The Pink Floyd Legacy at The Anchor Pub, Cambridge UK - Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett

#pinkfloyd #england #cambridge 00:00:00 The Anchor - Pub Dinning & Riverside Terrace 00:01:31 Pink Floyd photos 00:01:58 The Pink Floyd Legacy 00:02:45 Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd posters 00:04:07 Lgr Lager, Pint 00:04:20 Cider-battered fish & chips - Cider-battered fish & chips, pease pudding, tartare sauce, gherkin ketchup, £16.50 (€ 19.21 Euro, 29.07.2023) 00:06:15 WC - The Anchor Pub 00:07:29 The Pink Floyd Legacy Cambridge Walking Tour including Syd Barrett house: https://youtu.be/mj48BITF1nE Cambridge Night walking tour including the historial The Flying Pig - Pink Floyd history: https://youtu.be/rkx1KWt5Ki8 "Mill Pond, home of the Anchor Coffee Bar, a hangout for Syd, Roger, Storm, and later Gilmour. The Anchor was also the location for the Riverside Jazz Club, and in '62 Roger Keith Barrett was nicknamed after a regular bass player at the club, Sid "The Beat" Barrett, by patrons who learned "... that the schoolboy who quietly watched jazz jams from a corner was also called Barrett. They nicknamed him Sid, then gradually the spelling altered to avoid confusion."" - http://www.iankitching.me.uk/music/pf-cam.html David Gilmour Roger Waters Syd Barret

Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar, London, UK: Buck Hare and the Thumpers live

#london #blues #uk Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar, London, UK: Buck Hare and the Thumpers live 13.07.2023 00:00:00 Kingly St, Carnaby, London W1B 5PZ 00:00:45 Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar 00:01:29 Blackshore Stout - Blackshore is a smooth, easy-drinking stout, named after the black-tarred fishing huts that line Southwold's harbour. - Pint - £ 6.40 (€ 7.39, 22.07.2023) 00:02:55 Buck Hare and the Thumpers soudcheck 00:05:25 Buck Hare and the Thumpers live at the Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar, London 00:20:40 Got My Mojo Working, - Muddy Waters: Buck Hare and the Thumpers 00:21:42 Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson: Buck Hare and the Thumpers 00:26:18 Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry: Buck Hare and the Thumpers 00:30:49 Concert Break 00:31:06 WC - Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar, London 00:32:22 Going Down - Freddie King: Buck Hare and the Thumpers 00:37:35 Jackie Daniels & Coke - £ 6.50 (€ 7.51, 22.07.2023) 00:40:47 Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - Bobby "Blue" Bland: Buck Hare and the Thumpers "Blues all day every day. A music institution in London, Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues Bar is the only place that you need to go to if you want some blues in your life. Regular gigs pretty much every night of the week mean you can just turn up (no reservations so get there early) and be entertained. And you don’t need to know anything about the music - once the tunes starts the whole crowd gets rocking and you will get lost in the place. It doesn’t matter if you prefer modern or traditional sounds, this is a great venue to watch inspirational musicians performing on stage right in front of you. Expect the unexpected or just enjoy some classic blues tunes as you sip your drink. The late night atmosphere is electric and there are often impromptu jam sessions with the best musicians. Must do: 3 sets on a Saturday means you can hit the 4pm session and settle in for the long haul to get all the blues you need all day long" - https://thelondon100.com/aint-nothin-but "If you’re into your blues music or just fancy a bit of decent live music without having to pay more than a fiver then there ain’t nowhere to go but ain’t nothin but…! This is a small bar with big character, every night of the week you’ll catch a band or two here or at the very least a jam night. My advice is to try and grab a few seats down by the front to make the most of the music. What with the bar being long and narrow, if you turn up late you may find it a bit of a struggle to get any sort of view of the band…but if you’re just in it for the music then you’ll be happy to prop yourself up at the bar with a Whisky. Like the 12 Bar Club just at the other end of Soho this is one of the only true, gritty bars to have good bands on for cheap. Entrance is free Sunday-Thursday and before 20:30 on Fridays and Saturdays." - https://www.spottedbylocals.com/london/aint-nothin-but-blues-bar/

Rock Musicians’ Blue Plaques in London, UK - Walking Tour with Lunch: Beatles, Hendrix, Bowie

#walkingtour #london #rockstar 00:00:00 West Brompton Station 00:00:57 Seymour Place W1 00:01:34 LENNON, JOHN (1940-1980) Plaque erected in 2010 by English Heritage at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, London, W1H 2LJ, City of Westminster. "The musician John Lennon lived in and around London at the height of ‘Beatlemania’. One building particularly rich in associations with this iconic era is 34 Montagu Square in Marylebone, where Lennon lived with Yoko Ono in 1968. " - https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/john-lennon/ 00:02:21 Montagu Square 00:03:01 57 Wimpole Street, London - In 1963, at the height of Beatlemania, this is where Paul McCartney moved into and stayed for almost 3 years. This is where the Beatles wrote Yesterday and Eleanor Rigby. "This was the home of Paul McCartney’s then girlfriend, Jane Asher and her family. He lived here in the attic when he first moved down to London. Jane Asher’s mother, Margaret, was a music teacher and taught in a small basement music room, where Lennon and McCartney wrote the Beatle’s first US number 1 I Want To Hold Your Hand and also Eleanor Rigby. McCartney wrote Yesterday on the piano in his attic bedroom." - http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/439 00:04:41 HENDRIX, JIMI (1942-1970) Plaque erected in 1997 by English Heritage at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HA, City of Westminster "The guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix became an overnight sensation with the release of his band’s first single, ‘Hey Joe’, in 1966. His innovative fusion of blues and experimental rock – coupled with his extraordinary live performances – has continued to have a profound influence on popular music long after his death. " - https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/jimi-hendrix/ 00:05:42 BLUE PLAQUE ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE BEATLES ‘ROOFTOP CONCERT’ AT 3 SAVILE ROW "On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed an impromptu concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, in central London's office and fashion district. Joined by guest keyboardist Billy Preston, the band played a 42-minute set before the Metropolitan Police arrived and ordered them to reduce the volume. It was the final public performance of their career." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert 00:07:44 Ziggy Stardust Plaque, Number 23- This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut. "On the cover of his 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie emerges as his rock alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. He stares pensively, soulfully back at the camera, elbow resting on a raised knee, guitar strung loosely over his shoulder. Facing photographer Brian Ward, the musician stands in the January shadows of a small side-street in London, off Regent Street. The famous image was captured in black and white and hand-colored by artist Terry Pastor. " - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ziggy-stardust-plaque 00:08:11 Soho - https://youtu.be/jMO9wDM-tVo 00:09:01 - Carnaby Street - https://youtu.be/jMO9wDM-tVo?t=161 00:09:54 Spirit of Soho Mural - https://youtu.be/jMO9wDM-tVo?t=314 "The Spirit of Soho mural was created by the Soho community and completed in 1991. It shows Soho life and is dedicated to the people of Soho. The mural depicts St Anne presiding over local notables; her skirt and petticoats show the map of Soho, craftsmen and London landmarks. Framed underneath are the portraits of Soho's many famous figures." - https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/spirit-of-soho-mural 00:10:04 The Rolling Stones Shop No. 9 Carnaby 00:11:27 The Bag O'Nails - Former, nothing left of it. "The Bag O'Nails was a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, England. Bands and other musicians who played and socialised there included Georgie Fame, Jimi Hendrix, Bobby Tench, The Gass and Eric Burdon. Wikipedia" 00:12:28 The Starman, a David Bowie-inspired bar on Heddon Street 00:13:18 Camden Hells Lager UK / 4.0% Pint £6 (€7, 25.07.2023) 00:13:44 Fish & Chips: mushy peas, tartare sauce - £17 (€19.84, 25.07.2023) 00:16:10 David Bowie 1947-2016 His albums Hunky Dory & The Rise of Ziggy Stardust, and the iconic single Space Oddity were recorded here at Trident Studios "“David Bowie was the greatest of the London boys that came out of the ’60s. In 1971 he turned into something strange and curious – Ziggy Stardust. It’s great to commemorate this spot with a blue plaque, so that everyone who loves these records can gaze up in wonder at Trident Studios,” said Bragg." - https://audiomediainternational.com/david-bowie-honoured-with-blue-plaque-outside-trident-studios/

The Troubadour, London: Historic Music Venue (Hendrix, Dylan) + Live Concert Ese & The Voodou People

#london #troubadour #livemusic 00:00:00 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 00:01:03 The Troubadour 00:02:19 Mimosa - £10 (€11.66, 15.07.2023) - Classic Cocktails 2 for £16 00:02:27 Troubadour English Breakfast:2 poached or scramled eggs, smoked streaky bacon, cumberland sausage, homemade baked beans, fried chestnut mushrooms, hashbrown, toasted sourdough bread - £12.75 (€14.87, 14.07.2023) 00:03:35 The Dylan Room 00:03:50 The Garden 00:04:18 WC (upstairs) 00:06:16 Ese & The Vooduu People: THE RITUAL + Sofreeya Soul + Special guest + DJ - Fri Jul 14, 2023 - Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:00 PM (Doors @ 7:30 PM) £ 11 (€ 12.83, 14.07.2023) 00:08:08 Sofreeya Soul live 00:09:07 Pint of Lost Lager 4.7% (pilsner syle) £ 6.5 (€7.58) 00:13:11 Reverend Be Atwell (Alabama 3) Poem 00:14:32 Ese & The Vooduu People soundcheck 00:16:44 WC (downstairs) 00:18:24 Ese & The Vooduu People live at the Troubadour ""The Troubadour was founded in 1954 by Michael and Sheila van Bloemen; making it one of London's oldest independent music venues. Originally opening its doors as a coffee house: intended as a cultural meeting place for artists and mavericks alike, the Troubadour quickly became accredited as a West London institution; beckoning artists, poets, writers, musicians and advocates from all over the world, and was a cornerstone venue in the British folk revival. After an inspired visit to the Troubadour in it's early years, a young Doug Weston would ret n to West Hollywood from his trip to England and open his own Troubadour in 1957 - which would see its own role of importance in the Laurel Canyon scene and subsequently the American pop-culture of the 60's and 70's. Like us, the Troubadour West Hollywood would go on to influence the rest of the world. It played a formidable role in the launching of the careers of: Jackson Brown, Neil Diamond, Elton John, the Eagles, the Byrds, Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Tom Waits. ... In the rising sun of a new decade: the 1960's brought about great change in the London political and social scene. And as Chelsea's King's Road was leading in pop-culture and the Mod movement, British Jazz was also rising in popularity once again, and the Troubadour became a regular gig and hangout for London's finest Jazz musicians; most notable of players being Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, who played in 1961 - where he was "found" by Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner and was quickly recruited to join Blues Incorporated. Along with Mr. Watts, other greats of the British Jazz scene such as: Lionel Grigson, Michael "Spike" Wells, Mick Pyne, Dave Gelly MBE, Daryl Runswick and David "Happy" Williams all took the stage throughout the 1960's. ... In December of 1962, a young Bob Dylan made his maiden trip to London after being invited by Philip Saville to appear in Madhouse on Castle Street, a drama Saville was directing for the BBC. Before departing for London, Dylan's mentor, Pete Seeger gave him the instruction to seek out Anthea Joseph who organised many of the folk events at the club and was often credited as "the Manager" of the venue. The Troubadour was the first venue Bob Dylan ever performed in while in the United Kingdom and he did so under the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt. Here he would meet fellow folk legend, Martin Carthy who taught him the traditional English ballad, Scarborough Fair. Dylan would later go on to write his own song Girl from the North Country inspired by the English balladeer's rendition of the folk classic. Jimi Hendrix would perform at the Troubadour in the late sixties, after having moving to London to find popular success after he signed to ex-Animals bassist-turned-manager, Chase Chandler. Hendrix was introduced to Chandler in New York by Linda Keith - who was dating Keith Richards at the time - and together convinced Hendrix to move to England. The 1970's would see the decline of the British Blues Invasion and the psychedelic sixties sound: enter the birth of the blues powered hard rock and heavy metal. One of the most famous bands to come out of this era was Led Zeppelin who, after sell-out shows at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, would come back to the Troubadour and jam late into the evening and early morning. And in more recent years, keeping with tradition, the Troubadour has had the privilege of seeing new, fresh faces, such as Adele, Ed Sheeran, Morrissey and Paolo Nutini come through on their way to topping the worldwide pop charts. The Troubadour proudly still hosts live music seven days a week." - https://www.troubadourlondon.com/history ""A really cool rock band" - Iggy Pop. Ese Okorodudu is founder and leader of the extended musical family that is Ese & The Vooduu People. Singer-songwriter Ese (vocals, guitar) is backed by a pool of some of the UK's best musicians. She's inspired by an eclectic selection of legends from Jimi Hendrix, Sly & The Family Stone and Led Zep to Dr. John, Prince and Skunk Anansie." - https://esethevooduupeople.bandcamp.com/

Denmark Street Walking Tour, London’s music epicentre, London, UK

#walkingtour #musichistory #london 00:00:00 Charing Cross Road 00:00:23 Musicroom London 00:00:46 Roland Store London 00:01:00 Rose Morris 00:01:19 No. Tom Guitars 00:02:27 Wunjo Guitars 00:02:43 Regent Sounds 00:03:28 Sixty Sixty Sounds 00:03:55 Hank's Guitar Shop 00:04:55 Westside MI 00:05:12 Regent Sounds 00_06:26 Now Arcade - Outernet London "The history of Denmark Street, London’s music epicentre From Tin Pan Alley to a guitar-shopping destination par excellence, London’s Denmark Street is a key part of the city’s musical history. As the street prepares to enter a new phase, we look back on its iconic past. ... Through the years, Denmark Street has had at least three important musical lives. The first, lasting from the 19th century well into the late 20th, was as the home of the professional song business. The second, and the one we’re most interested in, began in the mid-60s as the street started to attract music-shop owners, and into the following decades it thrived as a key destination for guitarists and would-be players. The third of Denmark Street’s lives is under way now and planned for the near future. Once the dust has settled, the street frontages will remain, but there will be a series of new venues and still, hopefully, plenty of guitar shops. Pete Townshend complained to a London newspaper, saying: “In the 60s, I bought fuzzboxes and strings for my guitars from Macari’s guitar shop in Denmark Street. The Who did a backing-vocal rehearsal with Shel Talmy in Denmark Street at Regent Sound in 1964. I used to shop at the Drum Store when living in nearby Wardour Street, Soho. Boris Johnson [London mayor at the time of Pete’s letter] and Camden Council, please make Denmark Street a Heritage Zone. Otherwise a massive chunk of rock music history will be lost forever. Progress is important, but so are the local landmarks of our great city.” The ‘Save Tin Pan Alley’ campaign said: “There is no equivalent anywhere in the world! Let’s celebrate this wonderful place and bring even more music back to Denmark Street in all of its vibrant diversity.” The developer reckons the result of its efforts will be “a successful new quarter that will enrich and integrate with the surrounding well-established neighbourhood … and not only safeguard, but reinvigorate the area’s fantastic music and cultural scene”. Time will tell. Everything comes and goes. Back in the day Let’s take a walk down Denmark Street in the 1970s. The street had remained at the centre of the song business for some time, with many leading publishers in rooms and offices and cubbyholes up and down the street’s terraced buildings, the earliest of which date back to the 17th century. The inhabitants included old hands like Lawrence Wright (“You can’t go wrong with the Wright songs”) and Mills Music (where 17-year-old Elton John, still Reggie Dwight, once had a job making tea). There were arrangers, copyists, musicians, too, and publications: Lawrence Wright started Melody Maker at number 19 in 1926 (soon relocating to Long Acre) and NME moved to number five in 1952 (also shifting to Long Acre, in ’64). Denmark Street became known as Tin Pan Alley, a reference to America’s original song-biz area in New York City, named for the racket made by so many pianists pounding out their potential hits. There were a few music shops in Denmark Street before the rock boom of the 60s and 70s – Francis Day & Hunter at number 23, for example, was advertising Gibson guitars in the 1930s – but probably the first we’d recognise as a proper guitar shop was Musical Exchange, run by Joe and Larry Macari, who already had a couple of shops in the north-west reaches of outer London. They knew, though, that the centre of town was the place to be, and they opened at number 22 in the early months of 1965. Gary Hurst reckoned it was in the back of this shop that he made the original Tone Bender fuzz boxes, and it was the Musical Exchange shop that marked an early start to a shift in the street’s business. ... Changing times We’re back in Denmark Street today. And as anywhere, it’s hard work on many levels to keep a music shop going. Among the hoardings and hard hats, you can still see Wunjo (guitars) on the corner of Charing Cross Road; Music Room (sheet-music) at number 19; Westside MI (guitars) at 23; Hank’s (guitars) at 27; and Sixty Sixty Sounds (guitars) at 28. Over the road, there’s another Music Room and Stairway To Kevin (repairs) at number 11; Rose-Morris (guitars and drums at eight, pianos at 10); NO.TOM (guitars) at six; Wunjo again at five; and Regent Sounds (guitars) and Noden (repairs) at four. They battle daily with the redevelopment chaos, and at the time of writing there was also the uncertainty and restrictions of coronavirus to deal with." - https://guitar.com/features/gallery/the-history-of-denmark-street-londons-music-epicentre/