Brian became the leader of this assortment of individuals by virtue of the fact it was all his idea to start with. Jim Eaton : Jim replaced me as rhythm guitarist when I left for University and was 10 times a better player than I was. Scores of young people ran in panic . Called at Js first for a drink.Bev was upset about some bloody lad again. I've never been to this strip club, but their sign which I pass everyday on 75 now says, "Recession Special: Lunch $5." Apparently, though you can't have breakfast at Tiffany's, you can now have a $5 lunch. Normally these sessions took place in the mornings, and after a late previous night at the club some of the higher notes were a little difficult. Pete Trout left and emigrated to Australia in search of new horizons. Hi Jim hope this finds you well, sorry for the delay in replying but lost the site never mind, computors arent my best media tool, have problems with remote controls to the video, you can contact me on acchelsea@hotmail.com, hope to hear from you soon. Great to read about these guys who were a complete mystery to me. During the time of the Monotones and Treetops Jim, Peter, Nigel and myself just never stopped laughing and enjoying ourselves on stage. First came across him at WHSB Sports day when he putt the shot for a school record, throwing the shot far further than the existing record. Hello Steve, I would be pleased to talk with you. Im pleased to say that all members of the Mustangs are still alive and kicking a third playing reunion of the original band members was held at the Creeksea Ferry Inn on Wallasea Island on 14th August 2010 and, as Mick Reads indicated, our present Rayleigh-based band (called Full Circle for obvious reasons) which I joined as lead singer on my early retirement from international banking in 1995, includes two, and occasionally three, members of the Mustangs, Mick, Keith Chesher and myself. This would have been late 50s. It was while we were at Alexanders that Mark went to Gibraltar and won The Gibraltar Singing Contest, this was like a mini Eurovision Song Contest. as disco music was becoming increasingly popular. A great loss but some great memories! It goes without saying that it seems like only yesterday, and I could go on and on but will stop now, we must try and get together sometime. As part of our contract we were required to play the tune Theres No Business Like Show Business if a fight or a fire was to break out. I last saw Mark when I was travelling by train from Lowestoft to London in 1986. It is the Mark Punter Show on 11th and 18th June and usually around 13.30 . Went to his house.Train was late had to wait hour. He used to come in the club most Friday evenings and was possibly the cause of a number of problems we suffered. Went to his house. ). Ive just read on this site that Nigel passed a couple of years ago and all sorts of long forgotten bits and pieces jump out at you and one of the abiding memories of Nigel was the constant attention his hair required and his ability to do the best Cliff Richard lip sneer ever. Thought I would let you know that since the hay-days of the 60s, the band continued to meet up after Tiffanys. Wimbledon 2022 will be held from 27 June - 10 July. Tony Blackburn, Pete Brady, Dave Cash, Pete Murray, Dave Symonds , Jimmy Young and a few others. This meant there was no break in the entertainment. It later became the Cat's Whiskers club, the Ritzy then Caesars Nightclub. The venue had also enjoyed success as a cinema but also in turn a skating rink and dance hall, until 1971, when the Gaiety ballroom closed and in 1972 it reopened as Tiffany's nightclub. Hope this sheds a little light on a time long ago but not forgotten. Whats more he was tone deaf and couldnt hold a note to save his life! The manageress told us that the room was needed for business and told us to wait in the hall, it was only then we realised we had booked into a brothel! Take carePeter, Hi Peter Sorry I did not pick up your message and thus reply earlier and it was only when looking for a url about the Monotones to send to a shipping contact that I came across your response. I have ordered a copy from Musicstack and look forward to playing it and hope it will rekindle more blasts from the past as DJ Tony Blackburn would have said!! Group created on October 11, 2007. They had a song I liked. At my first month in Bournemouth I saw THE BEATLES at THE GAUMONT for two shows a day for five or six days. His Father was a very accomplished carpenter and made Peters first bass. His talent undeniable His humour ceaseless His resistance immeasurable Towards his cruel illness, Thats robbed us of an artist A gentleman,a friend A memory thats endless, A song without end. Stop laughing. Bev phonedSam phoned. I believe these can be found on i-tunes too, to download) Dad and Jim still meet up, plus other good friends from Tiffanys including Pam, Pat, Eileen and Danny. I restored and set-up a Strat for Paul, which looked as if it had been used by Pete Townshend to try and destroy a granite amp! Watched Gangsters & listened to Stevie Wonder, Sex Pistols etc. The link is quite amusing btw! The first time a really serious fight started we realised we hadnt rehearsed this tune and I can remember frantically trying to whistle and sing this into the microphone while trying to dodge flying glass etc. For those of you that may be interested and remember her, Christine Wilson who worked at Tiffanys on the door/cloakroom then, and as I now joke was a committed Groupie, I proudly call Mum! I often stayed with him and his parents as I didnt live in the Southend area. A very grateful Seven UP following thanks you. We did several local promotional appearances and a number of photo shoots in London. It features 9 tracks by The Monos, 6 by Mark and 12 of The Treetops. To say this song has charm would be an understatement, even more so if youve seen Seven Up. Just found your 2010 account of the music scene in Southend in the 60s. To most of the audience this was hilarious, but we were told that head office did receive one complaint! Mark and Kit sang lead on this and I sang lead on the flipside, a cover of The Moody Blues Gypsy. px6 rk3399 recovery mode buena vista funeral home brownsville obituaries ohrid population 2021. tiffany's nightclub wimbledon. J dancing with Adam all night. With all the great SONGS, plus singers and, as I found out later in my life, singer-songwriters. The reason being that Jim and I are meeting,this weekend, with a guy who is writing a book on the music of the 60s which will include bands that came out of Southend. Hi jim hope you and pam are well it was a shock when i read about mark passingaway last year as it was gary some years back one article in echo paper a while back you asked if some of us met our wifes at the elms i met my wife through freinds who went there we have been married 38 years now we live in rayleigh just out of southend if any of the monotones remember one xmas or newyear eve you had just said one last no before a break half way through gary hit the cymbals and they fell and hit my freind on the head maybe sometime if possible to meet up and catch all for now roy. Jan. 2010. 1962 1966 We had made a number of changes in the group by this time. Behind every dream is the dreamer. Our favourite gigs were those we did for The Miss World Ball at The Lyceum. I remember having an important gig to do but our equipment was very sad, and when I mentioned this to Brian, he said Thats OK you can borrow our equipment I was yet again over the moon. We were approached to return to Holland and play a four night gig at a club in The Hague which we eagerly accepted. Brian informed us that our days as resident band at Tiffanys were probably numbered. I still have a scrap book of all the early Monotones press releases and pictures and will publish this if you really want to be embarrassed? A fellow guitarist , a singer of songs , Perpetual performer , socially strong . Spookily that was the time we moved to the area from Liverpool. Ah such happy times! Can anyone remember a 7-piece group with two girl singers that used to do Four Seasons and Beach Boy covers? and look forward , hopefully and God willing , to 70 UP !! Phil Thomas and myself still perform in the Rayleigh based band Full Circle and Keith Chesher occasionally deputises on drums. So, it was Brian, Pete, Gary and myself who did the TV work during that year. They used to work in a factory called Herrmanns (making cabinets) during the 1960s and did quite well during their time together x, I remember Tiffanys at Wimbledon in the 60s ! We approached the manager of the pub Roy Hughes, who agreed to let us rehearse in the dance hall on a Sunday morning. The blasted Covid has a lot to answer for. All entries can be updated, corrected and expanded. He is frontman for a local group in Dorset who,s genre is punk/heavy metal/rap (OH,IT MAKES ME FEEL SO OLD!!! Pete Stanley: The bass player and quiet man of the group. We now needed a new bass player who we found in Rod Clarke who had been gigging with The Moody Blues. Brian Alexander : This guy was a totally useless WHSB academic and just had to be a musician as he would not have made it in a 9-5 job. The only person not to attend Westcliff High School was Barry Davis our drummer. Batas kecamatan di sebelah timur dengan Kali Ciliwung / Kecamatan Kramat Jati Jakarta Timur, sebelah utara dengan Kecamatan Mampang Prapatan dan Pancoran, sebelah barat dengan Kecamatan Cilandak dan sebelah selatan dengan Kecamatan Jagakarsa. (now I have no idea what Scots Mac is/was so had to look it up on the tinternet. We had just began to get together, as he lived just around the corner from me. Gigging paid for my motor bike and first car. Hi De Ho..Pete. Wimbledon's latest opening is located at the end of The Broadway near the Polka Theatre. I do believe the origins of the Southend Sound led to evolution for later 70s musicians, such as Kursal Flyers and Dr Feelgood. One thing is very certain, I will never ever gig again. I knew Gus at Westcliff High but he didnt play bass for us. It will include The Monotones, Paramounts, Procol Harum, Mickey Jupp, Dr Feelgood, Kursaals, Eddie and the Hot Rods (who Ive already written a book on), Alison Moyet and so on, through to present day acts. Tiffanys Club and Gullivers People chat. It was good to hear from you and so pleased you stayed in the business, I thought you would as you were so passionate about your music. Mecca gave it an 80,000 facelift and Tiffany's was born. Regards Chris. At the time, Southends live gig focus was the old tired Victorian pub, The London Hotel, in Tylers Avenue; next to the old main fire station and the band of the moment were the Barracudas, distinguished by the lead cum rhythm guitar, Teddy Knott, who possessed then, a rare animal indeed: a double neck guitar. Cinderella Rockerfellas. Sad news Pete. Thursday evenings were the night: and hundreds of kids in Southend beat a path to the London. Regards Judi. R.I.P Bash and entertain the great manager in the sky with your rendition of Jezabel. Mark also released two records as a solo artist on which we provided the backing tracks and backing vocals. I Keep Thinking About You and Everybody Tries were produced by Brian and released on the Parlaphone label. I think one of our patients at the gimcrack has a coat like the one you mentioned. Go on leave a comment you know you want to .If it is rude, offensive or the like I have the magic finger of delete.. (I have decided to call the boy Sam as it would have been my choice of boys names if I had a son, seems as good a name as any). Unsubscribe Description. The Paramounts, of course: who totally eschewed whatever was In and continued with their focus on R & B. Hi Tim, Good to hear some of your recollections , glad we treated you kindly! He is still in the entertainment industry but retired from singing a few years ago. I have surfed the tinternet for a similar image in vain. Nothing can compare to the brown, beige, cream random pattern on this midi length hooded monstrosity but they were all the rage then), (that must mean the number of weeks with Sam). Hi Chris, Sounds good,which one of us is going to wear a rose in the hair to assist recognition after forty odd years? The manager was Gordon Hall (I was his girlfriend, and I smashed up his E-type jag!) Jim. Does your group ever play down this neck of the woods, would be great to meet and hear you. These cloths were weighted by a twelve foot length of heavy timber and unfortunately I let a rope slip and the back cloth dropped like a stone. We were working four and sometimes five or six nights a week and still all had day jobs. You probably remember Marks wife Bobby who emigrated to Australia and we have seen once when we visited oud daughter. Jim Eaton. He was a quiet modest sort of chap. Mark had also sang a number of cover versions of hit songs for the Music For Pleasure label. Personally I put this down to Pams amazing tea, pork pies and pickle! The reason for doing it now is that my application for the evening event to be part of the Wirksworth Festival has to be in by May 2nd. of a group that had formed out of THE BLIZZARDS plus two other projects. Washed my hair & then J came round. Are you out there Joyce? I sold all my gear prior to Uni and have only just treated myself to a Strat. I am sure the fun was shared by all others around us. One amazing facet of Marthas abilities was her sight reading, which enabled her to play the most complex of pieces flawlessly, yet she couldnt take a solo in Johnny B Goode! I decided to buy a Hawaiin guitar, which would suit the setting. In February 1964 we decided it was time to release a record. All the members of the band have kept in touch and playing re-unions were arranged in 2001, 2007 and most recently in August 2010 which involved Adrian and Bob travelling from Australia where they both now live. 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