Plea for Band Information (1959 to Present day) almost!

[Ghoulz]

Hello!

After six years of research my web site: http://www.KinemaGigz.com is still incomplete, not that I ever expect to complete it fully … but …

Of the 1170 (ish) bands to play The Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline Fife, I’ve nailed info about 950-odd of them but I still have 218 about which I know NOTHING at all!

I guess it’s entirely possible that some of these more minor outfits may have hailed from the frozen north ... and so (getting eventually to the point) … I’d like to ask to harness the considerable power of your vast readership to assist me to find & record this important information for posterity?

I need information (any information, no matter how small) about the bands listed below. I know the vast majority will have had nothing to do with Caithness, but just maybe some did and came south to play with us here in Fife?

For ‘spam’ reasons I only publish my email address in a secured fashion on the ‘Feedback’ page of my site http://www.kinemagigz.com/feedback.htm so please contact me through that page.

I’ll of course be delighted to credit each contribution and add the author's names to my ‘Valued Contributors’ list on my ‘Sources’ page too.

Can YOU help?

After Burner

The Atlantic

Bad Impression

Bandana

Barnaby

Bedtime Story

Beef

Beez Neez

The Beggerman

Bernadette

Bilson

The Blaze

Blitz

Blizzard

Blockbuster

The Blues Brotherhood

The Bowery Boys

Brooklyn

Bunter

Bus Co

The Cairn

Ceilidh 3

Centaur

Cinnamon

The Citron

The Clique

Clockwork Orange

Close Friends

Colorado

Colour Blind

Cool 'n' Country

Copper Plate

Crisp

Crispin

Crumble

The Crush

Cuddles

Cupar Ceilidh Band

Warren Davis

Dem-Bones

The Harry Dewar Quartette

The Dolly Rockers

Dream Weavers

John Dubarry

East Coast Juke Band

Nick Elliot

Dave Emmanuelle

Europa

Evonne

The Fabulous Romantics

Fantasia

Fantasy

The Fence

Fever Pitch

Fife Folk

Fine Thanks

The Five Wires

Flak

Flesh

Floss

Foot Loose

The Forth River Jazzmen

The Freeze

Friendly Folk

The Fringe

Front Page News

Funktion

Funky Stuff

Ron Gibson & His Dance Band

Ginger

Jock Graham 6

Graphite

Heart & Soul

The Heat

Heraldic Decoration

High Tension

High Voltage

The Hobbits

Honey

The Honors

Horoscope

The Inter State Roadshow

It's Amazin'

The David Jack Sound

The James Boys

Jaspa

Jenesis

The Jets

Jonah

Judith

The Jury

The Jynx

Kaleidoscope

Rip Kirby

Lawdy Mama

Drew Lees

Legacy

The Lemons

The Local Bhoys

The Lochearn Broadcasting Band

Low Profile

M.C. G

The Mack Sounds

The Madison Four

Magic

Mahanna

Marigold

The Marshall Brothers

Jimmy Martin Quartet

Matrix

The Melody Makers

Ian Miller

Mixed Spice

The Muddy Sam Soul Packet

Natural High

The New All-Star Dixieland Group

New Crumble

The New Edinburgh Ceilidh Band

The New Travelling People

Nite Owl

Nite Sounds

Omnibus

On The House

The Original Caribbean Steel Band

The Original Chessmen

Oryx

The Other Half

Overdrive

Panzer

Papanix Disco Circus

Paper Chase

Walter Petrie

The Phoenix

The Phoenix Trio / The Phoenix 3

Pilgrim

The Pipe Dream

Platform

Playground

Poly

Portnoy's Complaint

The Portrait

Priory

Pryer

Pure Class

Rainbow

Rampage

Raspberry

Raz

Jack Richardson's Popular Players

Jack Richardson's (Stellar) Sextette

Ritz

Rock Island Line

Rocket

The Rocking Ravens

Rowan

Ryan's Express

The Santa Fe Smoke

Santos

Score

The Scratch

The Set

Sh-Boom

Sidekicks

Sidiki

Willie Simpson & His Broadcast Band

The Willie Simpson Trio

Alex Sinclair's Band

Alex Sinclair & The Stardusters

Skin Deep

Sky Line

The Smash

The Andy Smith Orchestra

The Andy Smith Sextette

Snow Blind

Sold Out

South Bound

Spatz

Spellbound

Spiders

Sponge

St Andrews Folksong Club

Jimmy St John & The Funktastics

The Stag Party

Stage 3

Stallion

State Express

Steel Yard

Stone Face

Stranger Than Fiction

Street Party

The Submarines

Suede

Sugar

Sun Dancers

Sweatband

T.L.U.J.

The Talk Of The Town

Tears

This Side Up

Chic Thomson & His Dixielanders

Tin Wind

Together

The Tops

The Traction

The Trad Lads

Travelling Folk

The Travelling People

A Tribute To Elvis

Tribute To The Drifters

Trident

Tuxedo

The Tweed

The UK Upstarts

The Ultimate Tribute To The Drifters

John Wayne Band

Wot's Up

Harry Wragg

Zhice

Thank you for reading right down to the bottom! Might you know of other web sources I could approach?

I hope to hear from some of you soon!

Ghoulz.

[Green_not_greed]

Colorado are the only "north" band I recognise. Sorry can't provide any more info.

Try

http://forum.caithness.org/showthrea...-from-the-Past

[sids]

This isn't much help, but I've heard of a band called Portnoy's Complaint. Somebody famous spent early days in it, but I can't remember who!

[Ghoulz]

The Caithness/Golspie 'Colorado' were formed in 1978 I believe. Unfortunately the 'Colorado' I need, supported 'Colosseum' in Dunfermline in 1971!

Many thanks for your replies guys, much appreciated.

Ghoulz.