I "sang" in a band with Barry back in the early 2000s around Cambridgeshire. We were called Tongue and Groove and just played tons of dodgy covers. I was a shocking singer, but Barry was a great guy. The drummer was called Darren, I seem to remember. They had me cracking up with their stories.
Barry Mitchell, the 2nd most prominent Queen bass guitarist in Queen (after Roger Deacon) played 13 live gigs in Queen between August 1970 - January 1971. Before that, Barry Mitchell played in Crushed Butler, one of the earliest proto-punk bands (along with The Deviants and Edgar Broughton Band) in spring and summer 1970. Barry, along with Jesse Hector and Darryl Read recorded a very crucially important early proto-punk recording consisting of 4 songs including "My Son's Alive", "Love Fighter" plus 2 more songs at Decca Recording Studios, West Hampstead, London in spring 1970. And even before that Barry Mitchell played in The Earth (not the pre - Black Sabbath band) in 1968 and 1969... Recording an unreleased album that recently was unearthed to great acclaim. It would be safe to say assume that Barry Mitchell is one of the great unsung British bass players from the late 60's / early 70's!!
Mike Grose was Queen’s first bassist until he left for personal reasons R.I.P. Mike Grose. Barry Mitchell was queen’s second bassist until he left because he felt he needed more money. Doug Bogie was queen’s third bassist and played for 2 gigs and then was replaced by John Deacon
Wow, as someone who was a fan of Queen for what must have been decades now (and knew of this guy’s existence) I was completely caught off guard by this interview suddenly surfacing. I must say, he is surprisingly observant and level-headed about his involvement. No hagiography and wearing rose-tinted glasses. On another note: Isn’t it sad that someone who’s been with the band for 3 weeks sees the current situation better than Taylor, May and all the sycophants/yes-men surrounding them who act how they do supposedly in the name of “protecting Freddie’s legacy”? Mitchell said the quiet part out loud: this Lambert debacle is nothing more than essentially an ingeniously marketed cover/tribute band with some semblance of legitimacy because May and Taylor are in it. Same with the Paul Rodgers project earlier. I know I’m beating a dead horse, but still, one would be surprised how sacrilegious it is to say this in some "Queen fan" circles. I was contemplating buying tickets for the 2017 tour (because Queen is still my favourite band), but then I became sick to my stomach from the thought of it. I couldn’t have put it better myself: retire with dignity and count your money!
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I "sang" in a band with Barry back in the early 2000s around Cambridgeshire. We were called Tongue and Groove and just played tons of dodgy covers.
I was a shocking singer, but Barry was a great guy. The drummer was called Darren, I seem to remember. They had me cracking up with their stories.
Barry Mitchell, the 2nd most prominent Queen bass guitarist in Queen (after Roger Deacon) played 13 live gigs in Queen between August 1970 - January 1971.
Before that, Barry Mitchell played in Crushed Butler, one of the earliest proto-punk bands (along with The Deviants and Edgar Broughton Band) in spring and summer 1970. Barry, along with Jesse Hector and Darryl Read recorded a very crucially important early proto-punk recording consisting of 4 songs including "My Son's Alive", "Love Fighter" plus 2 more songs at Decca Recording Studios, West Hampstead, London in spring 1970.
And even before that Barry Mitchell played in The Earth (not the pre - Black Sabbath band) in 1968 and 1969... Recording an unreleased album that recently was unearthed to great acclaim.
It would be safe to say assume that Barry Mitchell is one of the great unsung British bass players from the late 60's / early 70's!!
Great interview man 😀
Awesome guy!
I agree...I wished Queen would expand the setlist to include some of the older fan favs...never know, might catch on or revive
Mike Grose was Queen’s first bassist until he left for personal reasons R.I.P. Mike Grose.
Barry Mitchell was queen’s second bassist until he left because he felt he needed more money.
Doug Bogie was queen’s third bassist and played for 2 gigs and then was replaced by John Deacon
100% not Queen without Freddie and John
Barry my friends😘🇫🇷
Anybody else paying attention to We Will Rock You playing in the bottom right corner?
I had to go back and re-watch it-good eye!!!!
Wow, as someone who was a fan of Queen for what must have been decades now (and knew of this guy’s existence) I was completely caught off guard by this interview suddenly surfacing. I must say, he is surprisingly observant and level-headed about his involvement. No hagiography and wearing rose-tinted glasses.
On another note: Isn’t it sad that someone who’s been with the band for 3 weeks sees the current situation better than Taylor, May and all the sycophants/yes-men surrounding them who act how they do supposedly in the name of “protecting Freddie’s legacy”? Mitchell said the quiet part out loud: this Lambert debacle is nothing more than essentially an ingeniously marketed cover/tribute band with some semblance of legitimacy because May and Taylor are in it. Same with the Paul Rodgers project earlier. I know I’m beating a dead horse, but still, one would be surprised how sacrilegious it is to say this in some "Queen fan" circles. I was contemplating buying tickets for the 2017 tour (because Queen is still my favourite band), but then I became sick to my stomach from the thought of it. I couldn’t have put it better myself: retire with dignity and count your money!
That's not even him, you interviewed Patrick Stewart haha. Nice job
Interesting. 🙄