Status Quo

Rollicking Single ‘DOWN THE DUSTPIPE’ By STATUS QUO – Released 50 Years Ago…

Posted on by JL

19 March 2020

Band: Status Quo
Single: Down The Dustpipe
Written by Australian singer/songwriter Carl Groszmann
B-side: Face Without A Soul
Released: 6 March 1970 – 50 years ago
Note: This rollicking cracker was the first song
with Quo‘s trademark boogie shuffle  
Note 2 : The harmonica played by their longtime manager Bob Young  
Score: Reached #12 in the UK, with a total of 17 weeks in the charts

Studio version…

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Awesome live version with the audience in a coma!
Let your hair hang down and boogie like hell…

First recorded version by Australian band The Mint…

STATUS QUO: Facebook

R.I.P. Rick Parfitt


(photo by Turn Up The Volume! Ostend 2015)…

Happy Birthday To… RICK PARFITT!

Posted on by JL

Happy birthday to the platinum blonde Rick Parfitt,
rhythm guitarist and co-vocalist of 12 bars legends Status Quo.
Pure rock and roll on & offstage. He would have turned 71 today.

Here’s some Quo fuel to celebrate Rick‘s birthday…

– RAIN –

– SWEET CAROLINE –

– WHATEVER YOU WANT –

RICK PARFITT: 12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016

(photos by Turn Up The Volume! Ostend, Belgium, 14 July 2014)