Dom in Dorset Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I very much like both, Lindisfarne and Entwistle pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 First live gig I ever went to in 197?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Japhet said: Trigger's broom. That's exactly how I explained my tele bass to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Drummer does a Show called the Lindisfarne Story that’s also worth seeing. @wateroftyne knows them all well...😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I've been to the place (this past spring actually) never knew there was a band named for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 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???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 hours ago, mikel said: Was Winter Song originally played on his fretless ? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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