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mick green....guitar legend 1944-2010
"Heaven just got a bit louder" |
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The Pirates
(Johnny Kidd's 'classic' line-up from c.1962-64)
took no prisoners in the 70s and still shakin' in 2005 |
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The Pirates at the Half Moon, Putney · 10 November 2006 |
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Mick Green and Amanda |
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Johnny Spence with Amanda & Iona |
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the pirates, putney 28th november 2008... |
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Guitar legend ... Mick Green
(Johnny Kidd, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney etc.) |
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Johnny Spence
as good a bas player as you'll ever see |
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A great successor
to Frank Farley |
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With Amanda
and Iona and Lloyd Green |
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With the legend
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The Big Bloke
a.k.a. Ray Gomm with Amanda and Iona |
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tony price 2008.... |
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Early 1960s
Army days and Hofner Club |
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Early 70s
with Hofner Verithin |
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ron & rosalind, cornwall tuesday 17th november 2009 |
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mary wootton sussex, thursday 29th october 2009 |
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The very remarkable Mary Wootton
who, with her husband Alan, formed Supersound in 1952! |
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A cache of hitherto unknown Supersounds all finished and modified (to a greater or lesser extent over the years!) by Mary's sons Cliff (on left) and Den Wootton
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bob rogers, dartford, wednesday october 28th 2009 |
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Ted Taylor Four 1958
- Ted Taylor on right, Bob Rogers on left and Teddy Wadmore, seated, with the very first Supersound Bass (built in summer 1958) which he used on the Jack Jackson TV show in that year. |
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Bob Rogers - a top working guitarist. His first gig was in 1942 and he subsequently "played on hundreds of BBC broadcasts, films, shows and recordings" including as a member of the John Barry 7, Don Lang's Frantic Five - even a session with Jimmy Page! Films including 6.5 Special and Beat Girl and, most recently as a Skinnerette on the Frank Skinner show in 2001!
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larry miller ... at the band club, st. austell, saturday 17th october 2009 |
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The amazing Larry Miller one of the UK's premier rockin' blues guitarists...
and check out that Fender bass too! |
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With Iona... and he also has a great guitar collection
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the surgeons ... at the grapes, falmouth, friday 9th october 2009 |
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Formed in 1979 and still gigging with the same line-up, from Penzance, Cornwall's No 1 Punk Band ...
pass the earplugs! |
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Is Pete Kliskey your accountant? Now you know what he does in his spare time... Holy Moly!!
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barron knights and tremeloes friday 18th september, truro |
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Pete Langford of the Barron Knights and Templar Entertainments who occasionally booked Status Clone.
(N.B.to self: must stop wearing that Marshall Amplification T shirt--I do have some others!) |
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Sooner or later I had to feature a drummer and who better than "nice guy" Dave Munden, a great lead vocalist ( and drummer) and founder member of the Tremeloes in 1958!
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alastair dickenson, bbc tv antiques roadshow silver (and guitar) expert for 19 years. cornwall 2nd/3rd august 2009 |
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Alastair with Buzz
and his '82 lefty Strat |
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With my Supersound ... its value? Still unknown!
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swinging blue jeans, prideaux place, friday 19th june 2009 |
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A stunning venue, a "full house" and the SBJs (formed in 1959)
- (even) better than ever! |
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Alan Lovell with his "new" early Watkins Rapier, stunning, immaculate and in original condition!
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Founder member Ray Ennis and his 80s 335
- his first one was stolen in 1966! |
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"Bruvver" Peter (A Picture of You) Oakman
and Danelectro bass |
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For me?
Well no, but even a guitar collector can dream! |
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Ray Ennis and the SBJs?
Some of the nicest guys you'll ever meet ... even Mrs P. demanded their autographs! |
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johnny winter..... falmouth 28th may 2009 |
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Johnny Winter....
the greatest rockin' bluesman of them all , a guitar hero without equal! |
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The Mark Erlewine ( the first one was an IMC/Hondo) Lazer guitar "sounds like a Strat and feels like a Gibson"
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solid silver 60's show croydon, thursday 21st may 2009 |
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Wayne Fontana (with Amanda and Iona)
definitely larger than life and despite his "record" one of the really good guys and a great entertainer too! |
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The Merseybeats. Tony Crane and Dave Goldberg (ex Liverpool Express) and owners of Gibson Firebirds to die for...
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John Walker (The Walker Brothers) with Amanda
- but Iona just couldn't hold that camera steady! |
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Frank Allen with Spencer James (The Searchers) last but certainly not least, and looking younger than ever!
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frank allen, cornwall march 14th 2009 |
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With Amanda and Scarlet
(7 months) getting her first guitar lesson |
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and with my 1961 Fenton Weill Deluxe
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My Guyatone LG50/ Star EG 80
with, evidently unusually, a straight neck! |
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With my much appreciated Grimshaw
.....bass, of course! |
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"Holding the baby!"
....with Scarlet and Amanda |
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Where it all began
....with the Skyways at Eastcote 1959 and Cliff Bennett's Futurama Grazioso , Brian St. George with Frank's Hofner club 50--and 5 years before The Searchers! |
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paul day, guitarist, guitar author, journalist and collector... |
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The Downtowns
in 1964 featuring Paul Day and his white Burns Vibra Artists - sold in 1965 but recovered in 2008! |
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Paul Day 2006
signing my copy of "The Ultimate Guitar Book" which he wrote with Tony Bacon |
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frank allen, guitar collector, author and bass guitarist of the searchers since 1964... |
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With Frank Allen, Saturday 30th August 2008, Truro |
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The Searchers - Frank's enormous Burns Bison bass seemed to dwarf him! |
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Frank and his early 50s Fender Precision replica specially made by Norway's Martin Olsen |
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Part of Frank's guitar collection |
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alan lovell, lead guitarist, swinging blue jeans... |
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The Limits 1964 Alan, bottom right, with Watkins Rapier and Keith with Alan's Dallas Tuxedo |
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Solid Gold Tour and John Leyton |
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Swinging Blue Jeans and Ray Ennis |
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Alan Lovell |
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john leyton.... |
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John Leyton with a fan
Milton Keynes 1996 |
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That £1M cheque
but why didn’t John Leyton sign one of his own?? |
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At Babbacombe,
Devon 14th June 2008 ... with The Flames |
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With Sally and Porgy
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status clone... |
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Bethel Social Club, St Austell. 15th March 2008 |
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Publicity Photo 2000 |
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Farewell tour 2008 |
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Paul and Lars (Yamaha Pacificas), Dave (Status bass) and Steve (" now where did I put that Burns Weill Fenton?") drums. |
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dave edmunds... |
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On tour with Joe Brown 2007 |
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"Crawl a mile over broken glass ... and do it for a game" (Deborah) |
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bbc tv's antiques roadshow... |
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Filming my guitars at Exmouth Pavillion, September 2007 |
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Alastair Dickenson, antique silver and guitar expert with my Gretsch TW-100T |
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With my Watkins Rapier 3 - identical to his first guitar |
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Lars Mullen plays my Rapier - and it really sounded great! |
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Alastair Dickenson with his own vintage Gibson Flying Vee - restrung as a lefty |
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grimshaw guitars.... |
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The Who
with Pete Townshend and Grimshaw SS (no it's not a Ricky!) |
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Grimshaw guitars
again with Pete Townshend and Bruce Welch |
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had a Rickenbacker truss rod cover on its headstock. Now I have the answer
thanks to Frank Allen, bass player with the Searchers for 43 years, who
contacted Pete direct and then forwarded his reply to me - which is
as follows:-
"I bought the guitar at Ivor Maraints, I'd always wanted one (was it because
Joe Brown played one?). At the time I was used to Rick pickups so when I ran
out of Rickenbackers one day I rigged the Grimshaw with the pickups and
added the headstock blazer as deception. However, when people asked me what
model of Rick it was, I told them it was a Grimshaw. It played beautifully."
My thanks, once again, to two great legends of Rock n Roll - Frank Allen and
Pete Townshend for setting this particular record straight. |
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bill geddes (1947-2004).... |
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The Highlanders in 1960
Bill on right |
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1980s
at Butlins, Isle of Sheppey - Bill on right |
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1980
Bill meets his No.1 fan (Hank Marvin) Gaumont
(Mayflower) Theatre, Southampton |
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Bill's Burns Hank Marvin guitar, Vox AC30 and Dusty |
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Late 1990s Fine Blend
Bill with 1989 Fender Strat '57 reissue |
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Bill Geddes
as I will always remember him . . . . |
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martin "thumbs" bellamy.... |
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Late 60s
with Watkins Rapier 33 |
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Early 1970s
with 70s Les Paul copy |
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1980s
The Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender |
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. . . . Lizzie on vocals |
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solid gold tour 1994.... |
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Marty Wilde and the Wildcats
1994 |
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the beatles at stowe 1963.... |
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Their fee for playing was £100 ! |
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Beatles autographs |
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mungo jerry.... |
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John Godfrey of Mungo Jerry
pictured with the Burns Weill bass now in my
collection |
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© Photographs reproduced with kind permission
of Rob Kamphues /
www.mungojerry.nl |
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artistes i have backed.... |
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Johnny Lord
(with Fender Starcaster) the one man band show (but
occasionally he needed a drummer) |
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Wayne & Crystal
Country and Western artistes |
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film-maker robin mackenzie.... |
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California based award winner filming in Cornwall in May 2006 |
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Jonestown
at Barripper, Camborne |
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My Elvis Blackout
at The Vic Bars, Newquay |
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johnny kidd and the pirates 1966.... |
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Johnny Kidd with the Pirates
line up in 1966 - featuring Mick Stewart on guitar |
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The Pirates
following the Kidd's untimely death in October 1966 |
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mick stewart.... |
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The Sweet
1970 featuring Mick Stewart |
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Mick Stewart and Ms's
Capitol Records Christmas Party 2005, Beverly
Hills Hotel |
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kif guitars.... |
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The amazing Kif : engineer, instrument maker, musician . . . genius! |
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Kif
with slide guitar |
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12 string semi-acoustic |
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Kif
with bass dulcimer |
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5 string fretless bass guitar |
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the nitewalkers.... |
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from Cornwall |
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1962
featuring Ed Simons (left) with Vox Shadow |
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1963
Guitars: Rosetti Solid Seven, Custom Bass built by
Ed Simons, and Ed (right) with Vox Shadow with custom body. |
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eric sandiford.... |
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The Jokers 1965
(Eric, left, aged 15) youth club gig - their
fee ... 10/- (50p), their transport ... a handcart! |
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The Emotion 1968
at Bolton Wanderers football Club |
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Guitars
Eric with Vox Lynx, also Fender Precision Bass |
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Eric Sandiford
in 2007 with Grimshaw Park |
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