now that you mention it I think Alan played that bass on the original a-side Abbey Road version of "I love rock 'n' roll" and lots of other Arrows records.

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing Not to speak ill of the dead but Mickey did do one rather amazing thing, when we were at Apple Studios he let Alan use the "Animals" bass, apparently it was the House of the Rising Sun bass.

He also periodically allowed him to use it on stage.

Noone else was allowed to even move it!

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing Yes Alice, she weighed about a sausage was very pretty and funny but really had no stage presence.

Stevie , Mark and Dave we're good mates. Rare Bird was another misfortunate group. All the talent in the world but poor management.

UFO is the only group from our little world who have carried on, Phil saw to that, they kept their German and world audiences interested.

I thought that Tetzu might have been with them in St. Paul.

When they got back we never spoke much about it.

[KeithTheKing]

@TR5T You are referring to Alice Spring of Paul's post Arrows band Darling I think. Jake hasn't played guitar professionally since 1977 when he married Lorna Luft.

In 1978 Bill Wyman took the following Arrows members to his house in Vence, France. Paul Varley, Terry Taylor, Alan Merrill, plus extra new members Steve Gould and Mick Feat. They recorded a few tracks in France as The Arrows with Bill Wyman producing. Jake wasn't involved in this phase of The Arrows.

[TR5T]

@KeithTheKing Mick and Alice were swell people but "wanna bes" none the less. Sorry Mick sorry Alice. far too much masquara, hair dye and peroxide. Doomed to failure. Great sense of humour though.

Thank God I had stopped drinking by then, poor PV just couldn't get enough.

Jake may one day be scared into an Arrows refit!? Wishful thinking. He does have the most amazing 56 Les Paul with Humbucker pickups, rarely used on stage or the TV series at Granada but every bit as rich a sound as ever was.

[KeithTheKing]

@TR5T Since 1975 'I love rock n roll" has been licensed to Joan Jett, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Showaddywaddy, Alvin Stardust, Hello, L'Arc En Ciel, Weird Al Yankovic and many more. Alan does perform in New York, but has also been to Japan and Germany this year doing live shows and TV. After Arrows Paul played with the band Darling and also Terry Reid. Terry Taylor has been playing with Bill Wyman for many years since Arrows, still is. Jake never performed as a pro again after Arrows ended .