Mike was a rrrrreally nice guy! I was back stage manager for one night , the night of their show in Springfield. He and I sat in the stair well and talked for about an hour on all kinds of things. One thing I like a lot about both Mike and Pete, with talking to them...you soon would realize they are interviewing you! They find you interesting too. I spent about 5 hours with Pete out of their 11 hours in the venue (including their two shows). God damn I miss Pete Tom and Mike!!!
Harold Montgomery, is this really you? You are just about as legendary as they were! How can we read more about you and especially your interaction with them? Recorded interviews with them are precious and rare and you have at least one, don't you?
Mike spoke a lot of truth, not only here in this particular video clip but in that entire interview. I wish I could find it. It seemed like it was an hour long. I also remember that Mike had apologized to Tom Evans widow, Marianne, about all the hanky-panky with the royalties. Mike's widow dispelled all the stuff that Joey was saying that he and Mike had made up. Mike, in all his Welsh frankness, was starting to tell the previously unrevealed truth his last decade on the planet. He was obviously coming to terms with the fact that Pete and Tom would have been doing much better and likely alive if not subjected to the firestarter and spouse.
I understand the history, but the band "would have gone further"? I think they went quite far with the personal they had. If not for the untimely deaths due to being ripped off and screwed by unscrupulous scum, they would have continued to flourish.
It didn't go far with Joey in Badfinger with the others because Joey and his wife fractured the band mentally. The band could have fought Polley, if they all were close and on the same page, which they weren't with Kathie Molland in the picture. Well-documented. Joey quit with a great album they'd worked hard on. He got money from Polley - it's a lie he was broke when he left.
@@phillipmarlowe0525 They never gave him an A-side until the band popularity declined. And BTW, Tom was not a lead guitarist, but Joey was both a lead and a rhythm guitarist. Last thing: "Love Is Gonna Come at Last" reached No.69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Again, that was because they were nearly forgotten by that time.
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Mike was a rrrrreally nice guy! I was back stage manager for one night , the night of their show in Springfield. He and I sat in the stair well and talked for about an hour on all kinds of things. One thing I like a lot about both Mike and Pete, with talking to them...you soon would realize they are interviewing you! They find you interesting too. I spent about 5 hours with Pete out of their 11 hours in the venue (including their two shows). God damn I miss Pete Tom and Mike!!!
Thanks. I sense that they were all really nice guys.
Harold Montgomery, is this really you? You are just about as legendary as they were! How can we read more about you and especially your interaction with them? Recorded interviews with them are precious and rare and you have at least one, don't you?
Harold Montgomery. Down to earth types. Didn't act superior. Another thing I liked about them.
I wish I knew Mike
Mike was a great dude
Mike spoke a lot of truth, not only here in this particular video clip but in that entire interview. I wish I could find it. It seemed like it was an hour long.
I also remember that Mike had apologized to Tom Evans widow, Marianne, about all the hanky-panky with the royalties.
Mike's widow dispelled all the stuff that Joey was saying that he and Mike had made up.
Mike, in all his Welsh frankness, was starting to tell the previously unrevealed truth his last decade on the planet. He was obviously coming to terms with the fact that Pete and Tom would have been doing much better and likely alive if not subjected to the firestarter and spouse.
I understand the history, but the band "would have gone further"? I think they went quite far with the personal they had. If not for the untimely deaths due to being ripped off and screwed by unscrupulous scum, they would have continued to flourish.
Amen to that
It didn't go far with Joey in Badfinger with the others because Joey and his wife fractured the band mentally. The band could have fought Polley, if they all were close and on the same page, which they weren't with Kathie Molland in the picture. Well-documented. Joey quit with a great album they'd worked hard on. He got money from Polley - it's a lie he was broke when he left.
@@h1w1p But it was Pete who believed and trusted Polley. Until it was too late, that is..
At least Joey and Kathy knew who Polley was. @@h1w1p
anyone else waiting for more XD
Yep should have kept the swansea lads in the band
the truth is out there, unfortunately for joey.
Waltuh
I agree. Ron is an original member. I wish he and Dai would have been able to stay. Joey is good but always felt he was relying on his looks more.
But at least Joey wrote more than a song per year, and he was a better guitarist than Tom, which allowed for the line-up to become a better unit.
@@RockinAllDay
Not a better guitarist, none of his songs charted.
@@phillipmarlowe0525 They never gave him an A-side until the band popularity declined. And BTW, Tom was not a lead guitarist, but Joey was both a lead and a rhythm guitarist.
Last thing: "Love Is Gonna Come at Last" reached No.69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Again, that was because they were nearly forgotten by that time.