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Updated October 4th 2011

THE CAVERN COMES TO THE LUPSET

Some of you may remember that Sunday, May 1st was hot, dry and sunny. In Wakefield in particular it was also party time, as one of our favourite venues, The Lupset, played host to an open air show featuring two original Liverpool bands from the sixties and, of course, us!

After a few years break from the Liverpool Beatles Week, we were delighted to be invited to play at the Penny Lane festival, part of the main event. The venue was Fogherty’s, quite a large venue with an excellent stage.
We were onstage at 5pm and had a great time, although the turnout was disappointing, unusually for Beatle week. However, we shared the bill with Mike Byrne, who set up the Beatles Story on the docks, and who did a fantastic Jerry Lee Lewis set! It was good to see our old Shaker mate, Tony, and his lovely girl Julie, and of course, it was great to be back in Liverpool.

FLASHBACK AT WHITBY THEATRE

  Diehard readers of these news pages will recall the time we played at the Whitby sixties festival, sharing the bill with The Fourmost and Dave Berry and the Cruisers. Well, September saw us once again at the Theatre, this time with The Nashville Teens (“Tobacco Road”) and The Manfreds, three of the original members of Manfred Mann (if we have to tell you the hits they had you shouldn’t be reading this!)
  The line-up included Tom McGuiness (later of McGuiness Flint) and none other than the legendary Paul Jones! Needless to say they were pretty awesome, Paul Jones’ stage presence is amazing and his harmonica playing has to be seen to be believed.
    The hits they played included Do Wah Diddy, 5-4-3-2-1, and, best of all, Pretty Flamingo. To hear Jones’ distinctive voice start on that song sent shivers down our spines.

For our part, we closed the show (we seem to have closed many shows in our time!) and we were delighted that the audience stayed to the end and gave us a rapturous welcome. A marvellous night for us all.

From l to r: Mike Hugg, Paul Jones, Simon Currie, Tom McGuiness

PENNY LANE IS IN MY EARS...

Landlord Mick had approached us and asked if we could get some of our mates along for a Bank Holiday Bash, and we were only too happy to oblige.
Entertainment on the day was top notch, with a terrific guest appearance from Gaz Gaskill on sax for The Mojos, The Undertakers rocking away as usual, and us generally lowering the tone... The beer was fab, the food excellent, and many of our followers were there to enjoy the day. A great start to the summer!

Nick Crouch of The Mojos at The Lupset
Photo by Geoff Standish)

CHRISTMAS

  Back by popular demand, and following on from our successful pairing with our mates Pepper Hearts this summer, we are getting together again at The Post Office Club, York, on Friday 30th December - what better way to banish the post Christmas blues?
   We promise the usual mix of mayhem and Merseybeat, and personally we can’t wait!
  Tickets will be on sale as you read this, and can be obtained from Garry (0752 622 0835), Geoff (0791 697 1094) or the club itself (01904 622139). The last show was sold out with a hundred people still wanting tickets - these are sure to be in as great demand, so hurry and get yours now!
  Oh, and the red nose on Dave Powell (see poster opposite) was NOT our idea!

EXTRAVAGANZA!

Photo by Tony O’Keeffe