The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98840 Message #3585883
Posted By: GUEST,Clive Noble
21-Dec-13 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: Bunjies folk cellar coffee house
Subject: RE: Bunjies folk cellar coffee house
Gosh, just reading through all these postings brings back so many memories including smells of coffee, the dampness of the room, and names from 50 years ago. In another thread somewhere I mentioned that I played guitar with a group called Hanearim, we sang Israeli folk songs and appeared at Bunjies on many Wednesday evenings from 1964 through 1966.
Our group consisted of the voices of Nina Young, Johnny Simon, Ralph Rosen, and my brother Steve and I, we played guitars and also provided back up vocals and harmonies.
I remember Theo well, and am so sorry to know he has passed on... I can still hear his strong voice and would accompany him when he sat in on our sessions... Chastity Belt was one of his favourites as were his sea songs... I recently came across his visiting card.. he had been a big number in the navy I seem to remember.
I'd often give him a lift home in my little car... was terrified that he'd break the pathetic front seat with his weight.
One of the bad experiences was having to follow Bert Jansch on one of his early appearances. He was a knock out then, but nice to know he was there as a 'warm-up' for us!
It was always fun counting the takings at the end of the evening then splitting it between the 5 of us..... the average take-home pay was well under two pounds each.
We had a fortunate break at Bunjies, one evening, a talent scout for E.M.I. came and heard us and the enthusiastic crowd who faithfully turned up whenever we played there... Lou called the next day and told us that E.M.I were looking for us...to cut it short, a couple of months later we were in Abbey Road studios making an LP... actually on a day that some of the Beatles were there in another studio doing a mix.
Those were the days my friends....... as the old song goes......