Headbang - 7th November, 2014

All bar Steve made it along to Dave's last night for the Homecoming Headbang. Starting with the Obituary section, we played a few Jack Bruce tracks and then lined up for an early team photo:

A total of 16 tracks were played, 5 of them Jack's and the voting went as follows:

1	Jack Bruce	Various	25
2	Johnny Winter	Jumpin' Jack Flash	11
3	Bobby Womack	It's all over now	7
4	Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull)	My Sunday Feeling	4
5	Tommy Ramone	Baby I love you	3
6	Alvin Stardust	My coo ca choo	2
7	John Gustafson (Big Three/Merseybeats)	Wishin' and Hopin'	1
8	Raphael Ravenscroft	Baker St.	1
9	Paul Revere	Indian Reservation
10	Tim Hauser (Manhattan Transfer)	Boy from New York City
11	Jimi Jamison (Survivor)	I'm always here
12	Robert "Throb" Young (Primal Scream)	Movin' on up

Slightly surprisingly, Jack didn't quite get a full house, with 2 of the Headbangers relegating him to 2nd place in the Most Missed list. Those responsible will be named and shamed in due course.

The attempt to play Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore failed, but he was one of the 11 others who have passed since the last Headbang:

Manitas de Plata

Cosimo Matassa (producer)

Acker Bilk

Bob Crewe (songwriter)

Alan Douglas (producer)

Jean Redpath

George Hamilton IV

Rosetta Hightower

Lynsey de Paul

Rick Rosas (Neil Young)

Annik Honore (muse to Ian Curtis)

The average age of the 23 names above was 72, which leads us neatly on to the Septuagenarian section, where 10 names had passed this threshold since our last gathering, 2 of whom were from the same group (Chicago). This seemed to cause a little confusion in the voting, as did the fact that we only played 7 tracks in this section - I was unable to find any suitable material for Bobby Tench (Streetwalkers/Humble Pie) and I certainly wasn't going to play any D,D,B, M & T for John "Beaky" Diamond.

Not playing tracks didn't somehow seem to stop some votes for that person, however. Just as strange were the 2 separate, differing votes from one Headbanger for Chicago's I'm a Man. Anyway, here's how it all panned out in the end:

1	Rick Davies (Supertramp)	The logical song	46
2	Pete Cetera (& Robert Lamm - both Chicago)	I'm a man	43
3	Keith Emerson	Fanfare for the common man	39
4	Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)	You keep me hanging on	32
5	Jon Anderson (Yes)	Wondrous stories	29
6	Denny Laine	Go now	28
7	Maureen Tucker (Velvet Underground)	I'm waiting for the man	24

The 3rd section of the evening was a short Homecoming, to welcome Dave back. Initially 3 suitable tracks were played, followed by a slightly ironic Get Back. Voting by a show of hands showed a preferential order of:

1	Dr. Feelgood	Going back home
2	Beatles	Get back
3	Dougie Maclean	Caledonia
4	Simon & Garfunkel	Homeward Bound

No voting or other issues in the Glastonbury 2014 section, and these were the final results:

1	Black Keys	Fever	84
2	Royal Blood	Little monster	66
3	Kasabian	Fire	64
4	Jake Bugg	Slumville Sunrise	61
5	Blondie	One way or another	60
6	Robert Plant	Whole lotta love	59
7	Bryan Ferry	Let's stick together	58
8	Metallica	Whiskey in the jar	56
9	Jack White	Lazarreto	55
10	Dolly Parton	Jolene	54
11	Paolo Nutini	Let me down easy	49
12	Pixies	Here comes your man	36

It was still only 11pm, but, at this point both Gary and Malcolm opted out. Rock and Roll ain't what it used to be.

More to follow.