Happy Jack Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 I never actually got the chance to see Giggy Pop ... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Birmingham has ALWYAS been great. Just ask Telly Savalas 😉 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Happy Jack said: I never actually got the chance to see Giggy Pop ... Did you manage to see Horse Slips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 No, I always felt that Horse Lips was an insult ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigeJ Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) Any idea what year that was? Edited July 15, 2023 by NigeJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I'd guess 1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Happy Jack said: No, I always felt that Horse Lips was an insult ... Horslips to give them their correct spelling were an Irish folk/rock/trad band in the 60s. Check out trax like 'Furniture' and 'Dearg Doom'.Great band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 minute ago, squire5 said: Horslips to give them their correct spelling were an Irish folk/rock/trad band in the 60s. Check out trax like 'Furniture' and 'Dearg Doom'.Great band. I'm aware. I was there at the time. I'm older than my avatar makes me seem ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: I'm older than my avatar makes me seem ... Aren't we all... 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Kid Jensen on the bill with the Groundhogs - almost as weird as the famous 60s Hendrix/Humperdinck billing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Bill Haley & the Comets is a bit of an odd one too I'd have thought, for the time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 15/07/2023 at 11:09, Eldon Tyrell said: Birmingham has ALWYAS been great. Just ask Telly Savalas 😉 Next week John Cazale does Letchworth ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 15/07/2023 at 10:52, Happy Jack said: Cooor ! Camel and Gong...and it's my birthday that week. Get in ! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Bill Haley & the Comets is a bit of an odd one too I'd have thought, for the time.... They were given the whole weekend, so clearly they were still a very big draw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: They were given the whole weekend, so clearly they were still a very big draw. Yes totally.. that's surprising, you'd have thought they'd be thought of as very "old hat" by then, and it was kind of a bit before "retro" became a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, squire5 said: Horslips to give them their correct spelling were an Irish folk/rock/trad band in the 60s. Check out trax like 'Furniture' and 'Dearg Doom'.Great band. Agreed. I've never seen them but my sister did in Brum many years ago and raved about them. 'The Book of Invasions' is a cracking album They're no longer touring having stopped in 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 immortalised by the Photos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Bill Haley & the Comets is a bit of an odd one too I'd have thought, for the time.... I seem to remember a bit of a teddy boy /rock n roll revival in the early mid 70’s. Bands like Sha Na Na in the USA and Showaddywaddy over here sparked a lot of interest in the 50’s, which were soon helped by Happy Days, Grease etc. The London Rock n Roll Show at Wembley Stadium in 1972 attracted a massive audience, and featured Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Bo Diddley as well as Bill Haley & His Comets, all of whom were riding a new wave of popularity. ( I wanted to go, but as I was only 14 my parents wouldn’t allow it! ) Edited July 16, 2023 by casapete Pedantry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I thought it was Bill Haley and HIS Comets, rather than THE Comets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: I thought it was Bill Haley and HIS Comets, rather than THE Comets? 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 7 hours ago, squire5 said: Horslips to give them their correct spelling were an Irish folk/rock/trad band in the 60s. Check out trax like 'Furniture' and 'Dearg Doom'.Great band. Got their name from a band meeting trying to determine a band name when they were all extremely well-oiled, and one tried to suggest "The four horsemen of the apocalypse" but it came out as "The four poxmen of the horslips". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, tauzero said: Got their name from a band meeting trying to determine a band name when they were all extremely well-oiled, and one tried to suggest "The four horsemen of the apocalypse" but it came out as "The four poxmen of the horslips". And supported Thin Lizzy on at least one major tour IIRC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I went to Birmingham once. It was an aggregate processing and recycling expo. It wasn't great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I went to Birmingham once, to buy a sword... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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