Jim Eaton : Jim replaced me as rhythm guitarist when I left for University and was 10 times a better player than I was. The two other most popular groups were The Whirlwinds and The Paramounts ( later to gain fame as Procul Harem ). Hi Jim Still trying to contact carol hopefully will be successful and be in touch. tiffany's nightclub wimbledonfather ted filming locations. Affectionately known as The New Conti, the New Continental opened in 1967 when the old Conti club in Oxford Road was demolished. And my eight year old son Theo, has started playing guitar and already has done a few small gigs with another eight year old drummer Sam, and is very proud of being thrown out of a pub we were playing in, because he was still there after 9 oclock, he feels very Rock & Roll, such fun. Jim Eaton, Ron Brown and I rehearsed our main set a mix of chart covers, evergreens, Rons jazz spot, and of course Jims wunderbar Ol Shep rendition. It was designed to be a demo studio and we quickly gained a reputation for quality recordings. Tunnel 267 is open straight after work through till the late hours. The only person not to attend Westcliff High School was Barry Davis our drummer. I dont see much of him nowadays which is a shame as it was him that started everything. They were certainly more rhythm and blues orientated than ourselves. As veterans of the Southend 60s scene we limit ourselves to about four local gigs a year, now playing only to raise money for charity; just wish I had the energy to play more but those (nearly) fifty years have taken their toll. Having played in various groups (In those days, a band was a large group of people who played a large variety of disparate instruments! Gary asked me have a go on the drums, and then started to show me better ways to play the drums and teach me new techniques, and I had only been in there a few minutes, I was amazed you lot even spoke to me! Back to skool.Maffia Dance at the Midnight Lounge.Met Sam at the F&G (Fox & Goose) at 8.00 pm. The Monotones had two U.S. releases on the Hickory label, one of which, When Will I Be Loved / If You Cant Give Me All was not released in the UK. If ever your down this way would be great to catch up and exchange a few memries. Gary Nicholls was our replacement drummer, Brian on lead guitar and general group management, Pete on bass guitar, Mark as lead vocalist and myself, having dropped the ridiculous name of Thurston Crane, on rhythm guitar and shared lead vocals. BW Mick. The Whirlwinds, later Force Five and then (or before?) ada.lnk.to/Shadows. If youre interested Jim is broadcasting 2 interviews with BBC Essex recalling our period as The Treetops. If you get this message you can contact me on awbarcelona@yahoo.com All the best. Atlanta, GA. 239. I became friends with Brian and we found we had two common interestsguitars and girls. Kecamatan Pasar Minggu terletak di Jakarta Selatan. She maybe back at skool tomorrow. Watta ya mean what relationship .. what we have stryck up a relationship, now that is worse than I thought!!!! He was a very fast sprinter, a good Rugby player and even when the band was playing six nights a week he managed to play in goal for a London Football team. For years I kept following the English program of RADIO LUXEMBOURG and I think, I was the only person in the southern part of Germany holding a subscription of the NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS. Mr Brownlee was the boys P. E. teacher then and he spent many hours with me at the school pool and Chalkwell beach trying to take up diving again after I dived in the pool and knocked myself out on the bottom. Time flies but the memories linger. Hi Alan, yes I do remember the great times we had at Tiffanys and Alexanders.if you remember it was myself and Nigel who nicknames you Fugley ( because you were too good looking! ) Our bassist was Pete Stanley who was in Brians class at school. I worked at the Elm in those days and can add a little to the comments to date. I see Pete regularly and Brian on rare occasions. Good memories. he also has some records floating about called mark loyd licence to thrill I am nigels/ marks great grandson, so any info wanted just ask. A born business man always on the look out for the next opportunity. Hi Pete, Thankyou for your reply and information regarding Southends rich musical heritage.It is amazing how many musicians come from the area ( and still do !! Hi Peter Have just come across this web site to learn of the interesting paths that so many of Class 5B at Westcliff High took! Tim still plays in a duo and a group in the north of England..he also has played with the Commitments and the Hit men / Class of 64.I went on to become a founder member of the Scottish Ballet Company and toured the world dancing with Rudolph Nureyev and sharing roles with Margot Fonteyn! Hi Tim, Good to hear some of your recollections , glad we treated you kindly! They of course smashed the real thing, something we couldnt afford to do. Claimed. Thursday evenings were the night: and hundreds of kids in Southend beat a path to the London. Such wonderful memories! An Atlanta-area strip club DJ hired his best friend to murder his wife, who was found dead in her suburban home with a young child straddling the woman's lifeless body . Please pass on thoughts from Michie and me to Angie and to get in touch. club xl harrisburg capacity; pivotal group snapnurse; what happened to sofia's daughter in john wick 3; rachel lavine robbie kaplan; I met Nigel Basham (who later changed his name to Mark Lloyd ) during a performance of a school play. . He said that he had survived for seven years with the illness and a few more weeks would be no problemsadly he didnt make it. Hope this sheds a little light on a time long ago but not forgotten. It goes without saying that it seems like only yesterday, and I could go on and on but will stop now, we must try and get together sometime. We now had a lead singer !! When home I could not help becoming manager (in no way what that word implies today!) Georgia or was that the SMJQ? Hi Chris , Firstly , I can confirm it is a photo of The Whirlwinds sent to you by Graham Rousell . For those reading this with a good memory of faces of the stars at that time, I have a number of photos that I am unsure of. Hans-Jrgen Klitsch, THE German authority on sixties Pop or Beat music who got my singles from that time for his archive and research (he should be professor on that and in America, even England, he would!) I still fly a fair bit working as a shipping and port consultatnt so the music I listen to is mainly that of the Pacific which is interesting in itself! Characters animated DahSharky aka me c> . We both promised to keep in touch but unfortunately we didnt. This caught the attention of the headmaster who informed me that I was probably in the wrong job, he was right and I left. The following year Pete Stanley of the Monotones sold me his homemade bass guitar. We now needed a new bass player who we found in Rod Clarke who had been gigging with The Moody Blues. I was a good friend of Gary Brooker at Westcliff High School and remember sitting in on a couple of The Paramounts rehearsals. Been trying for some years to make contact but recent events have really prompted me to up the anti. Mark had also sang a number of cover versions of hit songs for the Music For Pleasure label. Hughes wanted not only the beer sales but the gate too. as disco music was becoming increasingly popular. please send me details of where to send payment for cd of records made by yourselves. We were travelling in a convoy of three VW mini-vans each carrying about six pupils. Tiffany's, Carter's Five-and-Dime. Ever the entrepreneur, I came up with the concept of a Twist Contest: at the time, Chubby Checker and the Twist were the latest rage to hit the World of pop and dance. The only Treetops record to be recorded in another studio, was California My Way which we did at the De Lane Lea Studios in 1968. It is the Mark Punter Show on 11th and 18th June and usually around 13.30 . The Gaumont cinema in the back of this photo had to close on the third day because of the smog in the auditorium. The early 60s were a fantastic time for fans of live music: the Southend Sound led to a number of serious legends. I met up with Paul Dunning again in the mid 60s when we both worked at Ford Europe and used to take it in turns to drive. Click on the image for a larger version: Hi Adrian, Sorry for the delay in answering, but have just returned from another couple of months in Sydney where once again I caught up with Nigel ( Mark Loyd) He is doing well and can be contacted via his company website http://www.popset.com.au Hope this finds you well in Queensland and you did not suffer during the awful floods. Alexanders club was very small when compared with Tiffanys and the stage could hold no more than a trio of musicians. Spookily that was the time we moved to the area from Liverpool. In 1962 the Mustangs were formed with Phil Thomas (lead vocals), Bob Church (rhythm), Adrian Philpott (lead guitar), Keith Chesher (drums) and myself (bass guitar and keyboards). The UK Monotones were a group formed almost exclusively of pupils/ex pupils of Westcliff High School for Boys, near Southend on Sea in Essex. There were of course many other groups around the town, including Sounds Around, The Avengers, The Mustangs, Dave and The Classics, Micky Law and The Statesmen, Tim Gentle and The Gentlemen, and many others. It was originally a cinema I believe in the 50s, then it was a nightclub called the Moulin Rouge. Later, I worked with Arthur Jim Smith, the Klansmens drummer: and he also played in our abortive Shades band: as did Douggie, ex Premiers. During our final studio rehearsal prior to the take Gene Pitney dropped in to speak to Bill Farley, the resident studio engineer. Pasar Minggu. Following the release of California My Way in 1968 we did not release another record until Mississippi Valley in 1970. The other big event of 1967 was the formation of The Treetops Appreciation Society where the membership fee of 5 shillings would provide you with information about the band for a period of 6 months..so it would appear the secretary,Joyce Bell,was not anticipating a long and successful career for the band! In early 1966 we auditioned for a residency at the new Mecca Tiffanys which was due to open in April of that year. I have STILL got that first recording of What Would I Do but sadly my copy of Somethings Hurting Me got ruined. Who is playing at Wimbledon 2022? Wallpaper Engine > Workshop > DahSharky's Workshop . The audition took place at The Lyceum in The Strand in front of a couple of attractive young women sent by Mecca head office. Copyright 04/03/2023 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. The Championships 2023 will be played over 14 days, this marks the second year that play on the Middle Sunday is part of the intended schedule. His third single When Im Gonna Find Her was released in 1966 and has since become a collectors item. As you can see, it was a decade of big shoulders, V-necks, perms and page boy haircuts for the girls and smart shirts or Saturday Night Fever . I dont remember your dance group but have fond memories of the Miss World gigs ( probably something to do with the contestants ! ) I am writing a book about my travels and adventures and was sorting through some papers and found photos of you guys! THE TREETOPS.More personal memories by Jim Eaton. I would trade my left nut for ANY rep of this exact model. I knew Gus at Westcliff High but he didnt play bass for us. With thanks to Stephen Gent for this memory of Wimbledon Contact Stephen Gent . He wrote to me: I received and played the record yesterday and it is definitely us. BB. I must admit, the result was pretty awesome! He was a quiet modest sort of chap. You cant go wrong with Blue Suede Shoes and Tell Me What I Say..!!!! It later turned into Tiffany's in the '70s, complete with fake palm trees and loads of disco balls, before finally becoming Tropicana, which closed in the late '80s. These are treasured memories of my teenage years and still talk of Friday nights in the boys gym. tiffany's nightclub wimbledon. I cannot use a computer and I do not text but my contact details can be found on the Moody Blues website. My first attempt at assembling a group of like minds, included my then bosom pal, Ian Gregory: Ian was the only one to find relative show biz fame and fortune later and whats more, cut a single which made it to the charts! During my blabbering apology, I asked him if he could play anything and he mumbled that he had once sung in a choir. I recall we rigged up some fake gear to smash up at the end of our set when supporting The Who. I much more got into American pop. He heard our run through and suggested that perhaps he could play the piano on the recording, which he did.