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Hudson Music: Lance's "Bebop Spoken Here" is one of the heaviest and most influential jazz blogs in the UK.

Rupert Burley (Dynamic Agency): "BSH just goes from strength to strength".

'606' Club: "A toast to Lance Liddle of the terrific jazz blog 'Bebop Spoken Here'"

The Strictly Smokin' Big Band included Be Bop Spoken Here (sic) in their 5 Favourite Jazz Blogs.

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Holly Cooper, Mouthpiece Music: "Lance writes pull quotes like no one else!"

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15229 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 15 years ago. 248 of them this year alone and, so far, 61 this month (March 20).

From This Moment On ...

March

Mon 20: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Mon 20: Central Bar Quintet plays Wes Montgomery @ Central Bar, Gateshead. 7:30pm. Feat. Joe Steels.

Tue 21: Paul Skerritt @ The Rabbit Hole, Hallgarth St., Durham DH1 3AT. 7:00pm. Paul Skerritt's (solo) weekly residency.
Tue 21: Jam session @ Black Swan, Newcastle Arts Centre. 7:30pm. House trio: Jacob Egglestone (guitar); Jamie Watkins (bass guitar); Bailey Rudd (drums).

Wed 22: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Wed 22: Darlington Big Band @ Traveller's Rest, Cockerton. 7:00pm. Rehearsal session (open to the public). Note change of venue - this week only.
Wed 22: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 7:00pm.
Wed 22: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm.

Thu 23: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 4:00-6:00pm. Free.
Thu 23: NUJO Jazz Jam @ Bar Loco, Newcasatle. From 6:30pm 'til late. Free. Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra jam session. All welcome (students & non-students).
Thu 23: Kerrin Tatman + John Garner & John Pope @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.
Thu 23: Sunna Gunnlaugs & Julia Hülsmann @ Sage Gateshead. 8:00pm. A two-piano gig. A Sage Gateshead-JNE promotion.
Thu 23: Merlin Roxby @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Ragtime piano.
Thu 23: Sleep Suppressor @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. £10.00., £8.00. adv. Upstairs.
Thu 23: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman's Club, Middlesbrough. 9:00pm.

Fri 24: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 24: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms, Monkseaton. 1:00pm.
Fri 24: FILM: Mo' Better Blues @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 7:00pm.
Fri 24: Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer @ Scarth Hall, Staindrop, Co. Durham. 8:00pm. £10.00.
Fri 24: Archipelago + Bulbils @ Cobalt Studios, Newcastle. 7:00pm.

Sat 25: Vermont Big Band @ Walker Community Centre, Walker, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Fundraiser for Benfield Juniours Football Club. Hot food available, BYOB.
Sat 25: John Logan & Friends @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Rat Pack, Motown etc. 8:00pm. Free (donations).

Sun 26: Musicians Unlimited @ Park Inn, Hartlepool. 1:00pm.
Sun 26: More Jam @ The Globe, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 26: 4B @ The Exchange, North Shields. 3:00pm.
Sun 26: Outlines @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm. JNE promotion (upstairs).

Mon 27: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm.

Friday, February 07, 2020

Do you remember Colonel Crint?

(Lance): My memory was jogged by a recent email  from Howard Davies requesting info about Sid Smith - A.K.A. Colonel Crint who for a brief period enlivened the northeast scene in, I think the mid-sixties, leading his band Colonel Crint and the Regimental Band of the Foot & Mouth Deserters.

I recall "The Colonel" occasionally sitting in at the New Orleans club and buying reeds from me when I worked in J.G. Windows music shop - "Do I get a discount if I buy two reeds?" Undoubtedly a character's character!

Howard informed me that Colonel Sid  died about 14 years ago.

Dave Kerr provided further information on this larger than life character...

"I remember them being more or less stranded in Newcastle. Apparently they had won an Australian Opportunity Knocks type competition. They were sort of a forerunner of Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band with a little of the Temperance Seven thrown in. All good musicians but not in the same league as the Temps. 

Most of their work was doing short spots in working men's clubs and on slack nights you could see one or two of them in the upstairs room at Bambra's Music Hall moonlighting with Peter Gascoyne.

They eventually broke up and went their separate ways. Sid was an amusing character who played soprano sax. I think he was originally from Wallsend and after emigrating had tried to get into show business.

I remember him telling me he had played outlaws as a member of Ned Kelly's gang in a TV series.

After his return to Australia he had a hit program on Children's TV with a glove puppet. I seem to remember it was called something like "Willie the Wombat"? but he went for a few pints one afternoon and came back well-oiled and said the F word live on children's TV!"
Dave

1 comment :

Unknown said...

Sid worked for me for quite a while in the 80's. The kid's show on Channel 7 in North Queensland was called Kid's Army. He was a popular figure in his uniform. Unfortunately he wasn't as punctual as production bookings required, he would often attend after a long session at the pub, but he didn't ever drop a swear word and, if he had, we would have edited it as we pre-recorded a week's shows every Tuesday. He worked locally at several night clubs, mostly the Captain's Cabin, where he played the clarinet with piano accompaniment. Despite his shortcomings for the world of TV, he was a good bloke and I often wonder whatever became of him.

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