photo: Fontana Records Ad, location unknown
Mick O’Dowd… All I can say is Zabadack!
Gerry Fortsch… Believe it or not they were a good band.
Colin Bell… It was on this day (56 years ago!) i first met DD & the lads & became lifelong friends with Dave right up until his passing in January 2009, greatly missed, together with Trevor (Dozy), we all shared some great times.
Mick O’Dowd… Remember doing discos there in the 80’s!
Peter Ellingworth… My father worked on the then fledgling Combe Haven around 1959- 1960, in some of its construction. For all I know this may have been some of his handy work….. At the other end of Combe Haven who remembers the former landmark large railway viaduct that carried the former Crowhurst-Sidley-Bexhill West line, which was demolished in 1969?
supplied by Martin H Samuel http://www.heatwave.n.nu
John Fellows (bass / vocals), Terry Shea (rhythm guitar / vocals), Richard Steen (lead guitar / vocals), Martin H. Samuel (drums / pyrotechnics), Peter Allat (lead vocals / percussion).
Martin H Samuel… 1970 outdoor gig in Eastbourne.
Alan Esdaile… Anyone remember going to this gig?
Martin H Samuel… I am the drummer with Heatwave ca. ’69… the 1st and original, south London-based, band by that name not the funk/disco group who ‘borrowed’ our good name in ’75. I know we played in Hastings one winter, I don’t remember where, but our van broke down in the snow on the way home. 1970. Our record, ‘Sister Simon (Funny Man)’ b/w ‘Rastus Ravel (Is A Mean Old Man)’, was written by our agent, ex-pirate Radio City & Radio London DJ, John Edward. The 45 was released on the Larry Page Penny Farthing Records label on 13th November 1970. The A-side has backup vocals by The Ladybirds, Rick Wakeman plays piano with Doris Troy singing backup on the B-side. I just learned John Edward passed away last August. 1962, he played guitar in The Manish Boys with David Jones (aka, David Bowie) as the vocalist. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) played lead guitar on their single. Having played a week at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in ’70, Heatwave is proud of its commemorative brick, 20 rows above ‘John’, in the Cavern Wall of Fame.
Alan Esdaile… Anyone remember seeing them in Hastings?
cuttings supplied by Sarah Harvey
Mike Hugg Band photo taken on the night by Clive Richardson
Flyer supplied by Roger Carey
Andy Qunta….Pretty sure I saw Nazareth on the Pier! Can’t be sure it was this gig though. Did they play the Pier more than once?
Geoff Peckham…..We (Factory) supported them too, didn’t we? Was it Folkestone, Andy?
Andy Qunta….Think you might be right, Jaffa! As you may know, I have a diary of all the gigs we did up to Aug’73, but it must have been after that. Lost the 2nd diary unfortunately! Btw, planning to make you a copy!
Geoff Peckham….Great, look forward to reading the diary! I get Nazareth mixed up with Geordie (remember them?) We played with one of the at Torquay Town Hall – massive place full of foreign students, some venturing backstage. Geordie had their wives with them so locked their dressing room door. We didn’t!
Steve Kinch….Having played with them many times over the years, Nazareth have become ‘on the road’ buddies. Sadly, Dan was taken seriously ill last year and has now retired from live work.