Hi, this is Lise, the author of Don Powell's biography. I just wanted to tell you that Omnibus Press plans to make a paperback version of Don's biography and I am to write a new chapter for the book. Now Don and I are back working together again and you can follow the progress of our work on my Don Powell biograhy blog: https://donpowellbio.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the info Lisa

Lise stead Lisa, excusez moi....

Fantastic news, need bigger bookshelves soon for all the Slade recently printed and proposed books!!

The paperback will be published on October 3rd and you can already preorder it on Amazon.co.uk
There'll be a Czech edition as well - which is quite funny as no Danish edition has been planned although Don lives in Denmark and I (the author) is Danish!

Ajatsa wrote: September 25th, 2019, 12:48 pm The paperback will be published on October 3rd and you can already preorder it on Amazon.co.uk
There'll be a Czech edition as well - which is quite funny as no Danish edition has been planned although Don lives in Denmark and I (the author) is Danish!

Stranger things have happened! Good luck with the re-issue!

Without giving anything away, the extra content is really good.
If you haven't bought this book yet, why not? It is the definitive Slade biography.
Brilliant work by Lise.

LISE LYNG FALKENBERG with Don Powell
'LOOK WOT I DUN - My life in Slade'.

This absolutely excellent book was first issued by Omnibus in 2013. 2019 sees it reissued as a paperback edition with an extra chapter which brings us up to date with Don's story.

The book follows Don's story with brilliant contributions from Don. He was born in the Midlands in 1946 into a normal, working class family. He became interested in music at an early age and joined The Vendors - a band which Dave Hill later joined, giving Don the claim to be the founding member of Slade. His journey through that early pub band and The N'Betweens is told with wit and humour. It wasn't a star studded tale at this point.

To be honest, even when Don achieved major success with Slade, it wasn't a case of glitzy glamour all around. Wobbly Top Of The Pops sets and grinding travel on the road were the norm. He worked hard with the band for what they got. What they got in 1973 was a major tragedy, with Don right at its epicentre. A car crash in which his girlfriend was killed and that he was lucky to survive, left him with memory and sensory issues that persist to this day. He lives with a diary by his side to tell him where he is and why.

Even when Slade rode high in the charts, the slog never stopped. Once you get success, you have to maintain it. Don doesn't flinch in telling road tales and talking honestly and candidly about how his life spiraled out of control, when the success slowed down and trickled away.

An ordinary man with an extraordinary life, maybe. A staggeringly good drummer, too.

I am not going to spoil your enjoyment of this book by telling you too much about it. For a Slade fan, it is an absolutely essential purchase and the book to read, if you want to understand the kind of life he's led with the band.

This book is a great read for the Slade fan AND the non Slade fan alike.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787602559/

OK. The questions have now been taken down. You had just over the stated hour to do this. I was watching Catherine The Great on TV and so your time over-ran a little.

I will not answer any emails or Facebook messages about the competition, so please do not send them.
Do not email or Facebook your answers to me.
I will only accept PM's via the forum.

You have until midnight today (Wednesday) to figure out the answers and send them via a forum Private Message.

Good luck.

Emails sent to me about the competition answers have been deleted.

Results when I get a chance.

And the winner is Benjamin Bear.

First entry to arrive and all answers correct.
Well done.

Yes, it is a brilliant book indeed. I have received the Limited Edition version of the book in a special slip case and xmas card signed by Mr Don Powell!!! well worth having. Only 500 printed!!!!! Fantastic.



M. Van Overstraeten

THE QUESTIONS:
1 - Where did Don first get interested in playing drums?
2 - What vocational subject did Don study at college?
3 - Which single release did Don co-write and add heavy breathing to?
4 - Which of his idols did Don play onstage with last year?
5 - Which make of drums did Don endorse for many years?
6 - Which country does Don live in today?
7 - What was Don well known for eating on stage?
8 - What is the name of Don's side project, outside of Slade, in which he plays with Slade fans?
9 - Which country was lucky enough to get some gigs from QSP?
10 - Who were Don's favourite band for many many years?

THE ANSWERS:
1. The Boy Scouts
2. Metallurgy
3. Look Wot You Dun
4. Ringo Starr
5. Ludwig
6. Denmark
7. Chewing Gum
8. Don Powell's Occasional Flames
9. Australia
10. The Eagles