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Kevin Swift was a regular contributor to Beat Instrumental in the '60s. If anyone know of Kevin's whereabouts, get in touch

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The Who: The Spectacular Who

Profile by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1965

THE WHO are comprised of three 'wildies' and a 'quiety'. Sick language, of course, but that's the way most people describe this revolutionary London group. ...

John Entwistle, The Who: Player of the Month: John Entwistle

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, January 1966

THE DARK and deep member of the dynamic Who gets very, very angry when people take hefty swipes at his group for alleged musical incompetence. ...

Wilson Pickett: Master of Beat and Soul

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, January 1966

THE WILD sound of Wilson Pickett is still fairly new to our hit parade. 'Midnight Hour' and 'Don't Fight It' have put him in the ...

Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood: Player of the Month: Stevie Winwood

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, February 1966

THERE COULDN'T possibly be a bloke who is more "in" than our Player Of The Month. Stevie Winwood has been called a prodigy, the English ...

The Rolling Stones: Stones Report: "We've put a keyboard on every new track"

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, February 1966

DECEMBER saw the end of a hectic tour, there were no more one-nighters to do. But it wasn't the end of the Stones' work Stateside ...

The Small Faces: Player of the Month: Ian McLagan

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, April 1966

HERE'S A bloke who likes to stay in the background. He enjoys keeping just below the surface of the Small Faces' sound, filling in, driving ...

Cream: "I'm not a great guitarist," insists Eric Clapton

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, August 1966

I CAME face-to-face with the guy who is acknowledged to be the god of British blues guitar in his own small heaven — the top ...

The Beatles: Norman Smith... A&R Man

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, August 1966

UNTIL RECENTLY the name Norman Smith was synonymous with the Beatles, Cilla Black, Manfred Mann and many other famous recording names. He was the sound ...

Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds: Jimmy Will Change Yardbirds Sound!

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1966

JIMMY PAGE, one of our top guitarists, turned his back on the session scene, took up bass for the first time in his life and ...

Chris Farlowe, Albert Lee: Player of the Month: Al Lee

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1966

THIS THUNDERBIRD guitarist started playing in 1959. "I suppose it was Lonnie Donegan who started me off," he says. In '60 he was already pro., ...

The Animals, Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa: Burdon's America

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, November 1966

IF YOU want to know why so many British artists return from the States and get disgruntled with their home scene, ask Eric Burdon. I ...

Cream: Jack Bruce explains Cream policy

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, November 1966

IF THE three members of the Cream are the leaders in the field of group instrumentalists, then Jack Bruce their quiet-spoken bassman is the leader ...

Peter Green, John Mayall: Player of the Month: Peter Green

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, December 1966

HE'S NOT yet had the pleasure of being in a chart-jumping group nor has he played with any of the very big names. But, nevertheless, ...

Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix The Gen Article

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, March 1967

HE WAS born in Seattle 20 years ago, he plays superb blues guitar, and what's more, he plays it from the heart, not from other ...

Donovan, Mickie Most: Most on Donovan

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, March 1967

IT'S A FACT. Not many artistes give a thought to the guys who produce their records. Listeners seem to be as bad. Do you think ...

Chuck Berry... "A Legend In His Own Time"

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, April 1967

CHUCK BERRY, one of the very few "classic" names. "A legend in his own time!" That, of course, is a well-worn phrase, but there isn't ...

The Beatles, Manfred Mann, Klaus Voormann: Klaus Voorman: Klaus Must Choose

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1967

"I ENJOY my life in music", said Klaus Voorman, opening a discussion on his dual-talent career. He's a brilliant artist, an outstanding musician. How does ...

Eric Clapton, Aynsley Dunbar, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Mick Taylor: John Mayall: Blues Purist

Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, September 1967

THERE'S A dearth of purists in Britain. What's happened to them all, where have they got to? Most of them have "gone pop", leaving behind ...

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