Weird to see my pre-moniker comments on Charlie Watts & Soho. Charlie really did know his Ivy and then wider style.

I did some appreciative tweets after his passing that mentioned everything but RS. You know he wrote a children's book on Charlie Parker aged 20?

Georgie Fame, some great songs, some keyboard playing, some early photos in right style. But credited a touch too much I think now. Get the early albums, the recent box sets and a lot of it is fairly average then MOR after Sweet Thing era. Terry Taylor, John Pearse, Norman Jopling and others were the ones too. But nice to see those old photos from innocent seeming times. Good he is still playing but ultimately not much presence beyond that early time. Austin's on Shaftsbury Avenue is really what I'd like to of seen inside where GF likely shopped alongside most of his peers.

Flamingo didn't last long, changed focus in 67 and gone not too long after. Amazing to think now.

Anthony Newley's 'Small World of Sammy Lee' is filmed in Soho and essential, showing a touch of the seediness. Now there was a modernist, walking out of his own sitcom on screen.

Play his 'Why' in the background as you read.

Last edited by An Unseen Scene (2021-10-02 12:50:43)

Had a similar experience Staxfan when we went to see Freddie Cole playing at Birdland in NYC (a tourist trap I’m afraid). Freddie’s main claim to fame seemed to be that he was Nat King Cole’s brother, but he got a good write up so we went along. We started to think something wasn’t quite right when he had to be helped onto the stage. He played for about 30 minutes before the lights went up and it wasn’t great. The poor old bugger snuffed it six months later.