This is really good footage it gives a great insight into great sunny days of the past. A lot of families from Pomeroy settled there and Elsie Daly used to bring the horses over to sell. I'm not sure did they sell them over the the course of the festival or just in general. Does any one have a video of the races?
@BlaydonAces13 күн бұрын
Hello Sean. Thanks for your comment. That's interesting about Pomeroy, I never knew that. Somewhere along the way I've seen a very short movie clip of the actual races, only a few seconds of very grainy cine. I've just been searching for it on KZfaq to no avail. I think it must be a very small part of some longer video. If I find it I'll let you know. Best wishes. Roly.
@Trombonology21 күн бұрын
That must have been loads of fun. Beautiful train and countryside.
@BlaydonAces20 күн бұрын
We love the place and often go there. This time we were lucky to have lovely weather.
@LornadoАй бұрын
quite beautiful, thankyou for sharing
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you liked my version. It's such a lovely song.
@trevorashworth7307Ай бұрын
Many thanks,Roly.Not your usual Epi.Broadway.Sounds really good.
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
Thanks Trevor. It's a nice instrument and I've been playing it quite a bit at home lately.
@TrombonologyАй бұрын
I'm always drawn first to the music, as it seems to me that if that's no good I can't then focus on the lyric, but I do appreciate the words, too. The lyricists of the Golden Age were true craftspeople! Mercer was of course one of the best, a master of the bucolic. I read that Lester Young liked to know the words, where applicable, to the songs he played, as he felt it helped him to better interpret the song, and this of course is true, particularly in playing a ballad as an instrumental. Your appreciation of this poignant standard is so apparent -- beautiful treatment!
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
Thank you very much. It's such a lovely song. I've read that about Lester Young.
@alanp5293Ай бұрын
It's nice to hear this 20 plus year recording. I was very likely in the audience at the Nine Pins that night!
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
Thanks very much Alan, those Ninepins sessions were very enjoyable. It ran for about two years. There are four more songs uploaded from that same recording if you've not already heard them. Roly.
@saintetienne755Ай бұрын
There was never a better time than when I was walking Max up the Summerhill - those were the days
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
I've good memories of times spent there too. Best wishes. Roly
@sedge2002Ай бұрын
got some photos of underground there
@BlaydonAcesАй бұрын
Hello. If you've not already done so you may wish to contact Val Scully about your photos. She has just published a lovely book about Blaydon Burn (The Wheel of Time) and is always looking for new material. You can make contact via her website. I'm sure she would be very interested. www.valscully.co.uk/
@steveforster97642 ай бұрын
My Canadian wife never knew this song was from my native land
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Hope she enjoyed this version. Best wishes Roly
@ceryswrigley73212 ай бұрын
Beautiful track
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Glad you liked it. Best wishes. Roly.
@CCJazzmen2 ай бұрын
Lovely version of a great standard. Really great that you are uploading these rare tracks of one of the UK's top tenor saxophonists.
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Thanks Colin. A lovely guy and he played great for us.
@kayfox63662 ай бұрын
I sound so posh even though im a true geordie but this changes that
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Once a Geordie always a Geordie. Best wishes. Roly.
@user-jp3eq3po6l2 ай бұрын
Very nice that.Thanks ( a blaydon lad in Australia)
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Cheers. I've happy memories of those days.
@Trombonology2 ай бұрын
That was beautiful, lyrical playing, and a lovely tone, from Mr Whittle. This clearly was a mutually inspiring session.
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Yes, Tommy played great on all three visits to our club. Happy memories of those times.
@trevorashworth73072 ай бұрын
Many thanks.Great.
@BlaydonAces2 ай бұрын
Cheers Trevor. Happy memories.
@yvonnesimpson45843 ай бұрын
Happy memories
@BlaydonAces3 ай бұрын
Me too. Such a shame the old town wasn't kept and just renovated.
@lornaburgess97624 ай бұрын
Av, still got me Geordie accent, nae body is ganna tell me te speak proppa ,if yi divvint like it bugga off.🤣
@BlaydonAces3 ай бұрын
Aa quite agree hinny.
@Trombonology4 ай бұрын
What a cute tune this is and how charmingly you interpret it -- marvelous guitar work and vocal. It's so true that these songs from now going on a couple of centuries ago provide a vivid glimpse of their times -- and they deserve to be remembered.
@BlaydonAces3 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes a nice song typical of Joe Wilson. He wrote a lot of material (and a book with the quaint title 'songs and drolleries') and composed what is still one of the great local favourites 'Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinny'.
@marmadukescarlet77914 ай бұрын
Just gorgeous, thank you 🙏🏻
@BlaydonAces4 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks for such a nice comment. Roly.
@marmadukescarlet77914 ай бұрын
@@BlaydonAces merely stating a fact. Brilliant! You know it! You’ve reminded me to listen again.
@carlathompson7204 ай бұрын
My dad sings this!! 🥰
@BlaydonAces4 ай бұрын
Hi Carla. It's a great song and was very popular in its day.
@trevorashworth73075 ай бұрын
Many thanks Roly.I think I now qualify to be in the aad hat brigade.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Me too, Trevor.
@Trombonology5 ай бұрын
A very fun song, with a timeless theme! Your playing and vocal are wonderful.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much. I appreciate your taking an interest in this stuff. I enjoy trying to do something with these old songs.
@CCJazzmen5 ай бұрын
This takes me back to my days at school in Wallsend. Very nice performance.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks Colin.
@Anna-jt3xu5 ай бұрын
No fatties no phones happy people
@trevorashworth73075 ай бұрын
Cheers Roly.
@elijahsilver6025 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this with us!
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you liked it. It's a favourite song of mine.
@Trombonology5 ай бұрын
Listening to this, I feel as if I'm going back in time -- enchanting performance!
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes an old one indeed, they say the words were probably written in the 1700s and the pipe tune was already around. What I like about these songs is that they capture old dialect words in a nice way, words that sometimes are disappearing from usage. A good example here is hyem for home.
@CCJazzmen5 ай бұрын
Tommy Whittle was such a beautiful player so melodic but great lines. Excellent post.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks Colin. Agreed, he was a true gentleman and he played so beautifully.
@arthurjames50985 ай бұрын
beautiful rendition listen to it most days
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks very much. Glad you like it.
@trevorashworth73075 ай бұрын
Nice tenor sax playing. Thanks.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thanks Trevor. He played great on each of the three occasions he came here to play. A true gentleman and easy to work with. Happy memories.
@Trombonology5 ай бұрын
A really lovely treatment of one of my favourites! The tempo is perfect, encouraging some beautiful melodic musings from all involved.
@BlaydonAces5 ай бұрын
Thank you. We all had a great time on these gigs with Tommy. He was a true gentleman, so easy to work with and played great on all three occasions he came here. Good memories.
@Countrydurham6 ай бұрын
Durham pride!
@CCJazzmen6 ай бұрын
Great, Tommy Whittle blowing up a storm, with a good rhythm section. Good post.
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Thanks. Tommy was on great form.
@pegg37546 ай бұрын
Totally awesome. The video and the tune perfect. Thanks
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Wow thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@freedomawaitsfree59096 ай бұрын
Love this is it your own song sir ?
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes my own song. It was the title track of an album I made in 2012.
@Trombonology6 ай бұрын
Superb rendition, with marvelous work from all involved. The enthusiastic response at the end is entirely warranted!
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Thank you. I was looking through a collection of CDs and found this recording and had completely forgotten about it. When I played the CD I was surprised at the recording quality (I think it was probably with Billy Harper's Sony Walkman with those minidiscs). Happy Days.
@Trombonology6 ай бұрын
That's some beautiful tenor on an immensely swinging treatment of this jazz staple!
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Yes some great playing. He came up to Blaydon three times. Such a sweet, lovely person, a gentleman. And he could play so beautifully.
@CCJazzmen6 ай бұрын
A legend and excellent playing. Swinging clips of him.
@trevorashworth73076 ай бұрын
All the very best.Many thanks.
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
All the best Trevor.
@trevorashworth73076 ай бұрын
Many thanks.
@Trombonology6 ай бұрын
The title seems a most fitting message as we begin a new year. This treatment is really lovely. All the best in 2024.
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Thank you. All the best to you too.
@CCJazzmen6 ай бұрын
Gan Canny in 2024 Roly.
@user-ll6bz5vg7d6 ай бұрын
memories of my lovely old nana from uk
@arthurjames50986 ай бұрын
superb as always eric g
@BlaydonAces6 ай бұрын
Thanks Eric. Best Wishes. Roly.
@Trombonology7 ай бұрын
I'm very sorry for your loss of your friend and musical associate. She made a magnificent job of this famous number and the accompaniment from you and the band is most simpatico.
@BlaydonAces7 ай бұрын
Thank you. Agreed she sang this so beautifully.
@andytwonames7 ай бұрын
What a lovely gentle voice you have.
@BlaydonAces7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment Andy. Best wishes. Roly.
@melvinholden63589 ай бұрын
My unckill
@Trombonology9 ай бұрын
I've always loved this tune. I don't recall having heard a lovelier treatment.
@BlaydonAces9 ай бұрын
Wow thank you. Around that time I played the song a lot, in different settings. It was always well received. I first heard it on a great album by the late Dave Frishberg 'Getting Some Fun Out of Life'. Our intro/ending owes a lot to that version.
@brunosmith69259 ай бұрын
When I win Euromillions I intend to extend the current narrowgauge line from Slaggyford all the way to Haltwhistle once again.
@BlaydonAces9 ай бұрын
Here's wishing you a massive win. Best wishes. Roly.
@Trombonology10 ай бұрын
A really lovely take on this standard. I don't find the 4/4 rhythm at all obtrusive. Great that somebody caught this session!
@BlaydonAces10 ай бұрын
Thanks very much. I'm pleased you feel that re the guitar level. I think '4 to the bar' rhythm, specifically on the electric guitar, is one of those things that particularly needs to be handled with discretion.
@CCJazzmen10 ай бұрын
Swinging and one of dads favourite piano players in the North East of England.