Showing posts with label Forever Amber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forever Amber. Show all posts

Friday, 18 June 2010

SWEET 'N' TENDER MOTION - 1960'S

Here's a rare photo of Dundee band - Sweet 'n' Tender Motion.
The group formed sometime around the late 60's, with Henry Simson their manager.
As regards the line-up of Sweet 'N' Tender Motion, I can list 4 - these being...
Danny Mitchell on drums.
John Manby on bass.
Ritchie Duncan on guitar.
Ian Mann on vocals.
On the photo though, you can see there's 5 in the group, so if anyone out there can do a "from left to right" style definitive line-up of the guys, feel free to pass on the info in the comments, along with any other details you can recall.

The JM advert is dated November 1969 when Sweet 'n' Tender Motion were sharing the evening with the Set.
Then in 1971, after a change of line-up, they were transformed into Forever Amber, along with a couple of guys from Rite Tyme.
Thanks to Craig & Danny.

Saturday, 6 March 2010

THE FOREVER AMBER MYSTERY

Forever Amber were a Dundee band who were on the go in the late 60's & early 70's.
That was the easy bit.
The difficult bit is finding out the band line-up because 3 other acts have strong connections to them which overlapped and various members were shuffled about as they came & went.
The bands connected to Forever Amber are - Souled & Healed, Sweet & Tender Motion and Rite Tyme.
So a definitive band line-up is the mystery I will need your help to solve.
I can set the ball rolling by naming one definite - Harry Adams. I know this because he was my next door neighbour at the time in Kemnay Gardens, and the band used to practise there quite a lot. In fact I remember getting a couple of lessons from their guitarist (Richie?) around the backies when they were having a break from rehearsing. I would only be about 11 then.
Harry was a keyboard player and used to have a red portable organ (Farfisa or Vox?) similar to the kind Peter Tork played on "I'm a Believer".
I have asked quite a few of my older music contacts and some names have made the list of band member possibilities, but none of them have been confirmed as definite. Here who's on the *maybe* list - DOUGAL McINTOSH - RICKY MUNRO - DONNY COUTTS - IAN CUSSICK.
If anyone can say for sure whether any of the above were or weren't in Forever Amber, that would be great. Or if you have any more contenders, just drop the info into the comments.
Musically, they were a pop-r&b outfit, and although I saw their band van come and go, I'm unsure how long they were together.
I have Forever Amber adverts spanning 1968 to 1972 but I suppose there could be others from before or after.
The first advert is when they were supporting the Tremeloes in 1968 up in Montrose.
The second one confirms a connection to Souled & Healed, this was for a gig in Aberdeen in 1971.
The third is for a gig a couple of months later in Comrie.