Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger:thefinger Up yours:D:D:D

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

Used to drink in the Kierby in Burnley, but cant remember any dances for Mods, the place to be was the Mecca across the road, better than Blackburn, it was great, monday nights, it was a toss up Accy Con or Burnley mecca. We might have looked like prats now Wyn, but not then. Cant recall Dusty playing Accy at any time, she might have played Cranberry Fold in Darren.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

You could well be right about Cranberry Alan, think the world an his wife appeared there at one time or another, maybe that's where Gs aunt saw her

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

Could be.

I've joined a couple of forums for Dustettes, and asked if she ever played Accy, or in the close vicinity, in the hope a fanatic has a list of all the venues she toured at.

Nothing so far.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

She could have done Nelson Imp, or Rawtenstall Astoria, but if anywhere Cranberry would be favourite

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

No, I don't remember owt in the Kierby, Al. Burnley Mecca was the place to be, or Accy Con if they had a good band on like the Richard Kent Style.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I think it was the Empress in Burnley and the Imperial in Nelson, Astoria in Rawtenstall in my day - and it was Eddie McGuire up the Con

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I think it was Eddie McGarry Barrie.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I was going to correct Barrie but thought better of it Alan;):D was also going to throw in Bob Whatmouth Too:rolleyes:

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

Quite right Wyn, lost a few more grey cells yesterday. Do remember Watmough, thought he started playing when he was still at AGS - Bob can probably advise on that.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

Garinda was correct.
I can confirm seeing Dusty Springfield at the Accrington Con.
I saw her up close and was fairly shocked at the amount of makeup used to cover complexion issues.
I also saw the Lionel Morton Four +1
The piano was not amplified and no matter how hard the poor SOB hit the keys, no one could hear him over the accompanying chords from the electric guitars.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I was a regular every Saturday and Monday (Bernard Presents) nights from 62 to 68 and I can't remember Dusty appearing, Lionel Morton four were resident for a time on Mondays, remember the +1 pianist can still picture him, nearly sure he was an Accy Lad and lived in the Willows Lane area, but can't remember his name for the live in me.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

Just looked on wikipedia and there's no mention of a pianist what-so-ever

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

The +1 piano player was definitely a pupil at the Grammar School. I think Lionel used him as an experiment for some piano based hits of the time. I think that ended quite quickly and they became the Four Pennies.

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I know he didn't last long, but seem to remember him going on to write lots of music