Soulsmith

Just looking at this from another direction... If you're organising a salsa night or 75th birthday party and gonna play recorded or live music in your local pub and expect say 100 people you're going to need bouncers?

Thanks for replies. Just seems strange that some venues have a license whereby the local authority specify the amount of bouncers required & some venues have a license that don't require bouncers - but them I still have to check with the local authority who will then tell me how many bouncers I do need. Happy days.

Does anybody know if there is a minimum nationwide statutory limit for the amount of bouncers/door staff required for licensed premises..... A a Dj ie soul night B live music Appreciate there are loads of local stipulations but I'm interested in the nationwide regs Cheers in advance. Col.

What sort of fruit should I bring?

Thats not actually true I went to a Wigan Casino play in Stratford around 1980. But hey lets not the facts the in the way of a good argument.

I saw her 20 years ago and she was shite.

Can't comment on scooter scene as never been. But went to Goodwood Vintage Festival where you had kids on the dance floor, drinkers on the dance floor, people in crazy fancy dress etc........but everybody appeared to be be having the time of their lives dancing to northern. I think us soulies may take ourselves too seriously

Wow........thats my wish list.

Heres a modern twist on the Velvelettes Nice FAT backing track

OK so you're going to really hate the first 30secs but the rest is uptempo & soulful A quality re-mix of a classic with a garage feel Must have been quite tricky to do What do you think? Is there anything similar out there? Is it a step in the right direction to keeping soul alive? Al Kent - Come Back Home -

Thinking about Friday - but getting back on the train may well make it a no go. Anybody got a spare tent for 2 or place to crash the night? Happy to pay Cheers Col.

Sadly Gareth is correct. Although most soulies are happy paying £250 for a tune they will object to paying £4 a pint Soulies will be over critical on the DJ, music policy, lights, dance floor, food, range of beer etc........ruining a lovely idea! If you want to make money in a music bar in London your target audience would have to be much younger - around 20 to 40 years. Thats the age group spending the cash on a regular basis.

Recently bought the Keb Darge/Paul Weller CD – Lost &Found….. Half the tracks I knew were northern & the other half I didn't. Turns outthe tracks I didn't know were (I'm now advised) rockabilly – which surprised me as I thought they were boogie – woogie? Any way its an excellent CD & I assume that Keb would play a similar 50/50 split at his Madam Jo-Jo residency? That's a fairly bold policy & was just wondering if anybody else is successfully mixing northern up with something unusual.

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For my sins, I am listening to Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony "Do The Hustle", great record no matter which way you slice it but for some it smacks of commerciality and is as far away from every thing Northernsoul as humanly possible yet he is a god! ........I'm more interested if you can still do the dance?

Firstly you don't appear to have been a soul club. Secondly you had a massive break in the middle Thirdly......oh whats the point?

Been in the closet for years.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFk35yfhw0

I enjoyed the set but thought the sound quality was awful. Maybe half a million BBC employees at Glastonbury wasn't quite enough.

Afternoon Alan Think ticket is £55 per day which I assume are typical festival prices Not being much of a tree hugger i wouldn't know if that was good or bad.........but here is the bang you get for your bucks on SUNDAY MAIN STAGE SOUL CASINO ONE (70s) curated by Eddie Piller LeRoy Hutson Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show DJ Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band Deep Funk DJ The Third Degree Marshall Chess and Fred Ekander DJ Rox Chris Bangs (Soul In One) DJ The Pickle John Timlin DJ SOUL CASINO TWO (70s) curated by Eddie Piller Chris Hill DJ Ian Dewhirst DJ Chris Bangs DJ Ady Croadell (6Ts/100 Club) DJ Val Palmer DJ Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister) DJ Wayne Hemingway DJ Richard Searle DJ Jo Wallace DJ THE WAREHOUSE (80s) curated by Greg Wilson Greg Wilson DJ Jazzie B DJ Optimo DJ Idjut Boys DJ Winston Hazel DJ George Power DJ Les Spaine DJ THE ROLLER DISCO curated by Greg Wilson Joe Negro DJ Disco Bloodbath DJ Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant) DJ Simon The Preacher DJ Steve Kotey DJ Evening: 'Futurama' Special Guests TBA Mark Jones - Back To The Phuture DJ Heaven 17 Gaggle Afternoon: 'Total Pop' Special Guests TBA Chris Sullivan (Wag Club) DJ Kid Creole And The Coconuts THE TORCH CLUB (40s) curated by Snowboy Ray Gelato Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister) (torch set) Simon Donald Gwendoline Lamour The Swing Commanders Kate Garner Plus In Hartley DJ The Floor Technicians The Beaux Belles Tap Classes LET IT ROCK (50s) curated by Luke Morgan The Damned Matchbox Keb Darge DJ (50s set) The Lonnie Donegan Band with Pete Donegan Jessie And The Orbits Dragster The Puppini Sisters Simon The Preacher DJ Plus The Lady Luck Club (late night club) Jive Classes and Roller Girls THE LEISURE DOME (60s) curated by Mike Flowers Pretty Things The Swingle Singers People Like Us The Pretty Things with Arthur Brown performing 'SF Sorrow' Frank Sidebottom Thunderbirds Are Go The Karminsky Experience Jonny Trunk Ken Nordine's 'Colors' Pretty Things Arthur Brown Plus The Indigo Club (late night club) The Martini Kings Rory Moore Sounds good to me!

I thought an ATB night was an Always Talking Bollox night. Or is that just me?

James Taylor & Hil St Soul Nice Soul! YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH -

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Soulful gospel cover WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED -