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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.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.
If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais) was asking about him.
The Karrots from Port Talbot my brother in law managed them and went on tour to America with them.
Will do mate 👍If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais
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.
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?
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.....
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
Zipper were a regular band in the Lions Den 1978/79. Great live band
Sunday afternoons were all about Mickey G up The Bristol Hotel ….The Inn was always full of “out of towners”
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).Sunday afternoons were all about Mickey G up The Bristol Hotel ….The Inn was always full of “out of towners”
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