Rock Remembers Rick Parfitt - Don Powell - Slade - Status Quo - Wildhearts

Don Powell of Slade supports the "ROCK REMEMBERS RICK" EP in memory of Rick Parfitt OBE.
** OFFICIALLY THE UK's #2 PHYSICAL SINGLE, CHRISTMAS 2017! **

Classic Rock: "A fond, sing-along tribute to a much-missed guy - growing from sweet acoustic beginnings into a fuzzy, rollicking knees-up. It's what he would've wanted, we imagine".
CJ Wildheart: "It was an absolute pleasure to work on the reworking of 'Nanana'. It honours the iconic Rick Parfitt and it's an annoyingly catchy song. All proceeds go to the Shona Smile Foundation so please buy a copy and help make a difference".
John 'Rhino' Edwards, Status Quo: "Good luck with it...very heartfelt and you've done an excellent job. I'll buy a copy".
Dave Ling's Diary: "I’m loving this charity tribute EP. Proceeds go to the children's cancer organisation The Shona Smile Foundation. The video for 'Christmas Eve (Nanana)' came second in a recent 'Classic Rock' Tracks Of The Week poll, beating (Guns N' Roses') Duff McKagan".

In aid of children’s cancer charity The Shona Smile Foundation (1110177).

Relaunch date: 14th December 2018 (digital) / 24th December 2018 (7” vinyl)

Collaborating to mark the anniversary of the passing of Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt on Christmas Eve 2016, the sensational triple A-side “Rock Remembers Rick” EP couples genuine rock legends with some of today’s greatest up-and-coming artists.

CJ Wildheart, Boss Caine, Ben Marsden and Jason Hodgson with Sound Of Status and The Quo Choir – “Christmas Eve (Nanana)”
A radical reworking of the 1971 Status Quo album track “Nanana”, adapted with the permission of original songwriters Francis Rossi and Bob Young. This is a reflective and celebratory Christmas Eve ode to Parfitt with new lyrics by Jason Hodgson, writer and researcher for From The Makers Of… (FTMO…), the Official International Status Quo Fan Club. Iconic Wildhearts guitarist CJ is accompanied by Hodgson, York Americana stalwart Boss Caine and in-demand guitarist Ben Marsden (The Main Grains, The Spangles, Warner E Hodges Band), before Swedish sensations Sound Of Status lead a 1000-strong crowd in an outro singalong recorded at 2017's Status Quo Fan Club convention.

Walkway featuring John Coghlan – “Rain”
Having supported Status Quo on numerous occasions, Walkway were due to collaborate with Rick Parfitt on "Over And Out", the solo album he was working on before his untimely death. Here they team up with legendary original Quo “Frantic Four” drummer John Coghlan on a cover of Parfitt’s Quo classic “Rain”. His appearance here marks multi-million-selling Coghlan’s first UK single release in over thirty years.

Massive Wagons – “Back To The Stack” *
* 7” vinyl format only
Currently leading the UK's "New Wave Of Classic Rock" movement, massive Quo fans Massive Wagons have contributed their self-penned Parfitt tribute track “Back To The Stack”, which received rave reviews upon its original digital-only release earlier in 2017 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Since donating their track to this EP, Massive Wagons signed a worldwide recording deal with Earache, the first fruits of which, the "Full Nelson" album, entered the Official UK Album Charts at #16 and the Official UK ROCK Album Charts at the Number One position - thus granting this EP official "Before They Were Famous" status and guaranteeing its future collectability!

Respect and gratitude to all artists involved and Harrogate’s Homefire Recording Co studio, for giving their time and efforts for free in order to raise funds for The Shona Smile Foundation. Shona Gill was a young Quo fan who lost her battle with a rare form of cancer in 2004 aged ten. The Foundation established in her memory helps other children with cancer, and has long been FTMO…’s adopted charity.
Clip filmed by Patty Parfitt - with grateful thanks. #pattyparfitt

[BrendanBoylan-iwnp]

It's a shame Don suffers from memory loss. Yet he still tries to do good and help others

[tonypearce]

Shame he had to look at the cue cards instead of the camera !!