Inn on the River

[William Treseder]

Anyone on here used to frequent the place in the late 80’s?
Had some half decent bands playing there. 2 of my favourites were Big Macs Wholly Soul Band, and Karrots.
Thursday evenings and Sunday lunchtime were my usual slots 😁

[light up the darkness]

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We used to go there from time to time. Not regularly though.

Frank Humhries can tell you about the time a bloke called Gito climbed onto the roof outside and jumped off in the expectation that we would catch him.

Poor bloke limped for weeks afterwards

[NYCBlue]

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I remember going there on Sunday afternoons.

[the other bob wilson]

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Used to go there quite often on a Saturday night for an hour or two before wandering into town. From memory, there wasn’t a band there on a Saturday, but it was one of favourite Saturday night pubs.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Used to go there quite often on a Saturday night for an hour or two before wandering into town. From memory, there wasn’t a band there on a Saturday, but it was one of favourite Saturday night pubs.

I think I'd only ever been there twice. Seemed a pub that was synonymous with Sunday afternoon live music.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Lunchtime chilli and rice..

[Grievous Angel]

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At around that time I was friendly with BK who played bass with Time Out and I went there once at his invitation. That's it really.

[tforturton]

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I played there a few times, back in the day - never on the weekend though. The prime nights were always booked solid with the likes of Red Beans and Rice, Fire Down Below, etc. It was a bit of a closed shop.

[The Lone Gunman]

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I also played there a few times. It had a reputation of being a bit rough, but I never found it to be so. The covers band I was playing in at the time were always treated well by both the staff and the punters.

[tomcat]

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At around that time I was friendly with BK who played bass with Time Out and I went there once at his invitation. That's it really.

So did I and bumped into Brian recently and had a long chat with him. Great bloke, hasn't changed much. I also used to watch bands in the Dowlais and Big Windsor on a Sunday.

[Grievous Angel]

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So did I and bumped into Brian recently and had a long chat with him. Great bloke, hasn't changed much. I also used to watch bands in the Dowlais and Big Windsor on a Sunday.

If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais :-) ) was asking about him.

[insider]

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Anyone on here used to frequent the place in the late 80’s?
Had some half decent bands playing there. 2 of my favourites were Big Macs Wholly Soul Band, and Karrots.
Thursday evenings and Sunday lunchtime were my usual slots 😁

The Karrots from Port Talbot my brother in law managed them and went on tour to America with them.

[tomcat]

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If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais :-) ) was asking about him.

Will do mate 👍

[William Treseder]

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The Karrots from Port Talbot my brother in law managed them and went on tour to America with them.

They were a great band. The Drummer was the lead singer, and the keyboard player was albino.
They did a great cover of Brilliant Mind by Furniture.

[Splott-light...]

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saw a few mod revival bands there in the mid 80's, Makin' Time etc, I was only a kid but my sister and her bloke were pretty well known within the scooter scene so I managed to get in with them