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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:59 am
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Hi all. I am merseykid's daughter, Jan. Unfortunately he was battling a long illness but sadly passed away on the 30/06/2015. His AC-30 amp's and equipment is now for sale!


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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:12 pm
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Wow, I'm very sorry to hear that! :( I remember this post from a long time ago and always wondered what happened. It was a very interesting story he had. My condolences to you and your family.

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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:21 pm
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Sorry to hear of his passing. Condolences to you and your family.

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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:46 am
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You must be a lonely ego driven old man. I started in London 1958 playing Skiffle and backed more big names than anyone except Dave (Hi DaveLong timne no speak) can remember. Now I'm an old pensioner and the fact no one or not many remember me does not lead me to take the piss out of younger people!
Lets talk Bass! Not boring old f***s!


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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:11 am
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bassbelly wrote:
You must be a lonely ego driven old man. I started in London 1958 playing Skiffle and backed more big names than anyone except Dave (Hi DaveLong timne no speak) can remember. Now I'm an old pensioner and the fact no one or not many remember me does not lead me to take the piss out of younger people!
Lets talk Bass! Not boring old f***s!


Who were you aiming your comments at?


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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:27 pm
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jan-liverpool wrote:
Hi all. I am merseykid's daughter, Jan. Unfortunately he was battling a long illness but sadly passed away on the 30/06/2015. His AC-30 amp's and equipment is now for sale!


Very sorry for your loss. Been away awhile but I thoroughly enjoyed the original story.
Peace.
RIP Merseykid.


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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:48 am
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Hi all. I am merseykid's daughter, Jan. Unfortunately he was battling a long illness but sadly passed away on the 30/06/2015. His AC-30 amp's and equipment is now for sale!


Jan,
I am very sorry to hear of J.T.'s death and I offer my sincere condolences to you and your family.

Bill


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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:17 am
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I am so very deeply sorry to hear about J.T.s passing.

I just found out about this topic yesterday, and this morning I couldn't wait to finish reading it.
I enjoyed reading every bit of his story and I wish I could read the rest of it. I just wish I had found out about this earlier..I would've liked to give my words of encouragement, like so many did, to keep on writing.

I am deeply sorry to hear about your loss.

Rest in peace J.T.


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SlapChop wrote:
I think you meant Lonnie Donegan.

But I'm sure the rest of the story is 100% accurate.


Yes we all copied Lonnie, Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys and Nancy Whiskey! Friday and saturday nights outside a list of pubs in Lonson. 58 years later and avery colourful life of a bass player I have no need to share more here :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Boy this is a succer audience and you must be lonely. Th
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:12 am
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Merseykid wrote:
My relationship with Vic by now was hitting rock bottom.
I was rebelling against the constant priority given to the playing of Cliff Richard and the Shadows music. I could see his point of view though.
He played lead guitar on his Strat and had learned all of the instrumentals that the Shadows were famous for. He was the star of the show and he knew that if the group started concentrating on vocals then he would just be a guitarist and I would take prime position, because apart from being the front man, I did all the arranging, working out the notes that each vocal backing member would use, for example while I sang the melody they would just sing ahhhh in the background, only in harmony, and changing key as we went along.
(I don’t know if I’ve explained that properly)
Although it seems a simple thing to do if you are musically minded, none of the others seemed to be able to work it out and Vic was beginning to show signs of resentment.
The rest of the group were absolutely delighted with the new format and our small following (Yes we had one by now) loved the different direction we were taking.
More importantly, the management of the venues we were playing at had begun to take notice and we were slowly beginning to rise from the lower ranks of the Liverpool groups and appearing in the local Merseybeat Newspaper.
Our wages had risen too because people were asking for us.
I thought that with the increase in bookings that had followed, I would eventually convince Vic that we were heading in the right direction.
Imagine my surprise, therefore when I got a phone call from Tony Gaskell, our bass player, asking me to meet him and the rest of the group at a local pub. (Bar)
I knew something was up.
When I arrived everyone was there except Vic.
“What’s up?” I asked
Tony had a copy of the Liverpool Echo and handed it to me. He had drawn a circle around an advert, which read, “Vocalist wanted in local, well established group, Ring this number for an audition”. I didn’t recognise the telephone number so I said, “What’s that got to do with our group”, although I was beginning to be suspicions.
“That phone number is Vic’s best mates number,” he said.
Wow. I was dumbfounded. I thought that he was finally beginning to come around to my way of thinking and all the time he had planned this.
I realised that I needed to find out what the rest of the boys thought so I asked them each in turn what they thought.
To a man they each supported me and swore that they didn’t want to go back to being a shadows look-alike group.
The amazing thing is that he didn’t confide in the rest of the group. He had decided to spring it on all of us. I have no doubt that his parents were involved in the decision. He was their only child and they idolised him. I’m sure he must have discussed it with them, and they had all decided that the only solution was to get rid of the problem.
Me.
I knew that it would be about a week before anything happened while he carried out the auditions so I laid my plans carefully.
We used to practice every week on a Wednesday at Vic’s house, usually learning the latest Cliff Richard songs, or polishing up on our current show,
To no ones surprise, this weeks practice was cancelled due to his Mother having guests at the house.
We were, by coincidence playing at Ogdens Social club that weekend.
That was the first booking I’d had as the Hi Cats front man

By the way guys it is 10pm in the UK so I'll soon be getting ready to have a bath and go to bed.
Work in the morning. See you tomorrow.
Good night


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Post subject: Re: Boy this is a succer audience and you must be lonely. Th
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:18 am
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[quote="bassbelly"][/quote]

As there was nothing but a quote in your post I had a look in the subject box, and from that I can see that you are a self centred idiot.
The person you quoted passed away before you started attempting to pull him and this thread apart.
You are not going to get any replies from the man who started the thread because he is no longer with us, so show some respect and do one!

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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:04 am
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I too would like to pass on my condolencies, having only today come across this post
JT's story brought back so many memories for me (I was in nearby Salford about 20 miles away from Liverpool)
I remember us too entering a "Talent competition" where there were 3 money prizes , this thing went on all day into the evening to a packed house so the organisers got lots of groups for a pittance
I would have loved to have heard the conclusion to his story

RIP

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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 6:25 pm
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Hello everyone,

If anyone would like the rest of this story, please reply. I am Merseykid's grandaughter, and he would have loved you all to hear the rest of this. He was an incredible man, and loved talking to me about telling his story to you guys. Thank you all for listening and being lovely.


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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:43 pm
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That would be great. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Anyone want to hear my sad story
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:30 am
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Hi all,
I know that I am writing this years after the original thread started. I found the thread yesterday. What a great story. I only wish that we could have read the conclusion. My sincere condolences to J.T's family and friends.
If anyone knows if he ever wrote the book, I would love to buy it.


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