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    Default Who were the first live band you went to see

    I'll start the ball Rolling with Eddie and the Hotrods.

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    The very first was the Ronettes, I think it was in 1962 in the Caird Hall Dundee.


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    funny enough mine was jimmy shand in the mackays hotel bloody marvelous he was,, my he could get the fiddle going and yer feet tappin, a grand mannie,

    then i moved on to british standard now they were world class, and blu whin were flipping great to,
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    Iv only ever been to see 1 band live, it was in 2007 and i went to see the Levellers Best time ever!

    Was meant to be going to see Muse this year but cana cos baby will still be little Another time tho!! I will see them eventually!
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    Slaughter and the Dogs at the Factory in Hulme. If you wanted Punk, thats where you had to be

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducati View Post
    Slaughter and the Dogs at the Factory in Hulme. If you wanted Punk, thats where you had to be

    Seen them in Barrow. Were they cranked up really high?

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    Quote Originally Posted by riggerboy View Post
    funny enough mine was jimmy shand in the mackays hotel bloody marvelous he was,, my he could get the fiddle going and yer feet tappin, a grand mannie,
    Do you realise just how lucky and priviledged you were. Jimmy Shand Very Rarely played the fiddle. He was a good Fiddle player but he much preferred his Accordion. He went so far to have a special Accordion made for him in Trossingen, Germany by Hohner. The accordion was based on the popular Morino model, but had a diatonic, button arrangement on the treble (similar to a melodeon - tuned B/C/C# ) coupled with a standard, non-diatonic stradella bass system. This instrument is considered by many as the best accordion for Scottish country dance music.

    Here is a Very Rare Picture of Jimmy playing his Fiddle. :-


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kodiak View Post
    Do you realise just how lucky and priviledged you were. Jimmy Shand Very Rarely played the fiddle. He was a good Fiddle player but he much preferred his Accordion. He went so far to have a special Accordion made for him in Trossingen, Germany by Hohner. The accordion was based on the popular Morino model, but had a diatonic, button arrangement on the treble (similar to a melodeon - tuned B/C/C# ) coupled with a standard, non-diatonic stradella bass system. This instrument is considered by many as the best accordion for Scottish country dance music.

    Here is a Very Rare Picture of Jimmy playing his Fiddle. :-

    yes i know just how priviledged i was, i also had tea with the great man
    if it wasnt for pubs it would be tescos for us all

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    Beach Boys at Liverpool Empire in about 1967. They were on one of the package shows with about 4 other bands, The only other one I can remmber was Paul Revere & the Raiders.

    I remember the programmes from those type of gigs. It was about 16 pages and each band got photo on one side of page and a Bio. on facing page.
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    My first band I went to see was RunRig in the Inverness Ice Ring, but that was many moons ago tho.........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bazeye View Post
    I'll start the ball Rolling with Eddie and the Hotrods.
    Oh btw it was at Lancaster uni in 1976.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bazeye View Post
    Oh btw it was at Lancaster uni in 1976.
    And it went a little bit something like this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrtwmyVMfOM
    Last edited by Bazeye; 21-Apr-10 at 23:03. Reason: Double post

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