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General Discussion => The Buzz => Topic started by: Clive on October 01, 2011, 17:19
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Tonight we are off to see the Manfreds who are performing next door. Lead singer is Paul Jones and we have front row balcony seats so nobody can stand up in front of us and gyrate. Call me a miserable old git but when I pay £18.50 each for my concessionary tickets I expect to be able to see them! :laugh:
http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/web/groups/pavilion/documents/marketing/083296.hcsp#TopOfPage
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Enjoy, Clive, he's a good blues musician.
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Looks good, Clive! Enjoy your evening. :)
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Enjoy, Clive, he's a good blues musician.
He was far better than I expected and he really knows how to play that harmonica. I hadn't realised that lead guitarist Tom McGuinness was part of McGuinness Flint who had the big hit "When I'm dead and gone". He was previously in a group with Eric Clapton (not Cream). At the end, they had a well deserved standing ovation.
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Sounds like a good evening, Clive. :)
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Glad you had a good evening, Clive. McGuinness Flint were an archetypal one hit wonder! ;D
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But I bet you can still sing along...
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Actually, it's not one I remember well, although, I'd know it if I heard it.
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You would indeed. :)
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Cliff Richard and Percy Sledge next then the Stylistics in November. That should wrap it up for the year. :laugh:
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I can't imagine CR & PS together. ;)
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Imagine no more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUMuMCCyh8 ;D
The full line-up includes Freda Payne (“Band of Gold”), Lamont Dozier (“Why Can't We be Lovers?”), Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (“Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In”), James Ingram ("Just Once") and Jaki Graham ("Could It Be I'm Falling In Love").
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I can't imagine CR & PS together. ;)
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I can now!
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Years ago, I took the missus to see the Blues Band when they were playing here in Sunny Bormuff, then went backstage for a lig afterwards with a couple of my muso mates. On meeting Paul Jones, I said "Hiya" and complimented him on the show, as you do, but was then a bit puzzled when he replied in a bizarre pseudo-american accent. Knowing full well that he hailed from Portsmouth, I asked where he got his unusual accent. He got all embarrassed and awkwardly mumbled something before wandering off. Good gob-iron player though.
The Blues Band's Dave Kelly, on the other hand, is a thoroughly genuine geezer and dead brill slide guitarist. I have fond memories of watching him perform an impromptu bottleneck acoustic version of Robert Johnson's Crossroads Blues from a stool perched on top of a table at the long-since bulldozed Hive venue, when the power suddenly went off during a set by the John Dummer Blues Band. I was about 16 or 17 at the time and it was right in the middle of the 60s blues revival. I saw Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf all perform at the same small venue. Character-building stuff.
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Great story, Rod. :)
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The so-called mid-Atlantic accent was required for street cred in the late 60s, Rod, maybe that's when he picked it up?
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I dunno, Rik. Possession of a 'mid-Atlantic' accent only served to demonstrate that its exponent was embarrassingly out-of-touch with the scene at street level, but desperately wanted to 'belong'. Consequently, they just ended up looking a complete knob, as did many contemporary DJs.
It was just such faux-pas which caused pre-existing differences in musical taste to polarise, until a yawning chasm formed with 'Underground' on one side and Radio music on the other. In retrospect, I suppose it helped trigger a kind of tribal behaviour, with the later clashes between Mods and Rockers being one of its more extreme forms.
Paul Jones' inappropriate use of the silly accent was worrying because the incident mentioned above actually happened around the mid 70s. However, what's particularly disturbing is the novelty accent he now uses on his radio show. What the hell is that all about, Paul? :)x
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Consequently, they just ended up looking a complete knob, as did many contemporary DJs.
And I knew many of them. :)
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I saw Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf all perform at the same small venue.
What an incredible line-up Rod! I was also a fan of all three would have given my eye teeth to have seen just one of them perform live on stage. I did manage to see Bo Diddley and the Duchess at Cardiff so my life hasn't been totally wasted. You will be reassured to know that Paul Jones still has the mid-Atlantic accent. :laugh:
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I saw the bluesmen at the Albert Hall, Clive, the opposite experience to Rod's but a great night for all that.
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I hasten to add that they weren't all on the same bill, simply appearing at the same venue over the course of a year or so.
For a small club, the Hive certainly had some big acts. It was all the more remarkable because the stage area was only about 12 inches off the floor, so they relied on the audience keeping a respectful distance from the act, which wasn't too difficult when Keith Emerson was abusing his organ mere feet away from the punters.
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Pacamac time? :o:
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I hasten to add that they weren't all on the same bill, simply appearing at the same venue over the course of a year or so.
Oh right. I thought it was the same bill which would have been one of the best in history. But that meant you saw three great shows instead of just the one! I also liked Sonny Boy Williamson and Cyril Davies although neither headed to my neck of the woods. Getting back to Paul Jones, he not only had a fake American accent - it was also extremely posh for a pop singer. He kept referring to "when I was an undergraduate" and "during my university days" which seemed to suggest he was a reluctant pop star. When I used to watch him on ToTP all those years ago he gave the impression he was a bit of a Jack the Lad. But he can still stand on one leg flapping his arms whilst singing Pretty Flamingo. ;D
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That's not bad for someone who'll turn 70 next February. I'm well impressed. (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv300%2FMothballs%2FSmileys%2Fthumb02.gif&hash=2d14b995f3096e3edaf80c64c56d0c1153239193)
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he seems to be in very good shape - not an ounce of fat on him! Interestingly he had a full head of hair but I was sat too far back to determine whether or not he was wearing a wig. When I saw Marty Wilde I sat in the front row of the stalls and it was quite obvious he had a rug on his head. We've stopped sitting in the stalls because the dancers block the view but nobody danced on Saturday. :dunno:
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PJ certainly appeared to have real hair when I met him, but so did Marty Wilde at the time he bought me a pint in 1982. Mind you, my Barnet would probably touch a phone box on all four sides in those days. (https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv300%2FMothballs%2FSmileys%2Fafro.gif&hash=f1a3bc4409d1cc94e2076c7d3927733f1f5b2d95)
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You had me worried there for a minute, Rod, I thought you'd met PJ Proby - wasn't quite sure which hair you'd been checking. :devil:
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A lot can happen to a head of hair during the space of 30 years. :laugh:
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Tell me about it! I knew I should never have used Wash and Go. :bawl:
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:pmsl:
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:laugh:
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I've now learnt from extremely reliable sources that Paul Jones preaches at Apostolic churches. No...really.
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:o