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Jan 04
Who was the second guitarist in the early line-up of BBD that appeared on Whistle Test? He wore dark glasses ...
Who was the second guitarist in the early line-up of BBD that appeared on Whistle Test? He wore dark glasses ...
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That would be Mick Close Stephen.... he was brought in for the Modern music tour ..... although l don’t remember seeing him when Bill played at the Leeds grand during this tour .... but as is said often around here ...., it was along time ago 😳😂
Steve, These are 1976 UK dates for the Modern Music Tour.
MODERN MUSIC UK TOUR
September 25, 1976 Odeon, Edinburgh, SCOT September 26, 1976 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT September 27, 1976 Guildhall, Preston, ENG September 28, 1976 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, ENG September 29, 1976 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG September 30, 1976 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, ENG
October 1, 1976 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG October 2, 1976 Hammersmith Odeon, London, ENG
But but .....Eddie they had suits on and the metropolis film 😳😂 and everything 😳 the stones mobile was there recording and Bill said “sing louder” in that chorus on Terminal street ... it was definitely at the Leeds Grand ..... but it was a longtime ago 😳😂
@steve lyles That would be the 1977 UK Tour then ;)
Leeds Grand Hall on this one, see below.
1977
Be Bop Deluxe & Steve Gibbons Band UK Tour 1977
January 20, 1977 City Hall, Sheffield, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 21, 1977 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 22, 1977 Lancaster University, Lancaster, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 23, 1977 Empire, Liverpool, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 24, 1977 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 25, 1977 Odeon, Birmingham, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 26, 1977 Exeter University Great Hall, Exeter, ENG (Rearranged for February 9th, supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 27, 1977 Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, WAL (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 28, 1977 Winter Gardens, Malvern, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 29, 1977 Sports Centre, Bracknell, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 30, 1977 New Theatre, Oxford, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) January 31, 1977 Victoria Hall, Hanley, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band)
February 1, 1977 St. George's Hall, Bradford, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 3, 1977 Usher Hall, Edinburgh, SCOT (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 4, 1977 Apollo, Glasgow, SCOT (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 5, 1977 Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen, SCOT (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 6, 1977 Caird Hall, Dundee, SCOT (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 7, 1977 City Hall, Newcastle, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 9, 1977 Exeter University Great Hall, Exeter, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 10, 1977 Guildhall, Portsmouth, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 11, 1977 Gaumont, Ipswich, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 12, 1977 De Montfort Hall, Leicester, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 13-14, 1977 Grand Theatre, Leeds, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 15, 1977 Colston Hall, Bristol, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 16, 1977 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 17, 1977 Dome, Brighton, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band) February 18-19, 1977 Hammersmith Odeon, London, ENG (supported by Steve Gibbons Band)
March 29, 1977 Congress Theatre, Easbourne, ENG
Thanks very much. Was he in Cockney Rebel?
Stephen, He wasn't in Cockney Rebel, I think Bill knew Mick from playing on the Yorkshire gig circuit.
Ah! Okay, thank you very much.
Mick was a musician I'd met in the Wakefield Music Centre and who I employed only for the 'Modern Music' tour. He was never a member of the band, just a hired session musician. The 'Modern Music' album was a much more complicated beast to reproduce live due to the number of guitar overdubs on the recording. As I had to sing and play lead guitar at the same time on stage, this album required extra rhythm guitar parts to reproduce the album in a live situation, hence the need for a rhythm guitarist. By the way, this wasn't an early version of Be Bop Deluxe as Stephen Andrews stated in his initial post, but a much later version.
@Orphan of Babylon I seem to recall that we thought, in the end and after trying it, that a rhythm guitar wasn't really needed and that the songs would still hold up without Mick.