rendezvous wrote:
Hello W2,
“.....Having said that (bear with the parochialism fellow forum members), I was home a few weeks ago and attended a rare Sunderland Annabel's nightclub reunion with members ranging from the '60s right through to its closure in the noughties.
The event took place at the Greens pub and it was fabulous, lots of photos displayed on a loop on screens and everyone had the chance to choose their favourite music from whichever era; James Brown, Roy Ayers, Grace Jones, Herbie Hancock, Lamont Dozier, Van McCoy....a magical evening!
All the best.
Cher Rendezvous,
That sounds fantastic.
Mon Dieu - an Annabel’s reunion. I would have loved that.
For bemused Ferryistas, there is a strong Ferry connection. Our hero used to hang out there in the early ‘70s. In fact this scribe mentioned it to him in 2007 after the Dylanesque gig in Paris. He had very fond memories and talked about it with great affection. I often wonder if he gets back to the NE much these days.
Sadly when I hear NE news it’s often because people have passed.
Marcus Price, fabulous guy who was a big jazz fan and who owned great boutiques in Newcastle (Ferry was a regular customer and Bob Dylan shopped there on one occasion) sadly died last year and Alan ‘Hoggy’ Hogg who had a great shoe shop passed only a month or so ago.
A salient reminder that we better fandango on while we can.
I’m really enjoying ‘Bitter-Sweet’ and hope he get’s his ‘74 RAH album out soon - I was at that one so it will be a real trip down memory lane .
Salutations,
Windswept.