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A HISTORY OF THE COVENTRY MUSIC SCENE IN THE 1970'S BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESTRICTED TO THE 70'S. A RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS, FILM MAKERS, WRITERS AND MUSICIANS AS WELL AS FOR THOSE CURIOUS ABOUT THE COVENTRY MUSIC SCENE IN THE YEARS BEFORE TWO TONE BROKE AND THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED OR AROUND AT THE TIME. WE WELCOME FEEDBACK.
You can scroll down endlessly (there's a lot of posts on here) or for an organised index and to access band and Cov My Space directories and other Cov website click on the
HOBO HYPERLINKED INDEX also visit the HOBO MY SPACE
Following the Gnome Fest, Hobo has uploaded Doc Mustard's video - a song about his busking experiences outside a cinema in Cornwall who installed a TV to drown him out - brilliant song from Ollie Oliver who was of course bass player in Cov Ska band Hot Snacks in the 80's and much more.
GO GO GO was our last featured song by New Coventry Singer Songwriter - Katie Dove-Dixon from Leamington Spa. I felt there's great potential in her songwriting and style and it's been a while since I heard piano based songs. You can still hear the song on the Hobo My Space or Katie's My Space HERE
Recent posts - new
HOBO INFORMATION
Early Dando Shaft and New Modern Idiot Grunt Band tracks available HERE
COVENTRY MUSIC EXHIBITION 2009
Hobo and Pete Chambers are working with the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum to create a Coventry music
history exhibition for October 2009. Hopefully this will result in a permanent display in the museum if everyone supports it. Although Two Tone will be a central feature of course the Exhibiton will aim to reflect a fuller picture of the Coventry music scene from the 50's to present day with plenty of related features. As 2009 is the 30th anniversary of Two Tone which began in 1979, we are working with Neol Davies on a possible celebration of Two Tone and a tie in with the launch of the Exhibition in the form of a Two Tone jam session with guest musicians and bands. Check out the index to find out more about the exhibition and updates will be posted on here. Hobo is also creating a Covnetry Music Timeline for the museum to be posted on here so that people can make suggestions / corrections. A link to the post will be placed under Recent Posts above.
THE JUNE 2008 MINUTES ARE NOW ON HERE
STOP PRESS - NEW COVENTRY VOX BLOG FROM HOBO MAGAZINE -
COVMUSIC TIMELINE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO GUIDE RESEARCHERS FOR THE COVENTRY MUSIC EXHIBITION - VIEW AND COMMENT AND WATCH IT GROW - WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A WHILE.
THE GOLDEN CROSS ACOUSTIC HAS CLOSED -
BUT JUSTINE IS OPENING A NEW ACOUSTIC VENUE CALLED THE ACOUSTIC ESCAPE - DETAILS ON THE NEW MY SPACE HERE
NEW UPDATE
"I picked up on your blog piece on Golden Cross Acoustic. Yes, Justine is moving to a new venue - The Escape Bar on Hales Street and her new night is called The Acoustic Escape starting every Wednesday from 21st May 2008. The Golden Cross pub hasn't closed down, just Justine's night there. Golden Cross Acoustic has been running for over 2 years and a change was needed. We are now going to be in a great venue (both in bricks and mortar but also the team at The Escape Bar are fantastically enthusiastic about The Acoustic Escape venture). The night also compliments what they are doing at The Escape Bar with 'Jam' on a Tuesday and The Caberet Club every other Sunday. Check out The Acoustic Escape Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/theacousticescape - it is now fully up and running! Justine's departure was timed with the redecoration at The Golden Cross. The music venue upstairs is now called The Coventry Mint at The Golden Cross and their Myspace is http://www.myspace.com/thecovmint
Thanx for your support!
Anthony
The Acoustic Escape
Disaster Junkie Records & Promotions
visit their My Space sites Golden Cross Acoustic - My Space
Golden Cross - My Space bands
PIECE IN COVENTRY TELEGRAPH ABOUT IT HERE
Golden Cross - My Space bands
PIECE IN COVENTRY TELEGRAPH ABOUT IT HERE
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Loving New Cov Band Rider at the moment (check them out on Vox)
Pete Chambers launches his well produced new book on Cov Music
replete with fantastic photos of Cov's rich musical heritage. At £5.99 it's a must buy for anyone passionate about Cov Music.
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Read about Horace's New Book HERE
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Read about Horace's New Book HERE
NOW IN PAPERBACK FOR £7.99
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THE GNOME LABEL
THE NEW CO-OPERATIVE RECORD LABEL!
"We work on the principle of Mutual Aid and devote our time to actively promoting an alternative to the big business of the Music Industry. We have no paid employees but rely on a collective of experienced people who believe in the ethic of cooperation. This is a project that has been 40 years in the making, which is now made possible by new technology.."
The Gnome are aiming for four releases each quarter and to develop from there (keep an eye on their site for details and developments) - Gnome Label and Gnome Fest
The Gnome wrote -
More details on these can be found on the Gnome Label site Here
"Songs from the Coventry Underground Is a collection of the earlier songs from poet and performer Trev Teasdel.
It is very apt that he should feature at the very beginning of our Retro-Cov platform.
This is the guy that played an important role in the development of Coventry musical conciousness. He kept an alternative voice alive with the production of Hobo magazine that continued the trail from where the fading footprints of the Gnome could still be identified. Taking over the booking of live bands at the Arts Umbrella, he continued the policy that allowed many of the new local bands an airing as well as bringing in some excellent but not often seen names from outside of the City.
He also created one of the cornerstones of the Coventry Music scene, with the inception of the open jam sessions at the Holyhead Road Arts centre.
He left Coventry to study and has since been as active as ever, with an impressive workload of teaching new writers, running poetry magazines and venues from his Teesside home while still writing and performing his own material.
But that's not the only reason for choosing his work for this release. He is a master craftsman of his artform. His lyrics are carefully honed with the occasional surprise. The working of the words " under the Speenhamland scheme" into the lyric of Captain Swing, written some 20 years before the arrival of Billy Bragg, is phenomenal and deserves a place in the record books.
Aside from that, his work reverberates with the angst and expectations that many living in Coventry at the that time will have felt. Often written on long walks home up the London Road after the last bus, or in teabreaks while working at the GEC. The collective lyrics paint a picture of youthful exhilaration and myradiacl inspirations with echoes of revolt. Some might suggest that they could have been written in and about any city in those times. No they could only come from one place....Our Coventry.
Trev has posted many of his lyrics and the thought and activities behind their writing on his Vox space HERE
This is the guy that played an important role in the development of Coventry musical conciousness. He kept an alternative voice alive with the production of Hobo magazine that continued the trail from where the fading footprints of the Gnome could still be identified. Taking over the booking of live bands at the Arts Umbrella, he continued the policy that allowed many of the new local bands an airing as well as bringing in some excellent but not often seen names from outside of the City.
He also created one of the cornerstones of the Coventry Music scene, with the inception of the open jam sessions at the Holyhead Road Arts centre.
He left Coventry to study and has since been as active as ever, with an impressive workload of teaching new writers, running poetry magazines and venues from his Teesside home while still writing and performing his own material.
But that's not the only reason for choosing his work for this release. He is a master craftsman of his artform. His lyrics are carefully honed with the occasional surprise. The working of the words " under the Speenhamland scheme" into the lyric of Captain Swing, written some 20 years before the arrival of Billy Bragg, is phenomenal and deserves a place in the record books.
Aside from that, his work reverberates with the angst and expectations that many living in Coventry at the that time will have felt. Often written on long walks home up the London Road after the last bus, or in teabreaks while working at the GEC. The collective lyrics paint a picture of youthful exhilaration and myradiacl inspirations with echoes of revolt. Some might suggest that they could have been written in and about any city in those times. No they could only come from one place....Our Coventry.
Trev has posted many of his lyrics and the thought and activities behind their writing on his Vox space HERE
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The brilliant 1980 Coventry Album SENT FOR COVENTRY produced by Martin Bowes of Alternative Sounds
Magazine in Coventry and now in the band Attrition (who will be featured in the Retro Cov album is now available for download HERE
You can listen to excerpts from the tracks which include - The Wild Boys, Clique, The End, The Urge, Hot Snacks (Machine), Solid Action, The Mix, Vietnamese Babies, Squad, Riot Act, Protege, Homicide.
This is from the illustrious Two Tone Period in Coventry when Coventry was buzzing with musical life and bands. See the Alternative Sounds supplement with more info on the bands shortly - watch this space.
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You can listen to excerpts from the tracks which include - The Wild Boys, Clique, The End, The Urge, Hot Snacks (Machine), Solid Action, The Mix, Vietnamese Babies, Squad, Riot Act, Protege, Homicide.
This is from the illustrious Two Tone Period in Coventry when Coventry was buzzing with musical life and bands. See the Alternative Sounds supplement with more info on the bands shortly - watch this space.
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