Music groups in pubs

[Towpathlegend]

My old man Danny Williams played pubs and clubs all over Brum on his own, with others as duos and as part of full bands.

 

[RRJ]

My old man Danny Williams played pubs and clubs all over Brum on his own, with others as duos and as part of full bands.

My father ( Roy Johnson b: 1937) played drums from the mid fifties to early sixties, annoyingly I don't know who for.
His younger cousin Graham Johnson also a drummer played for The Renegades based around Perry bar/ Erdington who went on to some fame in this country but were bigger hits in Finland / Italy from what I can glean from the net.

 

[Richard Dye]

Looking at this thread and Scotchmist, I realized how many groups there were. Maybe my coming of age, late 50’s but we would go to many places on Friday and Saturday nights and later on Sunday. As Oldbrit said we drank a lot of beer, sometimes a little too much. Our thing was Trad and Modern Jazz. We loved to go to the town hall but that was a little pricey. We did go however when the really big names played there.

 

[berniesims]

I remember a couple of bands that played regularly at The Lamp Tavern in Barford street. They were ‘Dr Dee’ and ‘The Indigo Blues Band’. Both played popular covers. Anyone else remember them or others that played there?

 

[oldbrit]

Brilliant what did you play? It's great fun playing in a band ain't it

I was the sax player we even played the Crown in Digbeth

 

[Taxi Tom]

I remember a couple of bands that played regularly at The Lamp Tavern in Barford street. They were ‘Dr Dee’ and ‘The Indigo Blues Band’. Both played popular covers. Anyone else remember them or others that played there?

Just to let you know that the landlord of The Lamp Tavern, Barford St, Eddie Fitzgerald has passed away.