Rod Clements and Ian Thomson The Old Cinema Launderette Durham 2019-02-01, Lindisfarne 1982 Christmas Show Upgrade Version. Paul Irwin and I started Tyne Idols. Lindisfarne  had a number members but when the band recorded the number 1 album ’Fog on the Tyne’ the personnel were the original five, Alan Hull (vocals, guitars, keyboards) Ray Jackson (vocals, mandolin, harmonica) Rod Clements (bass, violin) Simon Cowe (lead, acoustic, 12 string guitars, mandolin, vocals) and Ray Laidlaw (drums). At some point, after erecting a tree either side of the stage, next to the COLOSSAL PA stacks, we asked Ray; I only became a fan of the band last year (I know, after they broke up!) Did the band have a manager or agent  ? These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.

Plus at our gigs we never got the lasses you know, we’d get all the muso’s turning up. His dad was an architect. Who scripts the shows ? Ray said: "We don't take ourselves too seriously but we are proud of our music.

That was with producers Geoff and Andrea Wonfor. The proceeds of the show are put towards the start of creative careers for young people. It took 4 or 5 years to finally get our dream band together. "Twelve of our songs are woven into the plot,'' said Ray. But when we broke through it was the perfect time because we were so different from everybody else. “Why ?” Ray Jackson had a song on where we all backed him but not as Lindisfarne. “Because we can” So he never got to sing but eventually played ‘Local Hero’. 20 year old and a window dresser at Shepherds department store in Gateshead. Ray fires back ‘Do drummers count ? Many thanks to Ray Laidlaw for being such a good sport and agreeing to take part in our Q & A thread here on The Official Unofficial Lindisfarne Forum.

What are you doing now ?

Anyway the opening night we had some pyrotechnics, we went a bit showbiz like, and they would go off at the end of the show.

They have to be in the set list.

One of the most iconic moments in pop history was the footballer Paul Gascoigne singing Fog On The Tyne with Lindisfarne. Some songs you would only do on one tour then put it back in the box.
We were just learning, playing instrumentals. Music wasn’t the only thing we got up to. We had an anti-star philosophy and took the mickey out of glam rock.''. We had a bit of arrogance about us, ambitious yes, and we looked down our noses at bands doing nothing but covers. One exception as I remember it, was TOP’s where the band used to mime but the lead vocal had to be performed live.

Are you looking forward to the 20th Aniversary show ? Somebody should have filmed Kev at the front, me at the back with a 25′ tree under each arm trying to send our way through the throngs of Christmas shoppers To date we’ve raised around half a million pound. So the band split in two because we couldn’t agree what to do after the third record. At 10pm we hadn’t been on. Lindisfarne Folk on One 6/3/71 Full Broadcast. Last year we had Dick Clements and Ian Le Frenais, and went around locations of their show, RUNNING MAN in conversation with Lindisfarne drummer, Ray Laidlaw, KEEP ON ROCKIN’ with Tom Hill, bassist with reformed Newcastle band GEORDIE. We have a few people. So many good times with music. ‘Do you want an advance’…’No’ (laughs). We also had a half hour show to ourselves on Alright Now. Plus the record was put out too quick as we were the only band making money on the label. Stephen Fry, Dawn French and many others all got their breaks at The Tube. We do covers of songs that influenced us and it is very visual with video backdrops.''. Some you have to play because the longer you survive the more material you have. We broke their attendance record that night. Bob. Some of the usual rock’n’roll stories where the promoter won’t pay you. Our dear friend the actor, Sammy Johnson died in 1998 and we didn’t just want a plaque for him, we wanted to do more so we came up with a concert idea. In those days Simon Cowe used to play sitting down so Hully had to go and kick him up the arse cos he’d fallen asleep (laughs).

Inroads to record companies started to happen then. We did a couple of gigs in social clubs, only during school holidays because Simon was at boarding school in Edinburgh. Just had an affinity with drums and was pretty good at it. Our group all had different tastes but agreed on one thing. When Lindisfarne first performed on the BBC programme Top of the Pops, Ray used a rubber fish instead of a drum stick.

Fairport Convention were another band playing rock’n’roll versions of English folk tunes. We also made homemade fireworks and stole fruit out of people’s gardens (laughs). Do you come from a musical family ? Ray's memory is clearly in top form, apart from who suggested the title "Magic In The Air.

Everyone had that record. We weren’t at first, that all came later. The band with the same personnel, released the album ‘Dingly Dell’ and charted in the top 10. But we used to finish the gig doing a song together. We used to watch The Junco Partners and they were the first band we had seen that listened to each other, didn’t all play at once, they realised they all had a part to play within the group. Lindisfarne, named for an island off the coast of Northumberland, began in 1968 with Alan Hull as lead singer. It’s a song which creeps in. ©Copyright 2001-2020. How old were you then and did you have a proper job ? After that there was a few blues evenings, all very arty, hippy, sit on the floor pay what you can sort of deal. RAY LAIDLAW REPLIES TO YOUR QUESTIONS. That was when people were taking notice, we were headlining a few shows and Joe was also managing The Junco Partners. View Ray Laidlaw’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. He comes on stage playing the opening bars of ‘Money for Nothing’ and Tim Healy runs on shouting ‘No, not yet’.

There are 4 professionals named "Ray Laidlaw", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. And nobody recorded it! Well we used to be on at the Mayfair a lot then, Tuesday would be a couple of local bands and other nights would be a big band who wanted local support. It was a good way of not buying his own beer.
Do bands have their time, maybe an album or two then come back in the spotlight years later ? Lindisfarne played Top of the Pops a few times, what did you think of the show ? Everything came in and out of the river. Ray has 4 jobs listed on their profile. Same with an album, every song had to count…no fillers. Without a doubt one of the most interesting set of posts ever re Lindisfarne. I’ve been involved with Sammy since the beginning in 2000 with Lindisfarne, then drummer for the house-band and from 2006 producing the show. Ray and singer Billy Mitchell tell the back story of the songs and the history of the band. I’d dropped out of art college and needed a job. I’m still a music fan and that’s how I maintain my enthusiasm. It is a barrier but also a conduit for ideas from other people from different parts of the UK and all over the world. What does music mean to you ?

I think everything we did we at least attempted to play live. He was in a band The Chosen Few who along with The Junco Partners were the big bands in Newcastle. "Brothers and sisters joining hands along the way. It’s the early one’s that made your name. It was ok, you just mimed. How much were Downtown Faction influenced by the folk scene on Tyneside ? Being a drummer of course you wouldn’t remember that detail. To be honest I’m terrified and excited in equal measures.

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