Simon Kirke

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863 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 19 Nov

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And I didn't know at the time it was open G without that bottom E string.

But that kind of lit a fire under Paul Kossoff's bum.

And he slid it up to A. I see.

It's funny how things, you know, germinate.

So we honed it and played it.

And we finally debuted it at a gig in the north of England where we couldn't fail.

We were very popular.

And the place went nuts.

It went nuts.

And off it went.

And honestly, Billy, it became a bit of an albatross around our neck because we couldn't follow it up.

We had this huge global hit.

And it was great because suddenly we were playing different countries.

Yeah, yeah.

That's another story.

That's a great story.

But, yeah.

So, we were the flavor of that particular month in July of 70.

I think it was 70.

And they said, would you like to appear, you know, on the same line that was Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the band.

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