https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fxbx0-O8kY#t=242

We will file this under the chapter, great musicians make great music..

Simple and very effective ......
everything else can come later..

Our roving report is out there doing his bit right to the end, in between gigs, nice find again Donny he had the Bert Weedon book play in day, Nigel had the same book

Tony I am glad you like the song I am actually sitting in my car outside my next gig waiting to set up happy new year to all...

Donny you will just love these, wind it on to 2.40 Don't see any arrangers

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What a find Tony, I cut my teeth on Skiffle, sixteen years old straight from school, tea chest bass, washboard drums, acoustic guitars, happy days.

Gambling Man
Sweet Sixteen
Worried man
Rock Island Line
Freight Train
John Henry
My old Man's a dustman
Does your chewing gum lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight
Great Grand Coulee Dam
The list went on.

They don't write them like that anymore. I think I can still remember the word's, can't remember much else though.

We used to play the interval at the local village hop, wait for it, half a crown each for half an hour, for the youngsters that's twelve and a half pence in new money.

Thanks' for the memories LOL

Here's another memory, Casino Blackpool we hit the fairly big time for country lads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lfsA7l7RQ4

Only two of us left I'm afraid. The video was in memory of Mel the Bass player.

Col

Great stuff, Col. Wasn't that just the best of times, Britain in the sixties. I tell you, if we ever had to live this life over . . .

We used to play in those huge old cinemas in London between the movies - Shepherd's Bush Odeon, Holloway Odeon, the State, Kilburn. Fantastic times.

Here's a you tube clip of what were up to in 1965.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r6SOEWXddFw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dr6SOEWXddFw

Oh for a time machine.