Sweet. I have a 101’ers single Keys to your heart b side 5 star RR petrol and both songs are a fun listen. Got to meet Joe (very nice man) later but he didn’t really seem to want to talk about those days.
Yes, I always got the impression that Joe was reinventing himself back in those days. I remember him vaguely in the 101ers days and he was a very different person to the one who stepped out on stage with the clash. Thanks for taking part. Please stick around!
It's fantastic hearing your recollections as someone who was there and deeply enmeshed in what was happening. The inclusion of pics of the venues is a good addition. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks so much Jim. I had so much 'crap' jobs in the 80s/90s. So I went to college for Drums late 90s, now I teach as I just didn't want to waste all my years playing in pubs. Your channel brings it all back, so thanks so much, I know how hard you must have worked. More Videos PLEASE ! :)
Thanks! I'm thrilled to hear that my channel resonates with you! It’s incredible how music can bring back those memories. Keep inspiring your students! PS I love making videos. Please keep watching them… 😎
Thanks for your kind words! It's great that my video resonated with you and brought back those wonderful days. Your support and appreciation keep me motivated to create more content. Cheers!
The Half Moon in Herne Hill was a favourite of mine I was born and lived just up the road, the Sunday lunch jam with steve waller and stevie smith was legendary. Meal ticket played their first gig there ,Willy Finlayson from Mealticket lived round the corner as did Micky Jones from Man. Sadly it is now a Youngs foodie pub but the pubic bar has a preservation order on it so is still intact.
Played there many times in the eighties with 'The Last Taxi Home'. Loved the place, but I remember having a couple of major rows with the manager after the gigs to make sure we all got paid! Happy days.
That would almost certainly have been the Half Moon, though the Star & Garter is also on Lower Richmond Road and the White Lion is on the corner of Lower Richmond Road and Putney High Street…
I went to many of these venues in the early/mid 70s too but the same bands played every Sunday afternoon and evening in the Roundhouse Chalk Farm - that was my favourite venue.
Thanks for taking part! I went to quite a few of those Roundhouse Implosion shows and enjoyed the "vibes" but I always preferred the freedom of wandering in and out of pubs.
Blimey Jim. I just realised it was you who gave me (and my band 'Run To Earth') our first ever gig! Upstairs at The White Lion in Putney 1979. We packed the place out because we had made some posters up for it (at school) and posted them up all round the back of The Bricklayers Arms, The Dukes Head and The Star and Garter...with industrial strength wallpaper paste. They were still there at least four years later! I remember Ralph McTell was in the crowd and we all pretended we didn't know who he was! I think he was the only one who was asked to pay to get in! I saw some great bands there but Red Beans and Rice stand out the most. And a white rock/reggae band called The Papers? Did you also used to book 'Here and Now' in the The Kings Head Fulham? Thanks for the content mate.
Hello,! It's a small world and I'm always shocked about how many people involved in the Pub Rock days are still around and enjoying the music. Back then it was possible to get big crowds (at least once!) if you used a bit of initiative and put in the hours. That's how bands like The Jam, The Stranglers and other grass-roots bands who made it came to the attention of audiences and Record Company Execs. On the other side of the coin were the ones who told me, "It's not our job to get people in, that';s up to you," most of whom vanished without trace. I was managing Here & Now in the early 1980s and there's more about them in the next video, which I'm editing now. Thanks for commenting and for watching, I really do appreciate it!
I'm glad you found the video interesting, and thanks for saying so! There used to be so many amazing venues out there supporting bands of all types. It was an excellent time for the music industry, and I fear it's nearly all gone…
Well I never did! Great storytelling Jim, and a fascinating insight into your own life and London/Cambridge as it was in the 1970s. So much of it familiar. Looking forward to part two!
Very kind of you to say so: I do try and reflect the excitement of the era but I realise I so often fall short! I'll keep making these and one day, who knows?! Cheers!
Nice one, John! I'll bet there's so much more you can remember that I've forgotten. You should make videos about your experiences: I'm sure they would be great. Happy New Year!
What a great start to a video about London Pub Rock in the 70s! Adriano Celentano’s nonsense-lyric disco classic “Prisencolinensinainciusol” is, nevertheless, a blast from the past for me. I distinctly remember a great covers band called Joe Bloggs, who played in the Iron Bridge Tavern on East India Dock Road in Canning Town, London E16 between ‘78 and ‘80. Their finale was always CSN&Y’s song “Chicago”, which was sung by the drummer, iirc. A great live pub rock band for your fascinating journey videos, Jim. Thanks.
Haha: 'Prisencolinensinainciusol' is a real ear-worm, isn't it?! Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your recollections: I really love hearing them!
So much in this video resonates with me. I too was the social secretary for my college (Chelsea College, University of London) but in about 1980/81 and , as part of the job (and because I loved music) I would be out seeing bands at various pubs and clubs in London on a regular basis.I also had a spell in a couple of bands and saw the pub circuit from the musicians' side of things. Thanks for stirring some memories!
Thank you for sharing your story! Being Social Secretary was a great job, but I was too young to do it justice. - and having to go to all those lectures was a problem. 😄 It’s great to hear how the video resonated with you and helped bring back memories. of those days. Please keep watching. Cheers!
Thank you so much! I'm glad my videos brought back those great memories for you in London. I really do appreciate the interchange of memories and thoughts. Cheers!
Hey Jim, Another great Video. i love this. It brings back so many memories. I cant believe that we have not ever met. I was in bands from being 14 [ 1972 ] and on-wards. The leade,r of my first ever band, was a massive Ducks Deluxe fan and we played 'Coast to Coast' for yea...and i had never heard the original. In 1978, I left the Cabaret band and moved to London. I played for Chelsea, before being offer the chance of joining Sheffield's [ my home town ] ' 2.3'. Long story short...RCA, CBS, my own label ~ Native [ which i ran for 35 years ], Top 10 Band Manager...etc etc ~ Now, I am an Old Geezer living the good life in Crete. I love your stories. Keep it up Mate. It was a special time for UK music and the individuals in bands and behind the scenes. We made it happen! We change the world... And for the better. God save the Republic !
I’ve just conscribed. Love your history. I was in the Army in the 1970’s, so only got to London on leave. Loved to scene when I could get there between tours of Nr. Ireland etc…
Thanks for commenting! Maybe you stopped us when I was on (musical) tours of Northern with Wilko Johnson back in the 1980s? Thanks for the kind words and please keep watching…
Does anyone remember the Friday night gigs at The White Lion, Putney. Put on by the local Squatters circa 1976/77. Johnny G, Sam Mitchell, later Crass, UK Subs, The Lurkers!
Sorry, I have no recollection of that as I suppose I would have been in Ely/Cambridge then. I started doing many of those same bands - Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, Conflict, UK Subs, etc - a little later, possibly 1978. Thanks for adding another layer to the memories…
Jim please put any gig listing for Fulham Putney in the 1970s , I would have been at a few but can’t remember lol , really enjoyed this one ,, not pub rock but was going in the greyhound Fulham in 1973 to see Sutherland brothers quiver but never went in pity as I liked them and never did see them ,👍
Great Fun! I was social sec at Harrow tec, innit. We had other bands, like Henry Cow, Fabulous Poodles, etc etc oh yes what fun… Burlesque were excellent - funny, professional and good!
It was great, though I always preferred the 1980s London Pub Rock scene. Maybe because I was older and more confident by then. During the 1970s, I was pretty naive, unsure of what I should do and I often felt like the rabbit in the headlights! Thanks for watching and for commenting. It wouldn't be the same without you!
@@JimDriver by 1980 I was married and poor so no money nor time for gigs. Stumbled across your channel, subscribed of course , need to catch up with the fascinating content.
Nice one Jim always enjoy your vids! Do you remember a pub in West Kensington in the 80s that had a gig night called the Ad Lib. Alot of the oi bands played there. The nice ones like the test tubes, the business and vicious rumours. If you did know it what was the name of the pub and the promoter? Went to quite a few of those in 84/85 iirc.
Thank you very much for the kind words. Much appreciated! Unless I'm very much mistaken the pub that hosted the Adley club was called the orange and later became Nels. Perhaps others can confirm or deny this?! Thanks again. Cheers!
Hi Jim, I can remember going to the Kensington pub to see a group called the Winkies, I think Brian Eno had something to do with them..just wondering what ever happened to them
Hello Kevun! From what I can remember, the Winkies were formed by Phjl Rambow, fresh over from Canada, and they backed Eno on an early solo tour after he heard them on the John Peel Show. I think… 😀
Supercharge? loved them, If it's the same band? Saw them and bought one of their albums with "Rocket 88" on it. That was in the NAAFI up at RAF Scampton back in probably 1980 or '81? .
As far as I remember, Bob was brought in to front the NVB (who were totally invented, everything played by session-players btw) when their studio recording hit the charts. He made the mistake of leaving the Bonzos to do it, though in retrospect, he made the best of that situation with his enduring Whoopee Band!!
I think it naturally died out after pubs were taken away from breweries and handed over to property companies by Maggie Thatcher. It became financially unrealistic tom run pubs as pubs. Cheers!
A guy I lived in the same squat as in Brixton was a 'Divine Light Missionary' and took me to 'The Palace of Peace' in Dulwich once. It was that peaceful I fell asleep. Supercharge were one of the support acts at Queen's free Hyde Park concert in '76 - I enjoyed all the other acts but left halfway through Queen's first song ('Bo. Rhap.'). God they were awful!
Thanks for those divine memories! I used to go to the Palace of Peace ( formerly Dulwich Odeon) a lot and we went on the number 12 bus which went, in those days, from North Acton to Dulwich Library! I live Supercharge- Queen not so much!
The Feelgoods were just the best live band around @ that time.... took no prisoners - super tight - energy to spare - saw them many, many times all over London on the Pub live circuit. Also, Nick 'Basher' Lowe - who's still going strong. His latest album w/ Los Straitjackets as his backing band - Indoor Safari - on Yep Roc Records LP/CD is a belter! (As are Los Straitjackets by themselves - so many great albums; worth checking out). Bob Kerr! Like the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. But more eccentric w/ their choice of instruments. (And no Vivian Stanshall).
Chilli Willi and the red hot peppers ya say then a cpl of decades later the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be covering their chilly willys with socks! So thats where they got the inspiration from! 😱
I can't remember who said it, but, "there's nothing new under the Sun". Thinking about it, it might have been Elvis (or Sam Phillips!) Thanks for sharing your memories and please keep watching and commenting. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have fond memories of my time at Brook Green and I remember the church as a beautiful structure among the greenery. In retrospect I found out that a music agency, Concord Artists, had its office in one of those cottages just along from the church.
Sweet. I have a 101’ers single Keys to your heart b side 5 star RR petrol and both songs are a fun listen. Got to meet Joe (very nice man) later but he didn’t really seem to want to talk about those days.
Yes, I always got the impression that Joe was reinventing himself back in those days. I remember him vaguely in the 101ers days and he was a very different person to the one who stepped out on stage with the clash. Thanks for taking part. Please stick around!
It's fantastic hearing your recollections as someone who was there and deeply enmeshed in what was happening. The inclusion of pics of the venues is a good addition. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for the kind words. Please keep watching. Cheers!
@@JimDriver 👍
Thanks so much Jim. I had so much 'crap' jobs in the 80s/90s. So I went to college for Drums late 90s, now I teach as I just didn't want to waste all my years playing in pubs. Your channel brings it all back, so thanks so much, I know how hard you must have worked. More Videos PLEASE ! :)
Thanks! I'm thrilled to hear that my channel resonates with you! It’s incredible how music can bring back those memories. Keep inspiring your students!
PS I love making videos. Please keep watching them… 😎
Bands, pubs and memories from a lifetime ago. I'd forgotten about Johnny G, Sam Mitchell etc. Thanks for bringing those wonderful days back to life!
Thanks for your kind words! It's great that my video resonated with you and brought back those wonderful days. Your support and appreciation keep me motivated to create more content. Cheers!
The Half Moon in Herne Hill was a favourite of mine I was born and lived just up the road, the Sunday lunch jam with steve waller and stevie smith was legendary. Meal ticket played their first gig there ,Willy Finlayson from Mealticket lived round the corner as did Micky Jones from Man. Sadly it is now a Youngs foodie pub but the pubic bar has a preservation order on it so is still intact.
It was a great pub and I remember the Half Moon Herne Hill from the days of Mick and Julie in the 1980s…
Played there many times in the eighties with 'The Last Taxi Home'. Loved the place, but I remember having a couple of major rows with the manager after the gigs to make sure we all got paid! Happy days.
Oh I saw Geno Washington round about that time in a pub in Putney. Can't remember name of pub. Lower Richmond Road.
That would almost certainly have been the Half Moon, though the Star & Garter is also on Lower Richmond Road and the White Lion is on the corner of Lower Richmond Road and Putney High Street…
@@JimDriver Yeah. That's it. The Half Moon. Lots of wood panelling, so I remember.
Half moon definitely
I went to many of these venues in the early/mid 70s too but the same bands played every Sunday afternoon and evening in the Roundhouse Chalk Farm - that was my favourite venue.
Thanks for taking part! I went to quite a few of those Roundhouse Implosion shows and enjoyed the "vibes" but I always preferred the freedom of wandering in and out of pubs.
Blimey Jim. I just realised it was you who gave me (and my band 'Run To Earth') our first ever gig! Upstairs at The White Lion in Putney 1979.
We packed the place out because we had made some posters up for it (at school) and posted them up all round the back of The Bricklayers Arms, The Dukes Head and The Star and Garter...with industrial strength wallpaper paste.
They were still there at least four years later!
I remember Ralph McTell was in the crowd and we all pretended we didn't know who he was! I think he was the only one who was asked to pay to get in!
I saw some great bands there but Red Beans and Rice stand out the most. And a white rock/reggae band called The Papers?
Did you also used to book 'Here and Now' in the The Kings Head Fulham?
Thanks for the content mate.
Hello,! It's a small world and I'm always shocked about how many people involved in the Pub Rock days are still around and enjoying the music. Back then it was possible to get big crowds (at least once!) if you used a bit of initiative and put in the hours. That's how bands like The Jam, The Stranglers and other grass-roots bands who made it came to the attention of audiences and Record Company Execs. On the other side of the coin were the ones who told me, "It's not our job to get people in, that';s up to you," most of whom vanished without trace.
I was managing Here & Now in the early 1980s and there's more about them in the next video, which I'm editing now.
Thanks for commenting and for watching, I really do appreciate it!
@@JimDriver Can't wait for that. I bloody loved Here and Now, 'Opium for the people!' And all that,
Hi really interesting stuff so many venues putting on bands several times a week a great stamping ground for new and established groups
I'm glad you found the video interesting, and thanks for saying so! There used to be so many amazing venues out there supporting bands of all types. It was an excellent time for the music industry, and I fear it's nearly all gone…
Well I never did! Great storytelling Jim, and a fascinating insight into your own life and London/Cambridge as it was in the 1970s. So much of it familiar. Looking forward to part two!
Very kind of you to say so: I do try and reflect the excitement of the era but I realise I so often fall short! I'll keep making these and one day, who knows?! Cheers!
great Jim, proud to have sat next to you at Smart Booking and survived a few months until Cherry Red hired me in to do A&R
Nice one, John! I'll bet there's so much more you can remember that I've forgotten. You should make videos about your experiences: I'm sure they would be great. Happy New Year!
Thanks for doing these videos on Pub Rock. A few years ago you couldn't find very much information at all.
Thanks! I realise it’s a lost cause, and nobody really cares about Pub Rock apart from us!
If anybody does care, please comment…
What a great start to a video about London Pub Rock in the 70s! Adriano Celentano’s nonsense-lyric disco classic “Prisencolinensinainciusol” is, nevertheless, a blast from the past for me. I distinctly remember a great covers band called Joe Bloggs, who played in the Iron Bridge Tavern on East India Dock Road in Canning Town, London E16 between ‘78 and ‘80. Their finale was always CSN&Y’s song “Chicago”, which was sung by the drummer, iirc. A great live pub rock band for your fascinating journey videos, Jim. Thanks.
Haha: 'Prisencolinensinainciusol' is a real ear-worm, isn't it?! Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your recollections: I really love hearing them!
@@JimDriver It is that, Jim! The 40th Anniversary remix is brilliant, with a new beat and a great video. All the best, Mike.
Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, a great Welsh band!
I totally agree: they were very underrated! I was a champion of the band for many years, though it was always grossly unfashionable! 😀
Saw Crazy Cavan 1975 great Harry Hemel market powerful band especially in a small Pub.
Excellent . Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to part two. 😀
Thanks, that's very kind of you to say so. I'll try and make Part 2 a bit more to the point and full of new information. Hopefully… 😀😀
The two-part videos are an excellent addition to the channel. Cant wait for the 1980s era.
Thanks! I'm starting to think it will be a good way to cover long subjects. I'm editing the 1980s video now… (It may be a while!)
So much in this video resonates with me. I too was the social secretary for my college (Chelsea College, University of London) but in about 1980/81 and , as part of the job (and because I loved music) I would be out seeing bands at various pubs and clubs in London on a regular basis.I also had a spell in a couple of bands and saw the pub circuit from the musicians' side of things. Thanks for stirring some memories!
Thank you for sharing your story! Being Social Secretary was a great job, but I was too young to do it justice. - and having to go to all those lectures was a problem. 😄
It’s great to hear how the video resonated with you and helped bring back memories. of those days. Please keep watching. Cheers!
Glad to hear Geno is alive and kicking. Last saw him in Dingwalls god knows when. He put on a great show and worked his socks off...
Geno Washington is a force of nature who seems unstoppable. I wish he'd write his memories down: they'd be priceless!!
My best memories in London were in some of these places.....so great video series to watch...👍95...Wishing you all the best....
Thank you so much! I'm glad my videos brought back those great memories for you in London. I really do appreciate the interchange of memories and thoughts. Cheers!
Brilliant! Love this 🥰
Thanks for the positive comment: I really do appreciate it!
Hey Jim,
Another great Video.
i love this.
It brings back so many memories.
I cant believe that we have not ever met.
I was in bands from being 14 [ 1972 ] and on-wards.
The leade,r of my first ever band, was a massive Ducks Deluxe fan and we played 'Coast to Coast' for yea...and i had never heard the original. In 1978, I left the Cabaret band and moved to London.
I played for Chelsea, before being offer the chance of joining Sheffield's [ my home town ] ' 2.3'.
Long story short...RCA, CBS, my own label ~ Native [ which i ran for 35 years ], Top 10 Band Manager...etc etc ~
Now, I am an Old Geezer living the good life in Crete.
I love your stories. Keep it up Mate.
It was a special time for UK music and the individuals in bands and behind the scenes. We made it happen! We change the world... And for the better.
God save the Republic !
Thanks so much for your kind words! I always find it amazing how music can bring back great memories. One day we'll have the "revolution" (cue music)…
I’ve just conscribed. Love your history. I was in the Army in the 1970’s, so only got to London on leave. Loved to scene when I could get there between tours of Nr. Ireland etc…
Thanks for commenting! Maybe you stopped us when I was on (musical) tours of Northern with Wilko Johnson back in the 1980s? Thanks for the kind words and please keep watching…
Does anyone remember the Friday night gigs at The White Lion, Putney. Put on by the local Squatters circa 1976/77. Johnny G, Sam Mitchell, later Crass, UK Subs, The Lurkers!
Sorry, I have no recollection of that as I suppose I would have been in Ely/Cambridge then. I started doing many of those same bands - Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, Conflict, UK Subs, etc - a little later, possibly 1978. Thanks for adding another layer to the memories…
I do, was stopped at the lights, heard the music, sounds good lets go in and have a look, but mostly used The Greyhound.
Jim please put any gig listing for Fulham Putney in the 1970s , I would have been at a few but can’t remember lol , really enjoyed this one ,, not pub rock but was going in the greyhound Fulham in 1973 to see Sutherland brothers quiver but never went in pity as I liked them and never did see them ,👍
I'll do my best, though I have no notes to fall back on!!
More please!
Thanks! I certainly intend to do more. Please keep watching!
You’re really inspiring
Thank you: that's very kind of you to say so!
Great Fun! I was social sec at Harrow tec, innit. We had other bands, like Henry Cow, Fabulous Poodles, etc etc oh yes what fun… Burlesque were excellent - funny, professional and good!
Those were the days indeed! Thanks for commenting!
Hahahaha bob Kerr's whoopy band used to play on the big stage at bishops park ,I later played on it in Rock test or something,😂🇬🇧
Bob's Whoopee Band played on practically every stage in the country from what I remember! Thanks for taking the time to share this…
I would have loved to have been in London in the 70s
Sadly I lived in Portsmouth and was slightly too young.
It was great, though I always preferred the 1980s London Pub Rock scene. Maybe because I was older and more confident by then. During the 1970s, I was pretty naive, unsure of what I should do and I often felt like the rabbit in the headlights! Thanks for watching and for commenting. It wouldn't be the same without you!
@@JimDriver by 1980 I was married and poor so no money nor time for gigs.
Stumbled across your channel, subscribed of course , need to catch up with the fascinating content.
Nice one Jim always enjoy your vids! Do you remember a pub in West Kensington in the 80s that had a gig night called the Ad Lib. Alot of the oi bands played there. The nice ones like the test tubes, the business and vicious rumours. If you did know it what was the name of the pub and the promoter? Went to quite a few of those in 84/85 iirc.
Thank you very much for the kind words. Much appreciated!
Unless I'm very much mistaken the pub that hosted the Adley club was called the orange and later became Nels. Perhaps others can confirm or deny this?! Thanks again. Cheers!
Hi Jim, I can remember going to the Kensington pub to see a group called the Winkies, I think Brian Eno had something to do with them..just wondering what ever happened to them
Hello Kevun! From what I can remember, the Winkies were formed by Phjl Rambow, fresh over from Canada, and they backed Eno on an early solo tour after he heard them on the John Peel Show. I think… 😀
@JimDriver cheers mate that did remind me that they were from Canada, the Kensington was my go to pub back in the 70s, great times, miss those days
Happy New Year Jim...that's all
Same to you! I appreciate it… 😀
Supercharge? loved them, If it's the same band? Saw them and bought one of their albums with "Rocket 88" on it. That was in the NAAFI up at RAF Scampton back in probably 1980 or '81?
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Supercharge, led by saxophonist Albie Donnelly, have always been one of my very favourite “big bands”. Full of verve and excitement…
@@JimDriver Sounds about right, must dig the vinyl out.
I was a student rep for a year ..in charge of clubs/societies. Fun times.
Yes: it was a whole new workld for the 18-year old me when I travelled down that path!
Did bob kerr front the new vaudeville band when they had the hits , Winchester cathedral, peek a boo , Finchley Central green street green .
As far as I remember, Bob was brought in to front the NVB (who were totally invented, everything played by session-players btw) when their studio recording hit the charts. He made the mistake of leaving the Bonzos to do it, though in retrospect, he made the best of that situation with his enduring Whoopee Band!!
Did you ever see a band called Uncle Sam at the North Pole Pub in North Kensington London? Leslie Malcolm Cyril Bishop Brett
Hello, Leslie! Thanks for posting. I did pass the North Pole occasionally on my way to Wormwood Scrubs but I never went in. Sorry!
Great story. You should write a book.
Thanks for saying so. Maybe one day! 😀
Nice one very interesting 👍
Thanks, I really do appreciate it!
Happy New Year Jimbo!
Haha, thanks! Same to you with (the dreaded) tubular bells on…
Great video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you finding the time to comment: cheers!
Whatever happened to the buzzy pub-rock circuit? Do kids still form bands?
I think it naturally died out after pubs were taken away from breweries and handed over to property companies by Maggie Thatcher. It became financially unrealistic tom run pubs as pubs. Cheers!
A guy I lived in the same squat as in Brixton was a 'Divine Light Missionary' and took me to 'The Palace of Peace' in Dulwich once.
It was that peaceful I fell asleep.
Supercharge were one of the support acts at Queen's free Hyde Park concert in '76 - I enjoyed all the other acts but left halfway through Queen's first song ('Bo. Rhap.'). God they were awful!
Thanks for those divine memories! I used to go to the Palace of Peace ( formerly Dulwich Odeon) a lot and we went on the number 12 bus which went, in those days, from
North Acton to Dulwich Library! I live Supercharge- Queen not so much!
"I knew she was a nice girl
'Coz she moved the dishes first".
Quality!
Chilli Willi and the red hot peppers were great, but I like the Snakefinger stuff much better. I like the weird stuff.
Yes, I think you're right. With me, it depends on what mood I'm in whether I reach for Chilli Willi or Snakefinger. Thanks for sharing that thought!
The Feelgoods were just the best live band around @ that time.... took no prisoners - super tight - energy to spare - saw them many, many times all over London on the Pub live circuit. Also, Nick 'Basher' Lowe - who's still going strong. His latest album w/ Los Straitjackets as his backing band - Indoor Safari - on Yep Roc Records LP/CD is a belter! (As are Los Straitjackets by themselves - so many great albums; worth checking out). Bob Kerr! Like the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. But more eccentric w/ their choice of instruments. (And no Vivian Stanshall).
Thank you very much for sharing that with us. Very engaging and informative! Please keep watching and commenting. Cheers!
Roundhouse on a Sunday afternoon
Yes, I attended many of those Sunday gigs organised by my mate, John Curd who, incidentally, is still with us!!
Chilli Willi and the red hot peppers ya say then a cpl of decades later the Red Hot Chili Peppers would be covering their chilly willys with socks!
So thats where they got the inspiration from! 😱
I can't remember who said it, but, "there's nothing new under the Sun". Thinking about it, it might have been Elvis (or Sam Phillips!)
Thanks for sharing your memories and please keep watching and commenting. Cheers!
My mum and dad got married at brook green, catholic church, proper Hammersmith mob 😂✊🇬🇧 4:08
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have fond memories of my time at Brook Green and I remember the church as a beautiful structure among the greenery. In retrospect I found out that a music agency, Concord Artists, had its office in one of those cottages just along from the church.
@@JimDriver oh really yeah a lovely spot for sure ❤️🇬🇧
Im more a lover than a fighter, and im not good in either of them 😂😂😂😂 thats me , as well!
Haha! Glad to hear it. Thanks for commenting (and for watching)! 😄😄😎
Why do you rush through the videos Jim? You do realize that you can make them as long as you want.
I’m only following the advice of Max Miller but cheers!
That church opposite white lion Putney is where Oliver Cromwell plotted the downfall of the king , bet you wanted to know that lol .
Haha! That's the kind of historical fact I wish I'd mentioned in the video! Thanks!
How tf did we get so old? I recently told my therapist that I still think I'm 28. She replied 'I still think I'm 4'.
Haha! Yes, age is a funny thing. Cheers!
Stan smith band
Sorry, the Stan Smith Band never collided with my life. Even so, please keep watching and telling me what you think…
Get on with it for f**k sake
Yes, I'll try. 😄
Thanks for the coaching. Cheers!