Show Notes
This week we travel north of the border to talk about the history of the Bay City Rollers, one of a handful of British bands to have a number 1 single in the UK & the US.
Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood is our guest & he tells us about going the band after working as a roadie for them first. Once officially a member Woody joins the band, who are without a hit for a few years at this point touring the working men’s clubs & Mecca ballrooms of Scotland & the north of England.
The band explode in popularity in 1974 & we find out about how the tartan clothing came to be so closely associated with the band, various injuries sustained, how Woody’s family dealt with the fans gathered at the family home & even starring in their own TV show.
The Bay City Rollers success is replicated in the US, Australia, Japan & around the world.
Famously the bands financial situation becomes messy & takes over 40 years to find a resolution meanwhile there are various revivals of the Rollers from the late 1980s onwards including a homecoming gig at T in the Park in Scotland in 2016 & today the band is thriving with a new lineup. Woody still plays with the band & has taken over as the custodian of the Bay City Rollers legacy.
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