Favourite Band

[davejones]

Last night I saw my favourite band in Burgess Hill.

I have supported Wishbone Ash since 1970 when I saw them on the Old Grey Whistle Test as whispering Bob Harris introduced the band as innovators of rock music featuring two lead guitarists without egos.

They were even better this year than last when I saw them at Chichester.

Having supported them for so long buying albums (CDs now) and watching them live for so long have any other forum users seen any decent concerts recently.

I hope you enjoyed the concert as much as I did tommo?

See what entertainments we lay on in Mid Sussex ? ;D
Yes, Wishbone Ash were awesome, great to see you there and learn of a fellow aficionado - though I only own the first four albums, all on vinyl. Their rendition of Phoenix was undoubtedly the highlight and brought the house down.
The previous gig I attended (last year) was actually in Brighton, at the Old Market, where I saw the excellent Caravan (who hail from Sav's neck of the woods). Apart from Brighton I've also seen them twice both in London and Kent (the Astor,Deal and the Marlowe,Canterbury)
It is tribute to their musicianship that certain bands formed in the 70's still have a cult following today and it makes a refreshing change from all the pap served up these days in the name of hip-hop and rap. 8-)

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I bought some of the early Wishbone Ash albums when I was a young lad :)

My favorite group of all time is without doubt though ELO, a fantastic group with an incredible light show who I went to see many moons ago.

My favourite of all time are the mighty Van Der Graaf Generator who recently re-formed after an absence of 29 years. I attended the reunion concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 6th May last year (the same night as Cream, who charged four times as much - no thanks !)
They were incredibly polished and faithful to their original works and it was like being transported in a time warp. I would give marks out of ten : thirteen. Yes they were that good I would quite happily have died and gone to heaven.

[Richard Stowe R.I.P.]

I can not say I have one favorite band, as my taste in music has kept up even into the modern era, I'll list my favorites and why
60's, Rolling Stones, to annoy my mother.
60's, 70's, 80's, 90's 00's, Uriah Heep, Mick Box lead guitar, nuff said.
70's, Pink Floyd, way out man.
70's, Budgie, guitar solo's, some of the best.
70's, Mr Big, just knew them and still do, also very good guitar solo's.
80's, Dire Straits, guitar again.
90's, 00, Guns n Roses, just good rock.
00's, Hoobas Tank, some good ballads,
and no one sings a love song like a rock band.

I'm more in to Indie/Rock and some Heavy Metal.
My favourite band at the moment has to be Kaiser Chiefs, they are the best (no question)!
I like Marilyn Manson and Chemical Brothers but the strangest thing is I also like certain Jakata songs (to relax to after a night out maybe ;)).
Also like Lost Prophets and can't wait for there new album (almost been 2 years :()

[hevvie]

i love the carpenters ;D

karen had the voice of an angel :'(

[Richard Stowe R.I.P.]

She shure did, and she was a damn good drummer to.

[Colemanator]

rstowe said:

She shure did, and she was a damn good drummer to.

She once won 'best drummer' in a poll, ahead of John Bonham :-/

[Richard Stowe R.I.P.]

I remember watching her live in concert on BBC2, way back and her drum routine was a marvel to watch, and I will never forget it.

[hevvie]

jon smith (brighton bar billiard player & my step father) saw the carpenters at wembley (think it was wembley!) and karen arrived on stage on a harley davidson, an awesome concert apparently

What a tragic waste. As you say, she had the voice of an angel. Another tragic waste was Sandy Denny who fronted Fairport Convention and then Fotheringey. She didn't starve herself to death though but died when she fell down the stairs (she lived in a big house in Wimbledon).

.............not to mention Jimi Hendrix, who I was lucky enough to see at the Starlight ballroom Crawley shortly before his tragic demise at the age of 21.

There are loads, and mention of drummers (Karen C and John Bonham) bring to mind Keith Moon who I also saw at the Starlight.

BUMP !

Returning to your very first post on this thread, Dave Jones, on Friday night I saw the other half of your favourite band - two halves forming the whole !
www.wishboneash.co.uk/livedates/1.aspx

Although I went along with my brother's idea with half-hearted enthusiam, I'm jolly glad I made the effort as Martin Turner's line-up are more rock'n'roll than Andy Powell's official version of the band - and I actually enjoyed them more.

Martin said it felt strange performing with guitarists other than Ted and Andy, but the two he's added are real virtuosos, complementing Martin's formidable bass perfectly, and I couldn't make my mind up which of them played the better.

The support act was a very heavy Led-Zep type young band, featuring Martin's teenage daughter Melanie on vocals. Well worth seeing, although it's taken two days for my hearing to get back to normal. :o



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[davejones]

Yes Tommo I saw MT's Wishbone down in Southampton last year.

Excellent band with a different playlist.

So we have the best of both.

All we need now is for Ted Turner to form a band!

davejones said:

All we need now is for Ted Turner to form a band!

.........from beyond the grave, as of course Ted sadly died in 1993 of a heroin overdose.
Suggest he teams up with the Who's John Entwhistle (bass) and Keith Moon on drums. The other lead guitar could be none other than Jimi Hendrix.

[davejones]

Not the same Ted Turner?

1995 saw Ted in part of the 35th Anniversary celebrations at Ashcon in Mansfield. Ted joined the band on stage during the main evening set to perform three or four numbers.

He has also played with Martin's band in The Midlands last year

[Owners' Account]

My fav band was The Millstones, when I was lead singer between 1998-2000. We toured Germany, The USA, and....... wait for it.......... Saltdean.......

Think I certainly left an impression on those yanks they will never forget....

Now however, my fav is and always will be The Beatles.

I play the paino as well you know.....

[fazza]

admin said:

Think I certainly left an impression on those yanks they will never forget....

I play the paino as well you know.....

Now that is what you call a Freudian slip. There was plenty of "pain-" and quite a few "-o"s last year at the De Normandie.

I-L-Y GC! ;D :P :-*

davejones said:

Not the same Ted Turner?

Whoops ! Don't know where that one came from..... Sorry Dave -and Ted !
Anyway, IMHO Martin Turner's Wishbone have just about the best line-up they could get at the moment: the new guitarists Keith Buck and Ray Hatfield are both brilliant - and seem to be enjoying themselves on stage too.
The situation is a bit like that of Caravan - we know we'll never get Richard and Dave Sinclair back - but we now have two great musicians in Geoffrey Richardson and Doug Boyle to make up for it.

[Sir Chancelot]

If anyone ever gets the chance to see tribute band "DEFT LEPPARD" do so !!! Highly recommended.
Love or hate the original band, these guys are worth seeing.
Six fantastic musicians who can sing as well as they can play.
They recently played at The Doghouse, Guernsey and they can really rock !

Margo and I have had to do two separate weekly stints of looking after the granddaughters during the school holidays. Apart from bar billiards, visits to the seaside, and computer games, I have been attempting to broaden their musical appreciation (poor little mites.)

It all started with them logging into youtube.com and watching videos of the BlackEyedPeas, Gwen Stefani, Kelis, Outkast, Shakira, Britney, Christina Aguilera. So I've introduced them now to the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Queen, Michael Jackson - and John Travolta dancing in Saturday Night Fever. They're hooked, and are fascinated by the size of Mick Jagger's lips. Their all-time favourite somewhat surprisingly is Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer.

[milko]

tommo said:

Their all-time favourite somewhat surprisingly is Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer.

tommo, you certainly know your music. Sledgehammer, is that the video with the two headless chickens that dance naked,?!....I like that one as well. :)

Another one of my favourite records & videos is Queens "Its a kind of magic", not that I know much about music like you.

[fazza]

tommo said:

So I've introduced them to Queen Michael Jackson

Isn't that libellous? He was found "not guilty"

You would probably be OK with "Queen George Michael"?

But you really should be careful who you introduce your grandchildren to....... ;)

Well, Milko, I'm impressed with your musical knowledge. Sledgehammer was recently voted one of the top videos of all time, there's so much going on in it.

And Pete, love him or loath him, MJ too made great videos, the last one being "You Rock My World" where he has a brilliant dance-off with some hoods in Marlon Brando's Waterfront nightclub, and the place finishes up getting torched. I take your point about George Michael though, and will warn them about being "careless" with their Wispas. :o ;D

I'm off to see Peter Hammill in concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank on Wednesday. Never heard of 'im you say.
Best described thus : A Michael Palin lookalike, who has written all his own stuff, all meaningful (to me at any rate) - about such varied subjects as shipwrecks, love affairs, haunted houses, plane crashes, lemmings, the witchfinder general, despotic dictators, space travellers, the 'red shift', childhood, sleepwalking, religious icons. He alternately strums a guitar or bashes hell out of a concert grand piano. Incredible voice range, varies from deep to falsetto, sometimes shrieking. A modern-day Franz Liszt.

So bar billiards at the Brewers has had to be sacrificed, but being as how postponed games can be a pain in the neck, wifey will turn out for the team and play in my place. 8-)

[keithmacdonald]

Having seen the Rolling Stones live in London and been around during the height of the beatles I suppose I'm a bit long in the tooth for this thread ........ havind said that I am attending a weekend in Great Yarmouth in two weeks where top of the bill is my all time favourite band SLADE. They have also got Suzi Quatro, MUD and Herman's Hermits.

One of the DJs is Tony Blackburn............. I heard that,

I'm not that old!!"!


Keith

And yet you support Tottenham :P ;)

I was told I look 11 by 2 shop keepers in different shops :) How many of you lot can say that you look 7 years younger than you are?

Sorry for going off topic there :(

The great man (Peter Hammill) didn't disappoint :
So much energy - he inspired the punk rock movement (unwittingly) you know....
Looking wafer thin in his white shirt, he strummed his red guitar and bashed the grand piano to within an inch of its life.

Definitely worth missing last night's bar billiards for. :)

[SirKT]

My favourite singers - Solo artist has to be Billy Joel. Had never seen him live until this July, when the Lady H bought tickets for his concert in Southampton, what a surprise that was, especially as we had another day in the Isle of Wight booked. Bless her, giving up some of her holiday for me :)
BJ didn`t disappoint, although a fair bit older the music was incredible.

Favourite band - I`ve liked loads over the years - ELO, Queen, Beatles to name a few, but my favourite at the moment has to be the fabulous Scissor Sisters. Would love to see them live. They`re coming to Brighton in November. Where are we........in Jersey of course. Maybe next time.