1963 (l think):- ‘’Why can’t l stand up & and tell myself l’m wrong, l’m wrong so wrong’’ Well something similar. Swinging Blue Jeans ??
I've held my tongue, but nearly everything that Johnson does has me questioning his decision making, I'm afraid, and the two recent thrashings (and I mean thrashings) have enhanced my feelings about his lack of nous . . . . in both games he has been embarrassed/shown up by oppo managers who have comfortably out-thought him, when he has, I believe, the best squad in the third division at his disposal Naturally I hope that he proves me wrong, but since he arrived at S.A.F.C. I've hoped that he'd achieve promotion (and any decent manager should be able to do that with our squad/support) and be replaced by a 'proper' capable manager that can match KLD's, and our, ambitions There you are . . . . I've said it
Maybe I'm a bit old school, but wouldn't there be some merit in the likes of Alves, O'Brien, Burge, Gooch etc playing some mins for the U23s? Seems as thought it's gone out of fashion for 1st team players to play for the "reserves"
Whereas he has embarrassed and shown up the managers of Wigan (twice), Port Vale, MK Dons, AFC Wimbledon, Blackpool, Wycombe, Accrington, Bolton, Cheltenham, Lincoln, Gillingham, Crewe & QPR
wtg benji lad...hopefully a sign of the change in attitude it seemed he needed, a short loan at a club without our facilities and not getting much game time may just be the kick the lad needs to get his act together. seems there is obvious talent there, now needs to harness it and let it grow...dyce also seems to be 'doing a lot more' now, his first couple of games he honestly looked like he had no idea when to try to make a run and when to just play the ball, been working well his past few games so hopefully another one learning fast.
Spot on mate, when I first heard the song Disreali Gears i thought In my ignorance what !!!, finding out its, origin, (written and recorded by Skip James in 1931). I have learned to love it , its just one of his great songs { most are complex) and featured in filmmaker Wim Wenders salute to blues musicians Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James and J.B. Lenoir. this great film, well worth a watch if you haven't already seen it . I saw many bands during the 60,s and into the 80,s mainly, and although never being able to play a note, had a few mates around that time in national and local bands no name dropping, but I probably saw your group during that time, where did you play, as the name is familiar. He started well, but the wheels have come off lately hence the worry expressed, a great orator maybe but he needs to think a bit less about interviews, and more on touchline performance imo. We all have our opinions though. and its great to hear them expressed on threads like these, makes them worthwhile. ,
I played with them 66-67 Places we’ve played were The Bay Hotel, The Rink, Majestic (Newcastle) Cellar Club (South Shields) The Black Cat Club at Roker Park and the usual mix of Working Mens Clubs, University do’s and Church Halls like St. Nicks and St. Gabriel’s. The one in the band you may have heard of is Mick Grabham who was our guitarist and he went on to play lead for Procol Harum. When I left to join the Army in ‘67 Nigel Olsson took my place (I played drums) and he ended up with Elton John. If you’re interested, here’s a link of me on Soundcloud doing all the instruments and voices at home either on a 4 track cassette or later using a digital recorder. https://soundcloud.com/maddisongs
Our paths must have certainly crossed many times, I know all those people you mention playing with, and was a fixture at the Bay and the Cellar (Jazz and Blues club as it was) old and new. One night I got roped in, against my better judgement, to be a roadie with pre Plastic, Cochise Mick and pre Elton Nigel when they were backing Billy Elliot I cant even remember the name of the band but looking back it turned out to be one of those memorable nights.. I also knew dave Stewart early doors but enough of him and me, how talented you are, your version of the Walrus, its great , and does John Lennon justice,I will listen to more when time permits. please log in to view this image
Billy Elliot was the name of our singer in The Enterprise. It was probably the Enterprise (after me so later ‘67 to early ‘68 probably) you were roadie for. Mick Tunn was our manager so you would have also met him. Dave Stewart hung around with us (The Solenoids) because his neighbour, Dave Gibson, was the singer guitarist. You may know of Dave’s Dad Len who died recently. Stewie married my cousin Pam but later married a Bananarama and finally Anoushka. Him and Pam are still great friends. Stewie showed me my first guitar chords and I learned songs like Play with fire (Stones) from him during band practices at St. Marks youth club. Nigel also spent some time playing with Uriah Heap whose (later) singer, John Lawton, (also recently deceased) was from our area. We were on tour (Lorry) with a German band he was singing with, Lucifer’s Friend, and we got on great together, both of us being from here.
Agreed mate. He certainly is getting much more involved in creating and scoring goals. He's a good sized unit as well. Looks good for the likes of Wearne, Dyce, Harris and Sohna to be on the periphery of the squad and making the breakthrough soon.
Its a small world, a friend of mine claims he taught Dave to play the guitar, he was a folk club regular and has some of Daves early attempts at songwriting that they worked on together when Dave was living in Ashbrooke, he's hanging on to them as he reckons they could be valuable some day. The music scene was vibrant in those days well documented on Roger Smiths of the the Ready Steady Gone a site on the net, about the NE music scene which you probably know about, in which a few of my past friends and probably lots of yours, if not yourself , are prominently featured.
