Queen Had Three Bass Players Before John Deacon -Bohemian Rhapsody Movie
To many John Deacon is the one and only bass player of Queen.
Until recently it wasn’t a well known fact that Queen had 3 bass players before John Deacon joined Freddie Mercury Brian May and Roger Taylor to for Queen as we know it
What Happened To Jim Hutton? Bohemian Rhapsody Movie
Full Jim Hutton Big Breakfast Interview from 1994 https://youtu.be/k4YOSH4P8h0
In the Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Freddie Mercury meets Jim Hutton after the party. Then finds Jim just before Live Aid
Read Mercury And Me online http://queen-lit.narod.ru/MERCURY_AND_ME.htm
Jim Hutton was born in Carlow, Ireland, in January 1950 and worked as a hairdresser for the late Queen singer, Freddie Mercury. He was first pursued by Mercury in 1984 at a club, but Hutton (not knowing who he was at the time) declined since he was with someone else at the time. The following year, they bumped into each other again and they eventually began dating, after having first having a drink together. But sadness struck as Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987 and died from complications in 1991, in London. For the last six years of the singer’s life, Hutton lived with him and was by his side until the end. Mercury was a private person despite his fame, but Hutton shared photos of their relationship in his memoir, Mercury and Me. They celebrated holidays and enjoyed what little time they had left together.
On New Year’s Day in 2010, Hutton died after a battle with cancer, three days short of his 61st birthday. He died in Carlow and was also HIV positive but didn’t tell mercury until 1991, even though he was diagnosed in 1990. Mercury left Hutton 500,000 pounds (approximately $600,000 U.S.) and a plot of land at Rutland Terrace in Carlow, where Hutton had a home built. The majority of Mercury’s estate went to Mary Austin, his former girlfriend of six years. Hutton is survived by his brothers, sisters, and extended family
In the Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Paul Prenter played by Allen Leech is every inch the villain
Any Queen site will tell he was a Judas
Interesting interview with Allen Leech who studied footage of Prenter said all the pictures show Prenter constantly whispering in Freddie’s ear.
Knowing that a persons character isn’t as cut and dry as just being wicked he tried to bring humanity to the roll.
A Belfast Dj who cut a lonley figure and as pointed out in the film it was difficult for a gay catholic boy who’s father would have rather him be dead.
During filming scenes Leech pointed out that Brian May apologies for not having much to do with him as his portrayal was so accurate he found him difficult to be around
The movie introduces us to Prenter in 1975 as a creeping Jesus type character in reality Prenter didn’t enter Queen circles until 1977 and became Freddie’s personal assistant.
There was stories of Prenter intercepting phone calls and not relaying messages one of the courses of Queen failing in America.
One of the best scenes is Brian May telling Freddie and Prenter they look like clones and look like the village people
Prenter was a an enabler a hanger on who misused his influence.
It was a Toxic friendship, true friends tell you what you don’t want to hear.
Scene where he doesn’t fill Rogers glass somes up the relationship between the rest of the band
Tensions were in the band because of Prenters influence were shown and indeed Brian May wasn’t happy with Hot Space because of his interference
We see scenes referring to that where Prenter offers his opinion in the studio and in the recording studio for Mr Bad Guy he tells the sound man to turn the treble up
In the movie Prenter is sacked prior to Live Aid in reality Prenter was sacked in 1986 and the ultimate betrayer came in 1987 with him selling his story in 1987 telling all £32,000
The articles really did tell all and must have been a huge blow to Freddie Mercury
He tried to make excuses by saying he was hounded by the press
Paul Prenter died in August 1991 a few month before Freddie
