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@mjmooney. I have listened again to your mate, the drummer and as ,i said before he is brilliant and well out of my league . But .....would he be able to back a cabaret act, some female singer, no dots , no run through. Probably with bleached blonde hair, hooped earrings (sufficient to have a budgie swinging in them), singing 'My Way', unsure of key and doesn't count the number in. Probably has all tattoos spelled correctly though. I have !!!

Sky - bassist was Herbie Flowers (as you doubtless knew). Played on Bowie's 'Space Oddity' amongst others. But ..... was also responsible for writing "Grandad' - Clive Dunn !!

Anyone going to 'Bloodstock' ? Looks like a good metal line-up but 'Night Flight Orchestra' seems an odd choice; bearing in mind the audience. I quite like 'em - remind me a bit of TOTO.

Any body know this 'band' ? The keyboard player was in 'Marshall Hain' who had a big hit in the 70's (IIRC). There were some top American session players on this track; including Rick Derringer , Jeff Porcaro and Chuck Rainey.

^^^^^ Christ yes !! Bloomin ace. Is that in 5/4 time ? A bit out of my league !

One bloke who played in the band I was in had a "Tokai". I really couldn't tell it apart from a Strat, really nice sound (I thought). Anyone ever had one of these ? Are they still about ?

Cheers . Great kit btw

Is "John" from the Birmingham area ? Just wondered if I knew him - although I have been away from the music scene for some years now.

I realise that many people on here don't believe in formal or indeed have any time for it but .... didn't Quakers do quite a bit for Society ? Decent work conditions ,housing etc particularly where they were factory owners/employers ?.

Bloomin 'ell ! That is an ace kit. From memory - the 9000 was the top of the Yamaha range - possibly maple shells. I looked at a kit of those in Musical Exchange , but opted for Pearl 'cos a) it was cheaper and b) I really didn't warrant such a kit . You will be really interested to know that groove master Steve Gadd uses 'em. There are various 'Black Beauty' models (I think) but they are top quality bits of kit. Some Black Beauty are about £500+ - just the snare drum. Very interesting !!

Wasn't the original idea that Tele's were used as rhythm guitars whilst the Strat was for lead guitarists ? I remember 'Harmony' guitars had a similar product (many on here may not have heard of them due to my advanced years). In the original Spencer Davis Group, Spencer Davis had a twin pick up, single cut away whilst Steve Winwood, on lead, had 3 pick up twin cutaway. Might have been called The Meteor - not sure now.

If this England performance is not bad enough - what the hell happened to Warwicks last night !!!

N.B. As a student of Classic English Literature , I'm afraid I pinched the "definitely not a toy" line from ..... "MAD" magazine. (What, me worry !!)

Back in the 60's , Ibanez guitars were advertised in Mail Order catalogues and came with a note saying "definitely not a toy" !! They then seemed to re invent themselves and became really desirable - our guitarist had one. I know a bit more about drums though and Pearl drums were a similar example. There was a large music store in Broad Street called George Clay (who was a big Villa fan incidentally). He got in a kit of Pearl and they were in the front of the window for months and eventually shifted to the back. Later became one of the best kits around (IMO) and were used by the great Jeff Porcaro. (He could have made biscuit tins sound good though!!)

Shame on you ! You've never heard Summer Breeze, later covered by the Isley Brothers. This was a great era of soft Rock - Seals and Crofts , England Dan and John Ford Coley etc.

A bloke I played with was instrumental in programming that !!

Warwickshire !!! Flatter to deceive; how on Earth could they lose to Leicestershire !

I can exclusively reveal that his funeral will be next Wednesday at 20/1

Yep , Stirling a very good signing for Warks. However, I'm still recovering from the Commentator (might have been PSL) describing him as standing at "one and a half slip'.

The only plus side could be that the radio dedicate several hours to playing "Yes" numbers. That being the case, let's hope Oasis live forever !!

Indeed ! All the musos in 'Yes' were damn good IMO but I couldn't get into them either (liked Roundabout though). i thought their stuff was quite complicated with some difficult tempo and time changes (difficult for me anyway !!). I think I could have played most things on Lennon's album though :). A great drummer RIP

Hmm , subjective I suppose. They were better than the Premier I had in the rock band but probably not as good as the Ludwig i had before - shouldn't have swapped 'em really. However neither were as good as the Pearl DLX I had before I packed it in. I used to change kits quite regularly in order to minimise tax liability. Yardleys/Musical Exchanges must have loved me . Our keyboard player did the same.

I think he was an extremely astute business man and rumoured to be as wealthy as The Beatles. The band I played in supported Roy Castle and his drummer told me the "Rogers" drums paid him a fortune to use their kit 'cos everyone wanted Ludwig - as per Ringo. I had Rogers drums at the time.

An example from my book Roots of Rock Drumming; ace session player Bobby Graham was asked to play on a record by the God awful Dave Clarke Five . Clarke , who could hardly actually play, kept telling him to simplify it so Clarke could play it. He ended up just playing "4 to the floor with everything ,hi hat, bass drum and snare drum" Clarke said that was perfect.

If you like Vangelis' theme to "Blade Runner' , have a listen to the version by 'Morrissey Mullen'. The late Dick Morrissey and ace guitarist Jim Mullen.