Hi,

I was just wondering how many celebrity soulies there have been past and present such as people like Steve Davies - the Snooker player, Anna Ford the news reader anybody like to contribute to the list?

A few years ago I remember me and Pete being collapsed and seriously out of it in the foyer of a weekender when out of the blue Samuel L Jackson came walking by with his entourage - I think I overheard him say "Fcuk me Pete and Dave at Southport?!?!".

As you can imagine, being neck deep in doves, we were a bit 'surprised' - apparently he was there doing a promo for the launch of 51st State... Does that count?

Dx 

Edited June 20, 20187 yr by DaveNPete

3 hours ago, chalky said:

He was in the play wasn’t he, Once Upon A Time.....he used to go all over around that time, Sheridans as well. 

He was in the play, but he loved the allnighters.  Can't remember how I met him now.  He did go literally all over the place, I remember seeing him at the Marrs Bar and he told me he'd landed a role in a big Hollywood film and then I don't think I saw him again.

Edited June 19, 20187 yr by woolie mark

1 hour ago, DaveNPete said:

A few years ago I remember me and Pete being collapsed and seriously out of it in the foyer of a weekender when out of the blue Samuel L Jackson came walking by with his entourage - I think overheard him say "Fcuk me Pete and Dave at Southport?!?!".

As you can imagine, being neck deep in doves, we were a bit 'surprised' - apparently he was there doing a promo for the launch of 51st State... Does that count?

Dx 

Hmmmm.....those doves were strong, weren't they.  I suppose he also asked you what they call a Big Mac in Southport? 😉

11 hours ago, woolie mark said:

He was in the play, but he loved the allnighters.  Can't remember how I met him now.  He did go literally all over the place, I remember seeing him at the Marrs Bar and he told me he'd landed a role in a big Hollywood film and then I don't think I saw him again.

They did much of the circuit up north at the time, Lifeline, Soultown etc....they weee very much into it too 

Edited June 20, 20187 yr by chalky

On 27/02/2018 at 22:17, chalky said:

He had a show on Radio Invictus too.

serious collector! Still is I believe.  Has or had a great Lp collection.   Was a regular at Thorne, put his money into Voices etc

He bought at least 2 records from me in the last few years.. I bought a half dozen from him in that time also

18 hours ago, monny1916 said:

Micky Gynn ,,, FA cup winner with Coventry city and a great player for Corby Town FC and a regular buyer on record sales 

Already mentioned him, great guy with a super Sweet Soul and Modern Soul collection, keen as mustard about Soul music, oh, and Coventry City 👍 

Kev 

22 hours ago, monny1916 said:

Micky Gynn ,,, FA cup winner with Coventry city and a great player for Corby Town FC and a regular buyer on record sales 

Thank you so much for the mention. Even more so to remind me of my non league days, after i retired from Professional Football from 1995 onwards.

I loved my time at Corby Town, with a very good friend of mine Ian Benjamin as manager.

Still buying quality soul as always !!

Kind regards.

Micky

 

4 hours ago, kev cane said:

Already mentioned him, great guy with a super Sweet Soul and Modern Soul collection, keen as mustard about Soul music, oh, and Coventry City 👍 

Kev 

Cheers Kev again for the kind words. Another Cd on the way soon for you mate !!

Hope you and the family are all well.

Kind regards.

Micky

On 29/07/2008 at 18:02, CheltSoulNights said:

Noddy Holder had a catacoombs membership but denied ever going

 

Lenny ohenry?

Saw Kevin Rowland in the Cats a few times - he looked a miserable git back then!

Mick Hucknall went to the casino his comments are on a video, but don't know which one sorry

No it's the Old Grey Whistle Test feature on Northern - in which he says "I've never been to an allnighter" - he was a punk at the time.

Dx

44 minutes ago, DaveNPete said:

No it's the Old Grey Whistle Test feature on Northern - in which he says "I've never been to an allnighter" - he was a punk at the time.

Dx

Nah , he said    "I've never even been to a Wigan all-niter , but I've been to a couple of all-niters ..... "

He says he went to Wigan casino but found it very clicky

16 minutes ago, Stephen Houghton said:

He says he went to Wigan casino but found it very clicky

Nah ..... 

 

On 22/02/2018 at 22:20, snakepit said:

Don't know about his soul credentials, but a bit of trivia for you......he was in the Dallas police station when Lee Harvey Oswald was hauled before the press , to be told he was being charged with JFK's assassination.

Theres a picture of him near the front of the stage at the casino with a cery young looking anna ford. Heard him play little tommy cant you see, the. Vibrations " i took an overdose"( mark lammarr used to play that too!  And loads and loads more . He started on radio caroline with tony blackburn, where they tried snatch listeners off luxemberg which played black american releases, on his programmeshen he played say a recent addition to the kent releases , hed give the serial number as well as the official date of release,  

Wow long running thread Frank Warren boxing promoter and east end wide boy buys regular under a alias loves his sixties okeh stuff etc,Alan Hanson has a large rare soul collection,Pic here of Marc Limar at the Austen Fair Texas snapping up loads of interesting stuff and having great banter with the US dealers.At the end of the day vinyl horders may gravitate towards the music via other means than northern dos,loads of US Collectors have come via the sweet/lowrider scene and now buy lots of northern thats a fact as I sell loads to the sweet guys and girls on facebook. There are numerous rockabilly and garage collectors buying the Duke/Peacock stuff and early R/B Popcorn etc.Its a broad church and not always northern soul although as mentioned a lot of the collectors/celebrities owe their "dues in one way or another "to the Northern Soul Scene and many more have jumped on becauseits good to wear baggies at fashion shows lol.

Edited June 23, 20187 yr by Baz Atkinson

Baz, who's that bloke?

23 minutes ago, Benji said:

Baz, who's that bloke?

Eh up mate Marc Limar never mind the buzzcocks shooting stars etc, regular visitor to US Record Fairs and collector ! 

6 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

Nah ..... 

 

Keith Minshull at 5:03? Tim Ashebende at 5:07.

 

36 minutes ago, Baz Atkinson said:

Eh up mate Marc Limar never mind the buzzcocks shooting stars etc, regular visitor to US Record Fairs and collector ! 

He's a regular on FB in the sales groups too

30 minutes ago, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

Keith Minshull at 5:03? Tim Ashebende at 5:07.

 

And ... ? ... somewhat off-topic , both well known on the scene but hardly 'celebrities' ... sorry Tim ... 

5 hours ago, Baz Atkinson said:

Wow long running thread Frank Warren boxing promoter and east end wide boy buys regular under a alias loves his sixties okeh stuff etc,Alan Hanson has a large rare soul collection,Pic here of Marc Limar at the Austen Fair Texas snapping up loads of interesting stuff and having great banter with the US dealers.At the end of the day vinyl horders may gravitate towards the music via other means than northern dos,loads of US Collectors have come via the sweet/lowrider scene and now buy lots of northern thats a fact as I sell loads to the sweet guys and girls on facebook. There are numerous rockabilly and garage collectors buying the Duke/Peacock stuff and early R/B Popcorn etc.Its a broad church and not always northern soul although as mentioned a lot of the collectors/celebrities owe their "dues in one way or another "to the Northern Soul Scene and many more have jumped on becauseits good to wear baggies at fashion shows lol.

He used to come to Swindon soul nights regularly coz he shared a house with Muff from Swindon. Dx

26 minutes ago, WoodButcher said:

And ... ? ... somewhat off-topic , both well known on the scene but hardly 'celebrities' ... sorry Tim ... 

Recall seeing Charlie Williams at one of the Yorkshire niters once mid 80s, curiously I saw him first at a Goth nite in Batley, not long after saw him at a niter most probably Mexboro.

Carol Decker not strictly at a niter but at the Naughty Willy soul night in Bridgnorth Shropshire.

2 hours ago, chalky said:

He's a regular on FB in the sales groups too

Yeah deffo mate another using a different name ! 

Just remembered another David Morrisey the English Actor. Was driving to train one day and he was on radio 2 spinning some of his fav tunes my jaw dropped when he played the Just Brothers on Empire things will be better ! 

Not forgetting Mark E Smith out the Fall RIP who sang about his mates coming down off the gear after the casino and topped the indie charts for over 2 years with lie dream of a casino soul . 

Edited June 23, 20187 yr by Baz Atkinson

3 hours ago, Baz Atkinson said:

Eh up mate Marc Limar never mind the buzzcocks shooting stars etc, regular visitor to US Record Fairs and collector ! 

Thanks. Many English comedians are not that well known over here.

On 23/06/2018 at 20:22, Baz Atkinson said:

Just remembered another David Morrisey the English Actor. Was driving to train one day and he was on radio 2 spinning some of his fav tunes my jaw dropped when he played the Just Brothers on Empire things will be better ! 

Not forgetting Mark E Smith out the Fall RIP who sang about his mates coming down off the gear after the casino and topped the indie charts for over 2 years with lie dream of a casino soul . 

Heard that very same show... my jaw dropped too at the Just Brothers too!

On 08/01/2006 at 16:54, Guest OntheScene said:

Hi,

 

I was just wondering how many celebrity soulies there have been past and present such as people like Steve Davies - the Snooker player, Anna Ford the news reader anybody like to contribute to the list?

 

Lisa Stansfield

On 25/06/2018 at 16:05, wildtiga said:

 

Lisa Stansfield

Pretty sure I saw her at Burnley on a Friday night, before she was well known or just becoming so.

A little off topic but along the same lines. 

 

Who the hell knew Gil Scott Heron's Dad played football for Celtic??

Edited June 29, 20187 yr by jam66
spelling.

3 hours ago, jam66 said:

A little off topic but along the same lines. 

 

Who the hell knew Gil Scott Heron's Dad played football for Celtic??

I thought this was common knowledge as it’s in his biographies, goalkeeper wasn’t he ? Stand to be corrected. But it does seem bizarre , but it is true.

A photo of Chris Waddle came up on tv yesterday. When he moved from Newcastle to Spurs he commented in a magazine that he didn't think he would find northern soul in London....

Not read the biographies but I hadn't come across it before.

This provides a good summary of Gil Heron's Scottish sporting career:

https://scottishleisurehistory.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/the-story-of-gil-heron-the-first-black-professional-footballer-in-scotland/ 

 

Saw Steve Davis DJing on Friday at the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival in Birmingham.  Did a soul set, certainly not Northern and all off CD's, not bad though. He was besieged by (presumably) snooker fans wanting to take selfies with him throughout which must have been a bit off-putting for him. Tried to sketch him too but he didn't keep still so his face is the wrong shape!

 

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by Timillustrator

Not a celebrity but recently read the boxer Carl Froch's autobiography and in it he says his dad got nicked a couple of times for pinching cars to get to 'Northern Soul do's' in the Midlands back in the 70's.

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by chatty

The bloke who played Matt on Emmerdale was at the Casino one night, not sure if he was into the music though

 

Can't believe I'm not listed in this so called celeb listing I'm only one on ere took a Supremes up to ACCA in Halifax !!! Ow played with Furs band, in Joe Jackson video  not to mention Dick Emery, diving off wardrobe at White swan hotel, (mucky duck) to locals.

Plus best buddy with George thee Clinton  after last year.

Legend in my own lunch time.

Some u can remember !! 

On 08/07/2018 at 13:10, Timillustrator said:

Saw Steve Davis DJing on Friday at the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival in Birmingham. He was besieged by (presumably) snooker fans.

A long cue?

Can you name any Soul Music Loving Celebrities not just one genre eg Northern ,   

 

TVM.....

Yeh, Steve Davis is a soul fan and I believe that he has a brilliant collection of vinyl  !

Yeah I know there is a few....  PLEASE APPEND TO THE LIST TVM...... I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THREADS HERE WITH SOME NAME I'LL APPEND THOSE IF I MAY..

• Steve Davis
• Lenny Henry
• Chuka Umunna
• Jay Blades [The Repair Shop] ?
• Lee Hirst
• Chris Hughton 
• Les Ferdinand

21 minutes ago, Binky said:

Can you name any Soul Music Loving Celebrities not just one genre eg Northern ,   

 

TVM.....

welcome to the site 👍

gonna merge this topic with this long running one in a bit

mike