The Afterword is giving all members the ability to put on your own festival. The rules are:
1. One day only, starting at 12 noon to late.
2. Any era, everyone is alive. Selecting which career point to feature is permissible.
3. Three stages – you decide what they are.
4. Have consideration for ticket sales – a mass of completely different genres may not attract the punters.
5. Default assumption is acts are in their “peak” assuming there was one…
Twangfest in comments….
Twangfest lineup.
Rock stage
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Jethro Tull
Steve Miller Band
Little Feat
Jazz and blues stage
Miles Davis (Coltrane/Chambers/Jones/Evans/Adderley)
Jeff Beck
Mahavishu Orchestra
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie
Rory Gallagher
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Oscar Peterson Trio
Folk and roots stage
Fairport Convention (Liege and Leif tour with Sandy)
Pentangle
Jason Isbell
Dwight Yoakam
Hank Williams
Nic Jones
Have you considered band egos? Would Led Zep agree to going on after Hendrix? Or being second on the bill to Floyd? Would Jeff Beck be happy about going on at the same time as Led Zep?
I know, the lot of the promoter is a thankless one. I think Hendrix wasn’t as a big as either of them but it’s touch and go with Zep/Floyd. Ultimately Floyd sold more records which swung it.
Perhaps there’s a rule that they all really want to do it to the point where egos are sublimated in the interests of appearing at al. Ho ho.
I suspect even Led Zep would be daunted by having to follow the Hendrix show (didn’t The Who have a similar issue once upon a time?) Page would look like a talentless chancer after him.
You could have Zep as top of the bill, and they play midnight – 3.00am, then Floyd go on after them, in the sunrise comedown slot. That would work. This is assuming that’s still one day… you’re right, being a promoter is tough…
Concheroo Music and Arts Festival
Rock Stage: (running order TBC)
Jeff Beck (the Truth line-up)
The Nice
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Bonzo Dog Band
Frank Zappa
Taste
Free
Rolling Stones (with Mick Taylor)
Family
Jazz and Beano stage:
Joe Bonamassa
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (with Danny Kirwan)
Albert King
Otis Rush
Chicken Shack
Ten Years After (Undead era)
Colosseum (1st album line-up pre-Chris Farlowe)
Mahavishu Orchestra (MKI)
Wes Montgomery Trio
If
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (’68 line-up with Mick Taylor)
Guitar Workshop & Acoustic Tent:
Ry Cooder (solo)
Donovan (with Danny Thompson and Harold McNair)
Fairport Convention (Full House line-up)
Bert Jansch
John Renbourn
John Martyn
Wizz Jones
Roy Harper
Drools…
Loving Taste and Free billed above the Stones. Great bill!
I’d go for a slash and a beer during Wes’s show.
I’m not especially a jazz fan, but I’d drive anywhere to hear a great guitarist
Surely you would do that during Wizz Jones’s set?!
What if Slash guested with Wizz?
I’ll have a ticket for that please, but shame on you JC – No Muddy? You of all people. I saw him in his dotage and he was magnificent.
This year’s Bungliefest will be featuring the following:
Rock Stage –
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
R.E.M.
Fleetwood Mac (circa 1979)
Neil Young (circa 1978)
Bob Dylan (circa 1966)
The Byrds
The Beatles
Singer / Songwriter Tent –
Joni Mitchell
Jackson Browne
Simon & Garfunkel
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Warren Zevon
Americana Marquee –
Jason Isbell
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris
Israel Nash Gripka
Townes Van Zandt
In the event of my being asked to curate next year’s Meltdown I’ll have to have David Sylvian as main headliner. Sufjan Stephens, Public Service Broadcasting, Roger Robinson, Vanessa Fernandez (thanks to @Chrisf – brilliant tip), Mishka, Bliss, 9Bach, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Sinead O’Connor and a reformed The Smiths will all be on the bill. I’m quite looking forward to it now.
Out from lurking to announce Turtlefest:
Not much recent stuff I’m afraid, but then I can go see all that somewhere nice and sweaty with a roof on…
Main stage
23.00 – Elvis Presley (‘68 Comeback Special era)
21.30 – James Brown
20.00 – David Bowie
18.30 – Prince
17.00 – Aretha Franklyn
15.30 – Roy Orbison
14.30 – The Clash
13.30 – Blondie
12.30 – Creedence Clearwater Revival
12.00 – The Ramones
Other Stage
23.00 – The Velvet Underground
22.00 – T- Rex
21.00 – Rockpile
20.00 – Orange Juice
19.00 – Aztec Camera
18.00 – Richard Hawley
17.00 – The Smiths
16.00 – Toots & The Maytals
15.00 – Heavy Trash
14.00 – Teenage Fanclub
13.00 – Ian Dury & The Blockheads
12.00 – The Specials
Country, Soul & Roots
22.30 – Johnny Cash
21.00 – Ryan Adams
19.30 – Otis Redding
18.00 – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
16.00 – The Stray Cats
15.00 – Jackie Wilson
14.00 – Jerry Lee Lewis
13.00 – Dwight Yoakham
12.00 – Jason & The Scorchers
Stray Cats! Awesome.
Toots !
Is that the Paul Nicholas line-up of the Stray Cats of the Karl Howman one?
I thought they were in the same line up?
You’re right! They were. The classic line up was Essex, Edmunds, Moon, Howman, Nicholas. It was Peter ‘Blue Peter’ Duncan who joined later. Funny how you watch a film once, and 40 years later you can’t remember who played the minor characters
Rock Stage
AC/DC (Bon era)
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix Experience (Monterey version)
The Who
Deep Purple
Robin Trower
David Bowie (David Live era)
Folk and Jazz Stage
Miles Davis (Kind Of Blue/Sketches era)
Mahavishnu Orchestra
John Coltrane
Joni Mitchell, with Jaco Pastorius
Nick Drake and John Martyn duetting
Fairport (with Sandy)
Bob
Soul Stage
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Stevie Wonder
Aretha
Band of Gypsies (with the power of soul…)
Prince
Sly & The Family Stone
Tower of Power
The Meters
Sigh….
No Feat?
Knew you’d say that. Couldn’t decide where to put them. I’ll admit I didn’t dwell on this list very long and would have been a bit more imaginative otherwise
Junior’s African Meltdown
Africans are notoriously narrow in their musical tastes they like.They stick to their region whereas us Westerners are quite Catholic in our tastes.
Southern African stage
Dollar Brand – Township jazz Sth Africa Mannenberg era
Hugh Masekela – Sth African jazz Stimela period
Mahlathini and Mahotella Queens backed by Makona Tsohle band Mbaqanga Sth Africa late 70s
Bhundu Boys Jit Zimbabwe Biggie Tembo era
Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits Zimbabwe Zim / Sth african 1982-3 Shanje / Maungira period
Thomas Mapfumo – Chimurenga Zimbabwe full brass Jonah Sithole on guitar Ndangariro /Mabasa period
Central Africa
Les Wanyika – East African rumba Kenya – Sina Makosa period
Maroon Commandoes East African RumbaKenya , Charo Nyi Wasi era late 70s
Remy Ongala – Rumba/Soukous Congo /Tanzania
Tabu Ley / Rochereau Rumba Congo _Mere Ando era
Sam Mangwana Rumba Congo early eighties
Franco – Congo Rumba late 70s must play Oh Miguel and Princess Kiku
West Africa
Eric Agyemang – Palm wine / HighlifeGhana Highlife Safari period
Sweet Talks – Highlife Ghana
Chief Ebenezer Obey- Nigeria juju – What God has Brought Together era plenty of slide
Sunny Ade – Nigeria juju pre Island sound
Manu Dibango – Cameroun – Makossa – Soul Makossa with Jerry Malenkani on gtr
Fela Kuti – Nigeria – Afro beat – no later than Black President era
Nice work JW, although I’d like to see Ginger Baker guesting on the West Africa stage with Fela
Thanks JC I should addd that first listed goes on first.
Ginger will indeed come on with the Afrika 70 band having double teamed a lot with Tony Allen. Lest Bowie who featured with the band during the Zombie period will also guest.
Sam Mangwana was part of Franco’s band at one stage ( who wasn’t) and will sing with TPOK Jazz. Rochereau will come and do a couple of songs off Rochereau and Franco’s hit album of early 80s.
Rochereau show will include Mbilia Bel.
That Fela Kuti/Thomas Mapfumo clash is a bit of a bastard…
No contest. The Map wins. Blisstastic melifluousness.
Oddly enough, I kind of am putting on my own festival. I’ve been promised* a circus bigtop for next year’s village fete. I hope to feature
Helen & the Neighbourhood Dogs
The Disappointment Choir
One of many Twang incarnations
If anybody else would like a slot in Cambs next June, drop me a line.
(*) promised by someone I don’t trust to organise a brewery piss-up, but a promise is a promise.
I’ll be there.
So far, we are only able to announce the headliners for the Fatdad Festival. PLease download our app so that you can hear about all the latest bookigs.
Shaken not stirred Tent
Elis Regina
Jacques Brel
Robbie Burns (spoken word set)
Billie Holiday
Hildegard Von Bingen Band
Shaking all over Tent
Elvis Presley
Franz Liszt
Franco
Johnny Kid and the Pirates
Sam and Dave
Sheikh Yerbouti Tent
Oum Kalsoum
H R H King Henry Vlll and the Greensleeves Band
Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie Orchestra
Joni Mitchell with the Pat Metheny Group
The Wombles
Nice eclectic list KFD
Interesting list, KFD – do you have space for a Rankers and Skankers Tent somewhere in the field?
Bob Marley and the Wailers (1975)
Burning Spear (1977)
Black Uhuru with Sly and Robbie (1981)
Culture (1979)
Misty in Roots (1979)
Michael Smith
I suppose you coud book Gregory Isaacs, too, but I wouldn’t bank on him turning up!
That’s a pretty irie list, Duke. Any room for Toots and the Maytals?
For the sake of fairness, I should point out that on the occasion that I had tickets to see the Cool Ruler, he did indeed turn up. He was scheduled to play at 9.00 pm on Saturday evening. The backing band did a valiant job and kept jamming along but at 11.00 pm I gave up and went home.
Rumour has it that he arrived at 5.00 a.m. on Sunday morning and was rather surprised to find the venue locked up and closed.
I’ll have a ticket for that Fatdad-dio!
Only The Comedy Tent announced so far at my festival
The Pythons (mid 70’s era)
Bill Hicks
The Radio Ham / The Blood Donor (1961 album cast)
Stewart Lee
Harry Hill and band with Al Murray on drums)
Billy Connolly (mid 80s long hair era)
Tim Vine
Rob Reiner & Mel Brooks – 2000 Year Old Man in The 21st Century
Sketch Supershow featuring Lily Tomlin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Gilda Radnor, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Jane Curtin , Chevy Chase and Chris Farley. Guest host – Steve Martin
Eddie Izzard (1994 edition)
Victoria Wood & Julie Walters
Jerry Sadowitz
Dave Allen
Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David in Conversation
A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
Live table read of the Simpson’s episodes ‘Homer’s Barbershop Quartet’ & ‘Homerpalooza’ including all guest stars.
Peter Cook &Dudley Moore (two sets – classic & Derek & Clive Greatest Hits – late night)
Ivor Cutler
Ross Noble
Rik & Ade as ‘The Dangerous Brothers
Alexei Sayle (early 80s)
This Morning with Richard Not Judy reunion featuring the actor Kevin Fldon, TVs Emma Kennedy, Paul Putner as Curious Orange and illicit couple Jo Unwin & Richard Thomas.
I’d add “Motormouth” era Ben Elton. Loved it at the time, before he became uncool.
You’d have to put him far away on bill from Alexei.
Yes doing his ‘Double Seat’ routine
Plus Michael Palin reading ‘Biggles Goes To See Bruce Springsteen’
Rowan Atkinson’s Schoolteacher
You have that “Motormouth” album?
“Buying a Renault, one of my more sensible decisions”
“Marrying an arrogant sexist dickhead – one of my stupider decisions”.
A cracking line-up. Except the spectacularly irritating Tim Vine & Ross Noble.
Vic & Bob and Bill Bailey to be added to the bill later?.
Where can I get tickets?
Oh – a TMWRNJ reunion would be excellent. Would there be free cress?
Outstanding.
Are you reading this, Gervais? We don’t want you at the Festival because we know a chancer when we see one, and we’re bored to the tits of your sad old crap. So fuck right off.
Still at planning stage…
Kiss and make up stage, to be hosted by Harry Hill. All the usual suspects – The Smiths, Jam, Jerry Dammers and The Specials – try and iron out their differences. If they do, splendid. If they don’t, well it could be just as entertaining.
Unsigned band stage – all bands to have 3 songs to prove themselves.
Music literary stage – Writers to précis and adapt their most famous works in the music of their era.
Tribute band stage – The Parrots, Bootleg Beatles, the Abba and Doors ones plus the real things.
The Good lineup stage – The Stones with Mick Taylor, Fleetwood Mac (with Stevie Nicks, obviously !!), The Byrds.
The whole event to be hosted by Humphrey Lyttleton.
I was thinking along those lines too, can I Co-promote and bring Rockpile and Talking Heads to the party please?…… I’m tempted to try and drag along XTC as well but I don’t think it would end well!
Main Stage (all nighter)
Prince
David Bowie & The Spiders From Heaven
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Grateful Dead (pre 1975)
The Clash
The E-Street Band (1978 repertoire)
Pink Floyd
Roky Erickson & The Aliens (1979)
The Ramones (1977)
Song Writers’ Stage
Bob Dylan And Rolling Thunder Revue
Leonard Cohen (1979 band)
Patti Smith
John Martyn & Danny Thompson
Allen Ginsberg
Joni Mitchell
Richard & Linda Thompson (1975 lineup)
John Cale (1975 band)
Waterboys
Roy Harper & Trigger
Folk & Blues Stage
Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green
The Band
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny
Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter
Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart
Robert Johnson with Eric Clapton
Alan Stivell
Lindisfarne Mk I
John Prine & Steve Goodman with David Bromberg
Whoops! Forgot Neil Young & Da Horse and Jimi Hendrix Experience, not to mention Traffic and King Crimson Mark Is. Please add.
Traffic from “Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys” would be my preferred lineup.
And surely Quicksilver Messenger Service (“Happy Trails” version) and Man (“Padget Rooms” lineup) could be squeezed in somewhere. Or maybe with Hawkwind and Global Village Trucking Company, playing on a flatbed outside the fence.
Come on Mike, develop an Hfest!
Hmmm..
Far Out Stage
2130-0000hrs Frank Zappa/Mothers 1973 band (Ralph Humphrey, Ruthie, Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke, Fowler brothers)
1930-2130hrs Gong (“You” lineup)
1800-1930hrs Quicksilver Messenger Service (Happy Trails Band)
1630-1800hrsMan (Padget Rooms band)
1500-1630hrs Soft Machine (Volume Two, with brass)
1330-1500hrs Fairport Convention (Unhalfbricking)
1200-1330hrs Ravi Shankar/Allah Rakha
Jazzarony Stage
2130-2400hrs John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy/McCoy Tyner/Jimmy Garrison/Elvin Jones
1900-2130hrs Miles Davis Quintet/Gil Evans Orchestra
1930-2130hrs Esbjorn Svensson Trio
1800-1930hrs Tubby Hayes Quintet (Down In the Village)
1630-1800hrs Bugge Wesseltoft: New Conception Of Jazz
1330-1500hrs Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (with Horace Silver)
1330-1500hrs Louis Armstrong Hot 7
1200-1330hrs Anita O’Day
Other Stage
2230-0000hrs Terry Riley
2100-2230hrs John Fahey
1930- 2100hrs Klaus Schulze/Manuel Göttsching
1800-1930hrs 801(Eno/Manzanera/Watson/Monkman/McCormick/Phillips)
1630-1800hrs Funkadelic/Parliament
1500-1630hrs Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson
1330-1500hrs The Waterboys
1200-1330 hrs Weather Report/Jaco (guest Joni Mitchell)
Flatbed Truck Outside
Hawkwind
Here & Now
Global Village Trucking Company
Disappointment Choir
Fat Men In the Bathtub
Inspired. I’ll bring my flying teapot
Really like Other Stage line up there – maybe throw in World Party and get some kind of reunion between Wallinger and Scott.
We are not worthy…
Supply your own petrol for the generator.
yes great line-up Scott. M better be on his game in such illustrious company.
Re: “Grateful Dead (pre 1975)”
Yes- somewhere around Fall ’73 would be tip-top!
Dead and Springsteen on same bill- good luck sticking to your running schedule.
True – but I’d certainly enjoy Bruce coming on to join the Dead in their final encore of Johnny B. Goode…
Main Stage
The Faces
Free
Mott The Hoople (Dudes line-up)
Little Feat
Average White Band
Big Big Train
Todd Rundgren
Small Faces
Singer Songwriter Stage
Van Morrison (One Night In San Francisco line-up)
Jackson Browne
James Taylor
Bill Withers
Josh Rouse
Paul Brady
Gretchen Peters
Shawn Colvin
Folk & Blues Stage
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bonnie Raitt
Saw Doctors
Clannad
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Seth Lakeman
Cara Dillon
Dawes
Man that’s a good lineup.
Man! I forgot Man! 🙂
Doh!
put me a chair in front of stage 1 coz I aint budging. AWB -great selection
😄 Robbie McIntosh (or Steve Ferrone) into Richie Hayward. My idea of drummer heaven.
The “Why Wouldn’t You Like These” Stage.
The Beatles (1967-1970) (just because I wonder what would they have been like?)
David Bowie (1977)
The Beach Boys (1966-68)
Black Sabbath (1971-1974)
The Clash (1977-1980)
The Smiths
XTC (sorry Andy)
Kate Bush
The “Why Aren’t They Bigger” Stage
The Groundhogs (1968-1978)
Wire
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
The Magnetic Fields
Ben Folds
Utopia
Be Bop Deluxe
The “Like It Or Lump It” Stage
The Fall
Scott Walker
Throbbing Gristle
Coil
Amon Duul II
Cabaret Voltaire
Sunn O)))
Faust
The “Like It Or Lump It” Stage
Like
Rock Stage
The Beatles
The Who
Faces
Thin Lizzy
AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Alice Cooper
Punk Stage
Ramones
Sex Pistols
Clash
Damned
Stiff Little Fingers
Stranglers
Buzzcocks
Not Really Punk, but Caught Up In It All Stage
The Jam
Elvis Costello
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Joe Jackson
Joy Division
Skids
The Rich Kids
Discussions are sought to run a parallel event with DFBs Comedy Tent
Add The Ruts and subtract The Rich Kids to the NRPbCUIIA stage.
Forgot the Pub Rock Marquee
Dr Feelgood
Brinsley Schwarz
Ducks Deluxe
Eggs Over Easy
Eddie & The Hot Rods
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
The Kursaal Flyers
Roogalator!
Absolutely.
Also, Dave Edmonds will be acting as compere (expect an impromptu Rockpile performance)
I suppose you can’t have Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker & The Rumour.
Must have been tempting to make SLF headline on the punk stage but I think you’ve got the running order right. Could Siouxsie squeak in?
Very!
I had to physically stop myself, and consider what would work for a festival audience, and paying punters.
Siouxsie may well be making a guest appearance, along with Generation X on the Punk or Not Really Punk Stage – negotiations continue
WHITE BOY STAGE
Curved Air
Jethro Tull (Mk I)
Kraftwerk
The Ramones
Steely Dan
Genesis
AC/DC
GREAT BLACK MUSIC STAGE
Sly + the Family Stone
Aretha Franklin
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Miles Davis (circa 1974)
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Jay Z
ACOUSTIC STAGE
Pentangle
Gillian Welch
Planxty
Bob Dylan (mid 90s)
Ravi Shankar
Kronos Quartet
Crosby Stills + Nash
Sadly Bartlebury is cancelled this year owing to a number of tantalising diary clashes with the above festivals. As such, room may have to be made (the Awkward Buggers Going On All Night tent) for
The Fall (various eras)
Kevin Coyne
Martin Stephenson & The Dainties
Syd Barrett
Floyd 1970 (Atom Heart Mother, If, Fat Old Sun etc)
Nick Drake accompanied by John Cale, Danny Thompson and Dave Mattacks
Ben Howard
Kevin Ayers
Robert Wyatt (guest spot Ivor Cutler)
Anthony Phillips
Terry Reid
Tim Buckley
Terry Callier
Michael Kiwanuka
Meic Stephens
The Unthanks
Bill Withers
Ronnie Lane
Gong
Band of Horses
I recognise that time may have to be stretched somewhat to fit them all in…
Can I just point out that the total lack of interest in the Bartlebury is somehow entirely appropriate and historically apt.
Should have stuck The Wombles in there……..
I knew I was missing one seminal lone wolf – come on down Mike Batt!
Just put The Seekers on the legendary 3 pm Sunday slot and any of you can have my money.
Beezapollooza
‘The Usual Suspects’ Stage
Dire Straits (Nothing from BIA)
Ry Cooder, Bobby King and Terry Evans
Prince
Robert Palmer
Donald Fagen
Beck
Dr Feelgood (classic lineup, but Gypie Mayo more than welcome)
Nine Below Zero
JJ Cale
‘The Hairy Stage
Rich Robinson
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
(fuck it) The Black Crowes!
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Manassas
Rory Gallagher
Fizzy Pop Stage
XTC
The Move
Roy Wood
The Hepcat Stage
Erroll Garner
Jimmy Smith
Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
Sweaty Dance Stage
Fluke
The Egg
Propellerhead’s
Comedy Stage
Round The Horne
I’ll just donate my “Pop” stage for a far corner of your bottom fields
Howard Jones
Racey
The Wombles
Tears For Fears
Haircut 100
Cliff Richard
Lady Gaga
Elvis Presley
Abba
The Monkees
Is Elvis supporting Racey and the Wombles or does The King get to warm the crowd up for Peter Tork et al?
He’s on before Abba, on the pop stage everyone is just a warm up for the LTCHM
Excellent. I’m sure The King can cope.
Ok, I’m biased but for the sake of the festival we can put Elvis at the top of the bill, you may have a point. No-ones touching Racey though *Come on baby lay your love on me……….*
Hey, it’s your gig man – I personally can’t wait to see how the Porpoise Song hitmakers follow Suspicious Minds, American Trilogy, Wonder of You et al…
Don’t have much to add to all of the above, but I think I’d like a Gallic stage:
Serge Gainsbourg (+ Jane Birkin and/or Brigitte Bardot)
Django Reinhardt
Francoise Hardy
Georges Brassens
France Gall
Charles Trenet
Juliette Greco
Jacques Brel (token Belgian)
Barbara
Bireli Lagrene
Brigitte Fontaine
Edith Piaf/Les Compagnons de la Chanson (‘ironic’ Shirley Bassey/Rolf Harris spot)
That’ll do nicely, I think. You can keep your Elvises and your Jimis.
No Johnny?!
Sacre Bleu! Pas mauvais!
Not heard of Bireli L before. Just put that right. A very versatile guitarist.
Personally I’d add Bill Deraime and Jean Jaques Milteau…
And Jef Gilson. Greatest French jazzer ever!
Meanwhile as a sop to those Anzacs who died to save Britain from Jerry a southern hemisphere stage has been aloowed. Of course they dont get any stage lights and the PA has no grunt but they can say they were recognised
Opening – Go Betweens Tallulah era with Amanda Brown
Paul Kelly -Coloured girls band
Easy Beats -all the hits
The Triffids
The Saints – classic line up
Bad Seeds Blixa/Barry/Mick Henry’s Dream Period
Acca Dacca Bon Scott
S
Maybe peaking with a Live Aid style group rendition of Men At Work’s greatest hit? 😀
You forgot Kylie and Rolf.
What’s Angry Anderson up to these days?
He’s simply pissed-off these days. It’s an age thing.
Men At Work- over my dead body
Rolf nope
Kylie over her hot body
Angry -pretty much retired ,every now the Tatts reform for special shows but now Pete Wells has died there is not much left.
the Pub blues rock tent – this is it , over the top
Chain
Carson
Angels
Rose Tattoo
Thorpey with Lobby Loyd on guitar
I’d like to see an Aussie prog workshop tent with:
Khavas Jute*
Masters Apprentices
Spectrum
Tamam Shud
*Kahvas Jute featured the much travelled Bob Daisley on bass who, after KJ played some early 70s shows in England, stayed there and went on to play with just about everyone in British heavy rock. Ozzy, Rainbow, Uriah Heep, Gary Moore and many others.
I’d have the Masters headlining that set.
Perhaps
TS then
S then
KJ then
MA but dunno how prog the MA are in fact should have been in in my list. Ok they did Panama red but Turn Up Your Radio, 5.10 man, Think About Tomorrow Today, BecauseI love you, Undecided don’t really fit the label.
Forgot to add that Michael Hutchence would join in an all-star rendition with Cave, Bailey, Doc Neeson and Thorpey with Stevie Wright on Evie arts 1 and 2
MA started off pop/garage/psych but when they went to London and recorded those LPs at Abbey Road, there was a definite shift to prog.
People always seem to overlook their bubblegum period
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Ns–kZJmU
These days Angry is the public face of the Australia Liberty Alliance, a right -wing party whose main objective is to prevent “the Islamisation of Australia.”
I have a John Farnham album I rather like – no room for him?
Whispering Jack? Last I heard it was the biggest selling Aussie album of all time (within Australia that is. AC/DC, Men At Work etc have sold more worldwide). In the 90s they tried to re-brand JF as an AOR singer and he played some European heavy rock festivals on the strength of that album. He’s got a really great voice, too. But he quickly went back to all-round entertainer on the local market.
There’s a perennial Rock & Roll Quiz Night question here which goes: Name the drummer on John Farnham’s Whispering Jack album.
Always considered late period “Johnny” Farnham as a guilty pleasure.
Whispering Jack was as ubiquitous in record collections as Hot August Night. The follow up was good too.
He replaced Glenn Shorrock in Little River Band during Playing to Win.
As for including any of those suggestions on the bill there are far more tantalising alternatives. Midnight Oil are one of the great bands left off, ditto Cold Chisel , ditto and for social commentary and parody you can’t beat Perthite Dave Warner from the Suburbs.
That’s the one JC. It’s very 80s – all DX7s and fretless bass, but great songs and he’s got a voice big enough to dominate the huge crashing arrangements. I have a couple of LRB albums which I liked a lot too.
Speaking of Rock Quiz Nights, many years ago I went to one in Perth and Dave Warner was asking the questions. As you know JW, he’s a big Aussie Rules fan, so the evening was peppered with in-jokes and banter about a topic I knew/know zero about and care even less.
It was before the national AFL was created so he was joking about the local Perth teams in the WAFL which was somehow even worse.
He lives in Sydney and is a rusted on Swans supporter. Also writes detective novels that are well regarded.
I remember seeeing him at the Shenton Park Hotel in err Shenton Park ( is it still there?). Him in his crestknit shirt shorts and walk socks on keys and Johnny Leopard on guitar.
A cassette was available at import shops of a live show of his featuring his famous “Half Time At the Football”…and speaking of coming from behind….you get the idea plus references to the oral habits of Molly Meldrum. I guess you had to be there but he was fucking funny.
Yes, people were roaring with laughter at the quiz night, but I was just confused.
Speaking of the Shenton Park Hotel, that was a popular quiz night venue and may have been the one where DW presented. I think I saw Buddy Guy there, too.
It’s gone now. Demolished.
Story of your life Johnny ? 😉
Very good.
Great AOR band were LRB. Huge in America- bigger than at home curiously.
Farnham can still belt out the songs if he doesn’t blow up from corpulence. Has always had a crash hot band esp with Joe Creighton on bass.
Remember in 1987 Farnham was named “Australian of the Year” and just a few weeks before the ceremony it was discovered he wasn’t an Aussie citizen, but still a British national (having emigrated at age 10).
There were a few embarrassed officials and his Aussie citizenship was rushed through in record time.
Crowded House???
A Swarm of Locusts 2017 will be featuring these fine choices:
The Grasshopper Stage:
Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Grace Jones
A Tribe Called Quest/Dream Warriors/De La Soul/TLC (90s hipgrasshopper party)
Funkadelic
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Sly & the Family Stone
James Brown
Prince & the Revolution
The Cricket Stage:
Carl Michael Bellman
Karen Dalton
Evert Taube
Marc Almond
Andrew Bird
Laura Nyro
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Howlin’ Wolf
Bob Dylan
The Swarm Stage:
Freakwater
George Harrison
Taj Mahal
The Beta Band
Santana (Woodstock era)
Dungen
Goat
Taraf de Haïdouks
The Plague of Egypt Stage:
Jeffrey Lee Pierce/Gun Club
Broder Daniel
Buzzcocks
Ebba Grön/Imperiet/Thåström
Devo
Wilco
The Tubes
XTC (early albums)
The Clash
Plus a proper Dance Tent where the One Night Only Big Band of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, the Gershwin brothers with Fred Astaire, and of course Dr John and Allen Toussaint, plus their orchestras play nothing but hits.
Of course, you’d spend the rest of your life regretting not seeing the acts you missed on the stages you weren’t standing in front of… 🙂
Love your tent names, Locust. And that’s a pretty sizzling line-up.
Goat and Santana on the same stage and then Gun Club. Ebba Grön and Devo together. The joint will be jumping.
surprised Egg Friday haven’t made a list -clique reference klaxon
I’d have this stage well away from everything else, so the only other thing you can hear is Keith Jarrett’s vocal interjections
The ECM Revolving Stage – a continuous performance with one player staying from the previous session
Chick Corea/Gary Burton – playing Crystal Silence
Gary Burton/Ralph Towner – playing Matchbook
Ralph Towner/Jan Garbarek/Eberhard Weber/Jon Christensen – playing Solstice
Jan Garbarek/Keith Jarrett/Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen – playing Belonging
Keith Jarrett/Kenny Wheeler/Dave Holland/Jack DeJohnette – playing Gnu High
Jack DeJohnette/John Abercrombie/Jan Hammer – playing Timeless
John Abercrombie/Enrico Rava/Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen – playing The Plot
Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen/Jan Garbarek/Keith Jarrett – playing My Song
Jan Garbarek/Charlie Haden/Egberto Gismonti – playing Magico
Egberto Gismonti/Nana Vasconcelos/Ralph Towner/Jan Garbarek – playing Sol Do Meio Dia
Nana Vasconcelos/Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays/Steve Rodby/Dan Gottlieb – playing Offramp
Pat Metheny/Gary Burton/Dan Gottlieb/Steve Swallow/Eberhard Weber – playing Passengers
Eberhard Weber/Gary Burton/Bill Frissell – playing Fluid Rustle
Bill Frissell/Jan Garbarek/Eberhard Weber/ Jon Christensen – playing Paths, Prints
Jan Garbarek/Keith Jarrett/Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen – playing Nude Ants
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette – playing Always Let Me Go
Jack DeJohnette/John Abercrombie/Dave Holland – playing Gateway
Jack DeJohnette/Miroslav Vitous/Terje Rypdal – playing their eponymous album
Miroslav Vitous/John Surman/John Taylor/Jon Christensen – playing Journey’s End
Jon Christensen/Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson/Palle Danielsson – playing Witchi-Tai-To
Jan Garbarek/Zakir Hussain/John McLaughlin – playing Making Music
I’d pay good money to see that, Spotcheck.
Gosh yes.
Jack DeJohnette/Miroslav Vitous/Terje Rypdal – playing their eponymous album
I’ve been looking for decent copy of that for aeons.
For my “Blackfest”, I don’t want multiple stages because I don’t want to miss any of them – so here is my running order dictated by “day” bands and “night” bands on one stage.
Night bands are likely to have a more impressive light show and darker themes – the day bands are good-time jangle merchants.
Midday to sunset
Madness
Slade
Orange Juice
Wedding Present
Carter USM
The Pogues
Housemartins
The Jam
The Smiths
Twilight set by Kate Bush (she sings to the setting sun)
Into the Night …
Pet Shop Boys
Joy Division/New Order
Soft Cell/Marc Almond
OMD
Gary Numan
Kraftwerk
Depeche Mode
At last! Apart from DFB’s comedy tent, it’s been a slough of acts that I would never dream of watching (no offence meant: just not my cup o’ tea).
This, however. Yes!
A slough, or a slew? Or a Slough in Berkshire?
A slough, yep.
Slough: A stagnant swamp
Sounds like the town famous for Mars Bars and having the first Spearmint Rhino outside of London.
I had some juicy fruit chewing gum yesterday for the first time in decades. Not as juicy as I remember, but maybe my mouth is bigger now.
Thanks andielou. Out there, in normalland, I think these are popular choices – but here in the Aterword I feel like the outsider/weirdo.
I don’t know who leaked it, but this is me after the ConchFest catering didn’t go exactly to plan.
I said pasties, not sausage rolls, you idiots!
Here’s another leak from ConchFest, clearly by someone who’s jealous of the high musical standard attained.
They obviously ignored the warnings to stay away from the brown acid.
I think I someone attempt Satisfaction at around one minute in.
Astonishing clip! I want the Conch Honk band plus exotic dancers for Fatdad Festival.
Whoever would have dreamed that there was a whole Conch community who have gatherings where they dress up in bizarre clothes, do merry dances and blow into conches?
Can’t understand why people say t’internet is full of crap
Any good festival needs more than just bands. It’s important to have other activities in the festival area. Charming though a massive conch blow might be, Fatdad Festival is going to nick an idea from Roskilde and have a Naked Run round the festival area.
I was going to post a clip of this extraordinary event, but Not Safe For Work isn’t even the start of it.
200 or so young Danes wearing nothing but running shoes. Not even a dab of blue paint to preserve their modesty. If any joggers among you are interested, just Google Roskilde Naked Run. But not while your maiden aunt is in the room.
What activities will the other festival organisers be offering?
Can I instigate the 3MFTL festival in which all those bands you thought were the product of a fevered imagination actually exist and play.
aaah so that’s the bill for Egg friday
Been thinking about this…….
I’m adjusting my “Pop” stage, Elvis was a mistake, ruined the theme…….
Howard Jones
Racey
The Wombles
Tears For Fears
Haircut 100
Cliff Richard
Simply Red
Lady Gaga
Abba
The Monkees
I would like a Scottish Stage
Bay City Rollers
Hue and Cry
Franz Ferdinand
Orange Juice
Aztec Camera
The Proclaimers
Del Amitri (no headliners)
Simple Minds
Biffy Clyro
Big Country
OK who is gonna tell Elvis ?
Elvis has left the billing.
Very good……
I think he’d understand, he’s got plenty of opportunities on the big boys stages.
Well, I’d certainly like to see Madame Cholet out of the Wombles join ABBA for a final encore of “Voulez Vous”.
They’re only there so they can clear up when everyone else has gone
Yes, fair enough. But I would think that Tobermory might want a solo spot on Dave Amitri’s Scottish stage…
The Roots Festival
New Orleans/Louisiana Heritage Stage
Roots of Jazz featuring Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong
The Dave Bartholomew House Band with guests Fats Domino, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Clarence Frogman Henry, Huey Piano Smith, Bobby Marchan & Frankie Ford. And anyone else from the 50’s that might be hanging around.
The Allen Toussaint Band and the Minit Allstars with guests Irma Thomas, Ernie K-Doe, Aaron Neville, Lee Dorsey, Robert Parker and any other NOLA 60s soul dudes who want to do a song.
Swamp Pop Special with house band ‘Lil’ Band O’ Gold’ with Johnnie Allen, Warren Storm, Rod Bernard, Phil Phillips, Cookie & The Cupcakes and Tommy MacLaine.
The Cajun & Zydeco show. House Band is Beausoliel. With guests Amadee Ardoin, Dennis Magee, The Balfa Brothers, Clifton Chenier, DL Menard and Boozoo Chavis.
The Meters and The Neville Brothers together with guests Dr. John, Professor Longhair and Johnny Adams.
All on stage for last number, Iko Iko led by The Dixie Cups and Dr John.
The Americana Stage
The Carter Family – all members from all eras together on stage.
Jimmie Rodgers featuring Louis Armstrong.
Bill Monroe with Flatt & Scruggs.
Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys
Louis Jordan Timpany Five.
The Chess Records Review with Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Walter and Bo Diddley. And no-one else.
The Million Dollar Quartet backed by the Sun Records All Stars.
The Johnny Cash Folsom Prison gig band.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” LP live with as many guests as can make it.
All on stage for Will The Circle Be Unbroken led by The Original Carter Family.
The Folk Stage
Joe Hill introduces The Almanac Singers. Solo spot for Woody Guthrie.
The Weavers
Pete Seeger solo spot.
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem.
The Newport Folk Festival of 1964 (NOT 65) showcase with Dylan, Baez, and friends. No electric guitars are allowed on stage.
Everyone from The Dubliners up to Paddy Reilly.
The MacColl/Seeger Family with Kirsty of course.
House Band, Clan Alba with Dick Gaughan and Brian McNeil and MC Danny Kyle with guests The Corries, Hamish Imlach and Arthur Johnstone.
All on stage for The Freedom Come All Ye, led by Hamish Henderson.
Ooh wondered about a New Orleans tent.
Louis Armstrong hot five westend Blues is only performance to open with performance on pa for all stages
@Twang can I just declare that this is my favourite thread for bloody yonks.
Thanks @niallb I’m enjoying it enormously too!
More power to you, fellas – but from here it looks like lists of AWers favourite bands (apart from DFB’s comedy tent and its controversial Pryor/Newhart omissions and KFDs containing preoccupation with al fresco nudity)
But, since I’m here
Riverpants: the rubbish Irish festival
The Cranberries
Westlife v Boyzone fight to the death
B*Witched
U2 perform the Spider-man musical in full
Chris De Burgh
80s Sh*tname Sandwich featuring: Light A Big Fire/Those Nervous Animals/Cactus World News/Auto Da Fe/Thee Amazing Colossal Men/Ambition In Glass et al
As the last verse of the last encore (“Zombie”, natch) rings in the air, the stadium is nuked from orbit…
*Cough*
He only wants you to get your knackers out, you don’t have to cough as well😉
Nah, I left off loads of favourites that I can’t imagine being better live than on record, and I put in a few I’m not crazy about for the opposite reason.
(Plus Carl Michael Bellman, because eye witness reports from the 18th century makes him sound like a combination of a stand-up comic and a singer-songwriter…)
(sings drunkenly in an English-accented Swedish)
“Tycker du att graven är för djup,
nå välan, så tag dig då en sup,
tag dig sen dito en, dito två, dito tre,
så dör du nöjdare….”
I can imagine a field full of slightly drunk (Swedish) people singing along to that one; very much a festival anthem! 🙂
True in part but sequencing is a consideration as is the thematic
Half the fun of a festival is stumbling across a band you’ve never heard of who blow you away for forty five minutes late at night. For the full effect, you then have to get home and realise their studio work is a crushing disappointment. So I’m not going to name any names for my fantasy festival (The Flaming Lips are headlining, though). Instead I’ll arrange all the things that will vibe up your festy experience
Sunshine
A inexpensive bar serving good beer that never has any queues
Food stalls with decent helpings of interesting food. No burger vans or crap chips (I will make an exception for a pie stall, though)
Alongside these two, a relaxed attitude to bringing your own food and drink into the arena (not to mention a blind eye to any other forms of enhanced relaxation you may decide to enjoy)
A ban on camping chairs within 200 yards of any stage
A woodland area with secrets to be discovered
A dance tent that is properly bangin’, but miraculously has no sound bleed at all, allowing you to enjoy it as and when you fancy
Happy drunk people to have stupid conversations with at 2am
You may also find wet wipes helpful.
Good quality drugs at very reasonable prices ?
Complete embargo on brown acid.
New York State throughway is closed, man! Lotta freaks!
Can you dig it?
“enhanced relaxation”
There should also be a stage or area dedicated to weapons-grade dub
A deep underground silo would be more fitting.
Absolutely agree with your point about stumbling across something wonderful and unexpected late at night. It certainly doesn’t do to have things too planned out. Choose a few acts that you absolutely want to see and then just go with the flow a little.
At about 2.00 a.m. one Roskilde , I walked into a Fifty Food Combo gig. I’d never heard of this Dutch surf band before, but it was the party to end all parties.
At that point in the evening, everyone is a little mellow and there’s nothing to do but surrender to the beat.
Not sure how thing are going for you other festival organisers but the Fatdad Festival has had a major setback. Due to marital problems, King Henry V111 has now cancelled all his 2017 tour dates and we’ve lost one of our biggest acts. Rick Wakeman and his Six Wives kindly offered to step into the breach but our backers, distressed by poor ticket sales, are demanding something special.
We couldn’t get Adele. Beyonce was busy. Rihanna put a spanner in the works.
BUT
As an exclusive booking to Fatdad 2017. I am very pleased to announce…. (fanfare)…
The Great British Bake Off – Live Show.
If that doesn’t put buns on seats, nothing will.
I have only just seen this blog and have yet to post my response to the OP but if anything defines why we are here this is it!
I will be having a Prog stage!
Trespass will open the event for all with this NWOBHM classic and NWOBHM will never feature again.
I’d settle for this. . .
http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t449/GCU_Grey_Area/XTC-fest_zps8il8mjwp.jpg
Feisty Fest.
One stage (running order TBC – but I’m not going to tell Nina that she is on first)
Pixies
Radiohead
Bjork
Massive Attack
Spoon
Prince
LCD Soundsystem
James
Daft Punk
Nina Simone