Barry

Barb or two!!

...we're both in danger of talking twaddle...

You're right of course. All I'm trying to make you see is that just because the Funk thing wasn't on your radar bitd doesn't mean it didn't happen to a large extent in Liverpool. I've only got my chats with the older Liverpool lot to go off and maybe the soul thing wasn't on their radar - six of one ay!? - I've seen a few known Funk venues named on this thread and very few solid soul clubs. Let's call it quits.

Well there we go Denbo - if I'm talking out me arse about Liverpool being funk influenced then you are about it being a soul hotbed.

I do hate that.

Well, by the heck.

I never knew that any Backbeat had been booted.

Were the soul clubs better attended than the funk clubs Denbo?

Sorry Harry - just seen this.

Don't sweat it mate - Richard has been called 'Richard Sterling' by many a Soulie to this day - it makes me want to pull me eyes out.

Kev Edwards, Bad Ass, Ray Rose and myself did Ragga's on Hardman Street Liverpool for a couple of years in the early 90's. Owned and destroyed by Black Joe the Yardie, it was hugely popular for a spell, coaches from all over came - had the LFC team members in every week. As a matter of fact we had John Barnes, Jamie Redknapp and a few other players at ours buying soul music weekly (Barnesy had a penchant for £50 dodgy imported kung-fu VHS too ).

Bob on. Back then everything had to be learned by effort, be that effort attending various events, looking through boxes, ordering lists, or even making/receiving tapes off ov yer mates. Knowledge collection these days is so much easier.

Al's council 'house' (he actually lived in a rented property) in Cheetham Hill had been turned into a Blues specific venue. The whole house was wallpapered with posters, the front room had tweeters screwed into either side of the fire breast and the bass bin was actually in the fireplace, the kitchen had a counter blocking it off from the dining area for serving ale over and the decks had been screwed into where the sink should have been. It all came to a head during the inter-city troubles when someones motor got blown up outside. Crazy place after dark.

Haha - yeah same thing - me and Bad Ass (Alex Yearwood) used to do a lot of 'em in the 90's in Manc and Liverpool - used to be a bit on top in Manc when Cheetham Hill and Moss Side weren't getting on though.

A big shebeen scene in the 60's/70's too.

Lats time I saw John he turned up with Desa at one of our OHS all dayers - passon my heartfelts please mate?

George Jackson (sic)

That's the one Ian - him and his crew been doing quite a bit on the edits front of late.

I can't remember mate, small lad, Scouse accent, placcie Scouser clobber - I used to drag him to Wigan on occasion. I know Kev and Jeff very well, though not seen Jeff in a few years now - and Geoff Whitfield too, good lad, bought some great stuff off ov him (and Gene) over the years. He's in Leamington Spa now ay.

You remember Little Sean from Penketh mate?

Low blow that la

No one suggested that Denbo - the original poster stated Northern in his post. - a different fish.

I used to go to one of Terry's nights here in Warrington @ the old Fiesta in about 80/81 - he does a radio show with one of my old hoppo's Desa on a Monday.

Got you - fair do's - the 'Pool's a great town.