Musical surprise

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

After dinner today the wife said get changed we’re going out……we end up at Billingham Forum theatre.
I’ve always wanted to see a big band Glenn Miller style to experience the sound and see what it was actually like from what my old man used to say as he was a big fan…well I got to experience it today
Never got round to it but did today and was blown away by it live in a way I never expected from a 20 man outfit…..three hours flew past even got some background into the compositions of the 40’s and 50’s.
Live music really is magic…..as always…well apart from Billy Dogeyes effort which ended in ignominy. :laugh:

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3436

Give me Herb Albert's 'Spanish Flea' over any of Liberace's stuff any day...

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

https://youtu.be/BWaZgnRRrX8?si=_ep2TBb8DZHzIBOw

I like Meute

Pooly_Imp · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 2514

I've played trumpet in bands for 38 years (straight up no joke). I love playing music from that era.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

It was an education to me, heard it before, but live adds a new dimension.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Snowy wrote:

It was an education to me, heard it before, but live adds a new dimension.

Yes it's helps being alive to really enjoy music. bbolt

bobby lemonade · **Posted:** Sun Feb 09, 2025 11:13 pm

You should check out Hartlepools musicians unlimited, they do the big band thing at Jackson's Wharf, last Sunday of the month I think.
I used to go see them when they did Sunday afternoon at the studio a few years back, they're excellent. Well worth a few pints on a Sunday. Nice...

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

Leggie43 wrote:

Snowy wrote:

It was an education to me, heard it before, but live adds a new dimension.

Yes it's helps being alive to really enjoy music. bbolt

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5342

Snowy wrote:

50’s.
Live music really is magic…..as always…well apart from Billy Dogeyes effort which ended in ignominy. :laugh:

Who? What? Sounds like there's a story there...

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18756

Pooly_Imp wrote:

I've played trumpet in bands for 38 years (straight up no joke). I love playing music from that era.

love to listen to it also especially the singers who can actually sing as well as musicians like yourself who can play an instrument and some more than one. just a pity you do not get the financial rewards for your talent like many from the big band era who were hust sidemen in a famous band. her in the kitchens old man was a trumpeter for many years with geraldo but eventually packed it in for a job at kodak with a young family to support in the late 40,s.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 6975

Mick Donnelly one of the unsung heroes from Hartlepool, loved his bands a mixture of young and older musicians, not really my type of music but admired the very talented musicians playing for the love of it.
My best memory of musicals was Billy Elliot, I was in London and went to see it with my daughter, the young Billy Elliot was played by a young lad from Hartlepool.

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:41 pm

I went to the town hall to see a viola and piano concert the other week.
It was amazing the skill and talent of the performers.
It was a tribute to Lionel Tertis a world renowned performer with the viola who was born in West Hartlepool in 1876 and died in 1975.
It was even better than the Spice Girls IMO.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

Bluestreak wrote:

I went to the town hall to see a viola and piano concert the other week.
It was amazing the skill and talent of the performers.
It was a tribute to Lionel Tertis a world renowned performer with the viola who was born in West Hartlepool in 1876 and died in 1975.
It was even better than the Spice Girls IMO.

Musical taste is a personal thing and I do hate those who think one type of music is better than another…each to their own.

Leggie43 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:55 am **Posts:** 7286

Jamie1952 wrote:

Mick Donnelly one of the unsung heroes from Hartlepool, loved his bands a mixture of young and older musicians, not really my type of music but admired the very talented musicians playing for the love of it.
My best memory of musicals was Billy Elliot, I was in London and went to see it with my daughter, the young Billy Elliot was played by a young lad from Hartlepool.

The young Billy Elliot went to North Field school in Billingham the same class as my sister-in-law. He was born in Billingham not Hartlepool.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22548

Wasn’t Spanish Flea some kind of 50’s/60’s viagra?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Wasn’t Spanish Flea some kind of 50’s/60’s viagra?

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

bobby lemonade wrote:

You should check out Hartlepools musicians unlimited, they do the big band thing at Jackson's Wharf, last Sunday of the month I think.
I used to go see them when they did Sunday afternoon at the studio a few years back, they're excellent. Well worth a few pints on a Sunday. Nice...

I was in The Studio every week for over a year back in the day to watch and listen to them. Then I think they went to The Park. I'll have to get down to Jacksons Wharf sometime soon to catch them again. Loved it.

elwood · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:31 pm **Posts:** 230

I was at a wedding in the summer and they had a brass band doing the music for the first half, modern stuff rather than the disco. It was pretty spectacular especially when they started wandering through the crowds dancing while still playing their instruments.

Live music is, as mentioned above, something that really stirs the soul

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18756

used to be great when bandstands were used for the purpose they were built for and a local brass or silver band played in them on a warm sunday afternoon in summer. doubt the lefties would want that as it was once part of our culture.

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

Me and our lass are going to see SCOTT BRADLEE'S POSTMODERN JUKEBOX May 4th at Gateshead. Between 15 and 20 in the band.

Here's a little bit of a write-up about them...

Concertgoers can expect to enter a parallel musical universe where modern-day earworms and iconic pop hits alike are reimagined in classic genres like 1920s jazz, Swing, Doo-wop and Motown, and brought to life by a cast of some of the world’s best singers, dancers, and instrumentalists. Think “The Great Gatsby” meets “Sinatra at the Sands” meets “Back! …To The Future”.

Can't wait....should be a cracker.

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

accrington fan wrote:

used to be great when bandstands were used for the purpose they were built for and a local brass or silver band played in them on a warm sunday afternoon in summer. doubt the lefties would want that as it was once part of our culture.

Was completely agreeing with you there accrington...and then I came to the last sentence that's is 100% bollix!!!

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

Here's a taster....

https://youtu.be/9R2gKfxROx0?si=e4EKNop-8UirDlN_

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

And another....

https://youtu.be/kl_vKIe6u6k?si=d9R0KiyYMrxQRFks

50's Style The Boys are Back in Town.

MutleyRules · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:38 am **Posts:** 925

https://youtu.be/m3lF2qEA2cw?si=xOM1WWzXXs_kBYrs

Excellent version of Creep by Radiohead.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36231

Disappointed last night to realise my favourite Kinks track…’Victoria’ is now used as the soundtrack for some bloody cake mix ad on the telly. :angry-tappingfoot:

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6470

Leggie43 wrote:

Jamie1952 wrote:

Mick Donnelly one of the unsung heroes from Hartlepool, loved his bands a mixture of young and older musicians, not really my type of music but admired the very talented musicians playing for the love of it.
My best memory of musicals was Billy Elliot, I was in London and went to see it with my daughter, the young Billy Elliot was played by a young lad from Hartlepool.

The young Billy Elliot went to North Field school in Billingham the same class as my sister-in-law. He was born in Billingham not Hartlepool.

Are you not thinking about the kid that played him in the film Mr Leggie and not on the stage

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18756

MutleyRules wrote:

accrington fan wrote:

used to be great when bandstands were used for the purpose they were built for and a local brass or silver band played in them on a warm sunday afternoon in summer. doubt the lefties would want that as it was once part of our culture.

Was completely agreeing with you there accrington...and then I came to the last sentence that's is 100% bollix!!!

at least its something that we can agree on half a post. from little acorns etc.

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