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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

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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