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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

83.0. "The Johnny Mars Band" by RDGE22::QUICK (I drink therefore I am) Wed May 25 1988 16:26

    Last night saw, in the 'Southampton' at Surbiton, a band
    called 'The Johnny Mars Band'... they were possibly the
    best, most brilliant, exciting blues band that I have
    ever ever seen... Johnny Mars, who as you may have guessed
    is the leader, plays the harmonica through more digital
    signal processing devices than Dave Gilmour puts his
    guitar through, and is superb (if a little egocentric)...
    
    I can thoroughly recommend them to anyone who likes
    blues/R&B.
    
    Jonathan (impressed, but deaf).

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
83.1	DEAF!!!!	SUBURB::DANCEA	Hacking is my business...	`Wed May 25 1988 17:53`	8
	You say you are "DEAF", were you deaf prior to your visit to the gig? If so then I don't think I'll take much notice of your extatic review as it could be miss-leading ;-) \Andy Who_is_having_a_laugh_!_!_!
83.2	I woke up one mornin...	SUBURB::BURKEG	Ovation axe man	`Wed May 25 1988 18:41`	7
	JJ, Saw Johnny in the Half moon in putney a while back. Excellent and loud muzik. He didnt have a vast quantity of widgets on his harp when i saw him tho, must have made a few bob since then. BTW are there any albums, I had never heard of him before and had forgotten the Name of the band until you jogged my memory.
83.3	Try this...	ERIC::SALLITT	Dave @RKG or LZO	`Wed May 25 1988 18:52`	10
	The BBC compilation album "Blues On 2", made up from live sessions taken from Paul Jones' Thursday night Radio 2 prog, has a Johnny Mars track on it - I think it's "Born Under A Bad Sign", although I'm not certain. I don't know if he's recorded anything else, I'll look in my Virgin Megamail book tonite and post titles tomorrow - if they exist. I can recommend the "Blues On 2" album, though. Dave
83.4		RDGE22::QUICK	I drink therefore I am	`Wed May 25 1988 18:53`	5
	Not heard of any albums, I think they're playing in Surbiton again soon (someone has to) so if I go I'll collar one of the band and demand tapes... JJ (Blind before, deaf after, speechless during).
83.5	Blues on 2	OFFCLU::DKEATING	Not all that shivers is cold	`Wed May 25 1988 21:21`	12
83.6	Easy to get..	ERIC::SALLITT	Dave @RKG or LZO	`Thu May 26 1988 13:25`	13
	.5>... Blues On 2 is available through any record shop. It's on the standard BBC catalogue, which I don't think the Peel Sessions were - I think another label bought the rights to those session tapes. Seek out Blues On 2, the opening track is a superb Rory Gallagher number, and sets the scene for 45 mins of good blues from such as Blues 'n' Trouble, The Balham Alligators, and of course Mars; quality is good also, as you'd expect from live Beeb sessions. The only Johnny Mars album listed in my Virgin catalogue is titled "The Mars/Fenwick Band", available on LP and cassette at #5.49. Dave
83.7	The South' ....	KERNEL::COHEN	Keep Music Live	`Fri Jun 03 1988 21:46`	14
	RE: .0 Been to the Southampton many times - great at Sunday Lunch: Willy And The Warmers Monday Band Little Sister Also, try the Indian on the main road - brilliant buffet lunch for 6.00 - can't recall the name!!!! David.
83.8	Gigs?	45466::JANSEN_J		`Fri Jan 13 1989 15:51`	4
	...any chance of letting me know when and where they're performing... ......Ray Fenwick's a good guitarist Jeff Jansen P&T @ F1/10 SBP UK
83.9	Mars back to Earth in Chelmsford	VIVIAN::BENNETT	The blues had a baby ...	`Thu Feb 09 1989 14:07`	15
	I saw the Johnny Mars Blues Band last weekend in Chelmsford 'kin' brilliant, that harp is a real weird one pre-amp and vol' control on the all-in-1 mike/amp hand set. Can't remember the name of the guitarist - a bit special though, I've seen him before, I think it was with Ian Dury and the Musik Students. (I saw Wilko Johnson and ex Ian Dury bass player on the same bill). Playing a Charvel through a distorted Session amp gave a different feel to the 'blues'. I didn't like it that much but technically the guy was great. Graham ...