Steve Gibbons – Ein Musiker, den man kennen sollte
There is something new for the "turntable" (read: CD player) for fans of the Steve Gibbons Band. Recently, Esoteric/Cherry Red Records released the CD box set "Steve Gibbons Band - Rollin` - The Albums 1976 - 1978". We will report in more detail soon. For now the following information: These are all records from the... Weiterlesen →
The Steve Gibbons Band is still top. And soon they will be playing "on the top of the UK", namely on the (almost) northernmost point of the British Isles. To be precise: North of the British Isle, on Orkney Island. There the band will be performing on Sunday 19 September at Stromness Town Hall. We... Weiterlesen →
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... Weiterlesen →
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... Weiterlesen →
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... Weiterlesen →
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... Weiterlesen →
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... Weiterlesen →
Im Jahr 2003 erscheint mit "Brum Rocked On!" der Nachfolgeband des erfolgreichen Buches "Brum Rocked!" von Laurie Hornsby. Im Fokus: 1963 bis 1969 Während die erste Band die Frühzeit der Birmingham Musikszene von der Mitte der 1950er bis zur Mitte der 1960er dokumentiert, erzählt dieses Buch in neun Kapiteln die Entwicklung in den Jahren 1963... Weiterlesen →
In 2003 "Brum Rocked On!", the follow-up to the successful book "Brum Rocked!" by Laurie Hornsby, was released. In focus: 1963 to 1969 While the first volume documents the early period of the Birmingham music scene from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, this book tells in nine chapters the development in the period 1963 to... Weiterlesen →
In 1999 a book was published in which Steve Gibbons plays an important role: It's called "Brum Rocked" by Laurie Hornsby, and it describes the early days of rock and beat music in Birmingham. The volume contains a sometimes unsystematic, but pleasant to read review of the music scene of the 1950s and 1960s in... Weiterlesen →
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