The Monte Carlo was on Soho rd Handsworth on the left hand side going out of town.It was THE MONTE CARLO CLUB owned by two Cypriots Dinas and Zallus the compare was LEIGH DOUGLAS and the band was the MEL FORD SOUND .Many top stars performed there
The Monte Carlo was on Soho rd Handsworth on the left hand side going out of town.It was THE MONTE CARLO CLUB owned by two Cypriots Dinas and Zallus the compare was LEIGH DOUGLAS and the band was the MEL FORD SOUND .Many top stars performed there
"they" might have complained grumlow but i tell you, and its fair to say i and others rated the tee,bones at the garry as the best in the area bar none, as a matter of interest, saw, frank carson in there one night, years later, in about 1986 he was doing a show in devon where we had a hotel and he popped in for a drink, i reminded him of our first meeting in the gary, in that strong accent of his he said and by golly, the man must do the best t,bone steak i,ve ever hadi used to supply the meat for the garry owen club i owned the butchers shop next to creswells the shoe shop across the road from the club. they always complained that i cut their T bone steaks to thick.
Wendy & gothic, The club over the bowling alley was called the Heart Beat when it opened and later on it was renamed Samantha's. I joined when it was called the Heartbeat and I was pretty miffed when I moved to Bristol for a while that I had to re-join to use the exact same club in a building that was exactly the same as Birmingham. They must have used the same architects drawings to build a skating ring, nightclub and bowling alley there. Even the interiors were the same.
Looks like "The Beat".... Dave Wakeling left handed guitarist and Rankin' Roger at the mic.And this
i saw my all time favorite singer roy orbison twice at the night out and gene pitney shame they shut it
Does anyone remember the DJ Dave Terry?Oh yes i remember the Alhambra later to be called the Parasol .