One further share from the video of the Bands visit to Jönköping in 1990. Before sharing a wee story about this one I must credit my younger daughter, Alice, for doing such a good job of getting the video from VHS to mp4 (don’t want to get told off like last week 😉)
In this clip I have editted out much of the ‘pantomime’ that took place before the start of the piece. Geoff had decided that we would quite often start after the interval with this and that it would be a ‘good idea’ if, when he tried to conduct, the Band would tell him that they were missing the percussion section – which is always necessary 😉, but even more so for this.
The excuse (at least to start with) was that we were still outside selling CDs. As these things tend to do – each time we played it, the ‘pantomime’ got more involved, with the percussionists lounging at the back of the hall, claiming that they weren’t going to play until they got paid and generally stringing out the introduction to extreme lengths.
Geoff would then give us a very limited time to get to our places in the Band before starting the piece. I remember when we were in Umeå – the furthest north point of the tour – we were playing in a church that had a small balcony at the back – quite a long way from the Band. Having completed our little act we were led out the door at the back of the balcony by our youngest member – ran down what I remember as a very winding staircase – and in through the door at the bottom of the stairs.
Unfortunately – it was the wrong door and we all piled into a little room that was most certainly not where the Band were about to play 😂 – fortunately, the second door we tried was the right one. I think in subsequent performance we made sure that our escape route was well thought through!!
The whole of the evening’s recording has now been added in a separate post.
Las Lluvias Grande : Peter Graham
Comments :
Simon Wright
I would never get lost…….just seeing if you would all follow like sheep! 😜
Rachel Wood
Howard J Evans you could do this one maybe 😂
Gemma Hinchliffe
My Grandad loved to play to the crowd, have fun & make people smile. Love the sombreros! How did you get those in your cases!??!?? Love all these memories Xxxxx ☀️😎🏖🎵☀️ Thank you George
Simon Wright
Brian Wright you are younger than I am now! Salt n pepper beards are clearly a family trait!
Brian Wright
