This and that from the archives of memory lane.

This page is very much under construction, and any errors or omissions are nothing to do with me guv.

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Bands.

The sad bit, a list of bands through the ages. Would you believe that it is actually possible to forget being in some bands altogether? There may be gaps!

Which When Who Where What What else
Un-named
school band		   Barry Higginbotham guitar
Steven Buckley bass
xxxx drums
DC guitar
???? vocals		      
Krüger 60   David Mather guitar, vocal
DC guitar, vocals		      
Hobroyd 1973-? David Mather guitar
David Jackson bass
Gary Kirkly bass
Grenville Morton drums
Geoff ???? drums
DC guitar
???? vocals		      
Level Radar 1975 or

1976

 David Mather guitar
Ingrid Pridgeon vocals, percussion
Les Latham (?) guitar
Patrick Rowbottom bass
Margaret Curtis flute, percussion
DC guitar		 Glossop Labour Club    
Let Me Explain   David Higham bass, vocals
David Mather guitar
???? drums?
Mandy Royle vocals		      
The Flashbacks
Jazz Band		   Alan Royle trumpet
Geoff Cheshire clarinet
Wilf Swallow trombone
Marjorie vocals
Trevor drums
xxxx bass
yyyy bass
zzzz drums
DC guitar		      
Frontline   Big Mike guitar, vocals
xxxx bass
yyyy drums
DC guitar		      
Cold Flame
mark 1 		  No names, no pack drill...     The least said the better!
Cold Flame
mark 2 		1985 Patrick Rowbottom bass
Neil 'Sash' Simmons vocals
Giles Fisher drums
DC guitar		      
Cold Flame
mark 3 		  Patrick Rowbottom bass
Andrew Mellor vocals
Vincent Walton drums
DC guitar		      
The Bluesbusters   Patrick Rowbottom bass
Charles vocals, guitar
Colin trombone
Mike Brown saxophone
xxxx saxophone
John trumpet
Vincent Walton (?) drums
DC guitar		      
The Red Nose
Blues Band		   Barrie Stones guitar, vocals
Ralph Hall bass, vocals
Mick Whatley drums
DC guitar		      
           
Crisis?
What Crisis?		   Nick Cox, vocal
Barrie Stones guitar, vocal
Bass and drums, two brothers
DC guitar		      
The Reflex Blues
Band mark 1		   Alan Tyrell, vocal
Phil Osborne guitar
Steve Chilton bass
Gary Bennett drums
DC guitar		      
The Reflex Blues
Band mark 2		   Alan Tyrell, vocal
Bob Dayfield guitar
Steve Chilton bass
Gary Bennett drums
DC guitar		      
           
The Reflex Blues
Band mark 3		   Alan Tyrell, vocal
Steve Castledine guitar
Steve Chilton bass
Gary Bennett drums
DC guitar		      
The Reflex Blues
Band mark 4		   Alan Tyrell, vocal
Steve Castledine guitar
Steve Chilton bass
Phil Carr drums
DC guitar		      
Pigs on the Wing
mark 1		   Robin Wainright vocal
Steve Chilton bass
Pete Riley keyboards
Nick Barr drums
DC guitar		      
Pigs on the Wing
mark 2		   Robin Wainright vocal
Steve Chilton bass
Pete Riley keyboards
Phil Carr drums
DC guitar		      
Pigs on the Wing
mark 3		   Robin Wainright vocal
Steve Chilton bass
Pete Riley keyboards
Gary Bennett drums
DC guitar		      
Pigs on the Wing
mark 4		   xxxx vocal
Steve Chilton bass
Pete Riley keyboards
Gary Bennett drums
DC guitar		      
Solo project   Margaret Conner keyboards
Steve Chilton vocals
DC guitar, bass, programming		      
Stormy Monday
Blues		 Summer 2000 to April 2001. Mick Ridgway vocal, harmonica
Bob Dayfield guitar
Graham Toone keyboards
Steve Smart bass
Dan Carr drums
DC guitar		     Due to time pressures elsewhere, April 14, 2001 was my last gig as a member of band, at the Mason's Arms, Donnisthorpe. Now on the reserves list.
Cold Flame
mark n ?		   Patrick Rowbottom bass
Keith Bonthrone drums
Peter Cheetham flute, saxophone,
guitar
Simon guitar

DC guitar

     You can't keep a good thing down. P decides to try out venues that we can both reasonably reach. Works a treat.

Think of all the names of people you have known. Now they're gone - like the four winds they have blown. (Mayall.)

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Gigs.

And now for the really sad bit; a vain attempt to list as many gigs as possible that I have played at. Diaries, posters, brain cells and tapes will be scoured mercilesly for clues. With particular thanks to Patrick and Steve for the loan of their memory banks. So, anoraks at the ready...

CF = Cold Flame. RNB = The Red Nose Blues Band. SMB = Stormy Monday Blues/Mick Ridgway's Mojo Hand

date band venue notes
1975-1984     tba
24/1/1985 CF Talbot House School, Glossop, Derbyshire  
31/1/1985 CF Bridge Inn, Glossop Support band Class. Miner's benefit
1/3/1985 CF Shoulder of Mutton, Chapel-en-le-Frith  
3/3/1985 CF Norfolk Arms, Glossop  
23/3/1985 CF Whitfield Band Room Talbot House School benefit, +support?
24/3/1985 CF Manchester Arms, Stockport Special guests to monthly house band
31/3/1985 CF Manchester Arms, Stockport Special guests to monthly house band
8/5/1985 CF Tintwhistle Working Men's Club Start of 'Blood and Roses' tour.
16/5/1985 CF Bridge Inn, Glossop  
21/5/1985 CF Boar's Head, Stockport Special guests of resident jazz band
22/5/1985 CF Talbot House, Glossop  
25/5/1985 CF Plough Inn, Dinting  
31/5/1985 CF The Centurion, Gamesley  
6/6/1985 CF The Chieftain, Hadfield  
7/6/1985 CF Shoulder of Mutton, Chapel-en-le-Frith  
13/6/1985 CF Bridge Inn, Glossop  
14/6/1985 CF Manchester Arms, Stockport + support
30/6/1985 CF The Globe, Ashton-under-Lyne  
4/7/1985 CF Pitt and Nelson, Ashton-under-Lyne +support?
10/7/1985 CF The Bridge, Glossop  
15/8/1985 CF The Bridge, Glossop  
20/9/1985 CF King William Hotel, Ashton  
24/9/1985 CF Boar's Head, Stockport  
25/9/1985 CF Junction Inn, Mottram  
26/9/1985 CF Bridge Inn, Glossop  
29/9/1985 CF The Old Tup, Gamesley  
30/9/1985 CF The Greyhound, Ashton  
2/10/1985 CF The Trap, Glossop  
24/10/1985 CF Bridge Inn, Glossop  
25/10/1985 CF Carter's Club, Glossop  
26/10/1985 CF Plough Inn, Dinting  
30/10/1985 CF Boar's Head, Stockport  
2/11/1985 CF King William Hotel, Ashton  
4/11/1985 CF New Beehive, Macclesfield  
6/11/1985 CF The Commercial, Hadfield End of Blood and Roses tour. My farewell(?!) gig due to imminent move to Leicester.
1986     tba
6/6/1987   Glossop Band Room, Glossop, Derbys. Talbot House School benefit.
1988-1989     tba
13/1/1990 CF The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
19/1/1990 CF The Big Surrey, Glossop, Derbys.  
20/1/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
9/2/1990 CF The Big Surrey, Glossop, Derbys.  
10/2/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
22/2/1990 CF The Fleece, Glossop, Derbys.  
10/3/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
16/3/1990 CF The Park Tavern, Macclesfield, Cheshire.  
21/3/1990 RNB The Old Crown, Fleckney, Leics.  
22/3/1990 CF The Fleece, Glossop, Derbys.  
24/3/1990 CF The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
29/3/1990 RNB The Willows, Derby. Banks's Best of British Blues regional heat. Came 2nd.
31/3/1990 RNB The Four Wheeler Club, near Leeds.  
4/4/1990 RNB The Royal Mail, Leicester.  
14/4/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
20/4/1990 CF The Big Surrey, Glossop, Derbys.  
26/4/1990 CF The Fleece, Glossop, Derbys.  
27/4/1990 RNB Rothly, Leics.  
28/4/1990 CF The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
7/5/1990 RNB The Harrow, Thurmaston, Leics.  
11/5/1990 CF The Fleece, Glossop, Derbys.  
12/5/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
14/5/1990 RNB The Royal Mail, Leicester.
15/5/1990 RNB The Fountain, Sileby, Leics.  
26/5/1990 CF The Three Crowns, Macclesfield, Cheshire.  
30/6/1990 RNB Private party, Oakham, Rutland.  
23/6/1990 RNB The Royal Mail, leicester.  
24/6/1990 RNB The Fountain, Sileby, Leics.  
3/8/1990 RNB A birthday gig, probably at the Harrow, Thurmaston, Leics.  
4/8/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
5/9/1990 RNB The Old Crown, Fleckney, Leics.  
15/9/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
17/9/1990 RNB The Royal Mail, Leicester.  
27/10/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
31/10/1990 RNB The Old Crown, Fleckney, Leics.  
19/11/1990 RNB The Hind, Lutterworth, Leics.  
23/11/1990 RNB The Harrow, Thurmaston, Leics.  
24/11/1990 RNB The Village Hall, Queeniborough, Leics.  
8/12/1990 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
18/12/1990 RNB The Dunn Cow, Fleckney, Leics.  
23/12/1990 RNB The Old Crown, Fleckney, Leics.  
5/1/1991 RNB The Hind, Lutterworth, Leics..  
18/1/1991 RNB Worcester.  
2/2/1991 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
4/2/1991 RNB The Hind, Lutterworth, Leics.  
2/3/1991 RNB The Greyhound, Market Harborough, Leics.  
9/4/1991 RNB The Fountain, Sileby, Leics.  
1992-2000     tba
5/1/2001 SMB Top Bell, Barton under Needwood, Staffs  
20/1/2001 SMB Private birthday party, Snareston  
21/1/2001 SMB King William, Nuneaton, Warks Gig at 4 pm in a pub in Nuneaton on a rainy Sunday afternoon, playing to people who have been their since 11am. Become vaguely aware that there must be more to life than this.
9/3/2001 SMB The Shed, Leicester  
10/3/2001 SMB The Old Brewery Inn, Somerby, Leics.  
16/2/2001 SMB The Railway, Mountsorrel, Leics.  
3/3/2001 CF Marple, Cheshire  
4/3/2001 SMB The Vaults, Leicester Six hours in a bloody basement! Desire to hand notice in becomes overwhelming.
8/3/2001 CF The Racecourse Tavern, Chesterfield  
11/3/2001 SMB Top Bell, Barton under Needwood, Staffs Hand notice in.
18/3/2001 SMB Exeter Arms, Barrowden, Rutland  
24/3/2001 SMB The Gateway, Leicester Played to one person.
25/3/2001 SMB Sunday lunchtime, Phoenix Arts, Leicester Played to 150 people. Excellent gig. (Used Zenta, refurbished by Bob Dayfield.)
31/3/2001 SMB Royal Hotel, Ashby de la Zouch  
14/4/2001 SMB Mason's Arms, Donnisthorpe Last official gig with band. Parted on good terms and am available for occasional gigs.
28/4/2001 CF Marple.  
9/6/2001 CF The Cheshire Cheese, Buxton.  
7/7/2001 CF Manor Park, Glossop. Open air gig. It rained.
13/7/2001 SMB The Railway, Mountsorrel, Leics.  
14/7/2001 SMB Top Bell, Barton under Needwood, Staffs  
17/9/2001 CF The Gardner's, Chesterfield.  
30/9/2001 CF The Grouse, Brampton, Chesterfield.  
4/10/2001 CF The Angel, Bolsover, Derbyshire.  
6/10/2001 CF Kelley's Club, Marple, Cheshire.  
8/10/2001 CF The Walton, Chesterfield.  
12/10/2001 CF The Racecourse Tavern, Chesterfield.  
5/1/2002 SMB The Lion, Basford, Nottingham. Stood in for Steve, the bass player! Band name now changed to Mick Ridgway's Mojo Hand.

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