Rockpile Music Band 1970's

Here is the story of a band called ROCKPILE, 
I had not heard of them for a long time, But my neihbour  accross the road from me asked me to play some tapes that her uncle  made in his band and they were called ROCKPILE ! Well that rang a bell , So I started ti investigate to find out about them, Her uncle is Billy Bremmer   who played Bass for them along with Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe and Terry Williams, I realized that I had to write this entry , So here goes with their biography...

Active

1970s - 1980s

Formed

1976

Disbanded

1981

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Contemporary Pop/RockNew WavePub RockPunk/New WaveRock & Roll

Group Members

Billy BremnerDave EdmundsNick LoweTerry Williams

During the late '70s, Rockpile was the touring band for both Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe. LikeEdmunds, the band was passionate about traditional rock & roll. Like Lowe, the band played with a reckless, trashy abandon. Driven by the powerful rhythm section of drummer Terry Williams andLowe's bass, guitarists Billy Bremner and Edmunds were free to spit out crushing rock, blues, rockabilly, and country licks. With their fierce live energy and unpretentious rock & roll, the band fit easily into the post-punk new wave at the end of the decade.

Although they only released one album as a group -- 1980's Seconds of Pleasure -- the band provided support for most of the albums Lowe and Edmunds recorded in the late '70s. After the rushed release of Seconds of Pleasure, the band toured one last time before splitting apart, largely due to mismanagement. All of the members continued to occasionally collaborate with each other throughout the '80s.

I must say that after playing one of their tapes , The songs a pretty good stuff, Although I have never heard the songs before, But the recordings are very good indeed, Thank you Sue Lavelle for bringing them to my attention, What a great band they were!





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The Rockin' Berries pop band of the 60s

Going back to the late 1950s-1960s- Present day, Here are the Rockin' Berries , I was only a young sprog when this band came on to the music scene with a record called :He's in Town , And it was a hit that I never forgot, So here is their Biography ..

           THE ROCKIN' BERRIES.......


From the beginning ....  
     
 
 The origins of the band go back to the late 1950’s when Brian “Chuck” Botfield, and Geoff Turton, met while attending Turves Green School and playing clarinet in the school band. Chuck Botfield later went to Moseley College of Art where he formed a skiffle group with fellow Turves Green school-mate Tim Munns who played bass guitar along with guitarist Bob Bates, drummer Barry Taylor, and piano player Christine Perfect from Bearwood who would become a well known blues singer in the later 1960’s - she eventually became Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. The group was originally called “The Bobcats” and later “The Rockin’ Berries” as they played a lot of Chuck Berry songs and their first booking was at the Cofton Community Centre in Longbridge.

Singer Paul Hewitt and guitarist Doug Thompson who both worked at the Austin Motors were putting together their own group in 1959 along with drummer Terry Bond and bass guitarist Mark Johnson. In search of a good lead guitarist, they learned that The Rockin’ Berries were disbanding and so invited Chuck Botfield to join them. Chuck agreed providing that the new group would also call themselves The Rockin’ Berries. Doug Thompson made a deal with the owners of the disused Palace Theatre in Redditch that The Rockin’ Berries would play there and keep the door takings in return for cleaning the place up. The arrangement proved so successful that The Rockin’ Berries started playing there regularly along with many other local groups.

Meanwhile, original Rockin’ Berries bass guitarist Tim Munns had joined up with another former school friend Geoff Turton and singer Bob Lawton in a line-up known as “The Chimes”. They were moderately successful locally - even winning a Birmingham Parks Band Competition. Tim Munns re-joined The Rockin’ Berries at the request of Chuck Botfield when Mark Johnson left the band to pursue a full-time career. By this time, The Berries were very well-known locally as they were now fronted by two vocalists; Paul Hewitt (now with the stage-name of Bobby Thompson) and Jimmy Powell - easily one of the most powerful singers in the West Midlands. The complete line-up of The Rockin’ Berries at this time was Chuck Botfield (lead guitar), Doug Thompson (rhythm guitar), Tim Munns (bass), Terry Bond (drums), Dennis Ryland (tenor saxophone), Paul Hewitt and Jimmy Powell (vocals).

In November 1961, The Rockin’ Berries were offered some bookings in Germany which they accepted but Paul Hewitt did not want to go so local singer Clive Lea joined the group as his replacement. Clive Lea lived in Longbridge and had won the “Elvis of the Midlands” contest while being backed by his own group The Phantoms. Lea was quite well known around Birmingham at the time as a singer and impressionist.

Upon returning from their tour of Germany, The Rockin’ Berries were auditioned by TV pop music promoter Jack Goode who was scouting for the Decca Record Company. The group failed to secure a contract but Goode showed interest in signing singer Jimmy Powell. As The Rockin’ Berries had a return engagement in Germany, they returned there but when offered an extension to stay longer, the group was divided over the prospect of remaining and the outcome was that Doug Thompson, Dennis Ryland and Jimmy Powell returned to Birmingham leaving the others to carry on in Germany. Jimmy Powell would take up Jack Goode’s offer of a recording contract and become the first “Brumbeat” recording star in 1962. Doug Thompson embarked on a new career and became well known around Birmingham as a music promoter and booking agent.

The remaining Rockin’ Berries needed a replacement vocalist to complete their engagement and Chuck Botfield remembered that his former schoolfriend Geoff Turton was playing guitar in a group back in Birmingham called the Swinging Chimes. When contacted, Geoff Turton agreed to join The Rockin’ Berries in Germany and it was soon discovered that Geoff also possessed a unique falsetto vocal style that was used by the group to their advantage when performing songs such as Frank Ifield’s I Remember You and Sherry by the Four Seasons. In this way, the group was unusual in that it had two lead vocalists in Clive Lea and Geoff Turton. Another line-up change also occurred at this time when Tim Munns left to be replaced by bass guitarist Roy Austin. He was previously in a local group called The Eko’s. Tim Munns went on to work for Kinks manager Larry Page and later re-joined Jimmy Powell in his band “The Five Dimensions”.

When the Rockin’ Berries returned to Birmingham, they were contacted by Decca Records who had been sent a demonstration tape of songs by the group. The Rockin’ Berries were signed up and went to London to record with Decca Records releasing two singles, the second of which Itty Bitty Pieces got them a TV appearance on Ready Steady Go! The publicity generated served to increase their following and the group refined their stage shows by introducing comedy which included impersonations from Clive Lea. After a year they dissolved their deal with Decca and then signed to the Pye subsidiary Piccadilly by talent scout John Schroeder who also became their manager. Their first release on this label I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You featured Geoff Turton’s distinctive falsetto vocal which became a band trademark.

The Rockin’ Berries appeared at London’s famous Marquee Club where they were seen by American record producer Kim Fowley who would play an influential role in the careers of a number of Midlands groups. Fowley was impressed by The Rockin’ Berries and decided that they should record a version of a song written by famous composers Goffin & King called He’s In Town as performed by The Tokens in the USA. Re-recorded by The Rockin’ Berries and released as a single in October of 1964, the song went to No. 3 in the charts.

The next Rockin’ Berries single What In The World’s Come Over You was not quite as successful and reached No. 23 but the next single Poor Man’s Son again made the top ten in May of 1965. The song featured a lead vocal from Clive Lea and was a cover of a song by the US group The Reflections. At this time, bass player Roy Austin left The Rockin’ Berries and was replaced by Bobby Thompson from Liverpool who had played in Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, a group that had at one time included Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. By coincidence, Thompson had the same name as was used on stage by one-time Rockin’ Berries singer Paul Hewitt.

A Rockin’ Berries album entitled In Town was released in 1964 and got to No. 15 in the album charts. The group was at a disadvantage from not having internal songwriters so as the hits became fewer, they concentrated on a career in cabaret which included comedy routines featuring Clive Lea’s impersonations of Norman Wisdom and George Formby.

By the time of the Rockin’ Berries last hit The Water Is Over My Head in 1966, the pop music scene had changed and the era of the beat groups was over. The band was by this time one of the UK’s top cabaret acts who were heavily in demand for bookings all over the country. One of the more notable engagements for the group took place when they were invited to and performed at 1967’s Royal Variety Performance attended by The Queen and Prince Phillip.

In 1968 Geoff Turton left the band and briefly joined the Birmingham group Sight And Sound but with encouragement from manager John Schroeder, soon embarked on a successful solo career. Yorkshire singer/impressionist Terry Webster joined The Rockin’ Berries in 1970 to replace Clive Lea who left to start a solo career as an impressionist and later joined local comedy group The Black Abbotts as the replacement for Russ Abbott. The remainder of The Rockin’ Berries continued to perform in cabaret as a music/comedy act although drummer Terry Bond later moved into management and was replaced by Keith Smart, previously from Roy Wood’s chart-topping group Wizzard.

Despite numerous other personnel changes which include Geoff Turton rejoining the band, The Rockin’ Berries along with another remaining original member Chuck Botfield still perform regularly across the UK and Europe as a four piece Comedy Show Band.
Completing the line up is Simon Ryland on drums who joined the band in 1998 after a five year stint with the 70's pop band Racey and Jay McGee who joined in 2000. Jay is responsible for many impressions, gags, vocals and general slapstick comedy.

The Rockin' Berries continue to be a popular attraction on the cabaret and nostalgia circuit to this day. It just goes to show that good Bands Last forever !

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Colvane alternative indi music dou USA

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Alternative music Band Colvane USA

Introducing....COLVANE  alternative independent music duo, A man and wife team that have a very interesting sound indeed, All their music on Reverbnation is recorded live and only with a fab guitar and a beautiful lead voice of his wife  Danny Colville  accompanies his wife Diana ,in the most unique playing style, Please read about them in their own words bellow !

{{{ ColVane }}} We are a Husband & Wife band based in OHIO. 
We are an all original band writing, recording and performing all of our own music. 
Our recording Label is our own "Wicked Child Recordings" 
All music is recorder live in our studio at home, no dub's are ever used... 
our music is a blend of folk/country/blues and rock to give us our special sound... 
We are played on over 250 radio stations around the world and growing with each day. ColVane was also voted best BLUES/ROOTS ARTIST FOR 2012 BY CRUNCH RADIO IN PA. this was very exciting for us ! and again we thank all of you for voting for us.We thank all our many fans around the world for your emails, We try hard to answer each one, YOU our FANS are most important to us! with out you requesting us on radio we would not be climbing as we are. 
Please keep the emails a coming and keep requesting ColVane on your local radio stations. 
Radio Stations:request our music by sending an email to: colvane@gmail.com 
ColVane promotes Love and Peace with our music, We are against WAR'S !, HUNGER, Greed , We also protest the loss of American JOBS! due to companies relocating to other countries to pay pennies on the dollar for wages! 
We also protest against Child and Drug abuse of any kind ! 
We believe all men and women should share in the wealth of the world! not just a few self appointed !!!! 
Thanks to you all 
Dan & Diana,



That was their own words, But I think they are going to be a big part of the Indie scene in the near future, Please look out for them as I am sure we will be hearing a lot from them, Their musical ability is second to none ! The best of luck to Danny and his wife Diana for the future !

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Isa Nielson ( Brasilian Guitarist )

Introducing a young lady musician from Brasil ! Her name is  Isabella Nielson ( Isa for short name), She is a Rockchick with a band called
Detonator Metal Muses as lead guitarist, Being also a guitar teacher gives her the ability to play great music and also pass it on to others who are interested in that field of music, So Listen out for this talented and sexy young lady as I think she may go a long way in the music industry!

Short Biography!
Isa Nielsen was born in Denmark, but moved to São Paulo as a child. At 11 years old, she started listening to bands like Megadeth, Carcass, Morbid Angel, Arch Enemy, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden which gave rise to her taste for metal, along with other rock bands.
In 2005, Isabella Nielsen began playing guitar, and soon formed her first band of Classic Rock, Wild Wheels, thereafter, entered into several "garage bands", but the beginning of the professional career in music was at 16 age, as a guitar teacher. She studied with the masters, Paul Alonso, Jefferson Ardanuy, Eduardo Ardanuy and Mozart Mello. At age 19 she was invited to join the Idols band at Record Channel, where she had the opportunity to play alongside icons of Brazilian music.
She has participated in reality shows like Rocka Rolla on MTV, MTV World Day of Rock, among others.
Currently, Isabella is the Lead Guitarist of Detonator Metal Muses, who performed at the VMB in 2012. Route Free, a nightparty rockband, and also works as a guitar teacher, at Artlivre Music School. 
Isabella continues honing her style, with influences of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Tonni Iommi, Jeff Beck, Van Halen, Eduardo Ardanuy, Mozart Mello, Michael Amott, Kiko Loureiro, Lita Ford, Scott Henderson, Hermeto Pascoal, Dave Mustaine, Dimebag Darrel, Jeff Loomis, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wild, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Courtney Cox, Orianthi, among others.
Endorsement: Tagima Guitars, Rock Clothing Harpy (Harpia Rock)
Band Interests
Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Runaways
Artists We Also Like
Lita Ford, Zakk Wylde, Randy Rhoads, Orianthi, Steve Vai, Van Halen, So you see her music is well inspired by great musicians, Keep up the good work Isa xxx .





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Kate Bush an Icon

Here is the story of a great singer called KATE BUSH, Who became famous with a song called Wuthering Heights , A song inspired by the novel by Emily Bronte , From then onwards , She has become a legend in her own right! Please take the time to read about her bellow !                                      

 Kate Bush
Biography

  
Kate Bush by
Trevor Leighton
British singer/songwriter Kate Bush's idiosyncratic style has proved immensely popular in her homeland

and around the world. Her debut single, "Wuthering Heights," hit #1 in the U.K. a month after its release in January 1978 and went onto become the year's best-selling single there and in Australia (only Abba was more popular in Western Europe). But except for "Running Up That Hill" (#30, 1985), Bush has yet to achieve the same broad popularity in the U.S., though her albums, particularly her later, more mature works, have been critically well received. Nonetheless, she has proved a major influence on artists such as Sinead O'Connor, Jane Siberry, Bjork, Tori Amos, and Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries.

Bush was something of an art-rock prodigy. The daughter of a British physician, Bush began playing the piano at the age of 11. She had been writing songs for two years when family friends told Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd about the 16-year-old's four-octave range and interest in the supernatural. Gilmour financed the demo tape that got her signed to EMI. Because of her age and developing talent, she spent the next two years studying music, dance and mime and writing the songs for her first album, recorded in 1977 under the supervision of Gilmour and producer Andrew Powell (Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Cockney Rebel). The album was preceded by the release of "Wuthering Heights." The song's runaway success also spurred sales of the Emily Bronte novel. Pat Benatar covered the song on Crimes of Passion.

The Kick Inside went to the U.K. Top 10, and two singles —"The Man With the Child in His Eyes" (#85, 1987) and "Wow" from Lionheart —made the Top 20. Bush's double EP of concert recordings also cracked the Top 10. She sang on Peter Gabriel's eponymous 1980 album, and her elaborately theatrical self-produced The Dreaming, which entered the U.K. chart at #3, shows his influence. Soon thereafter, she constructed a state-of-the art studio in her home, where she records. A known perfectionist, Bush uses the studio as an instrument, much the way Brian Wilson did, and her recordings evince a range of influences and styles, from Celtic to Middle Eastern music, and a mastery of rock and pop idioms, from lavish ballads to hard rockers.

Her next release, The Hounds of Love (#30 U.S., #1 U.K., 1985) featured her biggest U.S. single, "Running Up That Hill," as well as two other U.K. Top 20 singles, "Cloudbusting" and the title track. Her 1986 retrospective album and video, The Whole Story, was another #1 U.K. hit. With The Sensual World, Bush returned to literature for her inspiration, namely James Joyce's Molly Bloom, on whose soliloquies in Ulysses Bush based the title track's concept. This Woman's Work is a box set.

After a four-year hiatus, Bush returned with the ambitious (some critics thought confused) The Red Shoes, its title taken from the 1948 Michael Powell film (which was based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale) about a young ballerina. Bush, who had long been directing her own evocative videos, wrote, directed, and costarred (with performance artist-mime master Lindsay Kemp and actress Miranda Richardson) in her own 50-minute film. After six years without any solo activity, Bush started work on a new album in 1999; as of this writing, it had not yet been released.

This biography originally appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001). I have always liked Kate Bush ever since she came on to the radio of the van that I was driving at the time, Her voice captivated me as I was driving home from work one evening in the 1970s, I have never heard anyone like her since that day, What a fabulous lady in deed ! 



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