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 😁
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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 😁
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
I remember going there on Sunday afternoons.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Lunchtime chilli and rice..
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.
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grievous Angel
If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais :-) ) was asking about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
The Karrots from Port Talbot my brother in law managed them and went on tour to America with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
Will do mate 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Grievous Angel
They were a great band. The Drummer was the lead singer, and the keyboard player was albino.Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
They did a great cover of Brilliant Mind by Furniture.
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
The Pub on the Mud
I practically lived in there from the age of 16 ! Popular bands back in the day, were Su Yu, and Kicking the Image.
Were they vegetables for the rest of their lives?Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
Memory not what it was but seem to remember seeing a band called Zipper there having previously seen them play the Cross Keys in Llantwit Major.
I remember Zipper.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Majorblue
https://youtu.be/B8hf9AKnwPE?si=BeGr9lCFMsfaf86s
For those not old enough to go out in the 80s where was this place?
on the embakment grangetown it was also known as the pub on the mud:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by PontBlue
Zipper were a regular band in the Lions Den 1978/79. Great live bandQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Sunday afternoons were all about Mickey G up The Bristol Hotel ….The Inn was always full of “out of towners” :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
For me it was the Bute Dock and then on to Bab's Kitchen, just a short stroll away. (during the strict Sunday licensing days).Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue