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Grahame Humphreys Jazz Band
New Tishomingo Jazz Band
Medway Delta Jazz Band
The
Grahame Humphreys Jazz Band 1984
on tour South France 12th July - 5th August
It was a great pub on the South Circular Road in London and depping in the Grahame Humphreys Jazz Band,
I was asked if I would like to do a small tour of the South Of France with the band. Naturally. I jumped at the
chance, asking my wife to be if she could come, off on tour we went. Here are some great photos and videos
that Eileen took of the lads. We first went to a campsite near Chalain, a concert at Salle de Fete, than off to
Salins-les-Bains where we played at The Lido Hotel. And finally playing at the Lido Hotel and a nightclub
Cala Gogo - all in all a great and fun three weeks to have in ones life. Burtie Butler
Band members:
Grahame
Humphreys Mike Summers
Guy Babinet
Chris Yelf
Here are the lads on You Tube playing Dippermouth Blues
Burtie Butler Derek (Del) Smith
click on the pictures below to a feel of the tour and atmosphere
Isle
Of Capri
Original Dixie Land One-step
somewhere near Chalain
Hotel Lido
click on pics or title for video
April
Showers
Aint
She Sweet
Hotel Lagune Argeles
Hotel Lagune Argeles
click on pics or title for video
Old
Man Mose
Coffee Grinder
Hotel Lagune Argeles
having a blow at the campsite
click on pics or title for video
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The Medway Delta Jazz Band
This band was formed in 1966 - 1979 original band members were:
Dave Link tpt/ldr Norman Halliday clt Bob Boorman tmb Eric Webster bnj/gtr Roger Link bass and Pete Stevens drms
These are the original members playing at the London Tavern, Maidstone - late 60's early 70's
The band had some changes in the personnel as you will see in some of the following photos
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This photo taken at the RAFA Club Chatham - 70's band members
L/R
Barry Weston tmb Roger Link bass Dave Link tpt Cyril Foukes drms
Randy Colville clt Eric Webster bnj/gtr and Allan Bradley piano
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Sadly the demise of 'Jazz at the Continetal' Whitstable - March 1972. Licensee Mr Wilfred Crispin, said lack of
support has led to the decision to finish after only two months - band members L/R
Roger Link bass John Finch tmb Dave Link tpt
Pete Stevens drms Burtie Butler bnj and Ian Turner
clt
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The above three photos were taken in the mid 70's at 'The Plough Inn' Lewson Street Nr Sittingbourne Kent.
The band played there every Friday evening as seen in pics John Finch tmb Dave Link tpt Roger Link bass
Ian Turner clt Pete Stevens drms and out of picture
Eric Webster bnj and Allan Bradley piano
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The above picture was taken at the Plough Inn Lewson Street April 1972
L/R Norman Halliday, Dave Link, Roger Link, Burtie Butler and Snowdrop - does anybody know
his real name - could it be Edwin 'Boots' Baker ????
from Marcia Links photo collection - Dave Links widow
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The Medway Delta Jazz band at the London Tavern, Maidstone - not the Alec Webster band !!!
band members:
Brian Boorman tbn, Roger Link bass, Dave Link tpt, Pete Stevens drms,
Norman Halliday clt and Eric Webster bnj.
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A wonderful cartoon of the MDJB - artist unknown
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These two photos taken at 'The Ship Inn' Ospringe, Faversham circa late 70's band personnel in pics L/R
Roy Williams tmb Dave Link tpt Cyril Foukes drms Ray Smith tenor sax Roger Link bass
Roy Mason clt and out of pic Eric Webster Bnj
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and then the 'Medway Delta Revival Band ' was formed 1999 - 2000
The original band members were John Finch tmb Dave Link tpt Roger Link bass Ian Turner clt
John Ellmer drms and out Eric Webster bnj
These were taken at the 'Swingate Inn' Dover, Kent - late
90's
Roger Link bass
Pete Stevens drms
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The New Tishomingo Jazz Band
second time around 2007 -
Way
back in 1957, six schoolboys formed a Traditional Jazz band to play New
Orleans-based music, popularised by
the bands of Chris Barber and Ken Colyer in the UK, and George Lewis in the
USA. A name was agreed, after a tune
called Tishomingo Blues. Soon, a local Jazz Club was opened at the rear of
the Bear & Key Hotel in Whitstable, and
regular weekly sessions were held for the next 5 years. Most Kent towns had
a Jazz Club, and it was accepted that individual
bands would perform at these other venues from time to time. But as teenage
culture changed in favour of Pop music,
some “Tish” members moved on to pastures new, and the Bear & Key club
closed. In 2007, fifty years after the first band
was formed, a
Reunion
party was held in St. Mary’s Hall, Whitstable, attended by 150 guests,
with Bill Barnacle’s Jazzband
providing the music. On hand were Dave Bone, Sean Maple, Roy Gaston, Doug
Inkpen and Brian Higenbottam. All had
played in various Tishomingo combinations, so with local trumpeter Malcolm
on lead, this miscellany played an interval set,
with Hal Jones providing spoken lyrics to the signature Tishomingo Blues.
The response was so enthusiastic, that leader
Dave Bone felt that it was perhaps time to reform the “Tish”, so five of the
best local “jazzers” were recruited, and the new
band opened at the Bun Penny pub in Herne Bay on March 16th, 2007, to play
once a month. Other residencies followed
at the Riverside Restaurant, Canterbury, and the Office Bar in Folkestone
until the band settled in a Whitstable venue, the
Stables Bar of the Duke of Cumberland, a stone’s throw from the original
Bear & Key Hotel! Sessions ran until July, when
the venue changed to the Cellar Bar of the Marine Hotel in Tankerton, where
fans were entertained at monthly Club Nights
until December, 2010.
Taken at the Louis Armstrong Sunday 25th January 2009
L/R Dave Bone clt/leader, Harry Cook bass, Jimmy Tagford drs, Jackie Bowles,
Martyn Rawbone tmb, Malcolm Walton tpt and Ray Perkins piano.
Taken at the Louis Armstrong, Dover, Kent
and a private venue at the Golf Club, Whitstable, Kent.
Dave Bone clarinet, Malcolm Walton trumpet and Martyn Rawbone trombone.
The new venue in Herne Bay March 2007
In the local Rag - in thephoto its Sean Maple on trombone
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The Tish have released a new CD recorded at the New Eden Studio, St Edmund's
Catholic School,
Dover, Kent. rec on the 22nd February 2011 - to purchase this CD
or to book the New Tishomingo Band
contact the management:
Dave Bone on 01304 830 966 or mobile 07518 051 991
here are three tracks from the CD to listen to
Ostrich Walk Black Bottom Monochrome
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Also see the lads in video at their
Bear and Key
Jazzclub Reunion 2
at the Marine Hotel, Tankerton, Whitstable, Kent. 26th Oct 2007
As
Long As I Live
Ostrich Walk
Struttin With Some Barbeque
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