Entertainment For Lively Minds
Three bands in one.
I once had the pleasure of seeing The Hollies (around seven years ago at a guess). The singer was none other than the sadly deceased Carl Wayne. Tony Hicks was the main 'Holl' and the bassist was the guy from Mud (Ray Stiles?)
So the gig was a variety of Hollies classics, some great Move stuff (definitely including I Can Hear The Grass Grow and Fire Brigade) and during the encore the band did a great version of Tiger Feet to *ahem* tiger boot.
Part of the joy of the whole thing was Carl and Ray weren't particularly billed as a major part of it, so the Move/Mud stuff was all a welcome surprise. I'd gone along happy enough to hear Tony Hicks play guitar (fantastically well I might add, he's sorely underrated.)
Has anyone else seen three classic english bands in one? Certainly not as consistent as that I'd wager...
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Back in the days of the NWOBHM you'd see bands which consisted of interchangeable members of UFO / Scorps / MSG / Purple / Sabs / Rainbow / Whitesnake / Dio etc which tended to get a bit confusing.
Maybe not 'classic'..
but in the Churchill Theatre Bromley I saw Screaming Lord Sutch, Edison Lighthouse and Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas on the same bill, early '80's or late 70's. Compere was an old gay comedian, mercilessly ribbed by the crowd. How did this happen? Was I dreaming? A mate of mine, well drunk, called out to Kramer "We love you Bill!" to which he snarled "Fuck off" and then went seamlessly into "Little children, you better not tell on me..". As for the concert with George Melly at the same theatre a few weeks later, that's for another thread.
The All-Starr Band
Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke and Ringo - 4 or 5 songs each - Cream, Free, Procul, HJH classics - over the course of a couple of hours. No filler.
The Original Asia
Same band as Asia what recorded first few sucessful LPs but after they all jumped ship and sold the rights to the name they could only use OA upon reforming for "artistic" reasons.
So live you get Asia (natch), Buggles, ELP, King Crimson & Yes. The history of Prog in one mega-stupendous evening. Actually when I went to see them I left early because my twiddly-tune twee tank was overflowing.
Manfreds
I saw the Manfreds with Paul Jones and Mike D'Abo. The absence of Manfred Mann was a actually bonus. They did all the hits plus McGuinness Flint stuff. There also were guest spots from Colin Blunstone, Alan Price and Chris Farlowe, so that covered a few more bands.
The only bad thing was all the digital keyboards and chorus pedals gave it all a horrible 80s sheen. It happens a lot when musicians reach a certain age. John McLaughlin never seems to play without a chorus pedal, and the Searchers have still got mullets.
The anti spam "math"
The anti spam "math" question - doubly infuriating!
Queen and Paul Rogers
came with bits of Free and Bad Company.
Plus Danny Miranda
Who used to play bass with Blue Oyster Cult.
Indeed. I saw Danny playing with BOC
when they last toured here about a year or two ago. Must have been a crowd of about 500 or so. BOC even did a quick Queen tribute in his honour.
Fast forward a few months and Danny is on a Queen & Rogers world tour, 50k+ crowds each night. You can even seem him (just) in the tour DVD. Makes me wonder who else plays to such diverse numbers.
One I can think of (kind of) - Dave Bronze - playing bass with The Hamsters, then 12 months later on stage at the Royal Albert Hall with Clapton.