Headbang - 26/10/12

From http://banchoryheadbangers.blogspot.com/

We knew Gerry was away on holiday, but Steve also had to cancel this week, as did Malcolm when he suddenly realised on the day that he was double booked for the evening! Senility is coming far too easily - and rapidly - to the Headbangers!

CK organised the curries as usual and a few of us had a quick refresher in the Douglas before we headed off to Dave's. The evening went well - here's the themes and the votes (in descending order):

• OBITUARIES
1. Jon Lord (94)
2. Hal David (80)
3. Big Jim Sullivan (75)
4. Scott McKenzie (70)
5. Joe South (67)
6. Andy Williams (63)
7. Michael Marra (60)
8. Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets) (51)
9. Gerry Bron (51)
10. George Gallacher (Poets) (49)
11. Jimmy Jones (42)
12. Lol Coxhill (39)
13. Frank Wilson (37)
14. Kitty Wells (33)
15. Bob Babbitt (Funk Bros) (29)

• SEPTUAGENARIANS

  1	Gary Puckett (Union Gap)	77
  2	Roger McGuinn (Byrds)	64
  3	Gerry Marsden (Pacemakers)	58
  4	Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)	57
  5	Elvin Bishop (Group/Butterfield Blues Band)	55
  6	Arthur Brown (Crazy World of)	52
  7	Ray Cooper (percussionist to the stars)	49
  8	Pete York (Spencer Davis Group)	41
  9	Al Jardine (Beach Boys)	30
  10	Bruce Johnston (Beach Boys etc)	24
  11	Zoot Money (Big Roll Band)	21
  12	Carl Mann (Sun rockabilly artiste)	18

• TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Thankfully, just 2 birthdays today - neither particularly favoured, so we rattled through brief tracks featuring Bootsy Collins (61) and David Was (60) and didn't bother voting on this section.

• WOODY GUTHRIE CENTENNIAL

A date worth commemorating and we viewed the oldest ever clip shown at a Headbangers evening - from 1944, This Land is Your Land.

• SOUTHERN ROCK

1	Lynyrd Skynryd	Sweet Home Alabama	69
2	Charlie Daniels Band	The devil went down to Georgia	46
3	Ozark Mountain Daredevils	Keep on churnin'	45
4	Dickey Betts	Ramblin' Man	43
5	ZZ Top	Cheap sunglasses	41
6	Black Oak Arkansas	Hey y'all	35
7	Edgar Winter Group	Rock n Roll Boogie Woogie	32
8	Neil Young	Southern Man	28
9	Marshall Tucker Band	Take the Highway	26
10	Atlanta Ryhthm Section	So into you	20

• ONE HIT WONDERS

1	Thunderclap Newman	Something in the air	60
2	Shocking Blue	Venus	55
3	Eddie & the Hot Rods	Do anything you wanna do	47
4	Steve Gibbons Band	Tulane	47
5	Mink DeVille	Spanish Stroll	45
6	Climax Blues Band	Couldn't get it right	41
7	Kursaal Fliers	Little does she know	38
8	? and the Mysterians	96 tears	21
9	Smoke	My friend Jack	18
10	Saints	This perfect day	13

Gary went home early and didn't participate in voting on the last couple of themes, the first of which was:

• WEATHER

This was a very close-run affair, with Bruce's live performance at Hyde Park this year just pipping one of our oft-seen and long time favourite Headbang clips:

1	Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road	56
2	Cream	Sunshine of your love	54
3	Bryan Ferry	A hard rain's a gonna fall	38
4	James Taylor	Fire & rain	31
5	Bob Dylan & Friends	Blowin' in the wind	30
6	Ann Peebles	I can't stand the rain	29
7	Neil Young	Like a hurricane	29
8	Crowded House	Weather with you	28
9	Donovan	Sunshine Superman	28
10	Isley Brothers	Summer breeze	7

• HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS

Another very close call - and perhaps a slight surprise that perennial Headbang favourites the Feelgoods were second best to Joe Walsh:

1	Joe Walsh	Rocky Mountain Way	51
2	Dr. Feelgood	Route 66	49
3	Rolling Stones	Street Fighting Man	43
4	Eric Burdon	Lonely Avenue	37
5	AC DC	Highway to hell	37
6	Ralph McTell	Streets of London	34
7	Ry Cooder	Dark end of the street	24
8	Hollies	Gasoline Alley Bred	21
9	Nashville Teens	Tobacco road	20
10	America	Ventura Highway	14

It was almost 1:15 am now and it was still snowing outside as we awaited our taxi - it duly arrived, but it wasn't big enough for all 5 of us, so Jeb (who had furthest to travel) plus Colin and I (who had early starts in the morning) jumped in, whilst Ian and Andy waited for another cab to come. First of all, however, the traditional team photo - with Gary missing obviously:

We now know what the most popular tracks in each section were, but what were the most popular themes? Watch this space to find out.