Here Comes Trouble

What’s the one thing you shouldn’t do when arriving to meet the volcanically-tempered stickler for timekeeping Nina Simone? Lloyd Bradley rocked up to the legendary singer’s Manchester hotel room 90 minutes alter kick off in 1991…

“Be punctual,” they implored. “Be punctual, and everything should be alright.” Ask about Nina Simone at her publisher’s offices and you’ll soon be appraised of the relationship between tardiness and the musician’s volatile temper. And you did your best. Honest. But between London and Manchester points failed, signals stuck, engineering work progressed and cattle strayed on to the tracks near Rugby. Meanwhile, the telephone wires between the Manchester hotel where Nina Simone is staying and Q magazine’s HQ have been glowing red. “Miss Simone,” word has it, “is a trifle anxious.” “Shouldn’t you have been here over an hour ago?” enquires the hotel receptionist - usually militantly neutral in such matters - as you skate across the lobby. It is now 90 minutes after the appointed time of your meeting with the…

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Q (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2020

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