Gravesend’s answer to The Beatles. Voted second best band in Gravesend in 1963. So still a lot to do before that recording contract & tour of the USA.
From a studio shoot of the band I did with the assistance of Sara Morgan & Ian Holliday in 1964.
The key members, Chris, Bob and Clive were all, like me, from the Gravesend Technical High School for Boys. The High bit was added to last year we were there. We might have preferred to have attended the Gravesend Technical High School for Girls but sadly we were not given this choice. Sara was from the Girls’ Tech.
The band in 1964
Roger Cramp. Lead Guitar.
Bob Ellis. Bass Guitar.
I won a photographic competition with this one.
Chris Easdown. Vocals
Doug Toulson. Rhythm Guitar
Clive Davies. Percussion
Dance in Higham Memorial Hall on Saturday 21st March 1964.
On this occasion we paid the band £8 and made £11 for the Club’s funds.
This was the last time we could afford this band and from then on it was the Alfabeats (the who?) and later the Aftermath (who might have been the Alfabeats by another name)..
The arrival of the some fans. Or those with nothing better to do. Sara Morgan looking most becoming & rather oriental, Anton expressing his high regard for the photographer in his usual manner, John Bardoe (au centre), Malc Redsell and Don Walker on suicide ladder to mezzanine (but we had ever heard that word back then). On the far right Tony Bracey who would in the future join the band as The Toys, playing keyboard. Tony used to give me piano tips at his home in Napier Road during lunch breaks. I adapted these for the Harmonium (err?). I switched to guitar when the folk revival came along and became Higham’s answer to Ralph McTell. A very poor answer perhaps, but an answer nevertheless. I still play at least one of my guitars every week but it’s very seldom folk these days.
With fans from Gravesend & villages.
In Higham Memorial Hall sitting on the portable bar.
Clive Davies on drums.
Roger Cramp- lead guitar
If maracas are considered essential equipment by Mick Jagger, they’re going to be shaken by Chris. “Not Fade Away” perhaps?
Let’s go back a bit….
First dance organised by Chris & me at Medway College, during our break, on my first day at college on Monday 16th September 1963. I have the diary to prove it.
Dance held on 26th September 1963. Who said modern life is speeding up?
Original bass player Ray Glover.
Ticket designed by me and reproduced by my Dad at work. He was the Chairman of the Memorial Hall Committee so we could get the hall at short notice and we paid nothing for it. This allowed us to pay the band the unheard of amount of £5.
Autographed ticket that was supposed to make my fortune. What happened guys?
A terrible photograph but it shows Higham Memorial for what it was; a over-sized Nissan Hut.
Have you finished that bass intro yet?
21st December 1963
The next booking was for a Christmas Dance. Same place, same group, better camera.
Let’s take a closer look.
You are not supposed to be snogging in the cloak cupboard. There’s a great band playing out there!!! Oh well, I suppose it is Christmas.
Fans on their way to see Chris & The Breakaways at Shorne Village Hall in December 1963.
Ha my dad was in that band
I was overwhelmed by Spam recently, Karen, so your post rather got lost. I suppose that your Dad was Clive.
I’ve added a few more photographs to this blog. I hope you are able to copy them easily enough
Not Clive, Raymond he was a guitar player when the band first formed
I have added another photograph of a group member whose name I never did know. This was taken at a dance I organised in late 1963. Your Dad on bass guitar perhaps?
Hi …..
Have you got names for the people in group photo ….. Is it ok for me to use some of these photos ???
Caz
Of course you may use any of these photographs, Carole.
The names are as follows: Chris Easdown-vocals, Clive Davis drums; Bob Ellis bass guitar. These three were all in my year at Gravesend Technical School. The lead guitarist was Roger Cramp. I have not been able to find anyone who can remember the name of the rhythm guitarist.
I might add a few more Higham Youth Club photographs now I know I have an audience of at least one.
Mike
Well I know you will remember me ! Carole Winslade …… How are you Mike ?
Trying to decide if that’s me in the latest photo ! With Margaret George and Rachel Knott …..
What’s happened to everyone else who was in “the in crowd ” …..Roger Hislop … Les Baker ….Ian Halliday ….Malcolm Redsell etc ….
Carole x
You are quite correct Carole. It is you dancing with Rachel & Margaret. Chris Wiles is looking at the record player.
We didn’t have many records, did we? Dancing In The Street by Martha & The Vandellas got a lot of plays, along with several singles by Roy Orbison.
I exchange the occasional e-mail with Ian. We rather lost contact with Rog Hislop after he joined the RAF in 1964.
Malc Redsell & I speak on the telephone every 6 weeks or so. We meet up occasionally. He lives in Lymington & I live in Haslemere.
Les, Del Clark & Mark Leeson (older brother of Phil) all still live in Higham and I have dinner with them from time to time. Indeed, we will be meeting later this month along with Michael Barton-over 80 and still behaving like a 30 something.
It’s good to hear from you Carole and I’ll post a few more snaps from the early 1960s.
By the way, I now realise you didn’t write those valentine cards yourself; I guess Les sent most of them.
Good to hear from you again. Perhaps Rachel or Margaret will Google Hicoey one day.
Mike
x
Such happy memories Mike of you all 🙂
Please give my fondest love to them when you meet at the end of the month ….. Tell Les I often think of him when recalling the 60 s to my girls ! First love and all that ……haha …..Are you or any of the others on Facebook ? I know Chas Lee and Pat Baker are as somebody told me recently …… Maybe I could have your email address ? Think I had it once but must have got lost in changing computers at some time.
Carole xxx
did you meet ? All this stuff is so good. It was a privilege to live in Higham for ten years with all you talented youngsters.
Hi.
My name is Roger Humphries and back in 1962/3, I was the bass-player in another Gravesend band called The Crusaders, who in 1964, went professional and changed our name to The Scapegoats.
Chris & The Breakaways used to rehearse in the RAOB Hall at the rear of The Wrotham Ale Shades, Wrotham Road, Gravesend where our band also rehearsed and our 2 bands actually became very “friendly rivals”.
In early 1965, Roger Cramp left The Breakaways and joined our band for a few months as our rhythm guitarist but had to leave due to his work commitments and our touring schedule …
Happy times …
There were quite a lot of bands about then, Roger, although we might not have thought so at the time.
I used to go be listen (and dance to) to the Blues Syndicate at the boys Grammar School on several occasions. I rated them highly. In January 1964 I record in my diary that I was present as The Vigilantes beat Chris & The Breakaways and The Trojans in a battle of the bands at the Co-op Hall in Harmer Street.
I ran a number of dances in Higham Memorial Hall, which is where the photographs of Chris et al were taken. I also have a record of booking The Aftermath (whoever they were) for a Miss Higham Dance. Usually we used The Alfabeats, a Higham band run by Ian & Hayden Smith. They were usually available when everyone else was booked (sorry boys).
Happy days indeed.
Mike
Hi my name is Bob Ellis and I was the bass player in Chris and the Breakaways.The original bass player and shown in the very first pictures on the site is Ray Glover and like the rest of the band were members of the St Aiden’s Youth Club at Westcourt, Gravesend. Ray was only with us a short period of time before he left and was replaced by Doug Toulson who stayed with us until we broke up to form another band called The Toys.
On October 7th 2014 there was a small coming together of three former members of the band namely Clive, Chris and Bob at Heathrow prior to Clive flying home to Australia (lots of nostalgia as you can probably imagine).
We were all chuffed that you sited us as your favourite band.
Many Thanks Bob Ellis
I’m glad you fellows are still in touch with one another, Bob. I still see Malc Redsell regularly, Bob Woolley occasionally and Chas Lee when we are up that way. I am aware that you also meet Chas from time to time.
About once a month I have dinner in a pub with a group from Higham who are mostly former members of the Hicoey Youth Club. In this group is Les Baker who ranks as my oldest friend since we grew up in the same close in lower Higham. His best man was Tony Bracy who played keyboards with you in the Toys. I last saw him in 1981 in London with Les. They have lost touch since then.
I have added a few more photographs for you all.
Mike
Hi
This is Chris Easdown, I was the singer in Chris and the Breakaways, and am so glad to have found this site.As Bob said we met together for the first time in almost 40 years on October 7th.We agreed to create a Facebook page so people can post photos , comments and memorabilia
Please join us by liking our page ‘Chris and the Breakaways’ on Facebook.
Any problems in joining or posting on the site please contact me on my email. I want to start with our youth club days so copies of above photos will be great
Hello Chris. Finally retired from Dow I recall and now with plenty of time for nostalgia. Haven’t we all?
Please feel free to copy any photographs from this site for you Facebook page. I’ll take a look at it myself and add stuff if this is easier for you.
In the meantime, I have added a few more details to this site.
Great to know the three of you are all still in touch.
I set this site up for the youth club but there has been far more interest in your band, as you can see.
Mike
Hi Mike
I have been posting some of your material on our FB page thank you.
Do you have any more photos or memorabilia ?
Chris
I have posted pretty much all the stuff I have that is useable, Chris, but I’ll have another look through it. Hilary & I have enjoyed reading your Facebook page.
I was at that dance in Shorne village hall in December 1963 and I have added a picture of me with my girlfriend of the time who had come down from Derby to spend a few days in Higham. It shows the fashion of the time, albeit in B&W. We are in Trafalgar Square (covered in pigeons) and I am wearing my new “foam-backed” mac from Burtons.
Just think, all the way from Derby just to see Chris & The Breakaways. There cannot have been any other reason.
Mike
Hi Mike, It’s Clive Davies here, I remember you at the tech and have been looking at your site, I think we played in the Nissan hut about 3 or 4 times. As Chris mentioned since our long overdue get together a few weeks ago Chris has been the driving force putting a Facebook page together for the group. They were great times and I think you will agree that our generation were fortunate to have experienced the 60’s as teenagers. One of the reasons for launching the page was to share our experiences and to invite social commentary, anecdotes and discussion from those who came along to our gigs, other bands and fellow geriatrics in general who can still remember being around at that important moment in time -as well of course, the younger ones. Music crosses all boundaries as they say. As Chris mentioned Mike, you would be most welcome as a friend on our Facebook page as would all of those you can get in touch with. All the best for now and keep in touch, Clive
Hi, my name is Roger Gunkel, and like Roger Humphries was also a contemporary of yours in a band called The Kleeks. we also used to play all the village halls and supported many of the big 60s acts at the Co-op Hall, and we also played around Kent and SE London. Other band members were Kenny Fisher on vocals, Pete Broadley-Bass, Les Burrows-drums and Brian Collier-keyboards, all from Gravesend. I’ve tried to track them down over the years, but with no luck.
After the Kleeks, I was in a band called Midnight Sun, with Pam Travis singing, Pete Scully on keyboards, Alan? known as Widdy on bass and Gary? who’s surname I have also forgotten! who sadly died of pluracy at the age of 18 while still with the band. the band was successful around Kent, but split up after a couple of years. Pam went on to be a backing singer for the Kinks and worked with Ray Davies for some years.
I formed G&P Music in Northfleet, and ran the GPM studio there for a couple of years. I have never stopped gigging and now live in South Lincolnshire and still work with my wife as a function duo alongside our main video and photography business. Two of my sons are also very competent musicians and currently play in bands.
I still remember the halcyon days of 60s band playing, with fond memories, including pushing the old Thames 15cwt van up the hill out of Tunbridge Wells after supporting Van Morrison in his ‘Them’ days at the Assembly Rooms.
Happy days 🙂
Roger
I’m glad you are still keeping the music live, Roger.
I go to a live music club regularly and we saw the Troggs there a few days ago. Only one original Trogg but the rest authentically elderly. A really good show from a bunch of musicians with a lot of practice behind them and a great sense of irony.
I often wonder what happened to the Blues Syndicate who I saw (or shouted over to girls is perhaps more exact) at Gravesend Grammar school dances in the mid 1960s? They do not appear to have left any record. As you were playing at that time, you might recall them.
Mike
Hi Mike,
Somehow I lost the link to this site, so have only just found your reply to my previous post.
I remember the Blues Syndicate, they were were probably the best band around Gravesend at that time. I don’t recall any of the band member names, although I remember they had a brilliant keyboard player with Ginger hair.
Another year gone by and I am still working the duo with my wife even though I have just turned 69, the wife is a lot younger and
prettier than me though 🙂 we don’t do many gigs these days, just functions where they pay decent money and like all styles from 50s to current.
Best regards,
Roger
Hello Roger, Brian Collier here…
The ginger haired guy from the Blues Syndicate was Kevin Lear, yes, truly a brilliant keyboardist and not least, singer.
In my opinion one of the best from Kent, along with Kenny Fisher. Sang like a cross from Ray Charles to Georgie Fame. Shortly after the Kleeks broke up, Kevin and I became close friends together with a few others that drank together at the “Borough Shades” in Gravesend ,and other places such as the “Fox and hounds” at Meopham.
You can drop me a line at colliers@ jubii.dk if you like, and we can expound it further (!) All the best, old friend, Brian.
It’s really great that you fellows can use this site to make contact. I set it up for former youth club members but very few have discovered it. Google no longer brings it up as it used to.
I really loved the Blues Syndicate but must admit I spent much of their dances at Gravesend Grammar School shouting at the girl I was dancing with along the lines “DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN?”
Mike Kent
The keyboard and singer was Kevin Lear who recorded a few singles as Kevin ” King” Lear, and the nucleus of the band went on as the support band for Guy Darrell and also recorded separately as The Gnomes of Zurich. The drummer was Dick Allix who went on to be drummer with chart act Vanity Fayre .. but look him up on Wikipedia and see what happened then…! As the Blues Syndicate they were tremendous
The keyboard player in Blues Syndicate was Kevin Lear……there are rumours of some of their radio sessions making it on to CD…but don’t hold your breath. I’ll talk to Kevin next month and try and get more details of of the band..or better still get him to contribute. Charlie mason. (Just to add I have no links whatever with hicoey..far too young, but was sent this link from a friend in the USA)
A pal of mine works with a girl who says her granddad used to play in the Crusaders and the Scapegoats in Gravesend in the good old sixties. His name is Brian Loft. Do you recall him?
The keyboards player in Blues Syndicate, as i recall, was Kevin Lear. Their band was jazz/blues along the lines of Manfred Mann wasn’t it?
I was talking to Martin Curtis just minutes before finding this site & he said your name in connection with the Crusaders & Scapegoats, so that’s how i got here. Martin also said that Brian ‘Fred’ Collier lives in Denmark now. not very well though.
Last saw Bob Ellis at a do for Jim Pluck ‘s birthday a few years back at the Three Daws. Lee Abbott, also a bass player but sadly gone, told me Bob was the first bass man to play with his fingers as opposed to a plectrum.
Phew…that was a good trip back to a great past.
mick Jones
I don’t look at this Blog all that often, Mick, since there has long silences between the blogs as you can see. Any contribution is very welcome. I believe that Chris & The Breakaways might be trying to reform for a retro performance but with Clive Davies in Australia it’s not going to be that easy. But why not? I just saw ELO at the O2 and prior to that Steve Harley, The Searchers, the Tremeloes and the Ivy league. The Ivy League were hilarious and very talented. Also recently we went to a Counterfeit Stones gig locally. We have seen them about 8 times and they are hilarious and very good at reproducing the original Stones Sound. Mick Jagger has described Nick Dagger and the boys as “probably the second best rock & Roll band in the world” and “the best Stones band in the UK”.
Mike Kent
Well well, looks like there may be a few blasts from the past here. All the best, my old friends, Brian (Fred).
I have been searching for the Kleeks forever. Playing at Harden hall late 64 singing little red rooster. Blew my mind. Went to school with Martin Curtis and Bob Potton who were in the Pandamonumber.
Great live bands in the sixties. Great times
Hello friend. I’ve decided to come back here again. Harden Hall, that was that place in Northfleet, wasn’t it? If I remember right, (maybe wrong) it wasn’t a usual gig, not like a place full up with young crumpet etc. More like a big working mans club. Great acoustics, however. I recall we got a great reception, a bit to our surprise, considering much of the audience were a generation or so older than us, with no doubt a hard day to day living in the area.
Yes, “Little red rooster”. Great old pre-stones blues. I can’t even remember why it was dropped from our repertoire. As the young and vain teenagers we were, probably because we we were trying to change our music and image to a newer mod “Tamla Motown” one, or some similar nonsense.
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I am the Kenny Fisher referred to in the posts. Glad to here that Roger and Brian are still around. I am living in Essex now and still working at 70. No longer singing the blues but hoping any musical talent I had is continuing with my daughter who acts and sings beautifully. Feel free to get in touch
Wow, KENNY FISHER!!! I’ve seen this post nearly a year since you wrote it so don,t know if you will see my reply. If you do, I would be delighted to hear more from you after years of trying to track you down. my email is roger@mollyg.co.uk
Same for Brian (Fred) Collier, please get in contact if you read this, meanwhile I will try to email you on the address you posted above.
Also to Ian Busbridge, I don’t recognise the name but feel free to email. Thanks especially to this site’s providers and the members of Chris and the Breakaways for the opportunity to use the site and for some great memories.
Great to hear some of the Kleeks are still around and look forward to hearing more 🙂
Roger Gunkel,
Ex guitarist Kleeks
Hello friend. I’ve decided to come back here again. Harden Hall, that was that place in Northfleet, wasn’t it? If I remember right, (maybe wrong) it wasn’t a usual gig, not like a place full up with young crumpet etc. More like a big working mans club. Great acoustics, however. I recall we got a great reception, a bit to our surprise, considering much of the audience were a generation or so older than us, with no doubt a hard day to day living in the area.
Yes, “Little red rooster”. Great old pre-stones blues. I can’t even remember why it was dropped from our repertoire. As the young and vain teenagers we were, probably because we we were trying to change our music and image to a newer mod “Tamla Motown” one, or some similar nonsense.
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Hi Kenny, a bit late to pick this up but I hope you remember me as we were good mates through our school days – starting at Westcourt. The last time I saw you you were lying at my feet looking at little out of things. We were playing football at the IPM sports ground, I had been put through with a run straight at goal and you were out diving at my feet. Unfortunately I didn’t see you soon enough and didn’t jump out of the collision and the result was your face connecting with my foot. Not being bad enough, when I turned up at The Grammar School dance later in the evening Roger Gunkel had to come on stage that the Kleeks would NOT be performing due to their singer being unwell (or something similar). Often wonder how you guys are doing – good to see your participation on this blog
Hello again Roger, after all these years! Thanks for the mail.
Did you ever know that Clive Davies of the Breakaways was living a few doors away from the Kleeks at Taunton Vale? I didn’t even realise myself that he was one of the best Gravesend drummers going at the time. He was always a very reserved sort of person, and strangely enough, I never got to speak to him, despite of us growing up within sight of each others houses. At that age just a couple of years made it unconventional to communicate back then.Rocker ruffians down the street used to shout out “Mod!” after him as he rode by in his Parka and on his Lambretta (As if it were an insult!) Strange, looking back, especially considering that the Kleeks used to belt out Chuck Berry all over the area when we were practising, that we didn’t have more contact with them (though I did later become a good friend of Roger Cramp.)
Maybe we’d better get off the Chris and the Breakaways site, Roger G? (Thanks for the tolerance, you fans)…After all though, I reckon we backed more big name bands than they did at the time (provoking!) Though must admit I’m a bit jealous about the Stones gig.
Hi… I’ve just shared this on the Gravesenders FaceBook page… Hope that’s OK.. Kathy B
That’s certainly OK Kathy. Maybe someone else will have a picture or two to add.
Mike
Wow there are some names popping up here from all of those years ago. The drummer with The Blues Syndicate (who I remember changing the bands name to “The Gnomes of Zurich”) was Dick Allix who went on to join the 70’s pop band “Vanity Fare” who had some chart hits and toured the States with The Byrds as well as touring in Australia. …. Regarding The Crusaders/Scapegoats sadly there’s just Terry Barnden (Lead guitarist) and me (who was the bass player) who are still around. Terry lives in Spain. …. Johnny Truelove (Vocalist in The Crusaders) died quite a few years ago now …. Brian Loft (Rhythm guitarist) died about a decade ago and Roy Hawkins (drummer) died 2 years ago. …. Apart from a 5 year stint as a policeman in the 70’s I’ve basically been a full time musician/singer-songwriter etc etc since those heady days of the 60’s, toured most of the known world and done the usual things like TV and recording, but these days I’m having an absolute ball fronting my band “The Devils Right Band” made up of 3 other (old) Gravesend muso’s, but I have great memories playing some great youth clubs in the 60’s in the Gravesend area although I’m not sure if we ever played the one at Higham. …. Anyway, if anybody remembers me or bands that I was with in the 60’s, including another Gravesend band in the late 60’s called “The Plague” please feel free to contact me on facebook ….
Yes, I now remember the Gnomes of Zurich name change, Roger, but only just!
Well done for keeping the music live. With all those years of practice it’s no wonder old rockers a so good.
I think Dick Allix is the fellow who still owes my oldest friend, Les Baker, ten shillings borrowed on the last day of term at Dartford Technical College in about 1968. I’ll check.
Mike.
Hi,
Its me, Dick Allix. I deny all knowledge of 10/= owed tp Les Baker who is also unknown to me !
In my defence, in 1968 I was a member of Vanity Fare & playing all over & nowhere near Dartford Tech College. I would have been 23 years old then anyway, well past College age.
Good to read all these Facebook clips, so many great memories. I can recall almost everyone, well I am 74 now
I got this link from Kevin Lear with whom I have only recently got back in touch.
Blues Syndicate backed the late Guy Darrell on our first Professional Tour & only briefly became the Gnomes of Zurich, a name we actually hated, a pressure by the Record Company.
We broke up after the Tour & I joined The Sages from the Medway Towns who then name changed to Vanity Fare.
Thankfully we had quite a few hits & toured extensively. We had a number 5 record in America with ‘Hitching a ride’ which was our most successful single.
I left the Band in 1971 & but have stayed in the business right up to the present day.
Kevin & I have great times recalling those days. They were truly great.
Good luck, happiness and a long life to you all.
Dick Allix
Yorkshire
Interesting stuff about the Blues Syndicate, Dick. Who else was in the band ? Was Kevin Lear the artist later known as Kevin King Lear (recorded for Polydor and Page One Records) ?
Hi, Dick. I was bass guitar for a while in the Blues Syndicate with you on drums, Brian Booker on sax and harmonica, and Kevin Lear on keyboard and vocals. I can’t remember the lead guitarist – I believe we had a few! I remember us being the support group to The Hollies, and also Manfred Mann on occasions. Kevin was on cloud heaven when Manfred said he could use his Hammond organ (with twin revolving Lowry speakers) for our second stint. We could hardly get him to stop! I also remember a short recording session at The Marquee, when we had to put down 4 tracks and Kevin had a raging cold. I think it was an hour during a break in Duane Allman’s day recording – or do Brian Pook (our manager) said. [His sister married Alan Knott, the Kent and England wicketkeeper, in case anyone follows cricket!]
Hope you’re well. Keep clear of the Covid nonsense!
Paul
Wasn’t the guitarist John
McGurn?
This is all a little before my time as I was a young child in Higham in tho early 60s but my sister Sallie White may well have known some of the names and faces as she was born in 1951, but sadly no longer with us.
The Alphabeats are mentioned and I remember her being a fan. Ian Highley from Wainscott was in this group I believe and she ended up moving to London with him and they married. She became a bunny girl at Playboy.
A great read all of this, and some fantastic photos.
Thanks for adding to our knowledge, Mandy. I have added a couple of photographs under the post for Higham Carnivals. In 1967 Sally and my sister, Sue, were Runners-Up to June Gammon.
Sue was Miss Higham 1968 and she recalls going on holiday at the time that the Miss Medway competition was taking place and handing her sash to Sally (presumably as first Runner-Up) so she could represent Higham.
I am sorry I missed the region’s answer to Cliff. My father ran dances on some Saturday evenings in the Memorial Hall, dragging me along, but he only had old men playing dance music and I was always bored stiff.
However, he was Chairman of the Hall Committee and this is how I manged to get the hall on the cheap for our dances organised by us as members of the Hicoey Youth Club, mostly with bands but occasionally dances to records.
Best regards
Mike
DId you guys ever frequent music haven THE TERMINUS in Gravesend. (Humpthy Lit et al) When I finished in Higham I set up the Gravesend & District International Club. Our first year anniversary evening was held at this pub in 1970. This club lasted until the 1980’s with over 100 members.
Yes, some of us did. Les Baker, Robert Wooley and me mostly. It cost 2/6d to get in on a Sunday evening, which was a lot of money for schoolboys in 1962/3. As a non-smoker I found the tobacco smoke made my eyes water so much I often had to cut out and go home before I really wanted.
I do remember that there were usually two young women dressed in black who danced together in a slinky fashion for much of the evening.
Mike
Hi Mike
This is Bob Ellis again just to inform you that the remaining members of Chris and the Breakaways plus the odd guest are now recording again on the net using various recording media. Many songs from our 60s repertoire for the more nostalgic amongst you. Clive Davies has proven to be a competent sound engineer and despite our arthritic fingers and other joints has managed to produce something reasonably listenable from back in the day (ain’t the internet wonderful).
Anyone interested can find us on Facebook ( sound cloud) and a couple on You Tube. We are recording on an ongoing basis and adding songs as quickly as we can.
Cheers Bob
Thanks for the information, Bob. My wife, Hilary, is linked to your site on Facebook so I have already listened to your latest version of Route 66. Keep up the good work, keeping that music live. I will certainly listen in.
I have been playing guitar myself for over 50 years and run a small u3a group. Lots of fun. I started off with folk music in the late 1960s but gradually went electric. For my 70th birthday, I received a 1999 American built Fender Telecaster. I play it several times every week. My joints seem to have remained supple so far. The more you use them, the better they remain I suppose.