O/T Joe Meek

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Nothing to do with The Shadows directly - although Clem Cattini & Bruce Welch are close friends (& have been since the Two I's days) & the Outlaws' belligerent Billy Kuy & a young Bruce almost once came to blows whilst 'discussing' the relative merits of Outlaws / Shadows etc! But....I digress. For anyone who might be interested - the Gloucester Civic Trust is putting on a Joe Meek Exhibition (Sept 27th - October 16th) & on Saturday October 2nd (12.00 - 1.00pm) I shall be giving a talk / lecture about Joe. The GCT is a charitable organisation & they have (not my idea!!) decided to levy a small (£2) entrance charge. I have delivered talks about Joe (& his artists) before at Gloucester Museum, Islington Library, Newent Joe Meek Festival as well as for music students associated with Edinburgh University. Details will eventually be on the trust's website or on the Joe Meek Society website - under 'News' (scroll down - as the latest news is always first).

http://www.gloucestercivictrust.org.uk/


http://www.rhis.co.uk/jmas/frame.html

who knows/ Maybe see some of you there??

Bests....Rob

PS: City of Gloucester is a pleasant place to visit for a day out! LOL

[Mikey]

Rob
Sound like a great event. just up the road from me so I hope to be there.
Mike

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Hi Mike,
Great.....so now I'll definitely have an audience to address (apart from the curator!!) LOL. Come and say 'Hello'! I'd better do my homework now.

Bests...Rob

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I forgot to mention - just in case there might be some ShadowMusic members who were unaware. Brian Bennett and Brian Locking were both recorded at 304, Holloway Road as part of the Krew Kats when they briefly backed up singer Michael Cox - most notably on "Sweet Little 16". Tony Meehan briefly worked for Joe Meek in between quitting the Shads and taking up his post at Decca. He played drums on a few sessions and did some MD work. Because of the Tony Meehan / Joe meek connections - Jet Harris also recorded a few tracks at 304 not long after he too quit the Shadows. They are presumably lost forever and Jet himself cannot recall any of the titles - although he does remember visiting the Holloway Road studio. I don't believe that Hank or Bruce were ever there - but they did know many of the other musicians who were employed by Joe Meek at various times.

Rob

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Get out and listen to our Rob! I heard him speak a few years ago at a Gloucester exhibit dedicated to Joe Meek's life and recorded work. Most interesting and delightful!