tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post6546079543090403604..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: RIP Clive GrayLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-52357897331671884582018-07-30T21:06:45.760+01:002018-07-30T21:06:45.760+01:00Hi Suzanne time now corrected.Hi Suzanne time now corrected.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-2646544031495989362018-07-30T21:03:29.364+01:002018-07-30T21:03:29.364+01:00Hi Lance I have just seen the post you have put on...Hi Lance I have just seen the post you have put on about my Uncle Clive the service is at 11.15 NOT 11.30 if you can change this it would be great I am putting it in the Chronicle on Thursday anyway x Thanks Suzanne Swan <br />Suzanne Swannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-13173720164157922302018-07-26T22:34:08.542+01:002018-07-26T22:34:08.542+01:00In the last years of the New Orleans Club at Forth...In the last years of the New Orleans Club at Forth Banks, me and my “Marra” Alf York attended every Friday night for the VC band<br />Alf was so taken by Clive’s playing that he bought a banjo – going to W Clement Millards for lessons<br />Alf has a fantastic memory for jokes and events. He just reminded me of something that happened at the end of a VC session at Forth Banks. Gassy announced John Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-39941206601177459532018-07-26T22:29:10.563+01:002018-07-26T22:29:10.563+01:00Sad to hear this news. I haven't got any amusi...Sad to hear this news. I haven't got any amusing anecdotes but I would say this - I often saw Clive at The Golden Lion pub (now the Red Kite), at Winlaton Mill. This was with Peter Gascoigne's Vieux Carre who had a weekly residency there back in the 1970s. Clive was a virtuoso banjo player with a gift for harmonising melodies in chords, often with amusing quotes mid solo. It was quite Rolynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-70111809336549685672018-07-25T22:52:53.457+01:002018-07-25T22:52:53.457+01:00Sorry to learn of the passing of Clive Grey ...Sorry to learn of the passing of Clive Grey R.I.P<br />Raymond Newton Double Bass playerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com