What ever happened to the Spinners ?

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Colin Randall
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 05:33 AM

And still they play.

A press release has been sent to me reporting that the three survivors (Cliff Hall, as has been noted here, having died since this thread - to which he contributed if I remember correctly - began four years ago) will be at the Acoustic Festival of Britain on May 22.

It's at Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffs. I have posted details and more links at
http://www.salutlive.com/2011/04/acoustic-festival.html.

I have nothing to do with the festival, but its website is http://www.acousticfestival.co.uk/

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Sailor Ron
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 06:04 AM

Hughie Jones will be at the Ellesmere Port Easter Shanty/Sea Song festival .

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,Desi C
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 08:19 AM

pity none of the links given on here lead to The Spinners from Liverpool, all are either no longer available or lead to ad sites. Anyone know a current site re The Spinners. I loved the Spinners, though living in Birmingham at the time I followed the Ian Cambell Folk group. There was a very snobbish attitude then, and lasted up to the 80's, against Folk Artists who found fame,was seen as selling out I suppose, and The Spinners were up there with The Seekers, Pete Seeger etc as top names. Their TV series were always eagerly awaited and influenced many, including me to the Folk Scene.Surely if any group is worth a revival or a TV docu it's The Spinners, c'mon BBC

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: tritoneman
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 09:10 AM

Mick Groves has been living in the Exeter area for quite a few years now and appears at local folk clubs and does village hall gigs in the area quite regularly.

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Richard from Liverpool
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 09:16 AM

Not sure if these links qualify as current sites about the Spinners, exactly, but Hughie Jones does have his own website (useful to see the timetable at his Everyman Folk Club, among other things)
http://www.hughiejones.com/

Chantey Cabin also has a Spinners discography here.

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Colin Randall
Date: 14 Apr 11 - 03:46 PM

Agree with Desi. I assume they must have had awards of a similar nature in the past. If not, this one would have been overdue by about 40 years. Not so much for the music they made, about which we could argue all night, but for what they represented and the role they played in making people want to listen to folk. We can safely forget the snobs. A lot of the performers they would prefer gained their own audiences precisely because, thanks to bands like the Spinners, people were made aware of them.

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,Spleen Cringe
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 05:04 AM

There's a Spinners retrospective in the current issue of fRoots.

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 10:48 AM

Hughie Jones is on at the Ellesmere Port sea shanty festival
next weekend 24th -25th April. www.shanty.org.uk

Subject: RE: Origins: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Apr 11 - 10:52 AM

also http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=136939&messages=20

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,ABP
Date: 03 Apr 12 - 09:16 AM

My Dad talks about the Jaffa Cake commercial being filmed in Stockport and him being on TV, a big close up of him. My old headmaster used to refer to him as that man off the Jaffa Cake advert. Anyone know if this commercial is available anywhere? I'd love to see it.

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,FanBoy
Date: 14 Jul 13 - 04:18 PM

Hughie Jones of the Spinners is headlining the Thursday night entertainment (Acoustic Night) at Stoke Beer & Cider Festival this year, Thursday 17th October 2013 is the date for your diary.

Hughie will be supported by many local acoustic acts on the night

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,michael dineen
Date: 20 May 15 - 01:13 PM

I was delighted, to find this. I have listened to The Spinners, for years. I suppose in many ways, they were an English style version, of Irish folk groups such as The Clancy's and The Dubliners. Their music, was very popular here in Ireland. While they recorded a lot of albums, the albums are nearly impossible to get now. We are told that they sold the rights of all their material, when they retired. It was bought by an American company. Because of this, you simply can't get Spinners material on c.d. It has to come from America, and the buyer must be prepared to pay big sums of money for it. Because of this, I feel they are badly remembered. I hope that their c.d's, might yet become available here in Ireland.

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 20 May 15 - 03:48 PM

yes the 1960's seem to have been opn season on musicians. they all got ripped off. considerin their record sales the spinners should have retired multi millionaires. geezers like Bert Jansch and Brimstone all have stories about being ripped off.

i suppose weall do.

where does all the divisive stuff come from. i suppose in a way we are in competition with each other.

i can't help thinking somehow our attitude to each other aids no one except the crooks who rip us all off.

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: The Sandman
Date: 21 May 15 - 03:18 AM

try locating hughie jones or the everyman folk club in liverpool, he might be able to help you. hughie runs the club and is still a great performer, he has a web presence

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST
Date: 21 May 15 - 05:18 PM

Mick Groves is gigging again around Exeter/Devon. He's even doing a few gigs with Hughie Jones. (http://mickgroves.co.uk/news/ ) He's got a couple of solo cds but no mention of Spinners cds.

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: The Sandman
Date: 22 May 15 - 07:28 AM

Hughie Jones also has cds available.

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Bernard
Date: 12 Jun 15 - 08:32 PM

June 2014... this wasn't three old blokes going through the motions - they still have the enthusiasm and fire!!

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: GUEST,WendyWoo
Date: 23 Sep 15 - 05:55 PM

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ? From: GUEST,ABP Date: 03 Apr 12 - 09:16 AM

My Dad talks about the Jaffa Cake commercial being filmed in Stockport and him being on TV, a big close up of him. My old headmaster used to refer to him as that man off the Jaffa Cake advert. Anyone know if this commercial is available anywhere? I'd love to see it.

Your Dad is right, they filmed the commercial in Stockport Indoor market hall. Jaffa cakes, Jaffa cakes, we all love Jaffa cakes. I was in the group of people skipping behind them singing through the market. Would love to see the advert again. Has anyone got a link to a video? I guess it was about 1974

Subject: RE: What ever happened to the Spinners ?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jul 21 - 01:11 AM

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