tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post5225913071448271623..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Jazz Venues of The PastLancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-68052154244361489592022-06-26T16:45:59.830+01:002022-06-26T16:45:59.830+01:00Yes, Billy Harper was on piano, good pub back in t...Yes, Billy Harper was on piano, good pub back in the day. One of my regular sit-in sessions before you guys and the tinternet turned up! P.G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-19675315419882925462022-06-05T18:04:42.146+01:002022-06-05T18:04:42.146+01:001:Golden Lion, Winlaton Mill now called the Red Ki...1:Golden Lion, Winlaton Mill now called the Red Kite. A good venue on a bus route and a good room. Many memories of Gassie, Ronnie Robinson, Ronnie Mclean and Bill Brooks. It was still active in 1978.<br />2: Rose, Shamrock and Thistle at Streetgate, Sunniside with the Tyne Valley Stompers with Fred Rowe, cornet; Bill Smith and, on one occasion, a rare visitor from London - Cy Laurie on clarinet.Bill Gallonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-34497857784282092682022-05-31T13:50:15.420+01:002022-05-31T13:50:15.420+01:00I came up to Whitley Bay in 1975. I used to go to ...I came up to Whitley Bay in 1975. I used to go to the High Point Hotel, with Hughie Aitchison and Jim Ruddick in the band I think. <br />Sometime later Mike Durham's WJRK took over, which prompted me to start playing tuba again, sitting in after buying a big old Conn from America ( in those days it was possible to get it shipped cheaply by surface ). Mike Durham, Bob King, ?Danny Dunbar, carstairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775842767769585387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-68499746841530272402022-05-29T23:45:37.101+01:002022-05-29T23:45:37.101+01:00As I recall, I think the band at the Turks include...As I recall, I think the band at the Turks included Bill Harper and Tommy Moran.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.com