tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post1647385163697184107..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: PLATFORM JAZZ - 1980'sRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-52107535894515892142019-07-03T03:15:09.888-07:002019-07-03T03:15:09.888-07:00remember seeing jan hammer with eberhan webber at ...remember seeing jan hammer with eberhan webber at bonar hall , but the highlight was a billy higgins house drummer at one time with the bluenote label at the angus hotel playing with george coleman , others stan tracey ,alan holdsworth , boy i was lucky .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158423008195888639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-4577456975546036542016-05-09T16:48:13.128-07:002016-05-09T16:48:13.128-07:00My father helped run Platform with Rob Adams. I wa...My father helped run Platform with Rob Adams. I was too young at the time to realise the status of the musicians that performed.I certainly do now.I have some of the literature of the club that my dad left behind which was about to be thrown out. Very interesting stuff !. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410282267306515468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-25393856915004895272013-05-31T07:01:17.869-07:002013-05-31T07:01:17.869-07:00I was at the Billy Cobham gig in the Bonar Hall an...I was at the Billy Cobham gig in the Bonar Hall and remember an amusing moment featuring Rob Adams from Forbes. <br />Rob got himself rather tongue-tied when he came on stage to give Billy Cobham the big intro treatment to the audience, because just at the vital moment he said..."Please welcome on stage, Billy Connolly...er..er...uhm..Billy Cobham!!".<br />Although it was funny, we couldn't help feel sorry for him a bit when it occurred, but after the show when we were all leaving, I remember a couple of guys claiming that he did it deliberately, as a kind of "in joke" that was going on with the organisers behind the scenes.<br />No idea now if it was a mistake or just a bit of mischief!<br />Curt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-71125040646289256392010-11-08T12:27:12.262-08:002010-11-08T12:27:12.262-08:00I can also remember Jack Bruce, Peter King (sax pl...I can also remember Jack Bruce, Peter King (sax player), Alexis Korner, Talisker, OM, to name but a few.Shinkickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590101804788581394noreply@blogger.com