BLUES 'N' TROUBLE - 1980's

Gritty Scots band, Blues 'N' Trouble, played in Dundee many times during the 2nd half of the 80's, at venues such as University and College.

Here's a couple of items pertaining to their Fat Sams gigs.

A flyer for a performance on 21st December 1987 accompanied by a themed disco keeping the R & B sounds flowing.

An advert published in the local press for a stomp on 28 June 1989.

ALAN PRICE GIG AT SESSIONS - 1989

Alan Price had a 2 night stint at Sessions in June 1989.

I can remember when Alan was a regular on the telly in the 60's when he was in The Animals, a band who had some serious chart-busting singles in the hit parade, as it was called back then.

Alan then departed The Animals in the mid 60's to pursue a solo career - he actually played a gig at the Palais (Top Ten Club) in 1966.

Around the early 70's, he kind of became a lightweight all-round entertainer appearing on naff variety shows.

I never saw or heard him again after that.

So obviously, as this picture shows, he went back to doing what he was doing in the mid 60's, playing the pub & club circuit again.

His 2 female backing singers appear to be sharing a joke behind his back rather than providing vocals!

Photo by The Bear.

MUSIC CELEBS WITH DCT MAGS #1

A wee bit of fun now as I indulge in a short, quirky sequence featuring famous music biz personalities photographed reading DC Thomson publications.
Starting with this LP released in 1966, the John Mayall Blues Breakers album which has Eric Clapton reading a well known Dundee comic on the cover. The image has become so iconic, that the record has since become known as "The Beano Album".
Although it's quite an amusing sight, the album itself is seriously considered to be one of the most influential LP's in rock history because it spotlights for the very first time, the sound of a Gibson Les Paul being powered through a Marshall amp. A phenomenon which itself eventually became a bit of a cliche in rock music and was comically parodied in Spinal Tap...remember..."the numbers all go to 11"