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Christopher Paul Lee (19 January 1950 – 25 July 2020) was a British musician, author, broadcaster and lecturer from Manchester, England.

Biography

Lee was born in Didsbury, south Manchester. He was a writer, broadcaster, lecturer and performer who started playing in the North West folk and beat clubs of the 1960s with his band Greasy Bear and became a linchpin of the punk rock explosion with his next band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias. In 1977 Lee wrote the "snuff-rock" musical Sleak, which ran for several months in London's Royal Court Theatre and the Roundhouse. [1] It subsequently had a run at Privates in New York City in 1980. [2] Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias split up in 1982 after releasing three albums. [3] Lee then wrote and performed a tribute show of routines by Lord Buckley, first in Manchester and later in other places including Amsterdam, New York and London. He also worked as a music journalist. [3]

In 1979, Lee and John Scott released their debut album as "Gerry & the Holograms". The title track is claimed by some to have been ripped off by New Order's "Blue Monday". [4]

When We Were Thin (published October 2007) is a personal memoir in which Lee recounts how he produced one side of the first Factory Records release, ate muffins with Andy Warhol, drove a table with Wreckless Eric and was Elvis Costello for a day.[ citation needed]

Lee's other works included books about Bob Dylan, one of which, Like The Night (Revisited), focuses on the shout of ' Judas' aimed at Dylan at his Manchester Free Trade Hall performance in 1966, which was the climax of Martin Scorsese's documentary of Dylan, No Direction Home. [5] Another book, Shake, Rattle & Rain, is adapted from his PhD thesis on Manchester music-making.

CP Lee retired [6] after being a course leader in film studies and senior lecturer at the University of Salford, and continued writing and presenting talks, as well as documentaries for BBC Radio and TV. [7] From 2004, he was also a co-trustee of the Manchester Digital Music Archive. [8]

Lee died on 25 July 2020, aged 70. [9]

References

  1. ^ Duffy, Michael (1977) " Rockers like soccer", Anchorage Daily News, 3 December 1977, p. 15A, retrieved 2011-05-08
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert (1980) "Theatre: Pop 'Sleak' at Privates", The New York Times, 21 December 1980, p. 62
  3. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN  1-84195-335-0, p. 5
  4. ^ Wray, Daniel Dylan (4 April 2017). "Tearing Off The Band Aid: Revealing The Scabrous Truth of Gerry & The Holograms". Thequietus.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ Bauer, Scott (1998) " Dylan's stand", The Free Lance-Star, 10 October 1998, p. E3, retrieved 2011-05-08
  6. ^ "CP Lee Retirement Party". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. ^ Bauer, Scott (2002) " Drummer's home movies add detail to rock history", Record-Journal, 1 October 2002, p. 2, retrieved 2011-05-08
  8. ^ "Aiden O'Rourke - Interview with CP Lee". Aidan.co.uk. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  9. ^ "CP Lee (Manchester music legend Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias) RIP". Louder than War. 25 July 2020.

External links

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