Calverley Soul Club 2nd Anniversary Soul Sam

ONE FOR THE DIARY ........

OUR SECOND ANNIVERSARY IS ON THE 1ST APRIL .

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SAY OUR SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE EVENING WILL BE SOUL SAM ......

Joining Soul Sam we have a great line up of all our regular DJs...

Main room. 
Robbie England
Gibby Gibby
Andy H
Roger Clark
Andy Brads 
Stephen Crawshaw
Diane Layton

Room 2 
Andy Carling
Steve Sullivan
Dale Byers
Derek Pearson.

Room 2.  Times

rare underplayed & funky ! 

8-9.45.  Andy c & Steve s 

9.45   Soul Sam

10.30   Dale Byers 

11.30   Derek Pearson  

should be some great tracks played  

Tickets now £5 

or pay on door.  

MAIN ROOM  

7.30   STEVE C

8.00   ANDY B

8.30   DIANE L

9.00   ROGER C

9.30   ROBBIE E

10.15   ANDY H

11.00   SOUL SAM

12.00   GIBBY

GREAT LINE UP 

EARLY START 7.30PM THIS SATURDAY ......

Starts early at 7:30 just because the night isn't long enough as it. Get in early to get a seat.

MAIN ROOM  LINE UP......

7.30   STEVE C

8.00   ANDY B

8.30   DIANE L

9.00   ROGER C

9.30   ROBBIE E

10.15   ANDY H

11.00   SOUL SAM

12.00   GIBBY

GREAT LINE UP

Room 2. Revised times. 

7.45.  Diane

8.15  Roger Clark

8.45.  Andy Carling

9.15.  Gibby Gibby

9.45.  Sam 

10.30.  Dale Byers

11.30.  Derek P

Will be bringing some copies of my new Nashville 60s soul book (released today) "House of Broken Hearts" tonight, let me know by PM or Facebook if you want a copy reserving, if you haven't contacted me already.

Cheers, Mark.

Before the kick off, we knew we might be in for something special, but nothing had quite prepared me for what eventually happened.

Do you remember the old days? Days when you used to dress up to go out rather than dress down? I’d brushed my shoes and polished my head, suited up and set off a little early so as not to be late: Soul Sam was coming.

We are only a little club, an intermate club and having Soul Sam grace our decks was far more than we could ever envisage, but Soul Sam was coming.

Our doors normally open at 8:00, but to fit everything in and to give DJs opportunity to play, we started a little earlier; I was first up in the main room and started at 7:30. Faul & Wad Ad vs Pnau – “Changes”, (a tune in the same vain as Bob Sinclair and Tribute) was quickly followed by Snake Davis – “Save Our Soul” and Conner Reeves – “Joy”. From the start, Soul Sam was there bobbing and watching for what was up next. From the outset, talc was being pushed around and a lone dancer contorted to the rhythms. The room was quickly filling and before I knew it, it was 8 o’clock and Andy Brads was wrestling the decks off me like prising something precious out of a dead man’s fingers.

Andy was the same as me, but quickly overcame stage fright and span up the 45s. I carefully put my last records away and stored the record boxes, before smartening myself up and having Andy H introduce me to SOUL SAM. What a nice fella he turned out to be. Eager to hear new tunes, receptive to everything that was being played. That is Soul Sam.

He'd brought some tunes of his own to sell and set himself up in a corner like some fisherman at the side of a lake, waiting for his float to strike. I wasn’t having any of it and quickly moved him into the circulation area and before we had him settled in, the punters were round like night-time moths to a bright light. Coins and notes were quickly exchanged for vinyl and everybody smiled.

New faces rubbed shoulders with old, seating became harder to find, the buzz in the rooms grew to a crescendo. Sam did two spots for us, an hour in the underplayed room and then an hour in the main function room. He had to push his way to the decks as the first room had packed with anticipation and the crowd who had found a foothold in there were well rewarded. It was a joy to watch a maestro at work: watching the room; carefully selecting suitable tunes; queuing and mixing. Each choice was eagerly received before the next assailed the ears of the waiting audience. All too quickly, it was time to move him in the next room, but my hero, Dale Byers, let Soul Sam (Martin) over-run so as to wring out every last note of the songs being played. Dale then took over the red-hot decks. It was an unenvious follow on, how do you follow a set like that. Easy, you put Dale on! He kept the room engaged and people barely moved as the highlight of the evening was now in the function room.

When watching TV, it has nearly always been the case, you could only watch one channel at a time. You might flick from one channel to another and back again, but it is never as rewarding. Some of you might have two TVs running in a room simultaneously, but can’t really focus on one for the distraction of the other. I know these days we are blessed with the ability to watch one and record another, but somehow the recording loses its intimacy when watched sometime later. It was something like that at Calverley on Saturday. So much going on, two rooms, FULL ON, where to be to get the best of the night, what was being missed in the other room? One or two realised the circulation area was the place to be and have an ear on both rooms, ha ha!

By heck, didn’t we get a sweat on. Remember the old cellar clubs, dark and intimate, condensation running down the walls. The heat, the banging beats, our best friends at our sides. That was Calverley to the peal of the 12:30 church bells. Then it was over, or was it? Buzz, buzz, buzz, as people begrudgingly left. Another great night in the pocket.

So many rounds of thanks to give out, Sam for coming sooooo far to see us, the other DJs who regularly, whole heartedly support the club, the Calverley Club committee and staff. THANK YOU.

1 hour ago, Double O Soul said:

Before the kick off, we knew we might be in for something special, but nothing had quite prepared me for what eventually happened.

Do you remember the old days? Days when you used to dress up to go out rather than dress down? I’d brushed my shoes and polished my head, suited up and set off a little early so as not to be late: Soul Sam was coming.

We are only a little club, an intermate club and having Soul Sam grace our decks was far more than we could ever envisage, but Soul Sam was coming.

Our doors normally open at 8:00, but to fit everything in and to give DJs opportunity to play, we started a little earlier; I was first up in the main room and started at 7:30. Faul & Wad Ad vs Pnau – “Changes”, (a tune in the same vain as Bob Sinclair and Tribute) was quickly followed by Snake Davis – “Save Our Soul” and Conner Reeves – “Joy”. From the start, Soul Sam was there bobbing and watching for what was up next. From the outset, talc was being pushed around and a lone dancer contorted to the rhythms. The room was quickly filling and before I knew it, it was 8 o’clock and Andy Brads was wrestling the decks off me like prising something precious out of a dead man’s fingers.

Andy was the same as me, but quickly overcame stage fright and span up the 45s. I carefully put my last records away and stored the record boxes, before smartening myself up and having Andy H introduce me to SOUL SAM. What a nice fella he turned out to be. Eager to hear new tunes, receptive to everything that was being played. That is Soul Sam.

He'd brought some tunes of his own to sell and set himself up in a corner like some fisherman at the side of a lake, waiting for his float to strike. I wasn’t having any of it and quickly moved him into the circulation area and before we had him settled in, the punters were round like night-time moths to a bright light. Coins and notes were quickly exchanged for vinyl and everybody smiled.

New faces rubbed shoulders with old, seating became harder to find, the buzz in the rooms grew to a crescendo. Sam did two spots for us, an hour in the underplayed room and then an hour in the main function room. He had to push his way to the decks as the first room had packed with anticipation and the crowd who had found a foothold in there were well rewarded. It was a joy to watch a maestro at work: watching the room; carefully selecting suitable tunes; queuing and mixing. Each choice was eagerly received before the next assailed the ears of the waiting audience. All too quickly, it was time to move him in the next room, but my hero, Dale Byers, let Soul Sam (Martin) over-run so as to wring out every last note of the songs being played. Dale then took over the red-hot decks. It was an unenvious follow on, how do you follow a set like that. Easy, you put Dale on! He kept the room engaged and people barely moved as the highlight of the evening was now in the function room.

When watching TV, it has nearly always been the case, you could only watch one channel at a time. You might flick from one channel to another and back again, but it is never as rewarding. Some of you might have two TVs running in a room simultaneously, but can’t really focus on one for the distraction of the other. I know these days we are blessed with the ability to watch one and record another, but somehow the recording loses its intimacy when watched sometime later. It was something like that at Calverley on Saturday. So much going on, two rooms, FULL ON, where to be to get the best of the night, what was being missed in the other room? One or two realised the circulation area was the place to be and have an ear on both rooms, ha ha!

By heck, didn’t we get a sweat on. Remember the old cellar clubs, dark and intimate, condensation running down the walls. The heat, the banging beats, our best friends at our sides. That was Calverley to the peal of the 12:30 church bells. Then it was over, or was it? Buzz, buzz, buzz, as people begrudgingly left. Another great night in the pocket.

So many rounds of thanks to give out, Sam for coming sooooo far to see us, the other DJs who regularly, whole heartedly support the club, the Calverley Club committee and staff. THANK YOU.

Deserves to be in 'review' section . Entertaining read & big thanks for guesting on the radio show yesterday (Monday) .