tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post8408164176056899434..comments2023-10-05T20:28:26.432+01:00Comments on The Smudge: Star Turn - interview with The IlsleysSmudgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095730102131584701noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-3690574562676721672012-05-15T20:19:55.139+01:002012-05-15T20:19:55.139+01:00Am I the only person around here who was never inv...Am I the only person around here who was never invited to Stargroves? My nearest brush with the Stones was that my mum, as a teenager, got kicked out of Marianne Faithfull's mum's cafe in Reading for downing aspirin with a coke.<br /><br />Anyway, here's a link to my review of The Ilsley's gig at Ace Space (or look down the sidebar on the right):<br /><br /><br />http://smudgie-thesmudge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/show-must-go-on-review-of-ilsleys.htmlSmudgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095730102131584701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-76803538071182015102012-05-15T19:28:11.573+01:002012-05-15T19:28:11.573+01:00I am now in the Ilsleys and was also in Ricky and ...I am now in the Ilsleys and was also in Ricky and the Gamblers. I also visited Jaggers house Stargroves with a great guitar player who I was in a band with at the time- the late Denny Clarke. PetePetenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-19042312857756384322012-04-30T19:58:36.379+01:002012-04-30T19:58:36.379+01:00Oh, how brilliant! I knew about Jagger living at S...Oh, how brilliant! I knew about Jagger living at Stargroves back then, but I didn't realise that Newbury and its surroundings was so rock & roll!Smudgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095730102131584701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-5626044799863104212012-04-30T12:57:12.291+01:002012-04-30T12:57:12.291+01:00On a different tack, my friend and I were on our p...On a different tack, my friend and I were on our push bikes, around the back of the Bacon Arms PH in Pelican Lane about 1966, when we saw what appeared to be The Beatles get out of a Rolls-Royce I think it was, and run in. One of them saw us gawping and they were even quicker then! They were all in light blue suits, typical of the day. On another occasion I briefly met Keith Jagger (who might have been with Marianne Faithfull) , who drove a 1952 Lea Francis. I was going to buy it first, for my first car, but it needed some work done to the kingpins and I bought a Mini Cooper instead. That needed permanent work! The Stones were at Stargroves at the time and The Kinks drummer I think, Mick Avory, had a classic black '66 Ferrari 330GTC serviced at Priors Garage at Hatt Common. I frequented the garage and the Kinks arrived en-masse, all piled in and sped off! Later, I understand, the car itself was piled!!Barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-38103757650385968602012-04-30T12:30:11.336+01:002012-04-30T12:30:11.336+01:00Hi, yes, it was her I was told, but I was young an...Hi, yes, it was her I was told, but I was young and innocent then and didn't know who was who! It was in fact some time after, when I explained about the fantastic shrill voice, that I found out... My Aunt & Uncle lived in Russell Road and I watched from the bottom of their garden, by the K & ABarryhttp://www.theaustinseven.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-91038244292896120132012-04-29T22:38:15.259+01:002012-04-29T22:38:15.259+01:00Wow - Chicken Shack performed in Newbury? Was that...Wow - Chicken Shack performed in Newbury? Was that with Christine Perfect (as she was then)?Smudgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095730102131584701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-44918179987029828642012-04-29T14:08:56.570+01:002012-04-29T14:08:56.570+01:00I still have the autographs of Ricky and The Gambl...I still have the autographs of Ricky and The Gamblers! Actually, I have Johnny twice, but it was the heat of the moment! They played in the field at the top of Brummell Road in Newbury, opposite The Starting Gate PH. It probably hadn't even been built then? I can't remember the date, but it must of been early 60s. They took the power from a house in Digby Road. I lived in the road from about 1958 'til 1987. I now live in Cornwall. Later on I watched the Newbury Pop Festival at Nothcroft, where Amen Corner and Chicken Shack peformed. The bouncers were throwing people bavk into the river as they tried to swim in I seem to remember.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-40251599806171984432012-04-24T21:49:11.190+01:002012-04-24T21:49:11.190+01:00Glad you tracked this down! I like having the oppo...Glad you tracked this down! I like having the opportunity to remind people of West Berkshire's rich musical heritage (other than The Snowmen and Leo Sayer!)Smudgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095730102131584701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884619898940962351.post-8200936144059902262012-04-24T21:08:25.324+01:002012-04-24T21:08:25.324+01:00My dad is Ricky from Ricky and the Gamblers....it&...My dad is Ricky from Ricky and the Gamblers....it's great to read about the band, especially seeing what the old band members are doing these days.The Cumbrian Castle listing.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15796185153449809672noreply@blogger.com