Glasgow band, Beggars Opera was amongst popular Scottish bands in the 1970s and recorded ground breaking LPs that sustain their legacy and place in popular culture. In various articles, their early sound was described as classically influenced though later described…
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Beggars Opera
Tagged with: 1970s progressive rock, Beggars Opera, Beggars Opera band, Glasgow band, Martin Griffiths, Ricky Gardiner, Virginia Scott
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Aberdeen music/writer Hugh Falconer
When I began researching the early beat music scene in north-east Scotland, Fit Like New York and Blue Suede Brogans were the only publications covering the subject matter. It was a drawn out process gathering and recording information and images…
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Shifting from Jazz to Beat music
Today I was reading about Charlie Watt and how he never left his jazz roots though developed a unique style with the Rolling Stones. It’s interesting that dozens of rock musicians in the ’60s got their start with jazz music…
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BEAT RED PHONE BOX
Below is the original telephone box used by locals and visitors to the museum and the Two Red Shoes Ballroom. Located by Cooper Park and the top of High Street in Elgin, Scotland, the box is listed although available for…
Tagged with: Elgin Museum, Elgin museum kiosk, Elgin telephone box, Two Red Shoes
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“I remember when rock was young”…
Scottish beat scene: From Trad and Swing music of the mid -’50’s to the Beat era, memories were made when small town kids were treated to musicians usually performing in London, Liverpool, and thereabouts. Elgin and surrounding communities were composed…
Tagged with: 1960s music, ACDC, Angela McKenzie Dills, Delroy Williams, Elgin Scotland, Newton's theory, Sugar Band, The Shannons, Two Red Shoes, Wishbone Ash
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Two Red Shoes July 28, 1960
Turning forty is a milestone for many who come to realise that “there’s is no time like the present” to accomplish personal goals. My challenge was to take up photo-collage to express thoughts and emotions besides a way of visual…
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Albert Bonici 1920 – 1990
” Albert was always good to me. When MDW called it a day he offered me an ice cream van/ a job in Eight acres or a residency with the Two Red shoes band with Graeme Nairn until I joined the…
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Roberto of Elgin
Roberto Inglez [aka Robert Maxtone Inglis]: “Pianist. Arranger. Orchestra leader. Songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland. He learned to play the piano when he was only five years old. Being of humble origin he came to work as a dentist…
Tagged with: Latin American music, Melody Maker band, Robert Inglis, Roberto Inglez
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Uncle Albert’s 100th birthday
https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/100th-party-for-albert-the-beatles-bonici-183949/ In 2007, I first met former promoter, John Ruggeri, nephew of Albert A Bonici, one of Scotland’s most successful promoter and impresario with important links in London. John, who worked in the office of his uncle’s LCB Agency along…
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