GLENN HUGHES WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE BABYS IN REUNION ATTEMPT
Former Babys keyboardist/guitarist Michael Corby has added a series of sensational Facebook Blog posts to his page, dishing up previously unknown details behind an attempt to get The Babys back together in the mid-part of the last decade.
His first post - under the heading The Babys - Reunion Attempt 2003-2007; Corby posted the letter he originally wrote to singer John Waite, attempting to get a reunion rolling. Waite denied ever getting the letter:
"For those who never saw the story regarding The Babys reunion
attempt, details of which were posted in 2008 after John Waite refused
to acknowledge that he had ever received the letter which follows a
short introduction here. A few months ago John finally admitted ihe had
received it but refused to open it. This was after lying about it over
and over again. He now formally claimed, in his delusional mind, that he
thought it was a letter from me trying to get free tickets to attend a
Country Music concert with his ex-fiancée, Alison Krauss in London,
England."
Post: www.facebook.com/notes/michael-corby/the-babys-reunion-attempt-2003-2007/494569077263973.
It gets better with Corby's second post, describing a plan he hatched to bring in Glenn Hughes to replace Waite, as the band expected the notoriously difficult singer to bail:
"Now, there was a 'Plan B' to all this. It was a guy on standby in
case Waite was still as idiotic and impossible to deal with as he was
back in 78. So, enter one Glenn Hughes, an old acquaintance of mine. If
Waite wasn't going to do it I fancied replacing him with a guy who can
out-sing him a thousand times over and can play a bass like a god
instead of like a complete 4th rate amateur, at best... and let's not
delude ourselves here, I'm being generous to Waite. Musically speaking,
he can barely play a note and has no real right to refer to himself as a
musician. This, Plan B would give The Babys the finest rhythm section
in the world. The heritage of an ex-Deep Purple player was also a great
mix with the rest of us."
Full post (and worth a read): www.facebook.com/notes/michael-corby/the-final-reasons-for-the-babys-2003-2007-reunion-failure/494749673912580.
Mer 22 Mai - 19:24