Now you can get an impression of the great atmosphere at the concert of the "British Blues and Rock Explosion" at the 19th Vallemaggia Magic Blues Fesvtival in Switzerland on 29 July. There you can now listen to an almost eight-minute version of the Neil Young cover "Rockin`in the Free World", which has a lot... Continue Reading →
Rockin` the Vallemaggia Festival
A rolling stone gathers no moss. This is true not only for the Rolling Stones themselves (by the way: did you know, that two of whom have supported Steve Gibbons as vocalists in a very special concert?), but also for the Brum rocker Steve Gibbons. Despite pandemic-related difficulties, he performed with the all-star band "British... Continue Reading →
Uli Twelker über Steve Gibbons Song als Schullektüre
Uli Welker, selbst Musiker und Autor bzw. Mitautor von Büchern wie Happy Boys Happy!: Rock History of the "Small Faces" and "Humble Pie" und Georgie Fame: Theres Nothing Else To Do. Life And Music und früer im Hauptberuf Lehrer hat uns aus Anlass des achtizgsten Geburtstages von Steve Gibbons eine kleine Anektode geschickt, die sich... Continue Reading →
Uli Twelker on using Steve Gibbons lyrics as school reading
Uli Welker, himself a musician and author or co-author of books such as „Happy Boys Happy! Rock History of the Small Faces and Humble Pie" and „Georgie Fame: Theres Nothing Else To Do. Life And Music“ and former teacher, sent us a little anecdote on the occasion of Steve Gibbons' eighth birthday, which deals with... Continue Reading →
Steve Gibbons wird 80 (13. Juli 2021)
Steve Gibbons, über den in der erfolgreichsten Zeit seiner Karriere (in den 1970ern) öfter geschrieben wurde, dass er es aufgrund seines Talents weit bringen können hätte - wenn er nicht schon so alt wäre - wird heute achtzig. Aus heutiger Sicht, in einer Zeit, da die Stones und Paul McCartney (zu beiden gibt es Berührungspunkte... Continue Reading →
Steve Gibbons turns 80 (13. July 2021)
Steve Gibbons, about whom it was often written during the most successful period of his career in the 1970s that he could have gone far because of his talent if he wasn't already so old turns 80. From today's perspective, when the Stones and Paul McCartney (there are links to both in Gibbons' career) are... Continue Reading →
Dave Pegg 60th Birthday Bash: Journey back to The Ugly`s with dropouts (2007)
In 2007 Dave Pegg Beck, who played with Steve Gibbons on The Ugly`s and then continued his career at the Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull, celebrates his 60th birthday. Like ten years before, he did so at a concert with old comrades at Birmingham Town Hall. There were a number of musicians who were less... Continue Reading →
Dave Pegg 60th Birthday Bash: Zurück zu The Ugly`s mit Aussetzern (2007)
Im Jahr 2007 feiert Dave Pegg Beck, der mit Steve Gibbons bei The Ugly`s spielte und dann bei der Fairport Convention und Jethro Tull seine Karriere fortsetzte, seinen 60. Geburtstag. Wie zehn Jahre zuvor tat es dies bei einem Konzert mit alten Weggenossen in der Birmingham Town Hall. Mit von der Partie waren etliche, außerhalb... Continue Reading →
Von Birmingham nach Nürnberg und dann über Fürth wieder zurück nach Birmingham (2009)
Konzerte in der Heimat Auch das Jahr 2009 brachte wieder viele Auftritte mit der Steve Gibbons Band und dem Dylan Project. Ein Gig mit der eigenen Band im Mai im Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead, ist auf You Tube, allerdings in zweifelhafter Ton und Bildqualität dokumentiert. In seiner Heimatstadt Birmingham trat er bei der Lord... Continue Reading →
From Birmingham to Nuremberg and then via Fürth back to Birmingham (2009)
Concerts in the home country The year 2009 again brought many gigs with the Steve Gibbons Band and the Dylan Project. A gig with Gibbons own band in May at the Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead, is documented on You Tube, but in dubious sound and picture quality. In his hometown of Birmingham he performed... Continue Reading →
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