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A bygone golden age of music, stunning musicians, brilliant voices and perfect harmonies, dear Brother Andy! Only the tender mercy of God did I ever get to meet Keith Locke.
I was attending a concert to watch my childhood idol, Veronica Young at NLB Singapore. I was at this charity event and this dude was seated next to me. I recognised him.. and said ‘wow’ you’re Keith Locke? Blessings.
We stepped out to take a breather during interval, and I thank him for his contributions to our Singapore music scene with The Quests. I asked him for an autograph and he scribbled it out on a card that I carried around in my wallet until it disintegrated!
We had supper together with Veronica and friends after the show. We walked Veronica back to her hotel and I took Keith for a car ride. I blasted some of the Quests songs and it brought tears to his eyes on hearing some of the songs that he wrote.
What a remarkable man who worked extremely hard for his days with The Quests, probably the biggest Singapore band of all time! Wherever Keith may be.. God bless him.
🙏❤️🙏..
By Fred Ching
6 comments:
Hi Fred,
Thanks for another informative and interesting post. I have published your KEITH LOCKE story on the blog with your personal pix too. Thanks for the contribution. If I may say so, you are the epitome of a pop music enthusiast. So far, no one can even come near. And I am not being patronising. Stay safe...
Keith Locke n the Quest's rendition of Don't Play That Song (You Lied) is yet another song that I enjoy listening to, more than the original recording by Ben E. King.
Yes I do read Andy's blog every now n then. It's a very interesting n nostalgic one ❗👏👏👏
Jimmy Yap = Mr. Everywhere. Wow such a nice Nick Name for you.
Well-done.
👍👏👏👍🥂
Andy ,
What a pleasant surprise ! Thanks for the memories of Keith Locke and The Quests ! I was introduced to Keith Locke by Vernon Cornelius one evening when jamming with Tony Kwek and The Mysterians at Keppel Club. Keith was staying in the apartment of Veronica Young after their performance at Keppel Hall to a full house dinner and dance.
Clarence Perera ex The Dukes was raising funds for Charity. Blue Diamonds also performed with Veronica Young. According to Vernon , Keith will wake up at 6 am in the morning - I volunteered to show Keith around for breakfast and lunch while Vernon was still napping !
The question now is, where's KEITH LOCKE today? If anyone out there can write in to tell blog readers and Singapore 60s music lovers, it'll be great.
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