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supplied by John Gale
and with The Adults on the 13th May supplied by John Gale
John Gale… A little report I found today from the Priory Rd News school paper, this would have been 12th May 1978. Smoke Stack Lightning playing their now infamous gig down St Clements Caves, what a sweaty night that was, happy days
Steve Fox… Nice find!
Glenn Piper… Must be more than 40 years as the school ceased in about 1974 when it became a comprehensive
Pete Fairless… It didn’t become a comp. until about ’79 or ’80
Graham Marriott… Wonderful acoustics for mobile disco in them caves 1980’s
Jim Breeds… They didn’t do things like this in my days at HSSB.
Chris Boorman… All those years ago. And Smokestack still have the same lineup as those 2 gigs. Mainly because they can’t find another drummer who will put up with the others in the band
Steve Sampson… Noggins Deluxe Disco … those were the days
Jason Dicker… Paul Rogers on base ?
John Gale… Exactly 46 years ago to the day . It was drummer Chris Boorman’s 17th birthday. Happy birthday again Tif . The disco on the night was DC Disco, supporting band were Ixtlyn . I remember SSL used alot of Ken’s brothers gear for the night The next day they played Tackleway Hall , supported by The Adults and Noggins legendary deluxe disco. Crazy night that was
Ken Copsey… John, Bert 46 years later playing the same Travis Bean guitar. That was the only thing we borrowed that night and it was recently very kindly given to Bert by my friend Oisin Little who had been its guardian ever since he resurrected it a number of years ago. I think we’d better start rehearsing for the 50th anniversary!
Ken Copsey… Still at it last night playing bass with The Steve Hooker. Support from Mick Bacon and David Stevens in Norwich.
