Supplied by Leigh Kennedy
Dawn Paines… Wow now this is a find and look at the state of the house behind her.
Wesley Magoogan… That house is now a wonderful house. This must have been taken when Steeleye were playing at the pier.
Tracy Birrell… I remember the band staying at the Queens Hotel when I worked on reception.
photos by Chris Meachen
Pete Fairless… I might have been there…
Alan Esdaile… I was and they were excellent.
Chris Meachen… I dragged their gear on, and announced them when they went on…
Paul Morfey… I was there, seen them loads of tlmes since!
Jim Breeds… I was there. I might have a ticket stub somewhere but not sure where. Saw them all over the place. Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Milton Keynes (yes, really), Folkestone, London and places I’ve forgotten. Lat time was Aylesbury in 2013, the night of my 60th birthday. Peter Knight’s final tour with them. Now I see Gigspanner whenever I can.
Tony Court-holmes… I was there
Drew Drew Barney… Me too!
supplied by Barry French
Joe Knight… And still going
photo: Sarah Harvey
It was always going to be difficult job for me doing an objective review of Steeleye Span’s concert at Hastings during their 2017 tour. Having one of my dearest and longest friends from childhood days playing bass and me being responsible for dragging him over to the Eastbourne Congress Theatre in 1974 to see them for the first time, it was indeed a incredible thrill for me to see him play with them on a tour. I could have never ever imagined all those years ago that I would be sitting in the audience watching him playing with them.
So with my warning of bias well and truly out in the open, I will have a go at objectivity.
I saw Steeleye Span a year ago when Rik Kemp was playing bass. That concert was very much based around the new album ‘Dodgy Bastards’, which at that time was yet to be released. I am not a mad fan of folk music but have always been a fan of Steeleye Span since they have always managed to create a such a rich blend of folk and my first love of Progressive Rock. Dodgy Bastards was very much towards the latter and clearly showed a big influence of the newer and relatively younger members of the band.
This is an interesting site from ‘Spyboy’ who present folk, roots, blues and acoustic music at venues throughout East Sussex.
Ralph McTell and Steeleye Span coming to St Marys in The Castle?