Burke Shelley founder of one of the most influential metal bands of all time, who subsequently helped pave the way for a generation of new bands has passed away. A real nice down to earth guy who sadly never got to reap the just rewards the of music industry.
Reading up on him I never realised he was born and raised in llanishen around the same time as my mother and father, a conversation I would have liked to have sought with them about whether they crossed paths or just to hear about places, people and times.
Whenever I hear a Budgie song i never fail to crank up the volume and get goosebumps, in my book they are peerless. Their songs have the ability to transpose you to the heights few other bands can such as Thin Lizzy and the Byrds, a magical, mystical other worldly place that puts them out there on their own stratosphere.
RIP Burke Shelley
Reading up on him I never realised he was born and raised in llanishen around the same time as my mother and father, a conversation I would have liked to have sought with them about whether they crossed paths or just to hear about places, people and times.
Whenever I hear a Budgie song i never fail to crank up the volume and get goosebumps, in my book they are peerless. Their songs have the ability to transpose you to the heights few other bands can such as Thin Lizzy and the Byrds, a magical, mystical other worldly place that puts them out there on their own stratosphere.
RIP Burke Shelley
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