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    anyone here in a one hit wonder band?

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    1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

     

    Was that before or after she was doing backing vocals for The Eurythmics?

     

    Mine is that I turned down the opportunity to work with William Orbit, although it was pre- Bassomatic and his current band Torchsong were a bit crap IMO.

    Well before, before even Gang of Four. 
     

    She’d just arrived in London… wouldn’t say boo to a goose. 
     

    We were looking for a Chrissie Hynde!😳

    anyone here in a one hit wonder band?

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    14 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

    I was once hit by someone who was in a band, does that count?

     

    We auditioned a drummer for our last band who played on a prog hit in the 70's. He may have mentioned it quite a few times just incase we forgot. He was decent but we all decided we didn't want to hear about his one hit every 5 minutes. 

    My dinner party story is auditioning Eddi Reader when she was an unknown and rejecting her because (a) she was so shy and (b) had an obnoxious boyfriend/manager. 
     

    Just think how much better she’d have done with me… 😂

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    How was your gig last night?

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    49 minutes ago, spike said:

    We have, but for reasons I won't bore you with, we've decided to put things on hold for a few months. I may well be doing some deps myself.

    Only ask cos our singer went to Japan for a few months and we kept things going surprisingly well. It can be a good experience. 

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    Del Shannon 12 CD box set - new and sealed! PRICEDROP

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    Sells for anything from £57 to £99. Yours for just £35! Now includes postage 

    STRANGER IN TOWN - A DEL SHANNON COMPENDIUM

    This 302-track 12 CD set is a compendium of the entirety of Del Shannon’s career, from his hits in the early 60s, via his mid-60s recordings with Andrew Loog Oldham, to his 70s and 80s recordings with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne and Dave Edmunds. It also includes all of his mid-80s “Nashville Sessions” recordings, most of which are issued for the first time, plus b-sides, demos and a further eight previously unreleased tracks. The 28 page booklet features photos and ephemera, plus extensive annotation by Alan Robinson.

     

    This set contains all of Del’s UK hits, eight of which reached the Top Ten, including the #1 hit “Runaway”, “Hey! Little Girl” and “The Swiss Maid” (both #2 hits), and “Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)”, which reached #3. Also included are Del’s recordings of two Lennon/McCartney songs (“From Me To You” and “A World Without Love”). Del was the first US act to record a Beatles cover version, and later covered the Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb”. Also included is his song “Sister Isabelle”, later covered by Frank Black & Teenage Fanclub for a John Peel session.

     

    Del Shannon was, without doubt, one of the most gifted and distinctive of musical talents to emerge in the immediate pre-‘British Invasion’ era of American Pop. His was a talent that travelled well – indeed, his UK and European fanbase proved far more loyal and his success in those territories of greater longevity than in his native USA. Moreover, he was also much admired by successive generations of musicians, including the likes of George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young.

     

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    How was your gig last night?

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    2 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

    Maybe you've had an allergic reaction to the metal used on the flat's wrap?

    Warning: this thread may turn into an episode of Casualty without warning!

     

    Good point, but I felt it was an effort getting through at the time so guess I wasn’t surprised at the subsequent soreness. 
     

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    How was your gig last night?

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    Played two sets of blues with the Otis Jay Blues Band in our favourite club. 
     

    Regret selecting the 71 Precision with flats over the Sandberg VM4 with rounds. My fingers feel very sensitive this morning!

     

    Guest sax and vocalist worked well. In some ways our temporary lineup has worked better than the original- singer/harmonica player has been away for two months.  

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