siddha 825 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Anyone remember Robert Hirst and the Big Taste used to play at the Beachcomber and other places...........good soul band! Also was there a band called The Children? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Yes I remember them very well . My brother was in the horn section ! They did all the regular soul stuff though most of the band were from the Nottingham jazz scene . They did play further afield and did a gig at The Marquee club in London . There was no actual Robert Hirst , the lead singer was nick- named Spence ( far left , wearing a jacket on the cover on link below). Lead guitarist Alan Motteshaw, nick name was Mott , is seated next to Spence on the cover. Keith Simons who managed the band , as well as running one of the boat clubs wanted to streamline the band and dropped the horn section , they then released this single but only in Germany ? http://www.popsike.com/ROBERT-HIRST-THE-BIG-TASTE-Show-Me-cool-67-UK-Mod-45/120730918016.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fch782c 144 Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 My Uncle Dave Taylor and The Hellraisers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jake 3 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Just found this site,pretty good and the title says it all! http://playedinaband.com/index.htm 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Yes good site and it mentions The Children http://playedinaband.com/children.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 mothers worry used to play at the white hart a lot but they look very tame and clean cut on there photo on the above site i am sure hippo girl will agree with me brought back memories of lots of the other groups we used to dance to back in the sixties Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Carl's Fables............................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Its a great site, though a shame that these band exist now only in Image form and no sound Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Just spoken to my brother about his time with Robert Hirst and the Big Taste . On the sax was the late Irv Pension , the drummer was Les Shaw . Apparently lead singer Spence (Robert Hirst) isn't in the best of health at the moment . He also mentioned that when the horn section was sacked , they brought in another singer called Steve Saxon to do a sort of Sam and Dave type act . Just googled Steve Saxon and this letter from the Post comes up . Wonder if she ever found him ? http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Bygones-letters-Mum-s-appeal-Steve-Saxon/story-12217842-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Did Steve Saxon play with the carpetbaggers ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 yes paulus carls fables were regulars at the carlton hotelcerry tree and the foresters in mansfield Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Pink Harmony, used to play at the Imperial on James street Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Hey all of you thanks for these links they make it all real! As I get older sometimes I think to myself "Did this really happen? Who were those guys?" Etc.etc. Thanks again! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2easyco 41 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Anyone recall a band called Light Fantastic'? I saw them a few times at the Festival Inn, Trowell. Their theatrical performance included the coffin act, when vocalist/bass player Ron Dickson would emerge wearing Dracula and Monster make-up (pre-Alice Cooper) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norm the storm 2 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Did Steve Saxon play with the carpetbaggers ? yes steve was our lead vocalist in the carpetbaggers I formed the group in 1963 I was the lead guitarist nobody seems to know what happened to steve after leaving the band Cisco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Welcome Norm, remember the carpetbaggers playing in Bramcote village on numerous occasions....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia, norm the storm. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Can anyone remember a group called The Royalists from the 60's?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Terry " Bubbly" Bennett the singer with X-it and Sassafras amongst other bands ,now lives in Spain about 1.5 hrs north of my house ,last I heard he was in poor health but I think he's still working .as far as i'm aware.. http://www.sassafras.org.uk/TheBand/TerryBennett/tabid/436/language/en-GB/Default.aspx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Knew Terry Bennet very well, think he used to live on Fraser Square Carlton, Worked with his dad for awhile at Gedling Coliery - Reg Bennet, who was my charghand at the time. Reg used to be on the Gedling Miners welfare committee on Mapperley tops so Terry used to do quite a few gigs there, met my good lady at one of the gigs at the welfare club so remember it well. My wife used to cut and blow dry Terry's hair at times as she was an apprentice hairdresser. Wife's older brother was good mates with Terry too. I remember an "eventful" trip up to the twisted wheel, Manchester with him, for an all nighter, must have been around 65 - 66, we all went in my brothers car, an austin A40, must've been around 5 of us ! while we were there it snowed heavily overnight and my brother, under the influence of a "few" beers, decided to brave the Snakes Pass home on the Sunday morning ! Terry was a great laugh but was heavily into pills and uppers/downers at the time. Glad to hear he made it this far as no one who knew him well thought he would. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Anyone remember a band called MI5? They used to play a fair bit at the Blue Ball at Risley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Terry " Bubbly" Bennett the singer with X-it and Sassafras amongst other bands ,now lives in Spain about 1.5 hrs north of my house ,last I heard he was in poor health but I think he's still working .as far as i'm aware.. http://www.sassafras.org.uk/TheBand/TerryBennett/tabid/436/language/en-GB/Default.aspx Terry lives in the same village as me --- I see him every other week when I go to clean his pool. He's not in the best of health after his stroke but he's still got a good sense of humour and Jenny looks after him like a baby -- Top bloke ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Anyone remember the chap with the `gammy leg' who sang at the Astoria Ballroom or whatever it became. Lived around the corner from me at Bilborough. Very fine voice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 I remember a guy called Peter Lee, he had Polio and was a resident compere/singer at Musters hotel early seventies. He died a few years ago, would have been about 70 now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Thanks,Den.This chap would have been in his 20`s in 1960. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Do you remember Steve Saxon Chrissie?He was an old school mate at Beeston Fields, lived in the Rylands. I bumped into him at the Ladbrooke grove festival when I lived in London around 77/78. He looked rough and told me he was going through a bad patch. Took him home, he stayed a week and left, never heard from him again.Then his name came up on the thread.Funny old life innit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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