Xann Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Chesney Hawkes is a talented fellow. He composes library music and he's good at it. Quote Fantastical Orchestra ANW 2320 Fantasy, intrigue & drama with full orchestra Audio Network Library 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Tickets for ace guitarist Larry Carlton have arrived. Any of you muso types know this player ? Steely Dan tickets ordered !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, veloman said: Tickets for ace guitarist Larry Carlton have arrived. Any of you muso types know this player ? Steely Dan tickets ordered !! Yup, and got my Steely Dan tickets too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 hours ago, JoshVilla said: Yup, and got my Steely Dan tickets too! Winwood should have been top of the bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 17, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Winwood should have been top of the bill! Funny you should say that. I saw the lineup the other day and had the exact same thought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 49 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Winwood should have been top of the bill! Good as Steve Winwood is that amounts to heresy . I played in a band that supported the original Spencer Davis group in about 1964/5 (can't remember). I was never so glad to get off stage 'cos they were so good and we ………. weren't. Casino Club in the market town of Walsall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2018 I see Big Country are touring atm. I wonder if any more than one VTer would be interested? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I see Big Country are touring atm. I wonder if any more than one VTer would be interested? they are a tricky one at present originally it was the remaining 3 members with Mike Peters taking over as singer , i saw this lineup a couple of times ,Peters was a fan and did a fine job .... then Peters left and Simon Hough took over vocals and Tony Butler (bass player) also left and Derek Forbes of Simple Minds took over ( I also saw this lineup) ... Then , Forbes went back to Simple minds as they are are touring and Scott Whitley is now on bass (yet to see) so it's kind of a Big Country cover band these days where it gets interesting is they are playing a few twin gigs later this year with The Skids , and The Skids gig I went to with some mates in Belfast earlier this year was bloody brilliant ( you know its good when mates who had never even heard of The skids still rate it as one of the best gigs they've been to ) .... one of these gigs is at The Barrowlands a venue I've never been to and really feel i should and "the Belfast gang " are already proposing we go and make a weekend of it ... I just think Belfast was a one off and can't be topped and thus it will be an anti climax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2018 All that figures. Skids-Big Country-Simple Minds-The Alarm. All air-punching bombast with no substance (in my opinionated opinion, natch). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 hours ago, tonyh29 said: one of these gigs is at The Barrowlands a venue I've never been to and really feel i should and "the Belfast gang " are already proposing we go and make a weekend of it ... I just think Belfast was a one off and can't be topped and thus it will be an anti climax 2 Do you like trampolining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Do you like trampolining? Is that an euphemism or is there something I should know about the Barrows ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just now, tonyh29 said: Is that an euphemism or is there something I should know about the Barrows ? Most ludicrously sprung dancefloor. Leads to something akin to crowd surfing on a tsunami Stand in the middle and see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Most ludicrously sprung dancefloor. Leads to something akin to crowd surfing on a tsunami Stand in the middle and see what happens Sounds right up my street .. I’m quite partial to pogo’ing in the mosh pit with strangers ( not a euphemism) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Sounds right up my street .. I’m quite partial to pogo’ing in the mosh pit with strangers ( not a euphemism) I like the Barras, it's a proper old school gig venue and there aren't too many of them left 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 just wrote a couple of paragraphs about The Skids but then just before pressing send realised I meant The Ruts that was close 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: All that figures. Skids-Big Country-Simple Minds-The Alarm. All air-punching bombast with no substance (in my opinionated opinion, natch). You'd be right (with the exception of early Simple Minds - totally different beast to the Stadium band that emerged after New Gold Dream) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: All that figures. Skids-Big Country-Simple Minds-The Alarm. All air-punching bombast with no substance (in my opinionated opinion, natch). The skids were a punk band using Latin and abstract lyrics to write songs about the working man or anti war songs using Tennyson poems and Guernica paintings as influence and commenting on the fabric of Europe post world war 2 ... Adamsons lyrics with BC were about society and social concessness , Steeltown covering things from The death of industry , the miners strike , the falklands and even mad Ronnie ... yeah it’s wrapped around some loud guitars and it may not be in Dylan’s league , but there is more to it than just bombastic (likewise IMO ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: The skids were a punk band using Latin and abstract lyrics to write songs about the working man or anti war songs using Tennyson poems and Guernica paintings as influence and commenting on the fabric of Europe post world war 2 ... Adamsons lyrics with BC were about society and social concessness , Steeltown covering things from The death of industry , the miners strike , the falklands and even mad Ronnie ... yeah it’s wrapped around some loud guitars and it may not be in Dylan’s league , but there is more to it than just bombastic (likewise IMO ) TL:DR Richard Jobson was / is a pretentious twunt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2018 @tonyh29 This is what I mean by a proper venue BBC 6 Music Photo Gallery of the Barras (Many more photos on the link) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 15 hours ago, bickster said: TL:DR Richard Jobson was / is a pretentious twunt I think people formed that image based on his TOTP appearances , the poetry reading and the modelling he came across as a decent bloke when i met him ..all be it briefly and he's quite humble in his biography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts