Bands, pubs and memories from a lifetime ago. I'd forgotten about Johnny G, Sam Mitchell etc. Thanks for bringing those wonderful days back to life!

@JimDriver

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! It's great that my video resonated with you and brought back those wonderful days. Your support and appreciation keep me motivated to create more content. Cheers!

I’ve just conscribed. Love your history. I was in the Army in the 1970’s, so only got to London on leave. Loved to scene when I could get there between tours of Nr. Ireland etc…

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting! Maybe you stopped us when I was on (musical) tours of Northern with Wilko Johnson back in the 1980s? Thanks for the kind words and please keep watching…

It's fantastic hearing your recollections as someone who was there and deeply enmeshed in what was happening. The inclusion of pics of the venues is a good addition. Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Please keep watching. Cheers!

@MysticOblong

6 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver 👍

My best memories in London were in some of these places.....so great video series to watch...👍95...Wishing you all the best....

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad my videos brought back those great memories for you in London. I really do appreciate the interchange of memories and thoughts. Cheers!

The Half Moon in Herne Hill was a favourite of mine I was born and lived just up the road, the Sunday lunch jam with steve waller and stevie smith was legendary. Meal ticket played their first gig there ,Willy Finlayson from Mealticket lived round the corner as did Micky Jones from Man. Sadly it is now a Youngs foodie pub but the pubic bar has a preservation order on it so is still intact.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

It was a great pub and I remember the Half Moon Herne Hill from the days of Mick and Julie in the 1980s…

@PWMoze

6 ай бұрын

Played there many times in the eighties with 'The Last Taxi Home'. Loved the place, but I remember having a couple of major rows with the manager after the gigs to make sure we all got paid! Happy days.

I was a student rep for a year ..in charge of clubs/societies. Fun times.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Yes: it was a whole new workld for the 18-year old me when I travelled down that path!

Hey Jim, Another great Video. i love this. It brings back so many memories. I cant believe that we have not ever met. I was in bands from being 14 [ 1972 ] and on-wards. The leade,r of my first ever band, was a massive Ducks Deluxe fan and we played 'Coast to Coast' for yea...and i had never heard the original. In 1978, I left the Cabaret band and moved to London. I played for Chelsea, before being offer the chance of joining Sheffield's [ my home town ] ' 2.3'. Long story short...RCA, CBS, my own label ~ Native [ which i ran for 35 years ], Top 10 Band Manager...etc etc ~ Now, I am an Old Geezer living the good life in Crete. I love your stories. Keep it up Mate. It was a special time for UK music and the individuals in bands and behind the scenes. We made it happen! We change the world... And for the better. God save the Republic !

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind words! I always find it amazing how music can bring back great memories. One day we'll have the "revolution" (cue music)…

Great Fun! I was social sec at Harrow tec, innit. We had other bands, like Henry Cow, Fabulous Poodles, etc etc oh yes what fun… Burlesque were excellent - funny, professional and good!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Those were the days indeed! Thanks for commenting!

great Jim, proud to have sat next to you at Smart Booking and survived a few months until Cherry Red hired me in to do A&R

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Nice one, John! I'll bet there's so much more you can remember that I've forgotten. You should make videos about your experiences: I'm sure they would be great. Happy New Year!

Will have to watch this again so much interesting info , a very full life! It's like a behind the scenes look at how rocknroll seeds germinated into different expression , I had a very unclean brain back then so got it washed in an ashram didsbury Manchester , fall out from guru gig at Glastonbury into New age traveler , I'm now promoting PEP course for drug rehab , it's already in 11 prisons in UK , Prem still going , just received Guinness world record for highest attendance for a lecture approx 300,000 , the chemistry of the players in bands is intriguing , eg a popular story of moon joining a fairly ordinary rnb band the high numbers , it is a fascinating process , cheers all the best for the New Year ☮️

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Looks like you've gone from Rock 'n' Roll to promoting drug rehab courses in prisons - quite the journey! 😄 I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found it full of exciting information. There was so much I missed out: maybe for other videos in the future! The chemistry of players in bands is indeed intriguing, especially when unexpected collaborations happen. Cheers to a fascinating process and a rockin' New Year!

Hahahaha bob Kerr's whoopy band used to play on the big stage at bishops park ,I later played on it in Rock test or something,😂🇬🇧

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Bob's Whoopee Band played on practically every stage in the country from what I remember! Thanks for taking the time to share this…

I went to many of these venues in the early/mid 70s too but the same bands played every Sunday afternoon and evening in the Roundhouse Chalk Farm - that was my favourite venue.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking part! I went to quite a few of those Roundhouse Implosion shows and enjoyed the "vibes" but I always preferred the freedom of wandering in and out of pubs.

Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, a great Welsh band!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree: they were very underrated! I was a champion of the band for many years, though it was always grossly unfashionable! 😀

@stephensnelling3664

6 ай бұрын

Saw Crazy Cavan 1975 great Harry Hemel market powerful band especially in a small Pub.

Does anyone remember the Friday night gigs at The White Lion, Putney. Put on by the local Squatters circa 1976/77. Johnny G, Sam Mitchell, later Crass, UK Subs, The Lurkers!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Sorry, I have no recollection of that as I suppose I would have been in Ely/Cambridge then. I started doing many of those same bands - Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Poison Girls, Conflict, UK Subs, etc - a little later, possibly 1978. Thanks for adding another layer to the memories…

@flipper2392

6 ай бұрын

I do, was stopped at the lights, heard the music, sounds good lets go in and have a look, but mostly used The Greyhound.

What a great start to a video about London Pub Rock in the 70s! Adriano Celentano’s nonsense-lyric disco classic “Prisencolinensinainciusol” is, nevertheless, a blast from the past for me. I distinctly remember a great covers band called Joe Bloggs, who played in the Iron Bridge Tavern on East India Dock Road in Canning Town, London E16 between ‘78 and ‘80. Their finale was always CSN&Y’s song “Chicago”, which was sung by the drummer, iirc. A great live pub rock band for your fascinating journey videos, Jim. Thanks.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Haha: 'Prisencolinensinainciusol' is a real ear-worm, isn't it?! Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your recollections: I really love hearing them!

@mikeuk4130

6 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver It is that, Jim! The 40th Anniversary remix is brilliant, with a new beat and a great video. All the best, Mike.

Glad to hear Geno is alive and kicking. Last saw him in Dingwalls god knows when. He put on a great show and worked his socks off...

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Geno Washington is a force of nature who seems unstoppable. I wish he'd write his memories down: they'd be priceless!!

Hi really interesting stuff so many venues putting on bands several times a week a great stamping ground for new and established groups

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found the video interesting, and thanks for saying so! There used to be so many amazing venues out there supporting bands of all types. It was an excellent time for the music industry, and I fear it's nearly all gone…

Oh I saw Geno Washington round about that time in a pub in Putney. Can't remember name of pub. Lower Richmond Road.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

That would almost certainly have been the Half Moon, though the Star & Garter is also on Lower Richmond Road and the White Lion is on the corner of Lower Richmond Road and Putney High Street…

@xwsftassell

6 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver Yeah. That's it. The Half Moon. Lots of wood panelling, so I remember.

@user-xy2jo2vs5s

6 ай бұрын

Half moon definitely

Excellent . Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to part two. 😀

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, that's very kind of you to say so. I'll try and make Part 2 a bit more to the point and full of new information. Hopefully… 😀😀

Blimey Jim. I just realised it was you who gave me (and my band 'Run To Earth') our first ever gig! Upstairs at The White Lion in Putney 1979. We packed the place out because we had made some posters up for it (at school) and posted them up all round the back of The Bricklayers Arms, The Dukes Head and The Star and Garter...with industrial strength wallpaper paste. They were still there at least four years later! I remember Ralph McTell was in the crowd and we all pretended we didn't know who he was! I think he was the only one who was asked to pay to get in! I saw some great bands there but Red Beans and Rice stand out the most. And a white rock/reggae band called The Papers? Did you also used to book 'Here and Now' in the The Kings Head Fulham? Thanks for the content mate.

@JimDriver

5 ай бұрын

Hello,! It's a small world and I'm always shocked about how many people involved in the Pub Rock days are still around and enjoying the music. Back then it was possible to get big crowds (at least once!) if you used a bit of initiative and put in the hours. That's how bands like The Jam, The Stranglers and other grass-roots bands who made it came to the attention of audiences and Record Company Execs. On the other side of the coin were the ones who told me, "It's not our job to get people in, that';s up to you," most of whom vanished without trace. I was managing Here & Now in the early 1980s and there's more about them in the next video, which I'm editing now. Thanks for commenting and for watching, I really do appreciate it!

@PWMoze

5 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver Can't wait for that. I bloody loved Here and Now, 'Opium for the people!' And all that,

Well I never did! Great storytelling Jim, and a fascinating insight into your own life and London/Cambridge as it was in the 1970s. So much of it familiar. Looking forward to part two!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Very kind of you to say so: I do try and reflect the excitement of the era but I realise I so often fall short! I'll keep making these and one day, who knows?! Cheers!

You’re really inspiring

@JimDriver

Ай бұрын

Thank you: that's very kind of you to say so!

More please!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I certainly intend to do more. Please keep watching!

Thanks for doing these videos on Pub Rock. A few years ago you couldn't find very much information at all.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I realise it’s a lost cause, and nobody really cares about Pub Rock apart from us! If anybody does care, please comment…

The two-part videos are an excellent addition to the channel. Cant wait for the 1980s era.

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm starting to think it will be a good way to cover long subjects. I'm editing the 1980s video now… (It may be a while!)

Jim please put any gig listing for Fulham Putney in the 1970s , I would have been at a few but can’t remember lol , really enjoyed this one ,, not pub rock but was going in the greyhound Fulham in 1973 to see Sutherland brothers quiver but never went in pity as I liked them and never did see them ,👍

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

I'll do my best, though I have no notes to fall back on!!

Roundhouse on a Sunday afternoon

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I attended many of those Sunday gigs organised by my mate, John Curd who, incidentally, is still with us!!

Great story. You should write a book.

@JimDriver

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for saying so. Maybe one day! 😀

Brilliant! Love this 🥰

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the positive comment: I really do appreciate it!

Happy New Year Jim...that's all

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Same to you! I appreciate it… 😀

A guy I lived in the same squat as in Brixton was a 'Divine Light Missionary' and took me to 'The Palace of Peace' in Dulwich once. It was that peaceful I fell asleep. Supercharge were one of the support acts at Queen's free Hyde Park concert in '76 - I enjoyed all the other acts but left halfway through Queen's first song ('Bo. Rhap.'). God they were awful!

@JimDriver

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for those divine memories! I used to go to the Palace of Peace ( formerly Dulwich Odeon) a lot and we went on the number 12 bus which went, in those days, from North Acton to Dulwich Library! I live Supercharge- Queen not so much!

@peterdemeteor8399

5 ай бұрын

"I knew she was a nice girl 'Coz she moved the dishes first". Quality!

Did bob kerr front the new vaudeville band when they had the hits , Winchester cathedral, peek a boo , Finchley Central green street green .

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

As far as I remember, Bob was brought in to front the NVB (who were totally invented, everything played by session-players btw) when their studio recording hit the charts. He made the mistake of leaving the Bonzos to do it, though in retrospect, he made the best of that situation with his enduring Whoopee Band!!

Great video!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you finding the time to comment: cheers!

Hi Jim, I can remember going to the Kensington pub to see a group called the Winkies, I think Brian Eno had something to do with them..just wondering what ever happened to them

@JimDriver

3 ай бұрын

Hello Kevun! From what I can remember, the Winkies were formed by Phjl Rambow, fresh over from Canada, and they backed Eno on an early solo tour after he heard them on the John Peel Show. I think… 😀

@kevinmaher3662

3 ай бұрын

@JimDriver cheers mate that did remind me that they were from Canada, the Kensington was my go to pub back in the 70s, great times, miss those days

Happy New Year Jimbo!

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks! Same to you with (the dreaded) tubular bells on…

Nice one very interesting 👍

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I really do appreciate it!

Supercharge? loved them, If it's the same band? Saw them and bought one of their albums with "Rocket 88" on it. That was in the NAAFI up at RAF Scampton back in probably 1980 or '81? .

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Supercharge, led by saxophonist Albie Donnelly, have always been one of my very favourite “big bands”. Full of verve and excitement…

@johnp8131

6 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver Sounds about right, must dig the vinyl out.

My mum and dad got married at brook green, catholic church, proper Hammersmith mob 😂✊🇬🇧 4:08

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us. I have fond memories of my time at Brook Green and I remember the church as a beautiful structure among the greenery. In retrospect I found out that a music agency, Concord Artists, had its office in one of those cottages just along from the church.

@koont666

6 ай бұрын

@@JimDriver oh really yeah a lovely spot for sure ❤️🇬🇧

That church opposite white lion Putney is where Oliver Cromwell plotted the downfall of the king , bet you wanted to know that lol .

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Haha! That's the kind of historical fact I wish I'd mentioned in the video! Thanks!

Why do you rush through the videos Jim? You do realize that you can make them as long as you want.

@JimDriver

5 ай бұрын

I’m only following the advice of Max Miller but cheers!

Stan smith band

@JimDriver

6 ай бұрын

Sorry, the Stan Smith Band never collided with my life. Even so, please keep watching and telling me what you think…