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Sweet, Status Quo, Slade and Dr. Feelgood

The British Invasion that failed: why Slade, Status Quo, the Sweet and Dr. Feelgood never conquered the USA

By Mark McStea published

Slade’s Noddy Holder and Jim Lea join Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, the Sweet’s Andy Scott and Dr. Feelgood’s Wilko Johnson (in one of his final interviews) to explain what did – and didn’t – go down in the ’70s

Francis Rossi

Francis Rossi: “You really need to be a s**t-hot player to make a Telecaster sound good. Particularly when playing lead”

By Jamie Dickson published

Status Quo’s Francis Rossi on baiting the purists, swapping guitars with Badfinger, and why he’s not an all-time-great Tele player

Alan Lancaster Status Quo

Alan Lancaster, bassist and founding member of Status Quo, dies aged 72

By Matt Parker published

Stalwart of the band’s hugely successful ‘Frantic Four’ period died at home in Sydney

Francis Rossi

Status Quo's Francis Rossi: "I put a Tune-o-Matic bridge on my Tele like the old Gibsons. I think all that stuff, and taking off the lacquer, added to the tone"

By Jonny Scaramanga published

How a hardware calamity led the Quo legend towards the Telecaster

Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi’s green Tele fetches more than $150,000 at auction

By Richard Bienstock published

Other instruments on the block included a KK Downing Hamer Mini V and George Harrison Zemaitis acoustic

Francis Rossi's Telecaster

Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi’s iconic green Telecaster is hitting the auction block

By Richard Bienstock published

The Tele is expected to fetch upwards of $100,000

Status Quo's Francis Rossi Pays Tribute to Rick Parfitt

By Damian Fanelli published

Longtime Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfittdied this past Saturday night—Christmas Eve—at a hospital in Marbella,Spain. He was68.