Venue:
Clitheroe Grand
Date: 16/12/2023
Mud playing on my doorstep!, so near to Christmas!, it would be silly not to. Original members Ray Stiles, Hollies bassist and coolest man in pop and Rob Davies, writer of Cant Get You Out of My Head and earring wearer are joined by Hollies Keyboard player Ian Parker and Glam drummer royalty, The Glitter Bands Pete Phipps.
What did we get? Well the hits! Starting from 1973`s tangotastic Crazy to 1978`s Cut Across Shorty and all points inbetween. Losing co singer Keith Reid to illness we lost Show Me Youre a Woman and Lean On Me from the set but the triumvirate of number ones, Oh Boy, Tiger Feet and of course Lonely This Christmas set the crowd out into the night with a festive glow in their bellys.
The audience:
The older end of the spectrum. As Mud only play a few gigs each year, it looked like there were some well travelled members of the audience.
It made me think..
There is but a fag paper between Tiger Feets buzzsaw guitar and the Ramones, Rockaway Beach. Godfathers of punk anyone?. Also the Beeb banned Lonely this Christmas during the Covid pandemic!
Tiger Feet is one of the most thrilling pop songs ever – so that’s worth the ticket price on its own. I think Rob should get the band to sing some of his songs as well.
Saw the classic Mud line up live in Bahrain just before Xmas in 1984 or 85.
Despite hardly anyone coming out to see them, they put on a terrific show
I grew up in the far north of Scotland in the 80s and the only acts who ventured that far to play gigs were Mud and, oddly enough, Echo and the Bunnymen.
I have a feeling that Mud spent a lot of time in the late 70s and 80s transiting up and down the place playing concerts in the most unlikely of places, like the Anthony Quinn character in La Strada. There you go, Mud and Fellini, perhaps not often mentioned in the same thread.
If Tiger Feet was by T Rex it would get the respect it deserves. Discuss.
“Tiger Feet” is a song by the British glam rock band Mud, not T. Rex. It was released in 1974 and became one of Mud’s most successful singles. While T. Rex, led by Marc Bolan, was also a prominent glam rock band during the same era, attributing “Tiger Feet” to T. Rex would be incorrect.
That being said, both Mud and T. Rex made significant contributions to the glam rock genre, and each band had its own distinctive style. T. Rex, with Marc Bolan’s charismatic presence and innovative sound, had a string of hits, including “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” and “20th Century Boy,” which earned them considerable respect.
If “Tiger Feet” were by T. Rex, it might indeed have received a different level of attention and respect, given T. Rex’s influence and popularity in the glam rock scene. However, it’s important to appreciate each band for its unique contributions to music history, and “Tiger Feet” remains a classic track associated with Mud’s legacy in the glam rock era.
Thank you GAIry.
Just as I’m typing this, Lonely This Christmas emerges from the radio on a car parked outside. Coincidence? Yes.
In other news, the CID love their Christmas Hits.
Les Gray is more of a style icon and poet than Marc “Hey don’t touch the car, man” Bolan could ever be. To me, anyway.
Keith Reid?
Sorry, Keith Read, former singer of 60`s’70`s rockers The Wild Angels. “Slaps wrist!”
Ah: I had a very odd juxtaposition in my head there…
They played the Summer Ball at University in, I think, my final year, so 1978.
Inevitably, all the safety pin brigade mocked the booking mercilessly, spitting out calls for the UK Subs to be booked, while all the proggers just rolled their eyes at the profound stupidity of the Social Secretary and put another Van Der Graaf Generator album on.
Everyone who actually went to see them – and the place was rammed – had a bloody good time and thought they gave a damn good account of themselves. Absolutely brilliant entertainment, cracking rock’n’roll and a massively healthy self-deprecating attitude.
Even if it’s not entirely the same band these days, their pedigree means I’d have bet that they’d still deliver, and it’s truly great to read that I’d have been right.
I saw them early 90s at Bognor Butlins, on a weekend headlined twice by the original lineup of Bjorn Again. Cracking stuff.
Support on consectutive nights was by two different versions of the Sweet, which was a bit awkward.
They would have played my local leisure centre (!) around the same time. Naturally I didn’t go as they were ancient (probably around 30) and well past their best
The first gig I ever went to, 1974 I think, I must have been 7, was Mud at the Ulster Hall. I had several of their singles and was a fan, so my Mum and Dad took me. Was a good night.
I have a gig by Sladey (the all female Slade tribute band) on Thursday in Milton Keynes, and can’t wait. I’ll be in my Henry Cow t-shirt if any of you are also in attendance and wish to say hello.
Hope to see them myself sometime.