Motown Hits and Misses

The success of Motown and the “Motown Sound” in the second half of the 20th century has created a lot of wealthy individuals; people like Motown’s founder, Berry Gordy, Smokey…

Return Of The Beano

It’s a chilly Winter’s night in January 1966 – Saturday the 29th to be precise. My band, Jazzboard, have just finished performing at the West End Club in the Fenham…

As Long As I Have You

Whilst driving home last week after a short trip to the northeast I turned on the car radio and caught the end of a very familiar song. It took a…

For the record

Back in the early to mid sixties, the opportunities for a north east band to become known on a national level were quite limited. The usual route for a band…

Music

Here are some songs from various north east bands recorded during the period 1963 to 1971. The sound quality on the tracks is variable. Some were locally made demo discs…