mjmooney Posted January 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, veloman said: Didn't know this muso, but must have been some bass player to play with Rod Argent ! He was not the original bassist with The Kinks; that was Peter Quaife I think; we supported them at The Belfrey in (about ) 1970 - 'Lola' had just hit No 1 in the Top Twenty. Pete Quaife left in 1969 - when you supported them the bass player would have been John Dalton. Jim Rodford took over in 1978 (after Argent, the band). He was back with Rod Argent in the reformed Zombies, when Chris White wasn't gigging. Edited January 21, 2018 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Yep , you are dead right (as usual). Just spoken to the guitarist who confirms Quaife had left and been replaced by another bassist + a keyboard player. It seems their roadie (a statuesque lady !!) was explaining to him why he had left. I remember that their PA was 200 watts !!! That was quite something back then; certain sections of the community have that in their car these days. It was a make none of us had heard of - GBX; Canadian I think. The Davis brothers didn't speak to us but the drummer (Mick Avory ?) was a decent bloke - but dropped a lot of drumsticks !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, veloman said: Yep , you are dead right (as usual). Just spoken to the guitarist who confirms Quaife had left and been replaced by another bassist + a keyboard player. It seems their roadie (a statuesque lady !!) was explaining to him why he had left. I remember that their PA was 200 watts !!! That was quite something back then; certain sections of the community have that in their car these days. It was a make none of us had heard of - GBX; Canadian I think. The Davis brothers didn't speak to us but the drummer (Mick Avory ?) was a decent bloke - but dropped a lot of drumsticks !! Yep, Mick Avory. By all accounts a nice bloke who had to put up with years of relentless bullying by Dave Davies. They had a fight on stage on at least one occasion. Edited January 21, 2018 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rugeley Villa Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I bought Argents "All Together Now" album because I loved the song "Hold Your Head Up". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Is that Colin Blunstone on vocals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, veloman said: Is that Colin Blunstone on vocals ? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Former England football captain, and Blackpool stalwart, Jimmy Armfield has died, aged 82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 3 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Former England football captain, and Blackpool stalwart, Jimmy Armfield has died, aged 82. Very very very sad news. My absolute favourite voice on the radio, and a man who was clearly just a gentleman and who loved the game. He read it very well throughout his life, and unlike certain other summarisers of his generation, or even later ones, he didn't constantly mispronounce the names of foreign players or spend all his time harrumphing that the world had gone down the toilet around the time of the advent of colour TV. Never met the bloke, but I will miss his voice very much. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Howard Lew Lewis has died. Known in the main as Elmo in Brush Strokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland, 69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Hugh Masekela 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: Howard Lew Lewis has died. Known in the main as Elmo in Brush Strokes. he was always Blag from Chelmsford 123 for me ... quite an under rated show , always amazed how many people have never heard of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Xann said: Hugh Masekela HM on trumpet... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Rip Simon Shelton Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hogso Posted January 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2018 Time for tubby bye bye. 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Horse racing trainer Richard Woollacott sadly dies aged 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2018 3 hours ago, sne said: Rip Simon Shelton Barnes He didn't look well. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: He didn't look well. He kept his garden in good nick to be fair to him, grass looks immaculate. It must have been hard going out looking like that, the poor man. At least he had his garden to keep his mind of his appearance and obvious serious skin complaint. His eyes look a bit weird in that photo as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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