Rock N Roll Jill

Rock N Roll anglophile

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Arrows in Mirabelle magazine UK, 1975. Left to right: Paul Varley, Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker.

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L-R; Kenny Ashby, Amy Madden, Alan Merrill May 12th 2012, after playing a show at Uncle Mike’s rock n roll bar in NYC. 

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Arrows & Joan Jett cartoon! 

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The Arrows “I Love Rock N Roll” transitions from b-side to a-side in the summer of 1975.  Written by the band, the song got the group a weekly TV series in 1976.

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Alan Merrill on stage with Meat Loaf at Wembley Arena London England 1987.

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Nights At The Round Table, new TV show first episode filmed August 2017. Air date to be announced. : left to right, the panel Adam James Velez, Alan Merrill, Jonny Podell, Tommy James (the British one).

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Alan Merrill, Derringer band on tour in Canada, 1982. 

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L-R: Amy Madden, Alan Merrill, Jon Paris, BB King’s Oct. 9 2012. 

Photo Phil Demetrion.

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Tetsu Yamauchi 山内哲夫  (left) on bass and Alan Merrill アラン・メリル (right) on guitar at Hibiya Park Tokyo Japan 1971. This was before Tetsu joined the bands Free and The Faces in England.

Photo by T. Tadashi.

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Alan Merrill and Paul Varley of the Arrows 1975 on a tour of England and Europe that year.

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Arrows with “Touch Too Much” which reached #6 in the NME charts UK in summer of 1974. The song was a hit all over Europe as well. Lead vocals/bass guitar Alan Merrill, backing vocals/guitar Jake Hooker and Paul Varley backing vocals/drums. Produced by Mickie Most on the RAK record label.

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Alan Merrill recording a vocal take at Jon Gordon’s recording studio lcvated in the Shelter Island complex in midtown Manhattan NYC, Dec. 2016.

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The original “I Love Rock N Roll” by the Arrows (RAK/EMI) produced by Mickie Most. The initial release of the record was May 9, 1975. Arrows are Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker & Paul Varley (top photo left to right).

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Alan Merrill of the Arrows 70s band based in London England, here performing at Night & Day in Manchester UK, Oct. 12, 2016. Bass guitar Dave Glover, drums by Ray Lawrence.

Photos by Mark McStea.

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Not a Joan Jett song

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Arrows song! 1975. RAK records. Mickie Most production. Lead vocals by Alan Merrill. Written by Alan Merrill & Jake Hooker. 

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Derringer band 1982 at The Ritz NYC. l-r: Alan Merrill, Rick Derringer, Donnie Kisselbach.

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Veteran rocker Alan Merrill at The Delancey, Aug 7, 2016.