Chas & Dave......think it's Dave I'm on about here....

[Leen2112]

[font=Arial, sans-serif][size=2]I'm not long back from The Cropredy Festival where much folk & Prog was on offer. Chas & Dave were on the bill too, and I viewed that listing with a bit of a chuckle as they had been playing Download or sonisphere earlier and clearly had been booked as light relief what with Steve Hackett (Nick Beggs on bass) & Marilion on the bill also.[/size][/font]
[font=Arial, sans-serif][size=2]Anyway, on they come and eh?? what’s this?? Proper playing? Chas or Dave....the one on bass was great. Being over 40 meant that i knew most of the songs as they had been regulars in the charts when i was younger but i had never noticed how busy the bass was. It was fantastic! Not that I’ll be buying gercha on single or anything but what a nice surprise. Better than Marillion who bored the crap out of me (not good at a festival....) Nick Beggs however was just on a different planet but that's another story.[/size][/font]
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[Mykesbass]

Dave Peacock is the bass player in Chas & Dave but Chas Hodges has a pretty amazing history as a bass player, playing in Joe Meek's house band with Richie Blackmore.

[icastle]

For some reason I watched a documentary about Chas and Dave a while back.
No idea why I decided to watch it, but I'm glad I did!

Those guys have a musical pedigree going back decades and are seriously good musicians.

[Oopsdabassist]

I agree about Marillion, they lost all sense of fun when H joined.

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Edited August 12, 2014 by Oopsdabassist

[Leen2112]

I might get some pics up of nick beggs and that double neck. Awesome he was.

[timo]

I was a bit sceptical of Chas and Dave before they started but they won me over straight away.

[essexbasscat]

Played a charity gig this year for our band's ex drummer. His cousin was in the audience for the evening - Dave Peacock, who stood next to me on stage saying his bit. An evening I won't forget in a hurry

Edited August 12, 2014 by essexbasscat

[Johnm93]

I was there too!
Got a bit wet but sod it - went down the front for a knees up with my mates wife, Ali.

[Lozz196]

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For some reason I watched a documentary about Chas and Dave a while back.
No idea why I decided to watch it, but I'm glad I did!

Those guys have a musical pedigree going back decades and are seriously good musicians.
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I saw that and was glad I did. I quite like them, not got any of their stuff though that may change, but agree, the pair are really good musicians.

[inthedoghouse]

And as many of us will remember, they were part of Head, Hands and Feet. I wonder how many times between us we've all played Warming Up the Band over the years? :-)