Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 1

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This is the first episode, in a two part interview with Tessa Niles, a UK female vocalist who has performed and recorded with some of music’s greatest stars including Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Bowie, Tina Turner, The Police and Robbie Williams.
In 2015, she released a book called “Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”, which is a star-studded account of her 30 year career working alongside some of the greatest names in Rock and Pop..
Special thanks to Tessa Niles for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Tessa and her incredible career, please check out her book:
“Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”
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1. Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 1 (00:00:00)

2. Start (00:00:40)

3. Older Brother Ian (00:00:58)

4. The Band Sam and Michelle (00:05:02)

5. Derek Agutter and Northern Ireland Tour (00:06:38)

6. Madeira and Session Musicians (00:09:45)

7. Dill Katz and Sarah Brightman (00:11:05)

8. Richard Niles (00:12:18)

9. Trevor Horn, ABC and Lexicon of Love (00:13:16)

10. The Police and The Synchronicity Tour (00:16:18)

11. Re-adjusting after the tour (00:19:05)

12. The tour took it's toll (00:21:10)

13. What's Love got to do with do with it (00:23:26)

14. Touring, recording and commercials (00:25:01)

15. Live Aid and David Bowie (00:27:11)

16. Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (00:31:38)

17. Meeting Eric Clapton and Phil Collins - The August Album (00:32:44)

18. Joining the Eric Clapton Band (00:33:38)

19. The Prince's Trust Rock Gala (00:36:42)

20. Solo Career (00:37:49)

21. Journeyman album (00:39:53)

22. The Journeyman Tour - Africa (00:40:34)

23. Stevie Ray Vaughan (00:41:01)

24. Meeting the following day (00:47:33)

25. Tears in Heaven (00:49:10)

26. Next episode teaser (00:51:24)