{"id":17874,"date":"2022-02-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2022-02-14T20:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T20:32:30","slug":"pete-stride-honest-john-plain-hit-the-charts-with-video-for-laugh-at-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17874","title":{"rendered":"Pete Stride &#038; Honest John Plain Hit the charts with video for &#8216;Laugh At Me&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the world and his wife are slowly creating a new normal and us rock n rollers are seeing shoots of recovery, Pete Stride &amp; Honest John Plain celebrate by entering the Heritage charts with &#8216;Laugh At Me&#8217; lifted from their album &#8216;New Guitar In Town&#8217;. You can play the song and album on streaming site Spotify <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3xY3oXLXdLsmHGTz8PLDpB?si=0503e7d17cc24c87&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Ve5XIYHyr5P77r6bxud7-DzOeacdOQmlFUaLjlHsTzJPIDhvI68FtXrE&amp;nd=1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3xY3oXLXdLsmHGTz8PLDpB?si=0503e7d17cc24c87&amp;fbclid=IwAR2Ve5XIYHyr5P77r6bxud7-DzOeacdOQmlFUaLjlHsTzJPIDhvI68FtXrE&amp;nd=1\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a>. It still sounds as fresh as a daisy with the happy-go-lucky piano tinkling along with the great hook and melody you&#8217;d expect from these Rock and Rollers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/607618225759_T13_Image.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to The Arkive \u27a4 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE90YUlBRzN2bzdCQzhLeGtteHNWd0Z2WU1XUXxBQ3Jtc0tsbzRieEY2OFFid0QtTkUwLUR6Sm9ZRkxKYmN0OXMybXlBallaQTV3V05RaVJPZ1d5OV9PUWx1ZDNOMGpyVTlnbUROVjlRT1dfQW9jMEVKbW0wUnRqZVY2b2U1dWR2a1VFTkp6ZDdWaldOM252eVExVQ&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2ELeyze\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ELeyze<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beggars Banquet Archive \u27a4 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVdYWWtsRWpLNXJocjdRektGWXktQ0Zzb3QtUXxBQ3Jtc0trbG9oam1wSzNpRGVlOXBXYllmR3NLR0ZHTFpWSWRoeDhHNVctd2JmZjZJVTlpbmxZOS1pY3UxSTNiUmQ2bGYzUlRkSjFlMkxzQzgxUlFxLTdHUXR2aGVrUHhfMGNkckdVeW0wLVNhSjNEVm91TWRuaw&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2VBHdvZ\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2VBHdvZ<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21 of the Arkive&#8217;s favourite videos \u27a4 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazRUMlJKbmpXUjZsOEhYWXlUaUZxcTU2eEE0QXxBQ3Jtc0ttbUVkeFBYQ0VBZ2Fya2ZZYTV5T1VjcTAyN01BNVJZUDBBc04wRlBScV9TdERzNGJJdlMxcWVaVDFuZXZZcVk5U0hZNmM1NmJCTFc1R0doNHc0U002SUxRRlFTYkNBNWFUTFY5ai1xMDhaOWtzSWF6SQ&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2TcPYAf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TcPYAf<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally recorded and produced by Sonny Bono &#8220;Laugh at Me&#8221; was Sonny Bono&#8217;s only hit song as a solo artist under the name Sonny back in 1965. Pete Stride from The Lurkers&#8217; and John Plain of The Boys decided to play together and the result is the 1980 album &#8216;New Guitar in Town&#8217;. &#8220;Laugh At Me&#8221; is the only single from the album and was released in 1980. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Hit on the UK Heritage Chart &#8211; www.heritagechart.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pete Stride and John Plain - Laugh at Me (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKLml9xbYQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Honest John Plain on guitars\/vocals &amp; Pete Stride &#8211; guitars\/vocals were Jack Black (The Boys) on drums, Mick Talbot (Merton Parkas\/Style Council) on keyboards, Howard Wall (The Lurkers) &#8211; vocals, Pete &#8216;Plug&#8217; Edwards (Lurkers roadie) on vocals\/harmonica and Tony Bateman &#8211; bass\/vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Single (and album) was given its first-ever digital release (on Spotify, i-tunes etc) this past January. Mike Read has started to play it on his breakfast show and it has just entered the UK Heritage Chart yesterday (Sunday 13 Feb) at Number 30. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world and his wife are slowly creating a new normal and us rock n rollers are seeing shoots of recovery, Pete Stride &amp; Honest John Plain celebrate by entering the Heritage charts with &#8216;Laugh At Me&#8217; lifted from their album &#8216;New Guitar In Town&#8217;. 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