Off Topic Gigs

Became friends with ray of lucus Tyson seen them all over the north east
Used to get in free.
Never seen them for over 46 years really great times

 

I'd come watch but I'm skint. Hole in the Wall pub by any chance?

 

Give me a shout if you are performing in these parts..

 

No it's the Quakerhouse mate. Complete "no backing" gig - me on acoustic and him doing his thing with the electric! I'll get you a couple of beers if you can make it

 

The Quakerhouse? Wow! Have you been? One of the busiest and smallest venues in town. You'll have more room if it's upstairs but it's still small up there. Narrow rooms, very intimate. Can't swing a cat in there. I may come down fella. Depends where my head is at not good with tight crowds at the moment so I don't know.

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Downstairs



Thing is downstairs, the bar makes up most of the room, you only have a couple of m2 in front of you before you hit the end of the bar, then the bar runs down the venue with only a meter wide corridor for people to queue for the bar and watch the music. Very very intimate and tight. Jack will be there(one in the middle on the top picture) probably doing the warm up, give him my best if I can't make it. If there's a keyboard about make him do Johnny B. Goode.

 

First time there fella! I can't wait really. I had just about enough of the solo stuff. If you make it, make yourself known. I know that we've met, but I'm ****ing useless!!!! I'll get jack playing Johnny b Goode with us as we play it anyway!!!

 

He seems talented but not my type of music. A bit too twiddley.

 

Last band I saw was a local one, Mugshot, and they were great.

 

I'll see if he's there and if he is I'll tell him to make sure he's got his keyboard.

 

How many of his videos have you watched? There are loads more strings to his bow. What exactly is "your type of music"? Fleetwood Mac? Hendrix? Beatles? Snow Patrol? AC/DC? Bon Jovi? We do songs by all of them - even a bit of a Phil Collins number!!

 

Mark E. Smith has died

 

The Fall? Bloody hell! This year going the same way last year did then!!

RIP Mark

 

Just the link you put up mate. Blues rock is my preference.

 

There's very little he can't do on the guitar. Blues rock like Gary Moore? (We play Gary Moore and Lizzie stuff) loads more to him than that mate

 

Another legend gone

 

I am booked up to see TheThe in June at the Royal Albert Hall.

Paid a bit, but one of my all-time favourite bands.

That’s all I have booked so far... got to ****ing migrate first.

 

Was he really a legend?

Talking about this down the local and most had never heard of him.

Seems like he's a cool guy amongst a certain circle but the rest of us don't know who he was.

 

Have to admit that I had to google to see who he was..

 

A legend to some I guess, an eclectic legend if you will. But a very big influence on the Manc music scene of the 80s, of which I was a big fan (.. and hence moved to Manchester to go to Uni)