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rhythm and booze Allen Adams Remembered Railroving in Highbury & Hackney The Region’s Biggest Gig Listings

The late Allen Adams of Peterborough punk band the Destructors.

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January Sat 4th Jan – Cuttin’ Loose Fri 31st Jan – Velocity

February Sat 1st Feb – Tiger Club Sat 15th Feb – Children of the Revolution Fri 28th Feb – Last Minute Brigade Werrington Centre, Staniland Way, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6NA

Fox & Hounds, Longthorpe.

JD Wetherspoon’s Draper’s Arms in Cowgate, Peterborough is due to open in mid-February after a Peterborough favourite for restaurant Charters by the Town Bridge has been voted one of Britain’s Top 10 music pubs by The Guardian newspaper. Regulars at Fletton micropub the Wonky Donkey have raised £400 from collection jars for St Michael’s pre-school in Stanground. The Carpenters Arms in Stanground closed during November “for the foreseeable future” after landlady Georgina Springthorpe decided to

call it a day due to falling sales. The Fox & Hounds at Longthorpe reopened in late October after major refurbishment in the style of a country pub. Home to a number of darts, pool and crib teams, the Parkway Sports & Leisure Club in Lincoln Road, Peterborough closed permanently at the end of October to be replaced with a car park.

Andy Simmonds celebrated 10 years at the Ploughman in Werrington with a winter beer festival in early December in support of Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.

Stamford’s Lord Burghley received accreditation from Plastic

Free Stamford, after replacing plastic straws, stirrers and sustainable alternatives.

A reunion of friends and colleagues was held at the Willoughby Arms in Little Bytham in commemoration Alan Wood who was brutally murdered in his own home in October 2009. Ten years on, nobody has been charged with the crime. The Exeter Arms at Easton-on-theHill is currently closed and available to let with mooresestateagents.com The White Horse at Baston is to introduce live music from February along with its regular fortnightly

(Contin quizzes – see listings in forthcoming issues. The Hare & Hounds at Haconby, near Bourne remains for sale, but still features regular live folk music (1st Friday, 2nd Sunday and 3rd Monday of each month), along with open mic sessions usually on the 1st Sunday of the month, but on 12 January for 2020.

After four years of waiting, residents of Marston near pub back when the Thorold Arms reopened in early December. Over £250k has been spent by community shareholders in buying and renovating the pub which will include a shop, café, celebrating are the villagers of Denton whose pub, the Welby Arms, was reopened for a trial weekend in November and was due to be open again for Christmas, before a full relaunch in the New Year. The Whistle Stop micropub housed in

Crown Inn, Uppingham.

a former parcel room on platform 1 of Grantham Station opened in November.

The pub is open from 12 noon-10pm daily except for Sundays when it closes at 6pm – one cask beer is usually available. Up the road in Old Somerby, Joseph Walker, manager of the Fox & Hounds in the village was presented with the Manager of the Year by manager of the year by its operator, chain Beerheadz, which has a pub in Watergate, birthday by brewing their own beer called 555 (5.55% abv). This year’s Grantham Beer Festival, held again in St Wulfram’s Church in October, featured a record 80 cask ales.

Hare & Hounds, Haconby.

beer festival was hailed a success, with help from glorious summer

weather. The 2020 event is scheduled for 25-28 June.

The tenancy of the Crown Inn in Uppingham’s High Street is up for grabs. The historic pub features dining areas, live entertainment and letting rooms – see the advertisement in this issue, or go to everards. co.uk for further info. The Country Lounge at nearby Morcott is now under new ownership, and features live entertainment and open mic nights. The Wicked Witch sold by Marston’s as part of a deal involving more than 100 other pubs to Admiral Taverns. It was still open in December but may close in the New Year as the current landlord is proposing to open a restaurant in Stamford.

The current owners at the multi award-winning Olive Branch at Clipsham celebrated 20 years at the

pub/restaurant in November.

A Change of Use application has been made on the closed Angel Inn in Oundle, which would see it house an undertaker’s business. The White Swan at Harringworth was still closed when we looked in mid December, sporting a for com Spalding’s oldest building, now home to the Prior’s Oven in Sheepmarket, reopened in late October refurbishment since opening as a pub six years ago.

The 2020 Sleaford Live music event will run for 10 days from 1-10 May, taking in the VE Day Bank Holiday – details at sleafordlive.org.

The historic Britannia pub in Boston is now a thriving fun bar after a Harrison and John Campion,

Prior’s Oven, Spalding.

Britannia, Boston.

formerly of the neighbouring Stump & Candle are now at the helm, and have introduced weekend DJ’s and occasional live bands. The pub also features a number of large screens for sporting riverside terrace and 2.30 am closing times at weekends – cask ales have been retained.

Their former pub has also been refurbished and brought

under the ‘Craft Union’ banner by owner EI Pubs no more The former Birds pub in Spalding was bulldozed in late October to make way for a care home. Despite residents, the long closed Golden Lion in Stanground, Peterborough is to be turned into low cost apartments.

Also falling victim to the former Duke of York – one of the oldest pubs in Boston which was demolished at the end of November.

Owners of the Rutland based Hambleton Brewery are looking to expand their operations into part of the site of the long closed Ram Jam Inn at Stretton.

Previous plans by Godwin Developments to demolish the historic (though not listed) building and replace it with retail units were refused

by Rutland County Council.

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Congratulations go to Malika Speaks on becoming the latest Poet Laureate of Peterborough.

Well deserved and hopefully this is just another stage on the route to big things.

Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival returns 17-19 January and includes Hannah Brailsford telling stories in the Methodist/ United Reformed Church. There are three sessions of those starting at 12.30pm, while Poets United will be in the Town Hall (above the museum) at 12.30pm and 3.30pm.

A new open mic night for both poetry and acoustic music takes place at Beerheadz, Watergate, Grantham (01476 330274, www.beerheadz.biz/

Tuesday of the month from 8pm.

January, of course, includes Burns Night (traditionally 25 January). Peterborough Cathedral (01733 355315, www. peterborough-cathedral.org. uk) is hosting a Burns Supper on Saturday 18 January with the traditional Haggis meal, Scottish country dancing, a piper and a hearty rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Keep your eyes open for other events in the region.

Benjamin Zephaniah will be at St Peter’s Church, North Street, Oundle on Friday 17 January, tickets £10 from the Street Oundle (01832 274734, www.oundlefestival.org.uk).

New night Pick n Mix held in the bar above Peterborough city centre vegan Restaurant When Polly Met Fergie in Westgate Arcade (01733 942400, www.facebook.com/ WhenPollyMetFergie) has quickly

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earned a reputation for being a top night. On Friday 17 January, the headline acts are Dominic Berry, Umor Hague and Rachael White. Then on Friday 31 January, Leicester night SomeAntics takes over with Mike Took and Tre Ventour.

Ink Theatre are to present – a play based on the poetry of Ron Graves – on Sunday 26 January at SAMM’s on Bridge Street, Peterborough.

Two writing workshops about Characterisation and Point of View, run by local writer Helen Gould, take place at SAMM’s on Tuesday 7 January and Tuesday 4 February. Running from 10.30am to 1pm, tickets are priced £10.

Also at the same venue on Sunday 5 January and 2 February at 8.00 pm, is Fiction Fix – a free night that gives local writers the chance to read their prose Countdown’s Susie Dent will be presenting her show The at Stamford Corn Exchange on

Thursday 30 January. Tickets are £21 and can be booked on 01780 766455 or from www. stamfordcornexchange.co.uk Crime author will be talking about his life and work on Friday 21 February at St Peter’s Church Oundle. Tickets £8 as above Historian talking on Boris Johnson on Saturday 29 Feb at The Great Hall of Oundle School. Tickets £16 as above.

Festival (www.lynnlitfests.com) is back over the weekend of 1315 March with such writers as Louis de Bernieres, Jill Dawson, Louise Doughty and Guinevere Glasfurd.

The Festival returns Wednesday 29 town’s Laureate competition) to Sun 3 May, with headline acts Luke Wright, Band of Burns, Hollie McNich and Martin Figura.

Cardinal Cox had a busy old year in 2019 and is looking forward to what this one might bring.

The Packhorse Inn Main Street Little Longstone Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1NN 01629 640471 www.packhorselongstone. co.uk Situated just off the A6, near Ashford-in-the Water and a short walk from Monsal Head, this delightful pub offers a relatively secluded spot close to popular amenities such as the Monsal Trail, Chatsworth and the tourist hotspot that is Bakewell.

Hikers (complete with “muddy boots”), dogs and children are pretty, steeply terraced cottage garden.

Built in 1787, the pub is a former Marston’s house, owned by Thornbridge for the past 12 years, and lovingly rejuvenated by current licensee David Cooper. Those who like Thornbridge beers will love this place as there’s usually four to

choose from (including Jaipur) plus a guest beer and a cider, with prices ranging from £3.60 to £4.95. “Making the most of the county’s larder”, the food, served in the small restaurant and lounge to the right is locally sourced, homemade and

The

Willoughby Arms Station Road Little Bytham Grantham, Lincolnshre NG33 4RA

generous in both quantity and quality, at prices from around £12-£18. one in the tiny bar which features a table for regulars only (understandable, particularly in the summer peak), the other in the candle-lit lounge which features a piano and an eclectic mix of books, magazines, old bottles and stone jars.

Friendly barman Matt was keen to offer his knowledge about the pub, and although we had not booked a table, he was happy – on a busy Sunday – to offer a reserved table on the understanding that we’d vacate in time for the main party, due to arrive an hour later. We were certainly not disappointed with the food offering – daily specials such as Sea Bass Linguine, Rabbit Pie, and Pork Belly with Black Pudding are available along with more regular fare and vegetarian options, displayed on a board alongside the bar and the two beers we tried were also in tip-top condition. It is such a cosy popular The Packhorse is open 12-3pm and 4.45-11pm Monday to Friday, and all day from 12 noon at weekends. Food serving times are 12-3pm and 6-9pm during the week, and all day from 12 noon at weekends (until 9pm on Sat and 8pm on Sun). A weekly quiz is held on a Thursday.

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6 Real Ales Bed And Breakfast With 4 Star Accommodation

Homemade Food Served Daily 12-2 & 6-9 Sunday Lunch 12-3

Quiz Nights 7th January February (TBC)

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With a visit to the annual Pig’s Ear Beer Festival held at the Round Chapel in Hackney planned, it was decide that we’d take in Highbury as well as it’s only one stop north of King’s Cross on the Victoria Line, and offers a quick route to Hackney, which is just three stops east via the London Overground.

Standard off peak return fares on the ‘stopping’ train (GN or Thameslink) from Peterborough to London are £29.20, and if you use your debit card to ‘tap in and out’ on the Underground/ Overground you’ll add around another £7. As always, it’s worth looking online for advance fares

– we managed to get a good price with a Two Together card on the 10.10 LNER ‘fast’ service, and 19.03 return for just over £20 each.

Many of the pubs in the area do not open until late afternoon, so some research was needed, but the Famous Cock, immediately outside Highbury & Islington tube station offers a welcome 11am start, with a range of beer available from Truman, Fuller’s, a couple from the local Hammerton Brewery and the inevitable Doom Bar at prices ranging from £4.50 to £5.40. Regular live music features at this spacious Stonegate

Inn, which was rebuilt in the 1950s along with the formerly grandiose station and several other buildings which had been in 1944. Photographs of the original buildings can be seen here and on the walls of the JD Wetherspoon pub, the White Swan, just a few doors down.

This pub was once the HQ for the Working Men’s Club & Institute Union, and offers the usual array of cut price beers and, after initial issues with the hand pumps, we were treated, along with brunch, to a decent pint of Essex Beast from Nethergate for just £2.39. There

seemed to be something of an East Anglian theme here with two other Nethergate beers available along with offerings from Adnams and Greene King plus the more local Sambrook’s. with an impressive gin display

a 4.3% house beer brewed by

wrongly billed at the time as the had been founded in an upstairs the video to One Stop Beyond

when searching for the gents – had allegedly taken refuge in the toilets having been chased down for live music and heading into

move as the area is currently dogged by road works. This has been the home of the Pig’s Ear Beer Festival for 10 place in unusually out of season month of December for the

confronted by a spaced out Sid venue with seating around an upstairs circle overlooking the who having spent far too long

venue to the Library name would suggest a former

turned his repeated request of “two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please” into a

and beers from Hogs Back and

we were keen to try some of performing and is playing the venue again soon along with the

the nearby Pembury Tavern

have had with chequered history with various name changes last year due to its 4pm opening raised area by the entrance also hints at a musical past.

Still very much alive and well is the legendary Hope & Anchor. The framed discs and photographs on the wall relate its proud story as host to

Further along towards Angel stands the Vineyard pub has a traditional atmosphere

smoking area. There are a couple of real ales – Doom Bar and

beers along with guests from the

Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar

East London breweries. They also specialise in pizzas at prices from £7-£10. Other pubs in the area include the Cock Tavern on Mare Street, another traditional pub dating from the 1930s – a sister pub to the wonderful Southampton Arms in Kentish Town and another brewery tap, this time for Howling Hops plus a wide range of guest cask ales and ciders. If there’s time to stray up to neighbouring Homerton. The Chesham Arms on Mehatabel Road is a stunning example of a great local saved by the community from developers, but now thriving, and a beer garden. The Adam & Eve on Homerton High Street dates to the 18th century and also features a rear garden, with Brewhouse & Kitchen

Pembury Tavern

well kept beers from Five Points and East London breweries, and changing guest ales.

Jumping back onto the Overground at the nearby Homerton station, it’s just four stops back to Highbury via Hackney Central, but it’s worth considering a stop at Dalston Kingsland for the 40ft Brewery Tap (open 5pm), housed in two repurposed shipping containers, and Canonbury for 18th century Canonbury Tavern.

Back in Highbury, we caught up with the late openers: adjacent to the station, the Jam & Rye is a comfortable downstairs salon lounge, without real ale but offering live music.

Across the road junction you’ll see the ex-Charrington Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar – a bar with extras in the form of an upstairs theatre (formerly a snooker room), not uncommon in this neck of the woods where the likes of Jimmy Carr and Russell Brand cut

their teeth. Across the road, the Brewhouse & Kitchen is an ex-tram shed (once serving the Highbury-Aldwych route), now a busy café bar/brewery, open all day with beers from the Brewhouse range including their own Tramshed Bitter. Back past the station on Holloway Road, the Grace is cans and keg beer only, so we moved quickly on to the House of Hammerton (formerly the Wig & Gown), the only pub belonging to the Hammerton Brewery, only offering one cask ale and a cider (Rosie’s Pig), but providing 20 craft lines from £4.20 a pint and a ‘pop-up’ kitchen. Across the road, the Lamb (once, the Flounder & Firkin) provided a very pleasant ultimate venue – a dimly lit, wood panelled independent pub, popular on Arsenal match days, but a veritable oasis of calm when we visited, with candle lit tables and a very good beer selection from the likes of Fine Points, Kent Brewery and guests.

At which point we admitted defeat, and took the short walk minute ride back to Kings Cross.

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the rhythm section Allen Adams, the lead singer of Peterborough punk band the Destructors, has died. He was 62.

Born in Gloucestershire, the second of four children, the family moved to Rutland when his airman father was posted to RAF Cottesmore. Educated at Oakham School, early jobs included working as a kitchen porter at restaurants around the town and a laboratory job at British Steel Melton Mowbray, before joining Huntingdon Research Centre.

With a passion for music, he and brother Phillip ran popular rock discos around Rutland until a fall out over diverging musical tastes; Allen discovered punk after seeing the Ramones support the Flamin’ Groovies at The Roundhouse, Camden in July 1976. “I really enjoyed early Flamin’ Groovies stuff,” he recalled, “but by then, they were turning into the Beatles.

Luckily the support act had some energy,” After his father left the RAF, the family moved to Peterborough and Allen would meet up with other punks who hung around Fat Pete’s record stall (the precursor to House on the Borderland) on Peterborough Market. Forming the band 6ck 6ck 6ck, it went through a few line-up and name changes including Speed and the Gestapo, before becoming the Destructors. time in 1979 and after being taught the bass in an afternoon by former Destructors guitarist Andrew Jackson, Allen and

Allen Adams at The Embankment, Peterborough, 1983.

drummer Andrew Butler joined Jackson and singer Neil Singleton in the Blanks.

A voracious reader, Allen’s fascination with death and serial killers was evident on recordings such the Blank’s sole release – the three-track Northern Ripper EP, whose title track concerned the then at large Yorkshire Ripper – and his later band Methods of Execution.

In May 1980, following a disastrous gig supporting Discharge at Cottesmore Village Hall in which the headliner’s fans stole Jackson’s amp, the Blanks split. Staying on bass, Allen reformed the Destructors with Butler, Singleton and rhythm guitarist Dave Ivermee. Andy MacDonald soon replaced Butler on drums and, in 1981, 15-yearold Graham ‘Gizz’ Butt, joined as lead guitarist.

The Destructors were at their most successful during this

period, seeing their debut album, Exercise the Demons of Youth, reach No 12 in the indie chart, supporting GBH on the Attacked

by Rats tour and being the subject of a short documentary the-destructors-1983-online).

The Destructors split on 24 September 1983, with Singleton, Butt and Ivermee becoming the Desecrators, and Allen returning to vocals in his new band, Destructors V. Backed by Dave Colton – producer of several Destructors’ releases – on guitar, Joe MacColl – who had been in the Now, which Allen had managed – on drums, and Nigel Davis on bass, the band released the three-track TV Eye EP. With the Now’s Faz Farrow replacing Davis on bass and renamed Five Go Mad in Europe, the band released an eponymous

Allen and I were both involved in the cassette tape scene in which people exchanged or sold tapes of their own stuff, bypassing the record at Oundle School, so I contacted him. We met up a few times and Allen played bass on some of the recording sessions I held for my Alien Brains releases.

All our recordings were impromptu, partly inspired by a book I had read by John Cage, Everything we do is Music. The book and a four-track EP. Following a further name change to Angels of Malice and the recording of the protothrash metal Fast Forward to Hell, the band split.

During the 1990s, Allen renewed his interest in Doctor Who and cult television by joining the local telefantasy society Peladon. During this period he got a colleague to build him a full-size Dalek – which he used to take to

won the 1994 series of Telly Addicts alongside this magazine’s Cardinal Cox; co-wrote the Babylon 5 Security Manual and (again, alongside Cox) was an starring four former Doctor Whos – Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. Allen, second left, with the latter day line-up of the Destructors.

“loopotron” were lent to me by a fellow Oundle resident Billy Bragg and his Riff Raff band mate bassist who lived in Oundle at the time.

Allen was also a Throbbing Gristle super-fan, live performances, being invited to watch the live recording of their Heathen Earth album and attending the TG concert I organised at Oundle.

I lost touch with him when I left school and moved to London.

Nigel Jacklin

After almost 20 years out of a band, Allen formed Destructors 666 (later reverting to the Destructors) in 2005. The line-up including the Now’s Steve Rolls the original Destructors – on rhythm guitar and Dave Colton on lead, released Plus Ca Change Pour La Meme Chose – a split EP with the Ruined – on Allen’s own Rowdy Farrago Records in February 2006.

Since November 1999, he had been the receptionist/cloakroom attendant at The Met Lounge, and once he launched his label, acted as something of a talent scout to many local bands who appeared on the stage there; paying for them to record and appear on split releases with the Destructors, and inviting others to submit tracks to the This is Peterborough series of compilations.

Many a band gained vital exposure because of Allen’s single-minded determination to ensure original exciting talent was given a chance. He could be loud, embarrassingly so at times but he didn’t shout about his philanthropic work half as much as he should have done.

As well as giving bands such as the Ruined, the 925s and Beverly Kills a leg up, this magazine has a lot to thank him for. Not only did he take adverts out in early editions, allowing us to meet our print costs, he loaned me the money to travel to my work experience placement when I was studying for my journalism degree.

Peterborough’s rock scene has taken a hit following the death of Allen Adams and it’s fair to say that we will never see his like again.

Simon Stabler

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Boston Acoustic Music Club, has reverted to its original name, Boston Folk Club. The club, which was established in the 1960s, meets at The Eagle, Boston on the second Monday of every month (13 January and 10 February). For further details, go to www.facebook.com/ bostonfolkclub Former Prodigy star Leeroy Thornhill will be performing a DJ set at Charters, Peterborough on Saturday 29 February. The celebrated DJ and remixer will headline the venue’s Eclectic Ballroom night with support from Shades of Rhythm’s Peterborough’s Nick Slater.

Tickets are available now from www.eventbrite.com/e/ charters-and-eclectic-ballroompresents-leeroy-thornhilltickets-84784056395 Sleaford-based husband and wife folk duo Winter Wilson play Spalding Folk Club (01406 381339, www.spaldingfolkclub. co.uk), which meets at the South Holland Centre, on 8 January.

They’re also at Morton Village Hall on Friday 28 February with tickets available by emailing rexcons@aol.com or calling Richard on 01778 570370.

Winter Wilson

Lloyd Watson Blues guitarist Lloyd Watson has died. He was 70.

Born in Peterborough and educated at the city’s Deacon’s Grammar School, he showed a talent for the piano from an early age, before switching to the guitar after discovering the Beatles, Rolling Stones and blues singers such as Robert Johnson.

He formed the Soul Mates, a popular soul band which was soon joined by singers Al Chisholm, later of Motown group the Contours, and PeeWee Fry – a cousin of Stevie Wonder – who were serving at USAF Alconbury.

After the Soul Mates ended, he formed Lloyd Watson’s Pocket Edition before joining Ma Grinder’s Blues Mission – The Halcyon’s house band, which provided backing to visiting blues artists including Champion Jack Dupree, Duster Bennett and Chicken Shack.

Two days after winning the solo category in Melody Maker National Rock/Folk Contest in 1972, he performed on BBC Two’s The Old Grey Whistle Test. That August, Watson opened for David Bowie at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park as part of the latter’s Ziggy Stardust tour.

Also on the bill was Roxy Music who he supported on a European tour and later worked on its members’ solo albums – Brian Eno’s Here Come The Warm Jets and saxophonist Andy Mackay’s In Search of Eddie Riff.

In 1976, he was electrocuted during a gig at The Golden Fleece, receiving severe burns to his hands. After undergoing skin grafts at Addenbrookes Hospital, he made a quick recovery and joined Eno in Roxy guitarist Phil Manzanera’s 801 project. The recording of their concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall was released by Virgin as 801 Live and has since been reissued in a deluxe collector’s edition.

Elsewhere, he supported King Crimson on tour, provided advice to Status Quo during recording of Down Down and continued to play concerts both home and away as part of a “never ending tour”.

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01 January New Year’s Day Brunch (10am-2pm), Castle, Castle Bytham 02 January Voodoo Acoustic (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Open Mic Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough 03 January Trois Pas d’Ici, Stamford Arts Centre Car Park Rendezvous, Golden Fleece, Stamford Son of a Gun, Masons Arms, Bourne Velocity Nicky Downs, Cock Inn, Werrington 04 January Cuttin’ Loose, Ploughman, Werrington Repose, Ostrich, Peterborough Deps, Golden Fleece, Stamford Filthy Contact, Masons Arms, Bourne TBC Tiger Club Halo, Cock Inn, Werrington 05 January Fiction Fix (8pm), Samm’s, Peterborough Oakleas Rise, Mama Liz’s, Stamford 06 January Open Mic (8pm), Bluebell, Werrington 07 January Writers’ Workshop: Person, POV & Characterisation I (10.30am), Samm’s, Peterborough Acoustic Night (8pm), The Millstone, Barnack Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 08 January Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Ale House, Ramsey Folk Night, Black Horse, Nassington 09 January Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough Palmy Uke Band

10 January Black Rose Society, Ostrich, Peterborough Mista Beat, Golden Fleece, Stamford Goodges, Masons Arms, Bourne David James Smith Orestano, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Jazz in the Cellar Bar: Chris Bowden, Stamford Arts Centre 11 January Anna Radford (9pm), Fletton Club Frankly My Dear, Ostrich, Peterborough Boston Beat, Golden Fleece, Stamford Deps, Masons Arms, Bourne TBC Revolver , Mama Liz’s, Stamford Zepelers, Cock Inn, Werrington

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12 January Hazeyjane (4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford 13 January Open Mic (8.30pm), The Talbot, Stilton Boston Folk Club (Sing-a-round evening), Eagle, Boston 14 January Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 16 January Open Mic (8pm), The Bull, Newborough Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough 17 January The Deps, Ostrich, Peterborough Stealer, Golden Fleece, Stamford Nick Glover, Masons Arms, Bourne Junk Puppets Joe Brown, New Theatre, Peterborough 18 January The Boatmen (Straw Bear after party, 5pm), Falcon Hotel, Whittlesey Rebecca Rosyn (9pm), Fletton Club Stingray, Ostrich, Peterborough Money Shot, Golden Fleece, Stamford Stuck With Nothing Nicky Downs, Masons Arms, Bourne Cuttin’ Loose 4 Geezers Los Ramones (Ramones tribute) + Scumbus + A Great Notion, Mama Liz’s, Stamford The Rod Stewart Story, New Theatre, Peterborough Paul Jones & Dave Kelly, Stamford Arts Centre Pennyless Open Mic, Old Ship, Pointon Open Mic 21 January Open Mic (8.45pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 22 January Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Ale House, Ramsey

Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough The Mighty & The High, Ostrich, Peterborough Cuttin’ Loose, Golden Fleece, Stamford Band TBC, Masons Arms, Bourne Salmon Dave JamRoom, Mama Liz’s, Stamford 25 January Gemma McDowell (9pm), Fletton Club DB5, Ostrich, Peterborough Future Echoes, Golden Fleece, Stamford Secret Magpies Afterlife, Masons Arms, Bourne The B-Siders (10.30pm), Charters, Peterborough Strellies Secret Magpies Frothies on Tour Sweet Revenge Emo Night, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Groove Cartel Burns Night, Castle, Castle Bytham Splinter Group, Cock Inn, Werrington Car Park Rendezvous, Crown, Peterborough 26 January Glasshouse Acoustic Sessions (2.30-5.30pm), Key Theatre, Peterborough Ramshackle Serenade, Ostrich, Peterborough Epigone jazz quartet, Mama Liz’s, Stamford 28 January Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 29 January Tony Giles’ All Stars, Bustard, South Rauceby 30 January Open Mic (8pm), Blue Boar, Eye Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough Funhouse Comedy Game menu night, Castle, Castle Bytham Velocity, Ploughman, Werrington Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (8pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Famous Unknowns, Golden Fleece, Stamford

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01 February Last Minute Brigade (9pm), Fletton Club Tiger Club, Ploughman, Werrington Cubans & Cigars, Ostrich, Peterborough Audios, Golden Fleece, Stamford The Shambertans/Fred’s House (10.30pm), Charters, Peterborough Superheroes Band Children of the Rev Cuttin’ Loose Mercury Theatre, Peterborough Stealers, Cock Inn, Werrington

08 February Beti Gie (9pm), Fletton Club Stealer, Ostrich, Peterborough Children of the Revolution, Golden Fleece, Stamford Nick Jarman, Masons Arms, Bourne The Numbers, Charters, Peterborough Racing the World Electric Warriors Daytona, Castle, Castle Bytham Revolver Toploader, New Theatre, Peterborough Outlaw Eagles, Cock Inn, Werrington California Dreaming (Mamas & Papas), Key Theatre, Peterborough

02 February Fiction Fix (8pm), Samm’s, Peterborough Two Lucky Pluckers (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Acoustic Vibes 03 February Open Mic (8pm), Bluebell, Werrington 04 February Writers’ Workshop: Person, POV and Characterisation II (10.30am), Samm’s, Peterborough Unplugged (6.30-9pm), NCCD, Sleaford Acoustic Night (8pm), The Millstone, Barnack Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington Fairport Convention, Key Theatre, Peterborough 06 February Voodoo Acoustic (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Open Mic Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough The Counterfeit Stones, Key Theatre, Peterborough 07 February One Voice, One Cello and a Mad Belgian, Northwick Arms, Ketton Mojo Slide, Ostrich, Peterborough Velocity, Golden Fleece, Stamford

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Lexie Green (3pm), Charters, Peterborough 10 February Open Mic (8.30pm), The Talbot, Stilton Boston Folk Club (Sing-a-round evening), Eagle, Boston 11 February Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 12 February Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Ale House, Ramsey Folk Night, Black Horse, Nassington 13 February Open Mic (8pm), The Bull, Newborough Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough 14 February Whittlesey Folk Club (8pm), Falcon Hotel Just for Kicks, Golden Fleece, Stamford Antoine, Masons Arms, Bourne Charity DJ Jade Malone (9pm), Charters, Peterborough Dead Horse Valentines Dinner with Annie Love Duo Valentine Night, Castle, Castle Bytham Ye Vagabonds, Stamford Arts Centre 15 February Becca Rayner (9pm), Fletton Club Children of the Rev, Ploughman, Werrington Bent Back Tulips, Ostrich, Peterborough Hold the Sky, Golden Fleece, Stamford Filthy Contact, Masons Arms, Bourne TBC, Charters, Peterborough Revolver Last Minute Brigade Underground House, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Dumb as You Are (Nirvana tribute)

Pennyless Open Mic, Old Ship, Pointon Velocity acoustic (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Open Mic

18 February Open Mic (8.45pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 20 February Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough 21 February Kickback, Ostrich, Peterborough Betty Swallocks, Golden Fleece, Stamford Nicky Downs, Masons Arms, Bourne Frothblower’s 3rd Birthday Weekender TBC Candy Twist, Cock Inn, Werrington Jive Aces Big Beat Review, Key Theatre, Peterborough 22 February Karen West (9pm), Fletton Club Radius 45, Ostrich, Peterborough High Rollers, Golden Fleece, Stamford Paul Henshaw & Dan Booth Son of a Gun, Masons Arms, Bourne The Mighty & the High (10.30pm), Charters, Peterborough Sound Injectors Paul Henshaw & Dan Booth Fired Up Sunjay FastLove Theatre, Peterborough Great Pretenders, Cock Inn, Werrington Toyah, Stamford Arts Centre 23 February Glasshouse Acoustic Sessions (2.30-5.30pm), Key Theatre, Peterborough Palmy Ukulele Band, Ostrich, Peterborough Freudian Slippers Pembroke Tenneson (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Palmy Uke Band (4pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Paul Carrack, New Theatre, Peterborough The Best of Queen, Key Theatre, Peterborough 25 February Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 26 February Backroom Acoustic, The Ale House, Ramsey

Tony Giles’ All Stars, Bustard, South Rauceby 27 February Open Mic (8pm), Blue Boar, Eye Open Mic, Queens Head, Peterborough Comedy Club 28 February Last Minute Brigade, Ploughman, Werrington Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (8pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Candy Twist, Ostrich, Peterborough Subway ‘77, Golden Fleece, Stamford Nick Glover, Masons Arms, Bourne Vinyl Night (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Circa 73 Mark Bishop The Levy Band, Stamford Arts Centre (Cellar Bar) Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, Key Theatre, Peterborough 29 February Cosmic Rodney (9pm), Fletton Club The Divide, Ploughman, Werrington Black Dog Murphy, Ostrich, Peterborough Outside In, Golden Fleece, Stamford Dean & Co, Masons Arms, Bourne Leeroy Thornhill, Charters, Peterborough Audios Frothies on Tour Dirty Rumour Boutones 50s/60s Spectacular: The Tornados, Dreamers & the Everly Brothers Tribute, Stamford Corn Exchange Quizzes Blue Bell, Werrington - 05/01, 12/01, 19/01, 26/01, 02/02, 09/02, 16/02, 23/02 Brass Windmill, Helpringham - 05/01, 12/01, 19/01, 26/01, 02/02, 09/02, 16/02, 23/02 Bustard, South Rauceby - 08/01, 12/02 Castle, Castle Bytham (8pm) - 13/01, 03/02 Cock Inn, Werrington - 09/01, 16/01, 23/01, 30/01, 06/02,13/02, 20/02, 27/02 Danish Invader, Stamford - 05/01, 12/01, 19/01, 26/01, 02/02, 09/02, 16/02, 23/02 Eagle, Boston (+ Play your cards right) – 03/01, 10/01, 17/01, 24/01, 31/01, 07/02, 14/02, 21/02,

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Rhythm & Booze, Issue 59 January/February 2020

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Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin – The Later Years 1966-2016

By Kenneth Womack, Orphans Publishing, hardback, £20 Even after the Beatles split and went their separate ways, George Martin continued to be linked with their name and work.

His creative partnership with them meant that he never had to look far for work since there were many recording artists eager to have the words: “Produced by George Martin” on their output and generally he did weave his own particular brand of magic on many records.

No matter how many new talents Martin worked with, all roads seemed to lead him back to the Beatles, being the go-to person when it came to compiling and upgrading their recorded output for anthologies.

This second volume on the prodigious work of “the read for music fans, 464 pages of memorable incidents and conversations to lap up, with cross-referenced notes, plus a valuable index and bibliography.

Womack has carefully collated in-depth details from many wonderful moments in recorded music history and come up with a very readable account of Martin’s life and music. of just how the closing sequence of A Day in the Life on the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album was recorded at Abbey Road. Despite

song with such a quintessentially English sound – a northern English sound at

the Fab Four’s fortune-making success, Martin still had to keep the record company accountants happy and balance the books and achieved the sound by recording a 40-piece “half-orchestra” and then doubling the tracks to achieve the overall effect. The orchestra members were in full dress, of course, while the Beatles and friends created a party atmosphere around them.

Fascinating.

Peter Skellern:The Complete Decca Recordings CD box-set, Mint, CDMT0016 Sometimes a popular song comes along that has nothing to do with the current musical fashion, which swims against the tide and becomes a hit on its own merits.

One such song was Peter Skellern’s You’re a Lady, released on 11 August 1972, which spent some 11 weeks in the UK singles chart, peaking at No 3. For a

Skellern’s musical background and Lancashire upbringing – it was a surprising hit in the US too, making it half-way up the Billboard Hot 100. The big production included soaring piano, choral backing and brass band, like nothing else in the charts at that time.

If anything, the next single, Our Jackie’s Getting Married, had edge to it, but while his music continued to enjoy airplay it was not until the end of his Decca contract in 1975 that Skellern had another hit with Hold On To Love, which climbed to No 14 in the UK chart.

This lovingly compiled boxset features all of Skellern’s recorded output from the Decca years, 1972-1975, including some previously unreleased titles, highlighting Skellern’s various skills and broad musical reveals some fascinating facts in his sleeve notes and there is a touching introduction from Skellern’s daughter Kate Skellern. early work of Peter Skellern who died in February 2017.

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