Lindisfarne

[Dom in Dorset]

I had the pleasure of opening for Lindisfarne last night and what a nice bunch they were! The bass player Ian Thompson was particularly chatty and was intrigued by my bitsa tele bass. He was playing an Epiphone EB3 with a £10 chinese soap bar pickup in the bridge. We talked about the various spare parts we had that may turn into something ebay permitting and our mutual love of Entwistle pickups.
They aren't a band I've paid too much attention to in the past but we stayed and enjoyed the show and popped back stage after to say goodbye. They seemed genuinely pleased that we'd stayed (despite 400 others in the audience) . 
I am pleased to report that they are a thoroughly nice bunch, my faith in humanity is in part restored.

[gary mac]

I very much like both, Lindisfarne and Entwistle pickups. 

[Japhet]

First live gig I ever went to in 197?.

[mikel]

Great live band. How many of the original lineup are still in it? They played a farewell tour a few years ago called "Time gentlemen please" Surprised they are back for another go.

[Dom in Dorset]

7 minutes ago, mikel said:

Great live band. How many of the original lineup are still in it? They played a farewell tour a few years ago called "Time gentlemen please" Surprised they are back for another go.

I think only Rod Clements is an original member but even he left the band for a while. The bass player has been with then 25 years and the others quite a while. Rod was the other really friendly one also interested in Frankenstein instruments.

[Japhet]

3 minutes ago, Dom in Somerset said:

I think only Rod Clements is an original member but even he left the band for a while. The bass player has been with then 25 years and the others quite a while. Rod was the other really friendly one also interested in Frankenstein instruments.

Trigger's broom.

[Dom in Dorset]

2 minutes ago, Japhet said:

Trigger's broom.

That's exactly how I explained my tele bass to them.

[mikel]

7 minutes ago, Dom in Somerset said:

I think only Rod Clements is an original member but even he left the band for a while. The bass player has been with then 25 years and the others quite a while. Rod was the other really friendly one also interested in Frankenstein instruments.

Rod left in the 90s I think. I saw them at Euro 96 and he was then playing guitar. Saw them in the 0s with Jimmy Nail guesting on vocals. Good but never as great as the original shambolic lineup doing the Xmas shows at the City Hall.

[Mickeyboro]

Drummer does a Show called the Lindisfarne Story that’s also worth seeing.

@wateroftyne knows them all well...😁

[Dad3353]

2 hours ago, Dom in Somerset said:

...They aren't a band I've paid too much attention to in the past but we stayed and enjoyed the show and popped back stage after to say goodbye. They seemed genuinely pleased that we'd stayed (despite 400 others in the audience) . 
I am pleased to report that they are a thoroughly nice bunch, my faith in humanity is in part restored.

In the years I spent touring with a ska/punk/rock band (doing the sound, then the lights...), this ^^ is what I found to be the general rule. The other bands we crossed paths with, some of 'em national monuments, were Good Eggs, easy to get on with and a 'lorra fun'. I have many memories of some particularly 'interesting' 'afters', despite the advancing years. I surprises me not at all to learn that these fellows are, too, Good Eggs. Good for you; remember to be just as open and friendly when you, too, become world famous. 

[el borracho]

Rod Clements is back in the band again I believe.

I was taught to play the bass by one of their bass players from the 70s, a guy called Tommy Duffy.

 

[Piers_Williamson]

I took photos of Lindisfarne in the early eighties at Leeds Uni.  I vaguely knew who they were, but to be at a gig where 2000 members of the audience knew every word to every song was a revelation and made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.  A truly brilliant live act!

[Bolo]

I've been to the place (this past spring actually) never knew there was a band named for it!

 

[yorks5stringer]

10 hours ago, Bolo said:

I've been to the place (this past spring actually) never knew there was a band named for it!

 

Yep, Boston, Berlin and Holy Island!

[wateroftyne]

On 12/11/2018 at 10:57, Mickeyboro said:

Drummer does a Show called the Lindisfarne Story that’s also worth seeing.

@wateroftyne knows them all well...😁

I do indeed. And I got to do this once..

 

[mikel]

16 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

I do indeed. And I got to do this once..

 

Brilliant, but how would it have felt standing in for Rod with the original lineup????

[wateroftyne]

2 minutes ago, mikel said:

Brilliant, but how would it have felt standing in for Rod with the original lineup????

One can always dream...

Incidentally, Winter Song was on the setlist for this gig too, just acoustic guitar, vocal (neither from Rod) and bass.

Faced with the prospect of playing one of the loveliest bass parts I know with it's originator watching in the wings 20 feet away, it felt right to ask him if he would like to play it instead. He graciously declined.

No pressure, then.

[KevB]

I too have always liked the bass part in Winter Song but there are some lovely lines from a number of their 70's classics. I saw them a couple of times in the early to mid 80's doing their xmas shows. Alan Hull, Ray Jackson etc it was quite a lineup.

[Mickeyboro]

That song can still reduce me to tears... absolute genius. ‘And Santa’s in his module, he’s anAmerican astronaut’ always brings a smile though

[mikel]

6 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

One can always dream...

Incidentally, Winter Song was on the setlist for this gig too, just acoustic guitar, vocal (neither from Rod) and bass.

Faced with the prospect of playing one of the loveliest bass parts I know with it's originator watching in the wings 20 feet away, it felt right to ask him if he would like to play it instead. He graciously declined.

No pressure, then.

Was Winter Song originally played on his fretless ?

[wateroftyne]

3 hours ago, mikel said:

Was Winter Song originally played on his fretless ?

Yep.

[jacko]

Those mid to late 70's Christmas shows were some of the best gigs I ever attended at the city hall. Still have the tickets in a box somewhere.

edit . pretty sure Chris Rea was the support act last time I saw them

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by jacko