supplied by Mick Mepham
Phil Gill… Remember this one well. Had a talk with Stan Webb afterwards. He was a right miserable bugger.
Terry Huggins… I remember going to this one too. Can’t recall much about it as I met a young lady. Didn’t they make the support band play in front of the stage instead of on it, or am I thinking of someone else?
Alan Esdaile… Can’t remember Terry and can’t recall the band ‘Ardon’. I will see if Colin remembers.
Pete Prescott… The second gig I played was supporting chicken shack in Jan 73.i was in a band called village. It was at kemsley town hall. I was 16 and terrified ! Helen tap was there.
Joe Knight… great sound!!!
Eric Cawthraw… Yep, I was at this one. By then it was the ‘Stan Webb show’, the rest of the band didn’t really get much of a look in. Proper old showman guitaring and still a very enjoyable evening.
Pete Fisher… pretty sure I was there…Stan Webb had a specially long guitar lead back then, and used to make a feature of going walkabout into the audience…before the days of wireless systems (pioneered by Angus)…years later (1990) I saw Buddy Guy at the Albert Hall, and when Clapton annonced him, you heard his guitar but he was nowhere to be seen on stage…minutes later he stood up in the middle of the audience, where he’d been hiding, and walked up to the stage, playing via his wireless system…cool trick!
Nigel Ford… I remember seeing Ardon some time on the Pier (didn’t keep a diary until late ’73) and after playing a couple of numbers the frontman said “we’re ARDON….do you get it ?”
Jan Warren… Oh yeah, Chicken Shack.didn’t they do “I’d rather go blind”?! – love that song!! xx
Gerry Fortsch… Stan Webb, brilliant saw him gig with Canned heat great.
Colin Bell… I don’t remember myself ‘freaking out’ doing this gig, but then these days what i had for breakfast escapes me……
Pete Prescott… My 2nd gig was in January 1973 supporting Chicken Shack at Kemsley town hall (near Sittingbourne).I was 16. I had to be pushed on stage.
Iain Cobby… A few years ago I was depping in Lez Zep , which led me to somewhere in the the Sierra Nevada to do a gig in a what was a converted venue, from a moorish fort in a village high above Grenada ( no , not the TV station) . After 3 hours from the airport in a converted Transit with only olive groves to look at, we arrived at a dusty watering hole . walking in to a local hostelry by the road we dusted ourselves down and sat on a bench at the rear , not wanting to draw attention. There, standing at the bar was Stan in a white suit whos band were topping the next night’s show . Miserable git would only talk to Mr Kulke, our Robert P. We settled for a ham ( off the bone hung on a huge spike on the wall) sandwich. ahhh what goes on ,on the road ……….
I remember seeing Ardon somewhen on the Pier (didn’t keep a diary until late ’73) and after playing a couple of numbers the frontman said “we’re ARDON….do you get it ?”
A few years ago I was depping in Lez Zep , which led me to somewhere in the the Sierra Nevada to do a gig in a what was a converted venue, from a moorish fort in a village high above Grenada ( no , not the TV station) . After 3 hours from the airport in a converted Transit with only olive groves to look at, we arrived at a dusty watering hole . walking in to a local hostelry by the road we dusted ourselves down and sat on a bench at the rear , not wanting to draw attention. There, standing at the bar was Stan in a white suit whos band were topping the next night’s show . Miserable git would only talk to Mr Kulke, our Robert P. We settled for a ham ( off the bone hung on a huge spike on the wall) sandwich. ahhh what goes on ,on the road ……….