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[Brighton] Bob Grover dead
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This has turned from a sad thread to a great celebration of Brighton music connections.
Sex, motor, flash, attack, repeat, anyone?
Sex, motor, flash, attack, repeat, anyone?
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I totally remember Woodbine now - they were our bread and butter gigs to go to when we weren’t going to any others
Can’t believe they slipped my mind - Hare & Hounds, the Northern, Fortune of War and probably elsewhere …
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Revolution , Kingswest , kings roadBlimey, this thread has some revelations
Wasn't that a night club .... Revelations?
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Another connection linked to the Hanover crowd and especially the Greys, the nicest bloke I ever met and one of the most talented songwriting musicians was Steve Wriggly
Steve Wriggly still performing and still frequenting the Greys 10 years ago
Another a good friend, Dominic Dring who played sax with the second line up of the Piranhas and who ended up running Emmaus in Portslade and Kevin, his brother ended up a RC Priest:
Some great archive links here
“In this incarnation, only Bob Grover survives from the original outfit. This line-up, formed around 1981, featured Geoff Ansell on drums, Mike Lance (bongos), Gary Turner (bass), Dominic Dring (sax), Colin Spicer (keys) and the man himself, good old boring Bob on vocals and guitar.”
I was in a band when at uni and the dullard bandmates had us do that Beatles atrocity, 'come together', so on those grounds alone, I'm out.
But who, pray, is the transatlantic compère?
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No idea - I had left that scene about 15 years ago - Shortly after Mike Lance gave up his bongos and gave up running the Greys (and emigrated) in fact - it all became a bit gentrified after that, the old crowd stopped coming and it started offering shockingly good food instead of shockingly good music.I was in a band when at uni and the dullard bandmates had us do that Beatles atrocity, 'come together', so on those grounds alone, I'm out.
But who, pray, is the transatlantic compère?
scooter1
How soon is now?
Was this Addison Brown?
There is/was a Piranhas song with a lyric ‘Addison Brown wears a pork pie hat and he’s a twat, rides a scooter, its a ring bang tooter ’ sung by John Helmer, but I can’t recall the song title
No, Cresswell
But perhaps the P's changed the surname for fear of litigation. As was the case here wrt Whitehouse:
Edit: this is a seriously shite record. Even worse than the blind man, standing very still, on a hill
Addison ended up being a very influential and successful figure on the British comedy circuit with his own production company. He represented Jonathan Ross, Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Sean Lock, Michael McIntyre, Alan Carr and Kevin Bridges amongst others. He was also instrumental in securing Jonathon Ross's £18million contract with the BBC, for which he probably earned a nice little percentage.
He died about 10 years ago from a heart attack.
Woodbine. I remember them ! Wasn't bob Hawkins the lead guitarist ? He used to date Mike Roberts' sister, Lynne. The drummer was called Isaac. Bob Hawkins was a phenomenal guitarist. Mike became a very competent one, as Bob mentored him. Mike founded The Ammonites with Nick Stewart. I have their 45, 'Dressed to kill' / 'Big eaters'. Does anyone want it ? I've never played it and have nothing to play it on.
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Staring at the rude boys
The Depressions were the first band I ever saw, late '77 at BHASVIC.
Absolutely loved it and I was hooked on live music.
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Ah yes, sorry for the confusion - I meant Zap Club Angie. I just literally bumped into her on the way to somewhere and only had a few seconds to talk, so don't know if she's still with Labour. But after the delivery by Des Lynam, Norman Cook etc of all the letters petitioning for the new stadium to 10 Downing Street back in, maybe 2003?, I had a word with Norman and the first thing he said was "You'll never guess who I saw in there - Angie from the Zap!" So she obviously moved in pretty exalted circles. As she should.Is Angie still working/involved with the Labour Party? Last time I saw her was about 25 years ago when we met up for lunch at Westminster! Lovely, lovely lady.
Edit - I just realised that instead of “Angie” that ran the Zap with Neil, Dave and Pat, you could have meant “Angie”, Ian’s wife? Also a lovely lady
Woodbine used to gig a lot locally, we used to go and see them at the White Horse in Steyning for some reason. Winston and Stuart, Pete the drummer and Andy Mackekna(sp.)?
Originally Stu and Winston were T-Bones, had a few singles out mid 60's. Always been local. Both very good musicians.
I saw Stu maybe 5 years back with Dave ( Borderline records ) at the Duke, Stuart sadly died about 2 years ago now I think.
I still have my ticket for the T-Bones/Woodbine 30th anniversary gig at the Concorde in 1993!
Originally Stu and Winston were T-Bones, had a few singles out mid 60's. Always been local. Both very good musicians.
I saw Stu maybe 5 years back with Dave ( Borderline records ) at the Duke, Stuart sadly died about 2 years ago now I think.
I still have my ticket for the T-Bones/Woodbine 30th anniversary gig at the Concorde in 1993!
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He taught music at Longhill in the mid-80s, once teaching us lot music on a Friday after he’d appeared on ToTP miming playing keyboards to the Piranha’s cover of Zambezi the night before.
What a thread. Thanks everyone.
A great tribute to Bob.
A great tribute to Bob.
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Haha! I was sacked from a band, ( for the life of me can't remember the bands name ) only to be replaced by Dave Barnard! TBF a much better bass player then me.Dave Barnard and Ozzy Garvey, more blasts from the past
The way the band did it was a bit shit though! They told me the band was breaking up! Next thing I see they are gigging with Dave on bass.
I think Dave is still going strong but, sadly, Oz is no longer with us (nor are the other Depressions members)Dave Barnard and Ozzy Garvey, more blasts from the past