. . ONE GOOD TURN ! . . . .
Peter Crawford plays for the
Charity ” CHICKS ”
. . One good turn PETER CRAWFORD
Kindly giving up his time , PETER CRAWFORD , runs through some favourites
from his ‘ gig’ list , for the underprivileged children’s charity money raising event . .
. . .NICE ONE PETE ! !
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HERE NOW ! . . . . RIPAL QUIZ No. 12 . . . Keep ‘em peeled !
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STAGE SHOW . . . ’ The Harder They Come ‘
. . . Should have you dancing in the aisles ! !
Our roving crew member took extra shore leave to visit the Nottingham Playhouse to see the stage show of the 1970′s cult film ‘The Harder They Come’, which starred Jimmy Cliff and was inspired by the real-life story of Ivanhoe Martin, a legendary Jamaican outlaw of the 1940′s.
The Harder The Come is a tale about a country boy who sets off for the bright lights of Kingston, Jamaica in the hope of becoming a reggae star, and includes the hit songs ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’, ‘Many Rivers To Cross’, ‘Higher And Higher’, ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and ‘The Harder They Come’.
The show needs only one word to describe it – Brilliant. Everyone had a great time, the cast were fantastic and every member of the audience was on their feet dancing during the encore.
Now on national tour from London’s West End, venues include: Birmingham Hippodrome, West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Northampton Derngate amd Cardiff New Theatre.
A show definitely worth seeing.
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LATEST NEWS FEATURE . . . . . IAN HUNTER ( Mott the Hoople) ,
Does small pre TOUR GIG . . . RIPAL ‘ on-the-spot ‘ report . . .
Our intrepid crew member has been out and about again in Leicester. The venue was The Musician pub, which holds about 200 people, where rock legend and ex-Mott The Hoople frontman Ian Hunter, along with his backing band, played the warm-up gig for his national tour.
The set opened with Once Bitten Twice Shy, and included the hits Roll Away The Stone and All The Way From Memphis. They also played the title track from his great new album Man Overboard, along with Flowers and The Great Escape and Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane.
Ian sang and played the keyboards for Bernstein and Sondheim’s Somewhere from West Side Story which went down really well, and he and the band were joined by his daughter Tracie on backing vocals for the closing number, All The Young Dudes.
It was a fantastic evening, Ian Hunter was in fine form – he’s still got that great voice, the band were brilliant, and if you’re lucky enough to have a ticket for the tour you’re in for a real treat.
. . . MORE NEWS ! !
RIPAL RECORDS will be bringing you
(Our Dedicated reader ! )
An interesting feature on some of the very well known to some of the not so well known celebrities from the Music Industry and occasionally some folk that you’ve probably never heard of at all but have been important cogs in the Industry’s massive music box !
We will be starting with a feature called ‘ BOYS AND THEIR TOYS ’
We hope you find this interesting . . . I know I’m looking forward to it !
R.R.
. . . A L S O . . .
We are lining up a few informal chats to some members of well known local bands . All bands we mention on our site have been seen by one or other of our motley crew and have been given the thumbs up for their undoubted ability to give you some quality entertainment . We will try and find out what keeps these musicians pounding out the rhythms , year after year , for your obvious delight , and any other tips they could pass on to any of you who might be thinking about starting your own band . . . BECAUSE believe it or not . . . even Ol’ Mick will have to hang his mic up for the final time one day . . . and there will need to be quality replacements . . .
And that could be YOU !
Why don’t you Check Out . . . Quiz No. 11 ! !
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RONNIE JAMES DIO ( 67 )
Will be missed by his family , friends and all his dedicated fans . . .
( July 10 1942 – May 16 2010 )
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NEWS FLASH ! . . . Catch up with the CAPTAIN
on the Captain’s Log page . . .
He has already written his fourth LOG of his
stunning adventures , as he delves into the rockin’
world of LOCAL musical entertainment . . .
ALL THIS FOR F R E E !
. . . . I know , we frighten ourselves at times ! !
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A B I G Warm welcome to our new visitors from overseas !
We now reach the dizzy distances of New Zealand to our
close neighbours France , to the exotic in India , the frozen
expanses of Alaska , the cool coasts of the U S A . . . . Why or
how you landed on our site . . . who knows ? BUT it has been
G R E A T to meet you . . . Why not drop in again sometime ! !
from A L L at RIPAL Records !