Post by coops on Dec 13, 2008 18:10:27 GMT
Battling the almost gale force fen winds, wet roads and no windscreen washers to get to the ‘Boro for this one was no problem, we knew it would be worth it, it always is and, of course it was this night.
Missed most to Tony Clayton warm-up set but caught ‘Boro dee-jay Kieth Willcox delivering an hour of uncompromising soul of the northern kind. Keith rarely takes prisoners with his sets and this evening was no exception.
The Venue was a little late in filling but people eventually did arrive and were set on having a great time to some great music.
Next on the decks was Cleethorpes and Clifton Hall legend ‘Poke’ Hayden.
Poke played, what was to me, one of the best hour sets I had heard in a long while. Classics from the three Cleethorpes eras (Pier nighters, Winter Gardens ‘nighters and Winter Garden dayers, mixed with the top sounds from early eighties venues such as Clifton Hall in Rotherham and Leicester’s Notts Oddfellows (formerly promoted by Tony Clayton of course).
Tune after tune grabbed me by me balls and led me to the dance floor, Nate Evans, Curtis, Mind and Matter, Garfield Fleming, Jan Jones, Billy Woods, Alfie Davison and a ship load of records from those ‘modern’ soul days of the 70s & early 80s.
I must say though, there were many points during this set when I looked around at the apathy towards the dance floor and thought I must have been the only bugger there that went to the afore mentioned venues.
The lack of footfall to these 70s and 80s classics dispelled one of my theories of this northern soul scene of ours, the one where I always say that the people in east Anglia accept modern and cross-over tunes more readily than areas in the East Mids because we were influenced by Cleethorpes and St. Ives, both forwards in their attitudes way back then!
Guess, as usual I was wrong, as I say one would have thought that hardly anybody else at the right track went to either, although, I know they did!
This didn’t by any means take the edge off the evening (specially for me!!!) because although people didn’t cram the dance floor you could see the heads nodding and feet tapping as their butts were firmly glued into their seats.
Next up was another ‘Boro lad Andrew ‘Smudge’ Smith who played a set comprising of classics, a selection of sixties soul that certainly got those butts off the chairs and onto the floor, Smudge’s set was topped off, for me any how, by Eddie Whitehouse, top draw sound in a top draw set.
East Midlands legend and ex-miner (who now digs deep for tunes, and finds them, instead of coal) Cressy.
Cressy mixed and matched, classic 60s with a touch of motown and one or two present 60s monsters all well and truly devoured by the paying public.
We had to get back to Skegness so I must admit we missed Brian Rae’s set but I’m sure he got it right, bugger me he’s been about long enough to.
Another top night at the Right Track soul club in Peterborough and the guests for the next one are John Manship and Carl Fortnum showing that the ‘Boro are getting more progressive in their northern soul than they have done since the DKoF closed it’s doors for the last time.
Well done promoters Martin and Tracy, well done in deed.
images on ournorthernsouls.org
Missed most to Tony Clayton warm-up set but caught ‘Boro dee-jay Kieth Willcox delivering an hour of uncompromising soul of the northern kind. Keith rarely takes prisoners with his sets and this evening was no exception.
The Venue was a little late in filling but people eventually did arrive and were set on having a great time to some great music.
Next on the decks was Cleethorpes and Clifton Hall legend ‘Poke’ Hayden.
Poke played, what was to me, one of the best hour sets I had heard in a long while. Classics from the three Cleethorpes eras (Pier nighters, Winter Gardens ‘nighters and Winter Garden dayers, mixed with the top sounds from early eighties venues such as Clifton Hall in Rotherham and Leicester’s Notts Oddfellows (formerly promoted by Tony Clayton of course).
Tune after tune grabbed me by me balls and led me to the dance floor, Nate Evans, Curtis, Mind and Matter, Garfield Fleming, Jan Jones, Billy Woods, Alfie Davison and a ship load of records from those ‘modern’ soul days of the 70s & early 80s.
I must say though, there were many points during this set when I looked around at the apathy towards the dance floor and thought I must have been the only bugger there that went to the afore mentioned venues.
The lack of footfall to these 70s and 80s classics dispelled one of my theories of this northern soul scene of ours, the one where I always say that the people in east Anglia accept modern and cross-over tunes more readily than areas in the East Mids because we were influenced by Cleethorpes and St. Ives, both forwards in their attitudes way back then!
Guess, as usual I was wrong, as I say one would have thought that hardly anybody else at the right track went to either, although, I know they did!
This didn’t by any means take the edge off the evening (specially for me!!!) because although people didn’t cram the dance floor you could see the heads nodding and feet tapping as their butts were firmly glued into their seats.
Next up was another ‘Boro lad Andrew ‘Smudge’ Smith who played a set comprising of classics, a selection of sixties soul that certainly got those butts off the chairs and onto the floor, Smudge’s set was topped off, for me any how, by Eddie Whitehouse, top draw sound in a top draw set.
East Midlands legend and ex-miner (who now digs deep for tunes, and finds them, instead of coal) Cressy.
Cressy mixed and matched, classic 60s with a touch of motown and one or two present 60s monsters all well and truly devoured by the paying public.
We had to get back to Skegness so I must admit we missed Brian Rae’s set but I’m sure he got it right, bugger me he’s been about long enough to.
Another top night at the Right Track soul club in Peterborough and the guests for the next one are John Manship and Carl Fortnum showing that the ‘Boro are getting more progressive in their northern soul than they have done since the DKoF closed it’s doors for the last time.
Well done promoters Martin and Tracy, well done in deed.
images on ournorthernsouls.org