Month: July 2020

Joe’s Blooze Band – Hastings Beach Concert – 2000.

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© Eddie Hazell Estate. 

Joe Rytlewski, Phil Gill, Nigel Milliechamp and  Jez Gillett.

Phil Gill…..Always wondered what happened to pictures people take at gigs and how they turn out. Good to see some memories.  I am apparently Huge in Japan…

Tony Court-holmes…..I was back stage with the late great norman race remember him in old town week please.

Phil Gill… That was the 2000 Beach Concert. I remember it because I did JBB at around 5pm and then played with Stevie Z at 7pm. Just in time to come off stage and discover that Samabalanco had made their way backstage and drunk all the hospitality beer whilst we’d been been playing the Stevie Z set. We were unimpressed…

Record & Popswop Mirror disco top 20 – 7th December 1974

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Chris Gentry helped to compile this. Very odd number one?

Peter Checksfield… How Long – disco?

Mick O’Dowd… It got them on the floor

Andre Martin… I will have to go and find the 74 diary and see where I was gigging, that would have been the run up to Christmas Time ??

Mick O’Dowd… Very interesting no.1! Some great memories otherwise from the disco floor.

Peter Green R.I.P.

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photo: Nick Contador

More information… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53539989

Mike Curtis… RIP Peter Green.

Jan Warren… Oh nooooo, very sad news R.I.P. Peter Green xx

Patrick Lewis… That’s so sad. A tortured soul but a brilliant musician. RIP

Dennis Torrance… Sad news indeed RIP Peter

Colin Norton… Great guitarist! RIP Peter.

Kevin White… Sad news. What a shame RIP Pete

Alan Esdaile… Very sad. Wonderful musician, such emotion in his playing.

Dave Nattress… Just saw this.  Yet another great gone.  So many wonderful tracks in the original Fleetwood Mac.  Man of the World – one that is just beautiful!  Not to say the newer FM did badly but back in the day when I was 14 ish The old Fleetwood Mac was fantastic.  Albatross – seems like it was on TOTP’s for weeks.  Well it was for a few.  Oh Well,  The Green Manalishi.  Great tracks.  It’ll be old FM Tonite as a tribute. RIP

Jim Peckham… That’s sad. I have most of his early blues albums. I feel when he left and Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie joined they just became another pop group. Still better than a lot but lost the best one.

Colin Norton… Absolutely agree with you Jim!

Gary Urwin… Very sad news

Alan King… Deep feeling

Peter Houghton… So sorry to hear this Another great Musician has left us RIP Peter Green

Yvonne Ellis… R.I.P

Darren Holmes… Fantastic guitar player, love that early Fleetwood Mac stuff with him in the band. British Blues Legend

Chris Meachen… One of my earliest musical influences, who sparked my interest in playing the guitar. I was fortunate enough to enjoy a conversation with him after he played at the White Rock during his revived career. Not only a great talent, but also a nice person..(& a great angler to boot..)

Eric Harmer… Sad news.

Keith Veness… RIP Peter

Tony Court-holmes… sad

Stuart Moir… RIP Peter, your band is one of the best I’ve ever heard

Mick O’Dowd… It was the same when Denny Laine left the Moodies, another different band appeared and that is what happened when Peter Green left the Mac

Colin Norton… You are right Mick! I never thought about it that way. Still prefer both bands in their original formations

The Juveniles – early sixties

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supplied by Colin Fox

Popular group in the sixties in the Eastbourne area, with three guitars, a tea chest bass and washboard. Playing local pubs, old peoples homes etc and featuring Eddie Sargent and Laurie Brookman. Steve Hull asks, has anyone got any photos of The Juveniles when he was playing in the band?

Rob Sargent… I remember the practice sessions before they played out, our job was to try to make the laugh by distracting them as they played (it always worked) Bruce Tarrant on washboard – I think it was Colin Tarrant on guitar and Neil Tarrant on tea-chest bass. The Sargents still get together at New Year and special times and sing a lot of the real old songs from the days of skiffle. The last time I played with Laurie on bass was 9 years ago when I invited him (as a honoury Sargent) to play with the rest of the Sargent family at my 60th birthday bash at the Queens Hotel in Easbourne

Neil Tarrant… I am Neil Tarrant and am on tea chest bass with my brother Bruce on wash board we practiced in our house 4 Royal Sussex Cres. every Tuesday. Tony Price is the other guitarist with Laurie Brookman and Eddie. I now live near Windsor but Bruce is still in Eastbourne. Happy days. Best wishes to all and love to hear from anyone.

Eddie Sargent… Me in the middle

Lynda Whatley… No mistaking that smile Eddie!

Tony Prince… Hi I am Tony Price to the left of Eddie, what fantastic fun we had. So many gigs the continental,winter garden Eastboune, Hastings and Brighton piers, and most of the clubs in Eastbourne, also Tv talent shows carol Levi’s and home grown, I still live in Eastbourne and still get together with Eddie to play all the old tunes. Glad I found this site.

Keith Flanigan… Hi Neil, I’ve recently been searching for bands that were up and running in the Eastbourne area, during the mid sixties. My name is Keith Flanigan, I lived roughly four hundred yards away from you and your brother Bruce, at 19 Central Avenue and played drums with the PR Combo when I was around fifteen or sixteen years old. Tony Ball played the bass guitar, Pete Richards lead, and his brother on rythm guitar. A little later, Laurie Brookman and Chris Herman became very good mates of mine. They played together, in Peggy Sue and the Night Riders. Chris lived just a couple of minutes away from you and me, at Milton Road. Did you or your brother know Laurie or Chris? Finally, did you or your brother, attend St Mary’s boys school in Green Street? If you have any info to share, that would be great. Best regards to all.

Neil Tarrant… All the 4 Tarrant boys attended St. Mary’s boy school. Laurie Brookman was my best friend growing up together and living 3 houses apart. Drifted away after I left the XJ5 as The Juveniles were renamed. Laurie and Eddy Sargent were the musical heart of the group and never stopped playing. I moved into food production management via Birds Eye and was moved to Gloucester in 1985 and didn’t stop being moved by companies until I retired to a village near Windsor, been based here for 29 years. Best wishes to all my old friends, band members and work colleagues, Neil Tarrant.

What was your favourite cartoon as a kid?

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Eric Harmer… Earliest I remember was Popeye , and puppets was four feather falls. What about you a Alan ?

Alan Esdaile… Loved The Flintstones.

Peter Fairless… Wile Coyote

Janet Rennie… Top cat by far

Jan Deane… Fractured Fairytales – Boris and Natasha were the best!

Alan Pepper… Tom and Jerry ! But the early ones directed by Fred Quimby were the best . !!

Jake Nelson… Popeye, then Huckleberry Hound, and finally The Flintstones. Can’t beat ’em!

Alan Esdaile… IN the seventies I would have gone for Mr Benn.

Duran Josue…  Ninja turtles, chip dale rescue rangers, Looney Tunes

Sheila Maile… Flintstones

Patrick Briggs…  Babapapa

Clifford Rose… Jonny Quest – I would watch this while getting ready for cub scouts.

Colin Bell… Sylvester! loved him

Paavai Mears… Pink Panther

Tony Court-holmes… roadrunner

Judith Monk… Road runner – beep beep.

Andy Ives… Mr Benn

 

Hastings Sound – Disco Centre, Kings Road St Leonards-on-Sea

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Andre Palfrey-martin collection

John Mcewen….Bought my twin deck and amp there. Citronic Hawaii.

Tony May…..And they sold L.P.s – I remember buying a Stylistics Hits album in there.

John Wilde….Mike Paine and John Fisher. Nice guys.

Alan Esdaile…..Remember buying a projector with a liquid wheel from this shop.

John Wilde….Do you still have it Alan?

Alan Esdaile…..No, sorry John got rid of it years ago. This ones rather good but needs an Expandis track to bring it to life! 

John Wilde…..Love it Alan. I need to get one.

Building scenery for Elton John by Paul Crimin

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supplied by Paul Crimin

Paul Crimin… As I have woken up far too early on a Sunday morning, I thought I’d tell you another story from my life behind the scenes in the showbizz world. This one involves Elton John. I got a call at my company, Archetype, from my friend Nick at Gaslight productions. Could I build scenery that was over 20′ high and held up by scaffolding? Of course I can said I, thinking…No. He sent the drawings over and me and my crew looked at them, scratching our heads. We loved a challenge. We were to build four huge marquee entrance’s, all based on fairy tales. Old Mothers Shoe, which is in the picture, and The Cottage Made out of Sweets are two I can remember. We got to work, and these structures dominated my railway arch workshop. They were for a Children’s Day Out for Watford Football Club, to be erected in Elton John’s garden in Windsor. After many shannagins we built them, loaded them onto a lorry and set off for Windsor. At this time the Sun, a national comic, was attacking Elton for some reason, he sued them later, and on the day we arrived at his mansion their headline was that he’d cut his guard dogs vocal chords so that they wouldn’t bark. Needless to say, the dogs barked like mad when we entered through his huge security gates. The marquee’s were already standing there in Elton’s huge garden when we arrived, so we unloaded the truck and got to work building our fairy tale entrances. My good friend Mick Boleyn put the scaffolding bracing up as we put the pieces of our scenery together. It was a really hot day, and Elton’s wife at the time, Renate, would bring us orange juice on a silver tray, which was nice. On the second and last day we were amazed when we saw Elton walking towards us with a tray of beers. He chatted with us, no airs and graces, a really nice man. He did this a few times during the day, I got the feeling he liked being ‘one of the lads’. I did a dodgy thing that day after I noticed that the french doors were open to his swimming pool room. The pool had a huge chandelier over it, very impressive. I walked in there and started singing a song I had just written, just because I could and this was, after all, one of the worlds best song writers house. I nearly died when a voice said ‘That’s nice. Haven’t you got one of mine?’ He’d caught me, but thought it was funny, which was a relief. We were all invited to the ‘Day Out’, and I was really made up when Elton took the time to chat to us and say that he was impressed with our efforts. I gave him a company T-shirt, and am still disappointed to this day that he never wore it at one of his show’s. lol. Here ends the story of one of my more memorable jobs. The photo is of me trying to look like a proper builder and Elton wearing an interesting track suit. Happy days.

Andy Qunta… What a fabulous story! Thanks, Paul!

Neil Partrick… Excellent story Paul.

Mike Guy… Naughty but nice, Paul.