Whatever happened to Tom Robinson?!
Question: was watching Ashes to Ashes the other night and "He" was on there, just wonder where he is now if stll alive. Do he still sing
Answers: was watching Ashes to Ashes the other night and "He" was on there, just wonder where he is now if stll alive. Do he still sing
He is a DJ on BBc Radio 6.
he got shot wait this is from the book right
yes hes still alive
i don't really know who he is
Tom Robinson is still very much around .... guess I last saw him as part of an English folk celebration at the Barbican Centre five years back singing a song about Tom Paine ....
But guess his anthem was "Glad to be Gay" even though his only chart hit was "2-4-6-8 Motorway" ....
A young Tom performing the song solo (really touching) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lR3ffBsM...
And with the full Tom Robinson Band (1979) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHG2LJGfE...
(note that this performance appeared on mainstream UK BBC television 30 years ago !)
And bang up to date (2007), a 30 years older Tom :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox-egz0hG...
(OK Tom turned out to be bi .... girlfriend, kids .... but who cares .... will always remember him for that wonderful 1978 LP "Power in the Darkness " ..... "Wish I had a Grey Cortina etc ! .... :-) )
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