Excellent vlog, you obviously do your homework and put a lot of work into your presentation, like your own perspective of the music scene. Agree pub rock is just a lazy label that stuck! But one thing for sure, London was a great place to live in the late 60’s to the 80’s. Great stuff 👍. I met John Peel once at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, I found him very shy and not particularly friendly, he just wanted to be on his own and hide in the shadows. But I do have a great respect for him, can recommend his book ‘Margrave of the Marshes’ half of it is written by John and the second half by his wife Sheila.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind comments: I certainly do try and put the effort in. What I don't know/can't remember, I tend to look up (or ignore!). Personally, I think John Peel changed when Punk came in. I think he saw his livelihood about to disappear and so he embraced the new music with a vengeance…. Please keep watching! Cheers!

My son is the landlord of The Red Lion in Kilsby, he is the bass player of a band called The Tunnelers because of the railway tunnel nearby. They often play in his pub, may the pub live music scene last forever. Great video keep it up.

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope the pub live music scene continues to thrive in Kilsby.

Excellent video Mr Jim Driver. Tenuous link with the Irish landlords but R.I.P. Shane Macgowan😢

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I can't claim any credit for anything clever because the video was made and posted before I heard of Shane's sad but not totally unexpected passing. RIP Shane…

@davidcarrol110

7 ай бұрын

​@@JimDriver I appreciate your input regarding John Peel. He presented TOTP in its '80s pomp so maybe he did really like the mainstream after all!

I used to see a man that had it made but walked away playing the Archway Tavern every other Friday Night in a band called The Treat decent they were ,Eric Bell ex Thin Lizzy just saying what talent was out there , interesting view on John Peel Jim

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Aidan! I didn't know Eric was in the Treat though coincidentally I knew another member of the band (Derek, who also played drums for White Plains and Marmalade) who drank in the Half Moon Putney (as I did) at the time.

@aidankilmartin2521

6 ай бұрын

I used to Drink in the Half Moon myself although it was the Holloway Rd variety ,great stuff Jim yeah a brilliant Player Eric ,he really did the biz on Lizzy's early stuff ,The Treat were good

comfy vid mate

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

Comfy vid, comfy vibes! Glad you enjoyed it, mate.

I saw Brinsley Schwarz many times, coming from the same town (Tunbridge Wells), once in 'The Wells Wine Bar'. So, could they be considered the originators of 'Wine Bar Rock'?

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

I'm sure there's a book in it… 😀

Nice bit of hobest reflection on John Peel btw.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I don't want to diss the man but he wasn't a saint and he certainly knew what he was doing… 😗

North Soho is Fitzrovia. I'm sure they could have rhymed it with Cola and Lola. Interesting what you say about John Peel. BBC in the 1960s still recruited on background, and with his public school credentials Peel was a safe pair of hands, despite the counter-cultural trappings. In fact many hippies were pillars of the establishment, and all the ones I knew were very interested in making lots of money.

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

I heard an interview where Ray Davies said he liked the rhythm of "north Soho" although the place he was thinking of was actually in Berwick Street… Yes: the term I realise I should have used was that Mr Ravenscroft created John Peel as his personal "brand". He was very reliant on his producers for a lot of what he played and he had a "very good relationship" with certain record pluggers. I recall him once having a conversation with somebody at a festival about whether he should play one particular single because people might think the band were too "middle class". I can't remember who he was talking about…

Enjoyed that ,, could never understand John peel ,didn’t he give big t.rex and jethro Tull a lot of time but as soon as they become successful he wouldn’t talk to either band again .?

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

People used to say John was "a very complex character", which I think was true. I think the fact he died at a fairly young (middle-aged) age shows he was a worrier. RIP John Ravenscroft… Thanks for the kind words: please keep watching!

You forgot to mention the legions who invaded the pubs with their Hammond Organs an extensive portfolio of timeless standards and dire contempory middle of the road covers.

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

Haha, you're right! How could I forget about the Hammond Organ invasion? There was certainly a lot of it about…

Another great video, BUT... I was sad to hear you disrespecting the late, and most certainly great, John Peel. His influence on the British music scene is immeasurable. He was always the first one to play innovative new stuff- I can't count the hours I spent as a teenager in the seventies with my transistor radio tucked under my pillow, listening to weird and (sometimes) wonderful tunes. I'm sure there are thousands of people of my generation (and later) who owe a lot to John Peel. And the sessions... don't get me started! So, think twice before belittling Peel, or I'll withdraw my subscription (and that's not just an idle threat!).

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

You're right! I should never say bad things about the sainted John Peel, who successfully managed to promote so many acts and sell so many records whilst appearing to be standing up to commercialism. Long may his memory endure… Thanks for the kind words, too - and please keep watching!

@geej12

6 ай бұрын

The word "appearing" in your response seems indicative of some negative Undertones... (that's a clever Jon Peel pun!)@@JimDriver

It started in pubs long long ago go back to parlour days And this is not exclusively London orientated

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

I quite agree, but I only talk about the London Pub Rock experience because that's the only one I know about…

@andrewjohnstone963

7 ай бұрын

@JimDriver fair play to you sir 👏

It's a pain in the arse to watch with the constant subtitles.

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

It’s your lucky day! There are 270 of my videos on KZread, and only one has those subtitles! Please feel free to watch the other 269… Enjoy!!

Old Soho. And, Coca Cola, not Cherry Cola, although they did do a performance for the BBC that changed it to Cherry Cola, something to do with their policy on advertising. Get it right or embarrass yourself.

@john-hl5tq

7 ай бұрын

The BBC pretty much had a monopoly on radio, expecially in the daytime. I heard it as "Old Soho" as well, though never saw it on sheet music to confirm and 99 times out of 100 heard "Cherry Cola" but must have heard the vinyl single version on a jukebox, are you sure it remained "Coca Cola" after the advetising/copywrite hoo-ha?

@JimDriver

7 ай бұрын

Surprisingly enough, I do attempt a bit of research, Tim. Ray Davies wrote it as "Coca Cola" (and "north Soho") for the album track on 'Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One' but it was rerecorded and released as a single with the words "cherry cola" after the BBC declined to play the original album track due to their policy ban on product placement. That is the version 99% of people heard and remember. Me included. It's also what he sings on the video track I'm not allowed to play more of because of KZread copyright restrictions… Also, it was definitely "north Soho" because in a later interview for the BBC, Ray explains he liked the phrasing "noth Soho" rather than being an accurate geographic location for a fictional event and rightly pointed out that "north Soho" is actually called Fitzrovia.