Post by roberta on May 10, 2006 3:06:29 GMT -5
I read this on an italian Queen site
www.queenheaven.it/view_art.php?art=1432&page=1
(I know the link is useless to you 'cos it's in italian, but it's just to give credit to whoever posted that).
Well, basically, it's about someone interviewing Ratty (roadie and crew-chief for Queen tours). He apparently worked on a photo book about Queen concerts (still waiting for a publisher :. He says there's a lot of unreleased material still (though he was never involved in the studio business). He seems to dislike Jim Beach a lot...says that JB was mainly affected by Freddie's death in terms of making the best profit out of it ...and that he even compelled Jim Hutton to give a percentage of his book's proceeds to Queen production, in order to let him publish it !!! He also says that:
- the Vatican concert they mention as a possibility in the official Queen story ("Queen. As it began") was never an option (I've always thought that was a weird idea...);
- the Magic Tour should have had some gigs in Italy, but they couldn't find the right location back then;
- Queen had planned not one, but 2 concerts in Budapest - then some problems arose;
- the Hot Space tour should have ended with an outdoor gig in the Hawaii;
- as for The Game tour, same thing: an outdoor NY gig was planned, then substituted by the Madison Square Garden concert;
- Queen wanted to do South America again in '83 (Uruguay and Brazil), but as they've had problems getting what was due to them back in '81 (the southamerican managers proved themselves costive about money :, the idea was rejected in the end.
And now...I saved this for last...Ratty about the 4 boys. He loved Freddie a lot and made friends with him (handed him the mike 700 times or so too ;D)...he got on very well with John and Brian...but seems to hold a less good opinion of our Roger, described as fairly "arrogant" ...Ratty says he's still in touch with Bri and Rog though.
(Note: he seems to like Mary Austin).
www.queenheaven.it/view_art.php?art=1432&page=1
(I know the link is useless to you 'cos it's in italian, but it's just to give credit to whoever posted that).
Well, basically, it's about someone interviewing Ratty (roadie and crew-chief for Queen tours). He apparently worked on a photo book about Queen concerts (still waiting for a publisher :. He says there's a lot of unreleased material still (though he was never involved in the studio business). He seems to dislike Jim Beach a lot...says that JB was mainly affected by Freddie's death in terms of making the best profit out of it ...and that he even compelled Jim Hutton to give a percentage of his book's proceeds to Queen production, in order to let him publish it !!! He also says that:
- the Vatican concert they mention as a possibility in the official Queen story ("Queen. As it began") was never an option (I've always thought that was a weird idea...);
- the Magic Tour should have had some gigs in Italy, but they couldn't find the right location back then;
- Queen had planned not one, but 2 concerts in Budapest - then some problems arose;
- the Hot Space tour should have ended with an outdoor gig in the Hawaii;
- as for The Game tour, same thing: an outdoor NY gig was planned, then substituted by the Madison Square Garden concert;
- Queen wanted to do South America again in '83 (Uruguay and Brazil), but as they've had problems getting what was due to them back in '81 (the southamerican managers proved themselves costive about money :, the idea was rejected in the end.
And now...I saved this for last...Ratty about the 4 boys. He loved Freddie a lot and made friends with him (handed him the mike 700 times or so too ;D)...he got on very well with John and Brian...but seems to hold a less good opinion of our Roger, described as fairly "arrogant" ...Ratty says he's still in touch with Bri and Rog though.
(Note: he seems to like Mary Austin).