diskwave Posted Monday at 18:19 Posted Monday at 18:19 Blockheads on BBC 4 the other night and hes playing an Alembic? Who would have thght... looked kinda weird and didnt sound like an Alembic, sounded like, well, the greart man himself which I guess was to be expected. 1 Quote
SICbass Posted Monday at 19:14 Posted Monday at 19:14 Donāt DO that. These days, any thread titled with someoneās name, I take to be an obituary š 7 1 4 Quote
FretsOnFire Posted Monday at 19:18 Posted Monday at 19:18 Gave me a right fright this topic š 1 1 Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted Monday at 19:25 Posted Monday at 19:25 There were two Blockheads concerts on telly Friday night, Norman wasn't playing an Alembic in either! Quote
tauzero Posted Monday at 22:37 Posted Monday at 22:37 3 hours ago, SICbass said: Donāt DO that. These days, any thread titled with someoneās name, I take to be an obituary š Ā Indeed - it's a convention on an email list I'm on, if a subject is just a name then the owner of that name has popped off. I expect to see a thread entitled "Tony Hart" any day now. 1 Quote
pineweasel Posted Monday at 23:07 Posted Monday at 23:07 I saw him playing with Wilko Johnson quite a few times in the 80s and he always played his Alembic then.Ā Quote
SICbass Posted Tuesday at 07:42 Posted Tuesday at 07:42 9 hours ago, tauzero said: Ā Indeed - it's a convention on an email list I'm on, if a subject is just a name then the owner of that name has popped off. I expect to see a thread entitled "Tony Hart" any day now. What? NOT Tony Hart?! Such a shameā¦ Quote
Burns-bass Posted Tuesday at 10:53 Posted Tuesday at 10:53 11 hours ago, pineweasel said: I saw him playing with Wilko Johnson quite a few times in the 80s and he always played his Alembic then.Ā Ā I gigged as a support act for Wilko and Norman played his Fender Jazz then (through my Hiwatt rig, which he seemed to enjoy!) 1 Quote
Kevsy71 Posted Tuesday at 13:24 Posted Tuesday at 13:24 He played an Alembic Series I around the rhythm stick era, and I believe it was that same Series I sampled for Relax by FGTH Ā Ā 3 Quote
borntohang Posted Tuesday at 21:01 Posted Tuesday at 21:01 On 24/03/2025 at 19:14, SICbass said: Donāt DO that. These days, any thread titled with someoneās name, I take to be an obituary š Based on the amount of smoke backstage last time I saw NWR with Wilko he might be too stoned to actually die. Still played like a bastard though.Ā Quote
SICbass Posted Tuesday at 21:52 Posted Tuesday at 21:52 49 minutes ago, borntohang said: Based on the amount of smoke backstage last time I saw NWR with Wilko he might be too stoned to actually die. Still played like a bastard though.Ā Yeah, watch any of that old footage of The Blockheads live, and NWR always had well red eyes. Quote
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