Headbang results - 17 Aug, 2018

In the end, just 7 of us made it along to the Headbang last night - back at Dave's place again. A few had tried their hand at bowls earlier on so we had Ken B and Ian Sh joining us for pre-Headbang drinks in the Douglas before Gerry drove us all out to Potarch. Here's how the voting went on the evening:

1) OBITUARIES

10 tracks were played from 9 notable artistes who had passed since the last gathering:

Maggie Stredder	Vernons Girls; Ladybirds - house singers on TotP; harmony for Puppet on a String, Hey Joe & Ernie etc	Tribute
Mike Harrison	Spooky Tooth vocalist (missed from previous Headbang)	The Weight
Avicii (Tim Bergling)	DJ, musician, producer	In memoriam
Scott Hutchison	Frightened Rabbit	The Woodpile
Danny Kirwan	Fleetwood Mac guitarist	Like it this way
Jon Hiseman	Colosseum co-founder and drummer	The Kettle
DJ Fontana	Elvis' drummer	Blue suede shoes
Alan Longmuir	Bay City Rollers' founder and bass	Tribute
Aretha Franklin		Don't play that song/Think

There was no doubting who was going to win the "most missed" vote - the "Queen of Soul" had just passed the day before and the media was full of tributes. Honourable mentions went to Danny Kirwan and Jon Hiseman.

Strictly for the record, there were another 16 whose passing was noted, but no tracks were played:

Gary Burden	Album cover artist to the Doors, Joni Mitchell, Eagles etc
Liam O'Flynn	Planxty Uillean piper
Jonny Walker	Busker and street activist
Judith Simons	Journalist and possible inspiration for Hey Jude
Janka Nabay	& the Bubu Gang
Lill-Babs	Swedish singer "more popular than the Beatles"
Cecil Taylor	Jazz pianist & poet
Big Tom (McBride)	& the Mainliners - "the Irish Johnny Cash"
Charles Neville	Saxophonist & Neville brother
Larry Harvey	Burning Man founder
Jabo Starks	James Brown's drummer - the only member of the band never to be fined for missing a beat
Abi Ofarim	Esther and
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin	"Grandfather of rap" - Last Poets
Nick Knox	Drummer with Cramps 77-91
Joe Jackson	Patriarch and manager of the family
Lorrie Collins	Collins Kids

 2) SEPTUAGENARIANS

This category is growing all the time - I had to choose from a potential list of as many as 36 musical notables who had reached 70 since the last Headbang. I whittled it down to 15 and, after playing the tracks, we all voted on the best:

1	Pick Withers	Sultans of swing	85
2	Brian Eno	Do the Strand	81
3	Thijs van Leer	Hocus pocus	81
4	Jimmy Cliff	Many rivers to cross	78
5	Barry Hay	Radar Love	62
6=	Cat Stevens	Lady D'Arbanville	59
6=	Jeremy Spencer	Tribute to Elmore James	59
8	Steve Winwood	Medicated Goo	57
9=	Todd Rundgren	I saw the light	49
9=	Stevie Nicks	Dreams	49
11	Ian Paice	Space Truckin'	45
12	Wayne Kramer	Rambling rose	38
13	Kate Pierson	Roam	35
14	(Charles Thomas) "Tom" Johnston	Listen to the music	34
15	Bill Ward	Iron man	28

Again, strictly for the record, the other 21 Septuagenarians were:

1	Gordon Giltrap	Guitarist
2	Carol Douglas	"Doctor's Orders"
3	Philip Wright	Paper Lace lead singer
4	Phil Mogg	UFO lead singer
5	Jan Hammer	Mahavishnu Orchestra, composer, producer
6	Craig Frost	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band/Grand Funk Railroad keyboardist
7	Pete Wingfield	"18 with a bullet"
8	Colin Towns	Composer, keyboards, session musician
9	Grace Jones
10	Klaus Meine	Scorpions lead singer, composer
11	Alan Longmuir	Bay City Rollers
12	Don Airey	Replaced Jon Lord in Deep Purple, played with so many other bands
13	Myles Goodwin	Producer, guitarist, lead vocalist with April Wine
14	Patrick Moraz	Keyboards - Yes & Moody Blues (who he sued)
15	Bill Kirchen	Guitarist/singer/songwriter - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
16	Paul Barrere	Little Feat guitar from 1972
17	Artimus Pyle (born Uncle Sticky Fingers)	Lynryd Skynryd drummer 74-77 & 87-91
18	Cesar Zuiderwijk	Golden Earring drummer since 1970
19	Gerald Casale	Devo - left handed guitar
20	Russell Morris	Australian singer-songwriter
21	(Gary Stephen) "Angry" Anderson	Lead singer with Rose Tattoo since 1976

3) NEW(ISH) ARTISTES

Now a regular feature, we played 7 tracks from artistes who hadn't featured before and were at least relatively new to most of us:

Greta van Fleet	Highway Tune
Oh Sees	Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster
Boy Azooga	Loner Boogie
Christine and the Queens	Girlfriend
Lump	Curse of the Contemporary
Shame	One Rizla
Starcrawler	Love's gone again

The star turn was the Robert Plant approved young band who sound uncannily like Led Zep in their heyday - Greta Van Fleet - with 4 of us opting for them as our favourite. Christine and the Queens picked up two votes and Shame one.

4) BASS PLAYING SINGER-SONGWRITERS

My self-imposed "rules" for this theme was that the artiste had actually to be playing bass and singing on a song that he/she had composer credits on - not easy to find enough quality video to fit! Anyway, voting was as follows:

1	Paul McCartney	Get back	72
2	Ronnie Lane	Song of a baker	61
3	Jack Bruce	White room	60
4	Sting	Walking on the moon	54
5	Roger Waters	Careful with that axe Eugene	52
6	Greg Lake	21st century schizoid man	50
7	Rick Danko	This wheel's on fire	48
8	Brian Wilson	I get around	42
9	Phil Lynott	The Rocker	34
10	Kim Deal	Gigantic	30
11	Lemmy	Motorhead	25
12	Geddy Lee	Spirit of radio	18

5) LOST ICONIC VENUES

This was set up to be a bit of a quiz for the Headbangers - and a difficult one at that. Some of the venues were well-kent and easy to spot, but others were almost impossible to differentiate - particularly the latter London ones. Anyway, this was what was played:

Status Quo	Apollo, Glasgow	Roll over, lay down
Muse	Astoria, London	Plug in baby
Beatles	Cavern, Liverpool	Some other guy
Cyril Davies' All Stars, feat. Long John Baldry	Ealing Jazz Club	See see rider
Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Eric's, Liverpool	Watching the detectives
Bob Dylan	Free Trade Hall, Manchester	Like a rolling stone
New Order	Hacienda, Manchester	As it is when it was
Damned	Hammersmith Palais	Smash it up
Clash	Lewisham Odeon	Working for the clampdown
Jimi Hendrix Experience	Marquee, London	Purple haze
Queen	Rainbow, London	Stone cold crazy

6) HEADBANGERS' HOMETOWN HEROES

Another little quiz - guess which Headbanger's hometown these artistes come from? Voting was as follows:

1	Stone the Crows	Glasgow	Ian	Penicillin Blues	50
2	Jack Bruce	Kirkintilloch	Gerry	Politician	46
3	Annie Lennox	Aberdeen	Gary	Under Pressure	44
4	Jake Bugg	Nottingham	Dave	Broken	37
5	Elton John	Harrow	Malcolm	Sweet painted lady	33
6	Aztec Camera	East Kilbride	Colin	Reason for living	30
7	Steve Gibbons Band	Wolverhampton	Andy	Tulane	29
8=	Doogie Whyte (Rainbow)	Bellshill	Aidan	Hall of the mountain king	23
8=	Joss Stone	Salisbury/Aldershot/Dover	Steve	You had me	23

Jeb hadn't submitted his hometown but said he would have been the same as Gary anyway.

So that was that - 64 tracks played, only 16 of which had been seen before, and 16 artistes who had never before appeared at a Headbang. All that remained was the traditional team photo, of which there are two versions, both backdropped by Aretha's scene in the Blues Brothers - one with flash and one without: