steve russell

Loggerhead – 1979

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supplied by Sarah Harvey

13th April 1979

Yvonne Cleland… They look like a folk band!

Tim Moose Bruce… Saw them upstairs in the Carlisle. Think they were support to Footloose.

Mick O’Dowd… Yes you did Tim. That was my promotion. Both good bands.

Richard Padgett… amazing i found this by chance. I was in Loggerhead and relocated back to Native Yorkshire in 1988 after 12 years in the south and have continued to play on and off with bands. Remember having lessons from Ray Fenwick RIP (Ian Gillan band and Spencer Davis group)who lived in Upper Park Road Hastings. I will be visiting Hastings for the first time since 1988 in Spring 2025 and if any Loggerhead guys (Or Mick Mepham reads this ) would be great to meet up with anyone …. I still have original tape recordings from Carlisle and pier and rehearsals. I brought a Yorkshire band Dawnwatcher down (singer Billy Barton who I grew up with) to play at Hastings Pier roughly around 1980/81 and Die Laughing played that night also. Dawnwatcher and Marillion were the two finalists when a record label in London were due to offer a contract and of course Marillion won! I knew most of the guys mentioned on SMART and  The Quanta brothers were top musicians I recall.

 

 

Split Image – promo photo 1983

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Supplied by Dave Miller

Steve Watson, Steve Russell, Dave Miller, Tony Dufton and Mick Kemp

Andre Martin… Gosh that brings back memories.

Mark Harris… where am i?

Dave Nattress… Great to see some old mates again! I didn’t know Steve Russell or Dave Miller, but Mick Kemp was our drummer in Damaris and drummed in Boulder also at the time, Steve Watson, (Loggerhead) but then in The Charts with Andy Leaney, (RIP old friend), Mick Bridgland and myself. We had Tony Dufton play with us a few times – he had a brand new Les Paul Custom at one time and maybe a re-issue Gold Top – memory’s a bit shaky, but he didn’t stay with us. Then we had Lee Sulsh come in with Andy giving us 2 guitars but Andy left, (can’t recall why – moving on to bigger things I think, as there was no fall-out between us all), leaving Lee, Mick Bridgland, Steve Watson and me. We did some good demo’s at Tony Bird’s Wing Studio in Ninfield and Steve Watson’s bass was well up in the mix and Lee could certainly handle lead guitar – Yamaha SG2000 I think. Lee did a great solo on “Since you went away” – our attempt at power-pop. Eventually we went on Hiatus and never got back together! Anyone have contact details for Steve Watson. Mick Kemp and Tony Dufton?

Mark Harris… Tony very sadly passed away many years ago.

Dave Weeks… Tony Dufton. Another one taken far too early.

Dave Nattress… Thanks Mark for confirming, I had actually heard something like this a long time ago, but was unsure if it was true. I first knew Tony when he worked in Hollingsworths, Ford Dealers, Bexhill, a very long time ago.

Mark Harris… He certainly did, loved his mk 3 Cortina!!

Terry Pack… I’m sorry to read this. Tony was a very nice man.