COVENTRY MUSIC ARCHIVE

Hope and Anchor - Historic Music Venue - Threat of Demolition

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:44:51 +0000

The Hope And Anchor pub in Whitefriars Lane (Central Coventry) is under threat of demolition. Musicians and music fans in the city are protesting the loss of the historic venue that enabled the Enemy and Two Tone bands to get started. Now own...

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BNP Protest - Jerry Dammers Speaks

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:08:36 +0100

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Hobo Coventry Music Archive site

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:55:57 +0100

Most of the many posts on this site are hyperlinked on this page - Your Coventry band from the 70's / Early 80's may be mentioned! Hobo - Coventry music History vox blogwas created by Trev Teasdel in 2006 being primarily the archives from Hobo Mus...

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Monty Python at the Belgrade Theatre - BBC Coventry Report

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:56:22 +0100

HOW COOL! BBC RADIO COVENTRY COVER THE COLIN RICHARDSON MONTY PYTHON STORY http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/articles/2009/10/08/monty_python_feature.shtml Hannah Tobin of BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire got in contact with Colin Rich...

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Sonar Music 25th Anniversary - New Re-Releases on a Coventry Label

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:57:33 +0100

http://www.sonar-records.demon.co.uk/ LATEST NEWS "It only seems like 5 minutes ago when I was sitting on the floor of Cabin Studio with Dave Pepper, glueing and folding the sleeves of the 'Courtiers of Fashion' single which was the first rele...

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MORE THAN TWO TONES - Review of the Launch

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:38:10 +0100

MORE THAN TWO TONES - Launch Review Having been on the steering group for the Coventry Music History Exhibition - More Than Two Tones over the past two years, (along with Pete Chambers, Richard Elms, Trev Teasdel (me), Huw Jones, John Dawkins,...

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Wandering John - Wandering back!

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:19:20 +0100

It's forty years since one of Coventry's coolest blues / rock bands formed in Coventry c 1969 with their hippy following. It's lead singer John Gravenor with his shock of red hair was an integral part of the Coventry scene, albeit a wandering one,...

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Priory Street Blues

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:57:32 +0100

| Edit note | Delete I wrote these lyrics for a new Coventry on line magazine 'Priory Street Blues' (in the planning stage) and collaborated with Coventry drummer and muso Jim Pryal on the music. An short edit of the music is above this post...

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Swinging Cats - Coventry Two Tone band

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:38:12 +0100

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THE SORROWS - Take A Heart (1966)

nobody@vox.com(HOBO - Coventry Music Magazine) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:00:57 +0100

Coventry's first name pop group hit the charts in 1965 but became a top band in Italy. Roger Lomas later produced the Selecter. In this video of their 1965 single there's an instrumental snatch of the intro to the Specials Gangsters only long befo...

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