JOE COCKER VISITS MY HOMETOWN! WOW!
THE W'S: Joe Cocker grew up in Sheffield, which is north of England way. I grew up in Livonia, Michigan, which is like most of America only in that it's west of Detroit. Joe Cocker is my senior by some eight years and has enjoyed considerable success as a singer, particularly during the early '70s.
JOE COCKER VISITS MY HOMETOWN! WOW!
J. Kordosh
THE W'S: Joe Cocker grew up in Sheffield, which is north of England way. I grew up in Livonia, Michigan, which is like most of America only in that it's west of Detroit. Joe Cocker is my senior by some eight years and has enjoyed considerable success as a singer, particularly during the early '70s. His best-remembered LP is still Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
The years have passed, though. I don't live in Livonia anymore and Joe Cocker (a resident of Santa Barbara) has a 1982-type LP to sell, Sheffield Steel. As things would have it, the album brought us together in my old hometown, at a Holiday Inn that used to make its living as an open field.
It all happened on July 7, when the temperature in Livonia topped 92° and not a one of us seemed interested in being out in the midday sun.