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Post by pothos on Dec 19, 2018 12:36:29 GMT
I am so annoyed that I missed this. it would have been Johnny Guitar Byrne's 79th birthday on the 4th of December.
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Post by pothos on Dec 20, 2018 11:14:25 GMT
And still new images come to light.
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Post by pothos on Jan 4, 2019 11:13:47 GMT
Ok some wonderful photographs have come to light. These second two images are amazing and the source was part of this band so they are genuine. These images are of a band rehearsing in 1964 in what was one the Morgue Skiffle Cellar in Balgownie. You can see it was redecorated and that there was a window but the stage that Ernest, Rory and Johnny is visible. To have any photographic evidence is unheard of so these are amazing.
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Post by pothos on Jan 16, 2019 10:49:55 GMT
Interesting article.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 1, 2019 14:33:12 GMT
I'm not so sure that was a window in the Club. If it was a celler it would be underground. Maybe a poster board with paper lists attached.
I didn't think the Morgue lasted until '64? I thought it was done when the cops arrived because people complained the groups were too loud and they didn't have a permit after a few weeks of operation in '58.
OK re-reading it they were just rehearsing in the place where the original club was.
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Post by pothos on Feb 15, 2019 13:59:06 GMT
Happy 78th Birthday to Charles O'Brien "AKA Ty Brien" RIP to a wonderful man.
P.S. I got Ty's age wrong because I genuinely thought it was still 2018. I have now corrected that oversight.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 15, 2019 18:28:05 GMT
Happy 77th Birthday to Charles O'Brien "AKA Ty Brien" RIP to a wonderful man. Such a shame his life was cut short. Happy Birthday Charles.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 27, 2019 15:55:47 GMT
Finished up my guitar case for my Guyatone Johnny Byrne replica. I tried to find as many RSATH playbills as I could and glue them on the case. There's 11 of them on there. The guitar is in my avatar.
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Post by pothos on Feb 28, 2019 10:44:34 GMT
That looks so cool. I still cannot get over how much work you have put into that. Also how cool to finally see in the room where the Morgue was.
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Post by pothos on Mar 6, 2019 12:30:10 GMT
Happy Birthday to Rory's sister Iris.
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Post by pothos on Apr 4, 2019 22:41:49 GMT
On the 25th of February 1966, the last Cavern gig was held. Line up Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, The Big Three, The Crying Shames, The Kwan, The Rekords, The Dark Ages, The Sect, and The Runaways. The Bands stage a sit in overnight to try to stop the bailiffs but to no avail.
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Post by ROCKY on Apr 8, 2019 13:51:35 GMT
That was also George Harrison's 23rd birthday.
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Post by pothos on May 25, 2019 22:55:09 GMT
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 1, 2019 0:31:18 GMT
The comments were funny for that picture pothos. One took Charles for George and another thought Rory was Buddy Holly. lol
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Post by pothos on Jun 4, 2019 22:14:47 GMT
I love that picture and the comments were funny. I was intrigued by the thought that Olivia had a copy of a photograph of RSATH that George must have owned. A lovely thought that he George still had links to the pre fame days.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 5, 2019 21:12:54 GMT
Also there are the ties between George and Charles wanting that strat in Hamburg and here George & John go down to the shop to get the guitar and find out, Rory who was going to lend George the money for the guitar, changed his mind and bought the strat for Charles. Of course George was just upset, while John on the other hand wanted to take on the whole RSATH group! lol John was just armed with the nasty tongue while Charles was a boxer, so that ended that argument fast. hahaha
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Post by pothos on Jun 5, 2019 22:33:16 GMT
You can only image what would have happened if Charles and RSATH had really stood their ground. I could have this wrong but the one person I feel was tougher than them all was Gerry Marsden. Talented boxer just like Charles. I suspect Ringo could handle himself as well.
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Post by pothos on Jun 27, 2019 22:53:47 GMT
Here is an image of the actor Ben Crystal. Imagine blonde hair and I can see Rory.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 29, 2019 13:41:09 GMT
I always pictured Roger Daltry, but not anymore. lol
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Post by pothos on Jun 30, 2019 9:18:56 GMT
I cannot get over the resemblance but I might be a minority of one on that.
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