Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) WELL............WOW.IS ALL I CAN SAY NOTHING LOW-KEY ABOUT IT REALLY ....BUT BIZARRE......CERTAINLY!!!...I GOT WIND OF IT THROUGH A FRIEND (FAYE JONES) I THOUGHT IT WAS A WIND-UP...BUT NO!... WE TURNED UP AT 'THE DUTCH BIRDS' PUBLIC HOUSE IN FAILSWORTH, NORTH MANCHESTER..HAD A FEW DRINKS AS THE PLACE BEGAN TO FILL-UP WITH LOTS OF LOCAL MANCHESTER FACES, THOUGHT I WAS IN THE TWISTED WHEEL AT ONE POINT. LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS HOVERING... STAGE SET UP IN THE CORNER WITH MIC STANDS AND SPEAKERS..YEP ! DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON. THEN IN THEY WALKED CECIL(BOBBYS BROTHER)..THE BEAUTIFULL LINDA (WOW , SAM COOKES DAUGHTER IN FAILSWORTH..CRAZY !) AND THEIR BEAUTIFULL DAUGHTERS WHO LATER HELPED OUT ON BACKING VOCALS( AND SANG IN THEIR OWN RIGHT WITH CECIL & LINDA BACKING.) THEY SAT AND CHATTED WITH PEOPLE AND THERE FOLLOWED A BOOK SIGNING OF 'FAMILY' A HISTORY OF THE WOMACKS...LOTS OF CDs FOR SALE TOO. I STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS HAPPENING...AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF SIGNING AND CHATTING AND LOADS OF PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES THEY WERE READY TO HIT THE STAGE, BUT FIRST THEY WENT TO GET SOME AIR AND GET READY...IN THAT TIME WE WERE TREATED TO TWO CHAPS WHO HAD A LINE IN VERY OLD JOKES AND SANG DUETS OF TUNES FROM HIGH-SOCIETY AND THE SINATRA SONGBOOK...TRULY BIZZZARE ....THEN A DELAY IN WHICH TIME THE ONE COMEDIANS' EFFORTS TO KEEP CHIPPER WERE CLEARLY GETTING TESTED AND HE WAS FAST RUNNING OUT OF GAGS..IN BETWEEN HE KEPT ASKING IF THEY WERE READY YET...BY THE TIME THEY CAME BACK ..INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING THEM IN STYLE HE WAS SO RELIEVED THAT HE EXCLAIMED' THANK GOD FOR THAT !' ......IT WAS A TRUE SOUTHPARK MOMENT. THE SHOW WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT , LINDAS' VOICE IMMACULATE...CECIL GREAT TOO...AND THE GIRLS..STARS IN THE MAKING....!!! ALL THE FAVOURITES IN THERE..'LOVE WARS,CATCH'N'DON'T LOOK BACK, EXPRESS MYSELF,CELEBRATE THE WORLD, EGYPTIAN QUEEN,STANDING STILL...A FEW THE GIRLS SANG ON (WHICH I APOLOGISE FOR BUT COULDN'T SAY I KNEW THEM, BUT DID ENJOY THEM ALONG WITH THE VERY UP FOR IT CROWD) A VERSION OF 'OTIS REDDINGS'..'DOCK OF THE BAY' WHICH SEEMED TO DRIFT IN AND OUT OF THE LYRICS. THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE WOVE A FINE TAPESTRY WITH THEIR SILKEN VOICES, QUITE MESMERIC AT TIMES AND ALL THIS TO BACKING TRACKS...THE ODD BIT OF FEEDBACK BUT OTHERWISE SPOT ON................THEN CAME' FOOTSTEPS ON THE DANCEFLOOR' AND THE PLACE ERUPTED........EVERYONE SINGING EVERY WORD ..WHAT A MAGICAL EVENING !...UNBELIEVABLE AND IN A PUB IN NORTH MANCHESTER..I'M .STILL PINCHING MYSELF !!!! TWO OR THREE ACTS ON AFTER WHICH WERE A GOOD COMPLIMENT TO THE EVENING INCLUDING MARVIN RUFFIN (CLOWNING BEHIND BEN BRIERLY} AN ABSOLUTELY CRACKING NIGHT AND SO UTTERLY UNEXPECTED...I WAS SURE IT WAS A JOKE BEFOREHAND BUT NO......THEY CAME ,THEY SAW 'THEY CONQUERED AND WHAT GREAT PEOPLE TOO. TO CAP IT ALL MR RICHARD PITTS OF FANTASTICS AND VELOURS FAME WAS THERE TOO AND I MANAGED TO HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM OUTSIDE THE VENUE...SORRY TO SAY BUT YOU MISSED A CORKER FOLKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOMACK & WOMACK WILL BE DOING A FULL TOUR IN SEPTEMBER AT MAJOR THEATRES INCLUDING LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC AND 'SHEPPARDS BUSH EMPIRE...A LOT BIGGER VENUES THAN 'THE DUTCH BIRDS' IN FAILSWORTH SO NOT AS INTIMATE...BUT MISS THEM AT YOUR PERIL !...... I MEAN IT'S THE WOMACK FAMILY ...HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'SHEER-CLASSS' !!!! ALL THE BEST CHRIS MORGAN I'LL BE POSTING PICTURES IN THE RELEVANT FORUM AND SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE TOO A.S.A.P . Edited July 15, 2006 by bearsoul Link to comment
asboannie Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Chris I'm jealous. We'll have a chat tomorrow night about it, wish I knew.......but with the hours I work no can do, unless I take a day off. Link to comment
Soul Shrews Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) [quote name='bearsoul' post='317380' date='Jul 14 2006, 10:04 . Edited July 14, 2006 by soul shrews Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Sound's amazing Chris, I've alway's been a big fan of the Womack's 1st LP (Love war's) did they do "Catch 'n' don't look back"? YEAH MISSSED THAT ONE I'LL AMEND IT ...IT WAS BLOODY WONDERFULL ...SEE YOU AT GREATSTONE Link to comment
Soul Shrews Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 YEAH MISSSED THAT ONE I'LL AMEND IT ...IT WAS BLOODY WONDERFULL ...SEE YOU AT GREATSTONE WOW!! Sorry can't make 't Greatstone ,bit of a trek for us Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) WOW!! Sorry can't make 't Greatstone ,bit of a trek for us IT'S ONLY AN HOUR FROM AMSTERDAM..MATE...PEOPLE DRIVE UP FROM SKEGNESS AND DOWN FROM EDINBURGH...LIVE A LITTLE SORRY PACO I THOUGHT I WAS REPLYING TO ANNIE Edited July 14, 2006 by bearsoul Link to comment
Soul Shrews Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 IT'S ONLY AN HOUR FROM AMSTERDAM..MATE...PEOPLE DRIVE UP FROM SKEGNESS AND DOWN FROM EDINBURGH...LIVE A LITTLE Live a little ,what's that? PS 'ave you tried youtube yet? Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Live a little ,what's that? PS 'ave you tried youtube yet? ISN'T THAT SOMETHING FOR MY PILES JUST KIDDING I'LL HAVE A GANDER AT IT !!!! Link to comment
asboannie Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 IT'S ONLY AN HOUR FROM AMSTERDAM..MATE...PEOPLE DRIVE UP FROM SKEGNESS AND DOWN FROM EDINBURGH...LIVE A LITTLE SORRY PACO I THOUGHT I WAS REPLYING TO ANNIE Soul shrew .....It would be lovely to meet you ...The problem we have is ...........THAT Chris doesn't know what PLANET he's at, at the moment Link to comment
Soul Shrews Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING FOR MY PILES JUST KIDDING I'LL HAVE A GANDER AT IT !!!! G'wan, 'ave a gander at yer Nobbies why doncha? You 'ole contorstionist you! Link to comment
Winsford Soul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 WELL............WOW.IS ALL I CAN SAY NOTHING LOW-KEY ABOUT IT REALLY ....BUT BIZARRE......CERTAINLY!!!...I GOT WIND OF IT THROUGH A FRIEND (FAYE JONES) I THOUGHT IT WAS A WIND-UP...BUT NO WE TURNED UP AT 'THE DUTCH BIRDS' PUBLIC HOUSE IN FAILSWORTH NORTH MANCHESTER..HAD A FEW DRINKS AS THE PLACE BEGAN TO FILL-UP WITH LOTS OF LOCAL MANCHESTER FACES, THOUGHT I WAS IN THE TWISTED WHEEL AT ONE POINT. LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS HOVERING... STAGE SET UP IN THE CORNER WITH MIC STANDS AND SPEAKERS..YEP ! DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON. THEN IN THEY WALKED CECIL(BOBBYS BROTHER)..THE BEAUTIFULL LINDA (WOW , SAM COOKES DAUGHTER IN FAILSWORTH..CRAZY !) AND THEIR BEAUTIFULL DAUGHTERS WHO LATER HELPED OUT ON BACKING VOCALS( AND SANG IN THEIR OWN RIGHT WITH CECIL & LINDA BACKING.) THEY SAT AND CHATTED WITH PEOPLE AND THERE FOLLOWED A BOOK SIGNING OF 'FAMILY' A HISTORY OF THE WOMACKS...LOTS OF CDs FOR SALE TOO. I STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS HAPPENING...AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF SIGNING AND CHATTING AND LOADS OF PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES THEY WERE READY TO HIT THE STAGE, BUT FIRST THEY WENT TO GET SOME AIR AND GET READY...IN THAT TIME WE WERE TREATED TO TWO CHAPS WHO HAD A LINE IN VERY OLD JOKES AND SANG DUETS OF TUNES FROM HIGH-SOCIETY AND THE SINATRA SONGBOOK...TRULY BIZZZARE ....THEN A DELAY IN WHICH TIME THE ONE COMEDIANS' EFFORTS TO KEEP CHIPPER WERE CLEARLY GETTING TESTED AND HE WAS FAST RUNNING OUT OF GAGS..IN BETWEEN HE KEPT ASKING IF THEY WERE READY YET...BY THE TIME THEY CAME BACK ..INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING THEM IN STYLE HE WAS SO RELIEVED THAT HE EXCLAIMED' THANK GOD FOR THAT !' ......IT WAS A TRUE SOUTHPARK MOMENT. THE SHOW WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT , LINDAS' VOICE IMMACULATE...CECIL GREAT TOO...AND THE GIRLS..STARS IN THE MAKING....!!! ALL THE FAVOURITES IN THERE..'LOVE WARS,CATCH'N'DON'T LOOK BACK, EXPRESS MYSELF,CELEBRATE THE WORLD, EGYPTIAN QUEEN,STANDING STILL...A FEW THE GIRLS SANG ON (WHICH I APOLOGISE FOR BUT COULDN'T SAY I KNEW THEM, BUT DID ENJOY THEM ALONG WITH THE VERY UP FOR IT CROWD) A VERSION OF 'OTIS REDDINGS'..'DOCK OF THE BAY' WHICH SEEMED TO DRIFT IN AND OUT OF THE LYRICS. THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE WOVE A FINE TAPESTRY WITH THEIR SILKEN VOICES, QUITE MESMERIC AT TIMES AND ALL THIS TO BACKING TRACKS...THE ODD BIT OF FEEDBACK BUT OTHERWISE SPOT ON................THEN CAME' FOOTSTEPS ON THE DANCEFLOOR' AND THE PLACE ERUPTED........EVERYONE SINGING EVERY WORD ..WHAT A MAGICAL EVENING !...UNBELIEVABLE AND IN A PUB IN NORTH MANCHESTER..I'M .STILL PINCHING MYSELF !!!! TWO OR THREE ACTS ON AFTER WHICH WERE A GOOD COMPLIMENT TO THE EVENING INCLUDING MARVIN RUFFIN (CLOWNING BEHIND BEN BRIERLY} AN ABSOLUTELY CRACKING NIGHT AND SO UTTERLY UNEXPECTED...I WAS SURE IT WAS A JOKE BEFOREHAND BUT NO......THEY CAME ,THEY SAW 'THEY CONQUERED AND WHAT GREAT PEOPLE TOO. TO CAP IT ALL MR RICHARD PITTS OF FANTASTICS AND VELOURS FAME WAS THERE TOO AND I MANAGED TO HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM OUTSIDE THE VENUE...SORRY TO SAY BUT YOU MISSED A CORKER FOLKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOMACK & WOMACK WILL BE DOING A FULL TOUR IN SEPTEMBER AT MAJOR THEATRES INCLUDING LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC AND 'SHEPPARDS BUSH EMPIRE...A LOT BIGGER VENUES THAN 'THE DUTCH BIRDS' IN FAILSWORTH SO NOT AS INTIMATE...BUT MISS THEM AT YOUR PERIL !...... I MEAN IT'S THE WOMACK FAMILY ...HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'SHEER-CLASSS' !!!! ALL THE BEST CHRIS MORGAN I'LL BE POSTING PICTURES IN THE RELEVANT FORUM AND SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE TOO A.S.A.P . Chris. Got a say i had the pleasure to see them on there celebrate the world tour at the Appolo in Manchester with Ruby Turner as the support act and they and Ruby were fantastic, just wish i had known they were on round the corner from me, wouldnt have missed it. Steve Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Chris. Got a say i had the pleasure to see them on there celebrate the world tour at the Appolo in Manchester with Ruby Turner as the support act and they and Ruby were fantastic, just wish i had known they were on round the corner from me, wouldnt have missed it. Steve I only learnt late Steve...i should have posted but unsure if it was gen..sorry they were blinding !!! And fully intend to catch them on tour Link to comment
Micksmix Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I only learnt late Steve...i should have posted but unsure if it was gen..sorry they were blinding !!! And fully intend to catch them on tour saw them at the international in rusholme, late eighties,fantastic,there was an article in the manchester evening news tonight about them Mick Link to comment
Soul Shrews Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Soul shrew .....It would be lovely to meet you ...The problem we have is ...........THAT Chris doesn't know what PLANET he's at, at the moment Or any other moment come to that Annie, or planet either! The Moment's now there's a good group. The Morgent's now he's fantastic! Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 saw them at the international in rusholme, late eighties,fantastic,there was an article in the manchester evening news tonight about them Mick THEY ARE INDEED FANTASTIC MICK....JUST LOADED SOME PICS IN PHOTOS FORUM...VIDEO LATER IF I CAN WORK IT OUT Link to comment
asboannie Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 THEY ARE INDEED FANTASTIC MICK....JUST LOADED SOME PICS IN PHOTOS FORUM...VIDEO LATER IF I CAN WORK IT OUT Great photoea Chris Link to comment
Guest Baz Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Great write up Chris really enjoyed reading that Link to comment
Guest Bearsoul Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Great write up Chris really enjoyed reading that Cheers Baz ! hopefully post the footage today, some photos already posted and have footage of a few other Artists too Link to comment
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