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SUMMARY:Factory
DESCRIPTION:Factory \n \nFactory\nAndy Qunta – Keyboards\, Guitar\, Vocals\nTony Qunta  – Guitar\, Electric Violin\, Vocals\nGeoff ‘Jaffa’ Peckham – Bass Guitar\nLaurie Cooksey – Drums \nThe Factory Story  \nMay 1970 – Factory was formed in Hastings\, UK\, by drummer\, Laurie Cooksey\, bass player\,\nJaffa Peckham\, and the Qunta brothers – Andy\, lead vocals and acoustic 12-string guitar\, and\nTony\, lead guitar/vocals. From the first rehearsal\, it was clear this band\, soon to be named “Factory”\,\nwas going to be something special. They established a rehearsal schedule that continued through\nmost of the band’s existence – Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Qunta residence. 100 watt\namp stacks and full double bass drum kit in the dining room\, while Andy and Tony’s parents tried\nto hear the TV and each other in the next room! On Sunday mornings\, there would be backing vocal\nrehearsals at Laurie’s house.  \nIn Jan ’71\, Factory went into RG Jones Studios in South London\, and recorded four songs. Two of\nthese\, the heavy rocker “Time Machine” (written by a 16-year-old Tony)\, and the folk-rock style\n“Castle on the Hill”\, were released as a limited edition single on Oak Records. In 2008\, one copy\nwas sold at auction for over 400 British pounds\, (over US$600). Time Machine continued to be\nFactory’s signature song\, and show closer.  \nBy ’72\, Andy was playing organ as well as the 12-string\, which was now electric\, instead of acoustic.\nTony was playing electric violin on some songs\, and was starting to do more of the lead vocals.\nRoger Daltrey of The Who invited them to be the band to test his new home studio. Some of these\ndemos were found in 2015\, and have been very helpful\, as the band were trying to remember and\nrehearse those songs. Roger seemed to like the band\, as they were invited back several times. He\nwas quoted in the music press that he has had Factory in his studio\, and they are “very good”.  \n1973 – Factory’s songs were by now even more adventurous\, partly due to the added range of\nsounds. Influences came from many of the great bands of the time – now called the Classic Rock\nera. Their gigs moved them further away\, and more often. They opened for bands like Manfred Mann’s\nEarth Band\, Fleetwood Mac\, 10cc\, Scorpions\, Status Quo etc. After opening for Suzi Quatro\, her\nlegendary producer\, Mickie Most collectively shook Factory’s hand\, and said he was very impressed\,\nand to contact him. Afraid of being turned into a “pop” band\, they didn’t follow up on it\, wisely or not.  \nMarch ’74 – Andy and Tony’s parents succumbed to a plane crash\, but the rest of the band helped\nthem through it\, and they were back on stage a week later. The gigs got better. Factory delivered\n110% every time. At the back was Laurie\, arms flailing\, cymbals rocking\, his facial expressions running\nthe full gamut of emotions! In front of him\, Tony\, Andy and Jaffa\, and later\, Steve\, running around\nthe stage\, throwing shapes influenced by the likes of Hendrix\, Townshend and Daltrey! During\nthis year they played on foreign turf for the first time\, at the Zoom Club in Frankfurt\, Germany.  \nSeptember ’74 – Jaffa decided to leave to pursue other things. His place was taken by another\nHastings musician friend\, Steve Kinch. Over the next 2 years\, Factory played more and more gigs\,\naveraging 3 or 4 per week. They toured Holland\, and undertook residences at the PN Club in\nMunich\, following in the footsteps of Supertramp and others.  \nNow that Factory felt ready to make a record\, the music scene was changing. Punk and disco\narrived in full force\, making things very difficult for a non-punk/non-disco band like Factory.\nIronically\, Factory were among the first to be aware of the coming of Punk. While setting up for\na gig in London\, they were informed by a gentleman named Johnny Rotten\, that his band\,\nthe Sex Pistols\, were playing first\, and were using Factory’s gear. The writing was on the wall!\nDespite making demos of increasingly “commercial” songs to please management\, the record\ncompanies had become a tough nut for Factory to crack. \nBy late ’76\, Factory had played its last gig. Or so it was thought at the time\, although there was\na rumour that\, rather than having given up\, they were planning to try their luck in another era.\nIt was well-known they had their own Time Machine\, they’d been singing about it for years\, so\nwere they planning a return? As the decades passed\, this seemed less and less likely\, but suddenly\,\n39 years later\, they were back! They were finally recording an album\, and they played a reunion\ngig in Hastings\, attended by fans old and new. The reviews were glowing\, and many commented on\nthe fact that their musicianship and energy levels seemed undiminished. How was this possible?\nThe explanation is clear – Factory did indeed disappear in the 1970’s\, and in 2015 they came\nback…in the time machine! \n \nFacebook website
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/factory/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Hitman Blues Band
DESCRIPTION:Hitman Blues Band \n\nPhoto Credit Phil Honley \nThey’re Back!!\nNew York City’s Hitman and his Hitman Blues Band play original Modern/Alternative Blues and inspired versions of blues classics. The common thread for every tune is the blues – from soulful blues ballads to foot tappin’ music to make you want to dance. Powerful vocals\, ripping guitar\, a rock solid rhythm section\, plus a little humour in the narrative. This is a blues show like no other. The Hitman Blues Band play the blues you’ve been looking for all your life.  \nFrontman and band leader Russell ‘Hitman’ Alexander has New York City in his veins\, blues in his heart\, and the music of many worlds in his gifted hands. The man in the shades\, top hat and sharp suit on stage with that tight band in that dark club is playing real blues\, informed by 50 years of mastery of New York City’s thousand styles while imitating no one. \n“Led by New York guitarist Russell ‘Hitman’ Alexander\, Hitman has a striking\, charismatic personality and knows how to entertain and put on a show with superb danceable blues and great covers. Born to play and with real personality\, as he tells stories\, jokes with the crowd\, proudly features his excellent band and plays a spiky guitar with great panache and soul. What a find you may think and you’d be right” – Blues Matters magazine. \nWebsite\nFacebook\nUK Facebook
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/hitman-blues-band/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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