And today Gloria,. It was such a jolt that I had to find the nearest place to get a drink. Ride a White Swan. Marc Bolan with girlfriend Gloria Jones and their baby son, Rolan Bolan - born 26th September - pictured 1st October 1975. . No one thinks they are going to get wrapped around a fucking tree in the early hours of the morning. I thought I might learn the details of Marc Bolans death this weekend. Ill have to get back into cars, I might be doing something with Marvel Comics. Something is not right here. Gloria suffered a broken jaw and broken arm, but Marc was killed instantly in the crash on September 16, 1977. A lot of people like what I do, a lot of people dont. The book Marc Bolan: A Tale Untold will now be published in the New Year. Surrealistic rocknroll. Not sure my Dyslexia helps, what I establish as an apprentice mechanic In London in the 1970s , was profound , Racism Late reply: This entire situation sounded horrific. In the 1970s she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan's glam rock band T.Rex. Miss Jones' brother - who was following their purple mini - told police the car was travelling at 30 mph (48.3 km/h) when it crashed at a notorious accident blackspot. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife GLORIA JONES. Tony Visconti: 'What I saw in Marc Bolan was raw talent. Oh, no. Bless you Marc and thank you for simply being you . It was a long time ago. Im talking about him as if I can see him now. and then she became a TV producer. In June 1973 he proclaimed: Glam rock is dead. In spring 1974 he quit Britain to binge on cocaine and booze, and, in thrall to his new love, American singer Gloria Jones, try his hand as a soul-music producer in the States. Jones was found by her brother Richard, her foot trapped beneath the clutch by the engine, while Bolan was found still in the passenger seat which had been dislodged and landed in the rear of the vehicle. Together with Steve Peregrine Took, who played assorted percussion to Bolans acoustic guitar and vocals, he formed the psychedelic folk-rock due Tyrannosaurus Rex in late 1967 and the following year played two dates in Worcestershire. The Old Rectory at Weston-under- Penyard, near Ross on Wye belonged to the Hereford Diocese and was put up for sale because it was too expensive to maintain as a clergy house. . R.i.p. It was here that a fatal, early morning crash, ended the career of one of the great superstars of the glam-rock era, and it is to . According to the dead star's manager who was with them during the evening, Miss Jones had been drinking moderately at the restaurant. She and Bolan were also in a committed romantic relationship and had a son, Rolan Bolan (born September 26, 1975), together. Yes, you are correct, my father was the ambulance driver that attended, he was thrown through the window sadly. Fallon invented the term T.Rextasy and was immortalised as purple-browed Beep in Telegram Sam. The vehicle struck a tree in the Southwest London area, and both the passengers were hospitalized. Is it a girl? Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to Marc Bolan, of glam-rock band T. Rex, on the site where he died in a car crash in Barnes, London, on 16 September 1977.Bolan was a passenger in a car which hit a part-metal and wood fence and then a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride (part of the B306, close to Gipsy Lane).A memorial stone was unveiled at the site in 1997, and a bust of Bolan added in 2002. BOB HARRIS OBE No one can quite agree on what exactly Marc Bolan would be doing today, if hed lived. On 16 th September 1977, a car crash shocked the world of music, when a 29-year-old musician and the lead singer of British heavy metal band T-Rex Marc Bolan lost his life that night. Barnes Station. He loved kids and he loved kids TV shows. The British Establishment clasped him to its grisly bosom, and he appeared in anti-litter advertisements. Lots of factors were present that wouldnt help. And Richard got her out of Uk . He was so talented and beautiful, I love Marc with all my heart. she never says sorry, or even acknowledges she did anything wrong. I can understand that Gloria was probably under the influence and the car not as well maintained as it might have been. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The night I cut Marc Bolan from the wreckage of his car. The mini hit a tree in Queens Ride, Bawnes and was a Write-of''. I saw genius', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Im really glad I didnt die today because I wouldnt have made the main story. When Marc died I think it was the same day as Maria Callas he got the main story, thank goodness. Nowhere is the affection between Bowie and Bolan clearer than in the way Bowie took care of Bolan's son Rolan. He had been reduced to playing Londons Lyceum Ballroom on his Futuristic Dragon tour in front of just 1,000 people. Jones broke her jaw in the accident. All that money ended up in trust in the Caribbean, some money was paid out to his wife at the time and then the tax man got a hold of a couple of million. So were my friends, the next day I told them about the incident. Gloria Jones is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, is recognised as The Queen of Northern Soul. Gloria Jones: Hed be doing his own music, hed be doing film, hed be enjoying time with his son, and wed possibly be living in Malibu. However, those with long memories may recall the touslehaired singer making rather more public appearances in the area a decade before. On September 16, 1977, he was killed in a car accident, crushed in the passenger seat of a Mini driven by girlfriend Gloria Jones. So an accident, yes , was a front wheel lose on the mini , YES , if your a mechanic you would understand how dangerous and Easy to lose control , but most persons would continue to drive especially in the rain . It didnt mean anything. His death haunts so many of us to this day.But how low down for this guy to fabricate such a tale,when there are so many documented accounts of the crash site. Wanted to attend his funeral, but I could not handle it. Marc was scared of driving and it was the drivers responsibility to ensure that they were compos mentis when doing so hence many fans will always blame Marcs early demise as her fault she couldve booked a taxi they couldve stayed in a hotel overnight many other options of course. Gloria Jones' career began in a church gospel choir, which led to spots singing backing vocals for artists such as Phil Spector and Bob Dylan.Her singing talent and years of studying piano and composition led to a job writing for Motown at the behest of Pam Sawyer. Its all writ. You think, what would Jimi Hendrix have done if hed lived? [2] Richard Bevan, interview with Simon Napier-Bell, 19 April 2006: "Well, Marc Bolan never came out but he was completely bisexual. Singer Marc Bolan (1947-1977) on a tour bus in June 1972. He died aged just 29 when he and Tainted Love singer Gloria, now 71, crashed in a purple Mini just a mile from home in Barnes, South West London. Nevertheless, it heralded a comeback of sorts, reaching No.13 in the chart. To mark the anniversary, BBC . You can imagine he was so heady with the success of T.Rextasy. It covers the accident in near forensic detail and I have located and interviewed pretty much every member of all 3 emergency services who were present and I can assure you that Chris Watts story is Not true. Thats all documented, however it could be a forgetful mechanic who just didnt tighten the wheel nuts , as for a planned accident, I think not , but it has since been found out that the car hit a concrete bollard and was propelled into the tree . Then this girl appeared. What Chris didnt know was that he had been in at the death of one of the most flamboyant figures in British pop music of the second half of the 20th century. Then came the rivalry, but their camaraderie never really diminished. recalled Chris Watts, then a member of London Fire Brigade but for the past 21 years licensee of the Albion Inn, Bath Road, Worcester, when a call came to attend an accident on the South Circular. What is also worth a mention is that that the site is on a bend with really nasty adverse camber which would not help the car to stay on the road. Plus Simon Napier-Bell and Tony Visconti, who worked with Bolan; Harry Feld, his brother; Toyah Willcox, who worshipped him; Gloria Jones who went out with him and had his son; Danielz, of tribute . He was deluged with a fanmail of childish scrawls. All of what he says is complete nonsense. This article originally appeared in Classic Rock #111. Thank you Steve for confirming that. He found it within a year, with a single called Ride a White Swan that combined the bizarre imagery of his Hippy days with a driving, insistent rhythm that spelled commercial success. Miss Jones - an American singer who had just returned from the US - broke her jaw and is suffering from shock. And he was very excited as you would be. Its really tough to answer., BP Fallon: Hed be writing fantastic books. Brendon was a Londoner and was shocked by the news. She was the type to have one drink, then call it quits and not have any more, because she wanted to stay in control of her faculties., The spotlight fell on the Mini, which had recently been serviced. Felt like someone ripped my heart out. He was getting fit, the cheekbones were coming back, he was excited, he had a great band, and the songs were getting better.. He specialised in covering rock music and helped popularise the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) after using the term for the first time (after editor Alan Lewis coined it) in the May 1979 issue of Sounds. Bolan, by contrast, was being lumped in with likes of Alvin Stardust and Showaddywaddy. It was once said of the Rolling Stones: Would you let your daughter marry one of these? But as far as the stars of glam rock were concerned you had to work out the gender first. The couple's 20-month-old son was not in the car when they crashed at 0400 BST on the way to Mr Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. When I started out with Tyrannosaurus Rex the press were always very good to me no one ever understood me, but it was quite nice, they helped to give me exposure. Thanks. I feel thats very likely so, but should anyone have been held accountable well all I can say to that is, that hindsight is a curious thing, no one was or has really been held responsible or accountable, but the only peace of mind that I have is that thankfully I dont think Marc saw it coming as it happened so quickly that he probably was gone, before he even had the chance to process everything ( and I truly hope I am right) for his sake). Assuming we are all on This site as fans of Marc , best we dont claw over Gloria , she has worked on a giving charity project , and she claims to be very poor when Marc passed away . Talking about punk, Bolan was one of the few mainstream music stars not to be horrified when Babylon began to burn. RIDE A WHITE SWAN: THE LIVES & DEATH OF MARC BOLAN: I remember the time I spent with Marc and June in the late '60s with massive affection. You have your guess the year on Peak 107 in my area (Chesterfield Derbyshire) from the 80s onwards and its the same old stuff repeated. I played the first Tyrannosaurus Rex album recently and then I wrote about 10 songs in the same style, just to show myself that I could still do it, The high woods filled with the bones of broken gods. I wrote that the other day, its a lovely line, isnt it, I mean, how can I honestly sit down and think that in the past Ive been compared to David Cassidy? Marc Bolan was my inspiration at a young age, I did see him live twice. Welcome to Bolan world, the light of love shines on ! This was the Song that he wrote when I was young This is not true ,Marcs brother said Marc looked perfect, like he was just asleep,Ive seen the photos of the car ,it had not been cut open ,werent wearing seatbelts,of course not,cars didnt have them then .This man wants to get his facts straight ,just looking for attention obviously and should stop spreading disinformation ,I spent a day photographing the fire brigade as a photojournalist and Ive seen what a car looks like that has had someone cut out of it .why does this man make it sound like Gloria was standing by the car ? Neither of the people involved had been wearing a seat belt. The songs, with their Tolkien-dense imagery and dream sequences, still evoke the indefatigable innocence and wonder of the Hippy days, but the transition from cult to cash was still to be made. A Tale Untold is on course to be published late this year. You are right. The Day Marc Bolan Died. It was 40 years ago on 16 September that Marc Bolan died in a car crash in southwest London at the appallingly young age of 29. The pair headed to their house in Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen. Bolans long-time record producer Tony Visconti recalls the battle with Bowie: They saw each other as competition right from the start. Its nice to no the full and true story of what happed that morning I was 21 at the time and my dad told me as I got up to go to work I could not stop crying for ages. Trouvez des images et des photos d'actualits de The Bolan sur Getty Images. She pulled him back to normality. Im still here.. T. Rex was the flagship in glam rock. The time of the crash was 5am, just as dawn was breaking. He dabbled in some more groups, and in 1968, making a vague living by playing acoustic guitar around the clubs (and in restaurants for a free meal) he met Steven Took, and together they formed one of the classic groups of the Hippy era, Tyrannosaurus Rex. (Image credit: Estate Of Keith Morris/Getty Images ), Marc Bolan in 1975: "It was fashionable to use my face on the cover of everything. Fire service Records showed that there was no warehouse fire on that date. Seven years earlier I had become smitten by a certain single that had just been released . A bolt from this fence smashed thru the windscreen, hit Bolan in the head and killed him. At the height of his career T-REX singer Marc Bolan, aged 29 years, was killed when a purple Mini Clubman 1275GT driven by his girlfriend Gloria Jones, had an accident in North London on. Marc Bolans death was so, so futile. THIRTY one years ago, in the early hours of the morning of September 16, 1977, a huge fire broke out in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, pulling most of the fire appliances from the south of London. Her rendition of "Dock of the Bay" appears as a bonus track on T.Rex's album Bolan's Zip Gun. The T Rex star was killed instantly when his car hit a tree in south London. For 25 years, the tree on Barnes Common, into which the purple Mini, which Jones was driving, crashed on September 16, 1977, killing Bolan instantly, has been an unlikely shrine, draped with. There was a rabbi reading a eulogy, and Marcs coffin was in the middle of these twin tracks, like on a railroad. Before such a meeting takes place, a publican could be thought of as trying to draw-in customers to regale them with gleefully-recounted prosy retellings of his merely accidental presence one night at a miserable event, of which even the misery wasnt of his own making ; which pitifully exposes how the ravenous hunger for a little recognition is so desired by the unloved, by the floundering, anonymous millions, aware as many might be that they shall at best find nothing more than temporary, misattributed-glory, by attaching their names to those whose talents, efforts or persona, not their lazy idling dreams, earned for themselves what the limpet trys to attach itself. 1964 (pre Marc Bolan) I was 18 he was 16/17 To the best of Classic Rocks knowledge, Jones has never spoken publicly about the smash. I doubt it. Just my honest input , I was 21 too remember the impact it had on me as if it was yesterday, Im so sorry your life ended I always saw you on TV you was one of the best so sad your not around god bless you never forgot from Tony, never read so much crap in such a short time before, This is very strange and doesnt tally with the other witness accounts. Steve Took dropped out in 1969, to be replaced by Micky Finn, whom Bolan met in a health food restaurant. He was a passenger in a mini driven by his common law wife Gloria Jones. However, Steve Harley believes Bolans endorsement of punk was purely a means to an end. Why tell the truth when an exaggeration would do? I had a soft spot for Marc Bolan but back then there werent no internet, so we had no real access to detailed news etc. they put her in a coma on purpose to help her heal faster and calm her down. Thats what I like, thats what Ive always wanted to do. Police said Bolan, 29, was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, singer Gloria Jones, struck a tree in southwest London. Rock on Marc & the Guys! she was crying poverty while bowie was shelling out god only knows how much to her and rolan. The night before he had been at Mortons restaurant in Londons Berkeley Square, celebrating Gloria Joness return to the UK from California, where she had been recording an album. Credit to Gloria jones and. Uma de suas canes mais famosas, "Tainted Love", foi regravada pelo grupo de synthpop Soft Cell e transformou-se em hit nos anos 1980, sendo regravada por diversos artistas . There were decadent parties, times when he wallowed in bizarre sex. all the controversy surrounding the details of the accident are of bad taste, he has left us for now, but I hope to see him one day after I pass from this mortal coil. When they got to the scene near a humpback bridge on Queens Ride, Barnes, it was pretty obvious there was no rescuing to be done. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. I spoke with the journalist who took the interview in 2008 and to be honest he wasnt convinced at the time, but there was a Bolan Anniversary on the horizon so they ran it. Regards to all. He is best known for his work with British rock band T. Rex. Hello. I hope you expose the fantasists in your book. Marc Bolan welcomed son Rolan Bolan with girlfriend Gloria Jones (Image: Mirrorpix) Away from the limelight, Marc was in a six year relationship with Tainted Love singer Gloria Jones from 1970, until his death in 1977. . I agree with you Steve. I think he would have stretched out into other fields. She did not learn of Marc's death until the day of his funeral. Marc bought me The Lord Of The Rings and said: If you want to know more about me, read this., BP Fallon was Bolans publicist at the height of his charges fame. Shame on the fake fireman. I havent been into cars for years. The couple's son Rolan Bolan settled in Los Angeles and became a musician and model for clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger. died Friday in a car crash in a London . #, "Thats what people forget about Marc. Im a lunatic.. So we cut the passenger out and he was taken by ambulance to hospital. No other vehicle was involved. It was a sunny afternoon, if I remember rightly, says Captain Sensible. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. My mum came back from the shops and said: Your pop-star mate, Roley or Boley or whatever his name was, has died. I said: Not Marc Bolan! I ran round the corner, got an Evening Standard, and there it was. They said his name was Mark Feld, but you might know him better as Marc Bolan. [1] Hackney Hospital, London, England. Rock singer MARC BOLAN, 29, was killed early this morning in a car crash. Beautiful People. I think I got close to it when I wrote the line cloak full of eagles. He was the cosmic punk again.. David loved Marc very much, and Marc loved David.. No names mentioned, but the reality more often than not fails to live up to your fantasy. But there were drugs mostly cocaine. I mean those who do so for paid, self-publicity, as some may perhaps either be unwell, or have become somehow deranged, which can eventually happen if you constantly dwell on morbidity, because of love, or curiosity; the constant pining seeks relief. Not a chance. Cause of death was trauma and blood loss, and there is a suggestion that a bolt from a fence post punched into his temple and that was what finished him off. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones,. Soul Funk. Jones was driving. Jones only suffered a shoulder injury. She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on 16 September 1977. *Marc Bolan (Marc Feld), car accident in 1977. Marc was never cut out. Chris states that his unit was on route to a large warehouse fire in Kingston and was redirected to the accident in Barnes. He was right. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). He lived for the day. He was afraid to let go.. And then came his brainwave, he simplified the name to T.Rex, pared down the lyrics, dusted his face with . Here was a guy with glitter on his cheeks, wearing gold shoes. I think he means the witness Vicky who was in a car behind, That was how Geoffrey Bayldon [the actor in Catweazle] got a part in the Born To Boogie movie. Total class., On Bolans final British tour, promoting his 1977 album Dandy In The Underworld, he invited The Damned to join him on the road as T.Rexs support band. For very little girls, who had just outgrown their teddy bears, Marc Bolan became a replacement. "When David started singing he and Marc forged a great friendship," recalls Jones today. Required fields are marked *. The car was being driven by his girlfriend, American soul singer Gloria Jones, who recorded the original version of the song Tainted Love. Now Ive levelled out. Marc wanted to live forever. Or why not treat yourself? Find Gloria Jones stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Louder is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Rock 'n' roll lost one of its greatest talents on Sept. 16, 1977, when Marc Bolan and his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, were involved in a tragic auto accident. Their first album, Beard of Stars, was a dramatic success, but again, limited to the cult market. My Electric Warrior character was meant to be a sort of Conan, actually, except that he didnt follow the conventional boring barbarian pattern, Bolan rambled on, going round and round in ever-decreasing circles. In August 1994 Marc's former wife, June, died of a heart attack aged 48 while on holiday in Turkey, a trip she . He was thrown out of the car during the accident and was not cut out of the car at all. Lets put it this way, he was badly knocked about.. He gave up writing proper poetry once he realised he could be on every girls bedroom wall with Ride A White Swan onward. How can one person, then, from what Im given to understand, publically lie and not be held to account ? she is pure evil, and lets just say, its too bad marc didnt drive. He was, in fact, killed when his Mini hit a steel-reinforced fence post. But when you think about some of Marcs phraseology Tyrannosaurus Rex eater of cars. Hubcap diamond star halo. Seventy-seven is going to be heaven. [The latter being a line from Bolans final single, Celebrate Summer.] Just one tiny little mark.. 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