Saw jimmy James and the Vagabonds many times around the area in the early sixties, one night at a Rink all nighter, they did about four sets to cover for bands that went awol. They were tremendous value doing a wide range of music from blues to early Jamaican gospel/ska/reggae mixes , definitely one of these bands far better to see live than just here on record, that night they featured a tall elegant guy sharing vocals with Jimmy who was the epitome of cool, never found out who he was, as they just introduced him as "The Prince".
whenever Jimmy was on tried to see him had a great new years eve night in Seaham leisure center he was mint
He he played around the North East many times at various venues, I saw him mostly at the Cellar in South Shields were for a time he was almost the resident band. Just off topic, I saw Zoot Money and his band a few times, and they used to do a very similar set to Jimmy James. Great times.
I like rock/metal too mate. Listen to the first vid i put up Hoy some up, we'll run out of northern tunes eventually lol.
i used to be Amsterdam Roger then moved here 2 years ago when driving to the ferry along the 61 in Germany i saw a signpost for a town Makemsteine i thought that's the very fellow for me as a name change
played water polo for England and the combined services so i toured every barracks in Germany the scooters looks like they were leaving Hameln barracks or paderborn
very very nice song mate never heard it before but its brill i love Northern soul with the motown beat
It's my favourite. The bassline is amazing. Few on this thread I've not heard before so I'm working my way through them.
