Guitar
Went to London on Saturday night, to meet up with Peter
at the Venue! Great place!
What a great night!!
I have to confess that until I met Peter, I had never heard of July.
Having looked more deeply, they were rubbing shoulders with some
groundbreaking act of that time.
More pics of July here:
Pictures of July - Then and now
About July
What really surprised me was the average age of the audience!!
There were a LOT of 21 to 28 year olds and the place was packed.
A lot of them were dressed in clothes of the period - 1963 to 69, at
a guess and even more surprising, when it came to the chorus lines,
it seemed like all of them joined in, knowing all the words. Amazing!
Peter play a modified Strat - he likes to keep it simple - one Vol and
one Tone. He is also a bit of a harmonica player. Nice!
Alan James did a sterling job on the bass, Chris Jackson at the back
with some great drumming, James Newman (Tom's son?) doing a
cracking job on the guitar, Charlie on bongos and keyboards, adding
to the myriad of sounds and up front, Tom Newman, who amongst
many things he has been involved in, co-produced Tubular Bells,
for Mike Oldfield.
Tom did a great job of setting the scene, almost to the point that if you
squinted, you were back in the 60's!!
He also brought out a couple of hand made electric Sitars.
What a great sound - really added to the atmosphere.
All in all, just a great night.
Because of how late it was, I only spoke to Peter for about ten minutes
but it was long enough to find out he has a lot of passion for July and
that they are working on more new material for an album that should
be out in the new year.
They played some of the new stuff, which went down very well.
That's about it - Peter and July - Something I would definitely travel
to see again.
Back next time with the solution to the mystery bass.
Cheers. :)
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Peter Cook - July at The Venue in London. . . . .
Went to London on Saturday night, to meet up with Peter
at the Venue! Great place!
What a great night!!
I have to confess that until I met Peter, I had never heard of July.
Having looked more deeply, they were rubbing shoulders with some
groundbreaking act of that time.
More pics of July here:
Pictures of July - Then and now
About July
What really surprised me was the average age of the audience!!
There were a LOT of 21 to 28 year olds and the place was packed.
A lot of them were dressed in clothes of the period - 1963 to 69, at
a guess and even more surprising, when it came to the chorus lines,
it seemed like all of them joined in, knowing all the words. Amazing!
Peter play a modified Strat - he likes to keep it simple - one Vol and
one Tone. He is also a bit of a harmonica player. Nice!
Alan James did a sterling job on the bass, Chris Jackson at the back
with some great drumming, James Newman (Tom's son?) doing a
cracking job on the guitar, Charlie on bongos and keyboards, adding
to the myriad of sounds and up front, Tom Newman, who amongst
many things he has been involved in, co-produced Tubular Bells,
for Mike Oldfield.
Tom did a great job of setting the scene, almost to the point that if you
squinted, you were back in the 60's!!
He also brought out a couple of hand made electric Sitars.
What a great sound - really added to the atmosphere.
All in all, just a great night.
Because of how late it was, I only spoke to Peter for about ten minutes
but it was long enough to find out he has a lot of passion for July and
that they are working on more new material for an album that should
be out in the new year.
They played some of the new stuff, which went down very well.
That's about it - Peter and July - Something I would definitely travel
to see again.
Back next time with the solution to the mystery bass.
Cheers. :)
- Peter Cook - Guitars, Basses And July. . .
Any regular readers will know I did a big feature on Peter cook, the guitar builder - perhaps most famous for his work with The Who. He also made many other instruments, including these. Quite a long time...
- 20,000 Visits! Here's To The Next 20,000. . . . . . .
Since I started this project, I have now had over 20,000 page views! To all those who have been here before, hope you have enjoyed it so far and hope to see you coming back. The feature that attracted the most visits, was the one that was on the guitar...
- Peavey T-40 "red", Gordy, '72 Jazz, Greco Fan, Spring Clear-out And Peter Frampton. . .
Friday again! What a week, or two!! My Red T-40 "Old Red" found a new home and these are some of the pics - just thought they were so nice, I would share them. I've had some great e.mails recently, including someone who has found a Gordy "Fretless"...
- Peter Cook, The Final Cut . . . . . . . .
As we come to the end of the period when Peter was making custom guitars, this was the time that the shop was opened, Peter Cook's Guitar World. I contacted the shop that Peter and Trevor set up and this is what they kindly gave me. Peter Cook's...
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Peter Cook. From the Horses Mouth. . . . . So to speak! Tuesday the 7th of December, was a day I had been looking forward to for some time - Scroll down a couple of posts and you can see how this all started. Peter has very kindly taken time to document...