Woody Guthrie Night at The Musician Leicester
Had a busy weekend just gone preparing for a Woody Guthrie memorial concert at the Musician Venue, Leicester. On Saturday morning I decided I needed to practice and learn some new songs so that I had...
View ArticleAugust Sander at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
If you haven’t been recently you really should go to Leicester museum and Art Gallery on New Walk. It has recently been refurbished (not quite finished yet) and looks great. Currently there is an...
View ArticleMalta in May 2013
March was one of the coldest on record and April wasn’t much better. I had some gigs in Florence, Italy at the end of May and was looking forward to that but in the meantime I was freezing in...
View ArticleKenny Wilson Live at the Criterion, Leicester U.K. Part Two
Second part of Kenny Wilson’s gig at the Criterion cut short by the camera battery dying. The first part can be found here Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion Part One
View ArticleThe Image is the Servant
Here’s me at the microphone at an event at Hansom Hall, Leicester organised by David Soden. It is a battle between performers and images taken of them and projected on to screens around the hall....
View ArticleTeacher’s Strike 26th March 2014 Town Hall Square, Leicester
Here are some videos of Steve Cartwright and my involvement with the N.U.T. strike in Leicester. The p.a. system stopped working but we managed to get by!
View ArticleMods in Leicester U.K. in the mid 1960s
This is copied from an article about Mods in Leicester in the mid 1960s printed in the Leicester Mercury in 2010. It is the only thing that comes up if you “Google” some of the Coffee Bars and Clubs in...
View ArticleLive Music Clubs and Coffee Bars in Soho, London in the 1950s and 60s
This blog was originally published on the web site Sixties City where you can find more information about Swinging London! It doesn’t include some of the legendary folk venues like Bungie’s and Les...
View ArticleThe Beatles Live at De Montfort Hall in Leicester, U.K. 1st December 1963
This is a re-post of Catherine Turnell’s blog about the Beatles in Leicester U.K. The original can be found here http://leicestershirelalala.com/the-beatles-at-de-montfort-hall-in-leicester/ The...
View ArticleThe ‘Hungry I’ Pancake House.
Originally posted on Boxofmisc: During the 1960’s one of the places to go, in Leicester was a pancake house called the ‘Hungry I’. A great place for an evening out, good food, and great music. The’...
View ArticleTonite Let’s All Make Love in Leicester: Peter Whitehead and the Long 1960s...
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th of March 2017 I attended a conference at DMU, Leicester about film maker Peter Whitehead, and celebrating the donation of his archive to the University. I found out about it...
View ArticleLa Reverie Gypsy Jazz on SoundCloud
Here is a Soundcloud playlist of La Reverie, a Gypsy Jazz Band ( Manouche) I play accordion with, influenced by the music of Django Rheinhardt and the Hot Club de France. These tracks were recorded...
View ArticleLa Reverie Gypsy Jazz Band
Here are recent recordings and photos of La Reverie Gypsy Jazz Band. Recorded live on 22nd June 2017 at Rick Willson’s studio in Anstey, Leicestershire. Guitars: Will Smith, Keith Pell Accordion: Kenny...
View ArticleKenny Wilson Live at the Criterion, Leicester U.K. Part Two
Second part of Kenny Wilson’s gig at the Criterion cut short by the camera battery dying. The first part can be found here Kenny Wilson Live at the Criterion Part One
View ArticleInterview with Dave Andrews of Radio Leicester about iconic music venue “Il...
This is an interview by Dave Andrews of Radio Leicester with me, Shaun Knapp, and Sue Barton about the iconic music venue Il Rondo that is now a store room for an Italian restaurant! It was amazing to...
View ArticleMods, Delinquency and the Green Bowler Cafe
According to the poet Philip Larkin “Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) – Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles’ first LP.” (Philip...
View ArticleThe Musicians’ Olympus: Ric Grech (bass / violin)
I don’t know who compiled this but there is a link to the original web site. An amazing piece of research and the Leicester section is true. I can vouch for it. This is an excellent site! The...
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