Rock legend Trevor Burton who has lived in King's Heath for over 20 years is to be celebrated with a star on the Walk of Fame on Monday 3rd June 2013. The award was announced when Adrian Goldberg interviewed Trevor on his programme on BBCWM95.6 on Thursday 21st March.
Trevor was a founder member of The Move alongside Roy Wood, Bev Bevan, Carl Wayne and Chris Kefford.
They were formed after a young David Bowie suggested to Trevor that he gather together all the best musicians in Birmingham into a supergroup and come down to London to play.
The Move went on to score nine Top 20 hits in the 1960's including "Flowers in the Rain" which was the first ever single played on Radio One on 30 September 1967. The song, which reached No.2 in the charts, generated controversy after the band were sued by Harold Wilson - the Prime Minister - for libel. Their manager, Tony Secunda, had produced a postcard to promote the single that portrayed Wilson in bed with his secretary Marcia Williams with whom he was rumoured to be having an affair. The group lost the court case and all royalties from the record had to be donated to a charity of Wilson's choice.
After firing Tony Secunda as manager, The Move went onto have further hits including "Fire Brigade" and "Blackberry Way".
When Trevor left in 1969 he went on to play with many of this country's iconic rock musicians and bands including Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant and Steve Gibbons.
His induction will come shortly after he finishes starring in a sell-out tour of leading Midlands venues compered by Jasper Carrott. Both The Move featuring Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan and The Trevor Burton Band will play a special concert at the Hare & Hounds in King's Heath on the evening of Monday 3rd June as part of his induction into the Walk of Fame.
Ticket prices have been kept deliberately low so that as many fans as possible can attend this intimate and historic gig.
Tickets are priced at only £7 and are available from the Hare & Hounds pub directly here
Trevor Burton said, "To have been chosen to be given a star on the King's Heath Walk of Fame is fantastic and I would like to thank all those involved for making it happen. It's over 40 years from when I first played at the Ritz Ballroom in King's Heath with The Move and I remember it as being one of the top gigs on the Birmingham circuit. It's great that it's being remembered as it will bring back a lot of memories for people who rocked there back in the sixties".
Bev Bevan, drummer with The Move and ELO said, " Trevor is a fantastic blues guitar player. He left The Move to persue his love of blues music and went on to play with Jimi Hendrix and many other great musicians. His star is a great reward for all his amazing guitar playing".
Bob Prew and Ken Whittaker who created the Walk of Fame said, "We are delighted to be able to honour Trevor on the Walk of Fame. He formed the first major group to come out of Birmingham in the 1960's and has now lived in King's Heath for over 20 years. He is still a really influential figure on the rock and blues scene inspiring a whole new generation with his guitar playing". |
Anthony Pratt, who created the Cluedo boardgame while working in a wartime tank factory in Birmingham, is to be honoured in King's Heath, where he was living at the time. Largely ignored and forgotten when he died aged 90 in 1994 he is to have his life celebrated in three different ways in the Autumn.
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