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Talk To Ya Later - The Tubes - King Tut's was too small for them

FRIDAY



Ride 'em, Jewboy -


Also at King Tut's. Kinky was on tour with Little Jewford and Washington Ratso.

A fabulous gig. The boys were on fire!

Senga makes the photo (bottom left)

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Why is a married man looking at Senga's bottom?

Regular bloggers can skip this, you've read it before. However, it's still to be shared with the nation:

1.Cafe Continental, Gourock 2010.

150 of us crammed into a seaside cafe to see Kassidy. Fantastic gig, but we did feel sorry for the lads, who must have lost gallons of sweat. So impressed was I that a fairly high-profile band - who were playing every festival around that summer - had arrived on my doorstep in a venue little bigger than a phone-box, that I e-mailed the guy who'd arranged the gig and said well done. Oh the riddy when I later discovered it was he who'd signed them for Mercury and obviously wouldn't have too much difficulty persuading them to play in his own living-room if he felt like it.
Also worth a mention, their support, - a great wee band too.

Waking Up Sideways - Kassidy

2. An island paradise, in a cliff-top garden overlooking palm trees and a sparkling blue sea - James Grant and Fraser Spiers playing for a private party

yes, you've guessed it, it was Rothesay, 2008

Hey Renee - James Grant

Hasties Farm '79 & the late great Hector Nicol who could sing!

A few months ago, our secondary school hall. Kenny Anderson, who supports many local enterprise projects, turns up with the King Creosote outfit to play to a dozen pupils and eight teachers


They used it as a practice session. Brilliant

Coast on by - King Creosote

there's this wee old fashioned wood panelled pub in a northern town. the pub has an even smaller back room where some locals will produce the best live music i've heard anywhere...and amateurs to man and woman.....absolutely astounding stuff....then he strolls in sits down and just joins in, he's a local too.

'ashes on the fire'....................hawley

cheers frae the dale

The Silver Thread Hotel, Blackhall St. Paisley (now a residential home) ...
take your pick from

Elvis Costello & T. Attractions ~~ 'Lipstick Vogue'
Generation X ~~ 'My Generation'
The Rezillos ~~ 'Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight'
Sham 69 ~~ 'When the Kids are United'
The Lurkers ~~ 'Go Go Go'

Seems improbable now, but this was your original kitchen room party night ... no stage, and precious little room for the band never mind the mesmerised public ...

... happy nights ...

Previously on the blog
#58
Aye four posts before you

Christmas 1980
Queen margaret halls of residence
Somewhere off great western road

My gaelic girlfriend at the time had booked a wee band from the islands.
They played in a back room whilst the disco went on in the common room.

Must have been about a dozen of us watching them.
Someone clapped. They did an encore.

Recovery / runrig

paolopablo, I've heard of someone else who was at the Frankie Miller gig in Greenock, he said there weren't many at it and I assume the organisers forgot to promote it as I'd have been there if I'd known. Anyway, that must be where your tape/CD came from

#10 sorry Paolo, my work computer didn't allow the link

I think I told this tale the last time we did this:

Somehow I managed to find my way onto the Entertainments Committee at our College in 1979. This group had connections with Dundee Uni and so we got a small allocation of tickets for any band playing at the Union. The Pretenders had been a small outfit touring Universities the length of the country when they went to the top with Brass in pocket. All of a sudden, our committee was inundated with enquiries for tickets, of which we had been allocated only 10.

I am amazed to this day at my good fortune in the 'out of the hat' draw. I managed to get all six of my ticket request and so joined 200 students at the gig that weekend..........

DC

"Somehow I managed to find my way onto the Entertainments Committee"
"I am amazed to this day at my good fortune in the 'out of the hat' draw"

Me too.

Around 1970 our Union had The Searchers, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Black Sabbath and The Who.

and Alex Harvey.

#10 @ ya PP

What's yer point caller?

and Deep Purple and The Bonzos

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Reminds me of my honeymoon...

#15 so did we but that was Wednesday's theme

not sure if this counts ...

sort of 'Primal Scream's first 'public' performance ...

Venue: Back of the top floor on the No.37 bus making its way up to King's Park School in Glasgow's south side.

An unsuspecting 'audience' (mainly >60) were 'treated' to an 'acoustic' rendition of 'God Save the Queen' by a foursome consisting of Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young, Jim Beattie (+ KG on makeshift drums). It may not have sounded pretty, but for some it was the start ...

Whew! Eight egos!...

Wee high? Go west!

Saw Echo and the Bunnymen at the Pathfoot lounge Stirling University in 1980

unlike most bloggers though , I was just visiting a uni as a punter

Echo and the Bunnymen -- Crocodiles

#6 Did he tell the C & A joke?

#20

Was there mains electricity?

If you pedalled fast enough

these have been recalled before so no need for blogotariat to read again - but still okay for audience at large...

Q.M. - 1973 - Queen

Band turned up for their gig following the release of their single The Seven Seas Of Rye . Their equipment broke down, everyone drifted off. Myself and my pals found ourselves in their company in the bar, but not realising these would be future superstars, went off to the disco and left them to it.

Upstairs rooms City Hall - about 150 people James Grant

Gig immediately preceding the decision to reform Love & Money... ethereal, magic, intimate, funny... on great form.. we all sang along to 'You're Not The Only One' that or 'This Could Be The Day

RSAMD - 150 people - Jack Bruce

Jack comes to pick up honorary degree and plays to 150 people. Truly awesome.
I'd like to ask for something other than Sunshine Of Your Love.. but you'll never play it.

Off to the Hilton for first of many winter functions.. bored senseless at the prospect.

regardez vous

henri

I see we're having Manic Monday next week. Wonder where Madmac went, it's much the same as Frenzied Friday you'd think....

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Following which is Tuneful Tuesday

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#28

Sadly, I think Mac has gone over to the dark side.
He's walking in the Queen & Blondie Wonderland.

In 1999 we were on holiday in San Diego. The Manic Street Preachers who had been selling out arenas for several years in the UK were trying to break the States and playing a small beach bar called Canes - about the size of a tennis court.

We'd seen them the year before at T in The Park and couldn't believe our luck! The Manics thought they were breaking the States but were playing to about 200 British holiday makers - including a postie we met from Birkenhead who had decided to skip his flight home and stay in California to see the gig.

You Stole The Sun From My Heart had just gone top ten in the UK and was a great memory from a fantastic gig.

Chris & Lynda Perkins, Stirling.

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Chris & Lynda,

Welcome aboard! As much as we all love the blog, we're not convinced that anyone apart from us actually reads it after 4 p.m.

Get 'em in early!

;o)

#27 must have taken a hell of a long time to chart.


80s lovers like our man in rio will remember New Musik.
Saw them at strathclyde uni student union. Theyd had three single releases at the time. On they came on their white suits and sang them as their first three songs. By song no. 4 there was only me, my mate a drunk who'd passed out and a matchbox fan who was a week early to see his heroes. By song no5 there was only the drunk and the matchbox fan.

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... ach, you've put me off now ... was gonna tell everyone about the time I bumped into Zappa, while watching The Rubettes playing at my good friend Mac's wedding reception in the Locharbriggs Working Men's Club ... but I'm not going to bother now ...

fear not Gaie and AFR ... he may be closer than you think ...

now there's a surprise......