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Postage

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, April 14, 2023

Bob Dawbarn in Dent.

Back in 1989 (seems like only yesterday) I did some cycle touring/boozing in the Yorkshire Dales. My overnight base was in Dent (now seemingly in Cumbria), possibly the most picturesque village in the world.

The village had two lovely pubs - The Sun and The George and Dragon - both of which I frequented after a hard day cycling up and down the many gradients which, if not mountains, were certainly more than hills.

In the village there was a bookshop, which I now find that, after Googling, it seems to be long gone - well done Google/Amazon etc!

However, in 1989 the online, Putin-like, invasion of normality had yet to achieve the world dominance that Hitler and co fell short on.

I had a long chat with the shop's owner and when the J word was mentioned we were joined at the hip!

Turned out that this was none other than Bob Dawbarn, former trombonist with Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band. He had become, by then, a pop/rock columnist for MM as well as moving onto other lines of business but it was an interesting, and memorable occasion.

Unfortunately, I'd left my camera in the Sun Inn so I don't have a memento of this auspicious meeting as the following day the shop was closed until the weekend by which time I'd long pedalled off into the blue.

There's very little about Dawbarn on Google other than this Guardian article which doesn't mention the bookshop in Dent. Maybe I'm imagining all this - can any readers clarify? Lance

3 comments :

Peter Bevan said...

Enjoyed reading this anecdote although I can't add any more about Bob or the bookshop.
But, you might want to amend your typo in the heading (and apologies for any of mine, my fingers are all over the place tonight).
Peter

Lance said...

Thanks Peter now corrected.

Roly said...

Lovely story. You should start writing your memoirs if you haven't already. Incidentally, I'm just reading the biography of Norman Cornish the Spennymoor artist. It's following attending a couple of talks about him. I hadn't appreciated just how great he was.

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