Hooker1951

Just heard the sad news that Brian has passed away, Lovely guy, Great DJ and a lover and pioneer of Soul Music , certainly knew a good tune, first spoke to Brian way back in 1967-68 I was working on the waltzers in Stockton heath warrington and we had Going to an Happening playing Tommy NeiL. And that’s what started the conversation , He will be sadly missed but never ever Forgotten A true Legend of the Northern Soul scene. R I P Brian God bless ML

There was definitely RnB music being played early 1950,s and from the the late 1940,s Ike Turner a good example, another Roy Brown etc ML

Hi Geeselad It wasn’t hindsight with me , the whole production sounded pretentious and phoney, I knew it didn’t come from the 1960,s, just a lot of things lacking, I was born in 1951 always loved music so wasn’t fooled at all with that tune, not boasting just stating what was obvious to me that it did not come from that time because I was alive in that time, Cheers ML

I’m Sorry but anybody who fell for that four vandals tune has definitely not got an ear for music, I’m sure even A1 can come up with a better effort than that, I’m not condoning it, I prefer the real thing but you can’t raise singers and musicians from the dead, so let’s see how things develop. ML

I’m with Robbie on this one on the 8 year overlap, I would say 1955 to 1963 was the overlap with a mixture of doo,wop RnB, touch of Gospel emanating into the Soul that we recognise, I always loved and enjoyed some of the great sounds pre 1964, for me all the best sounds came pre 1974, God knows what was being played and the music made in those black clubs late fifties and early 60,s and what was lost forever just wish I could have been there just for one night Cheers Mick L

Every DJ has is own way of doing things on the decks and with a mic, My way was to thank the last DJ before me , straight into my spot for 60 minutes non stop rolling one tune right into the next one to try to keep the floor full , tell them last one from me and who was coming next, I couldn’t enhance any tune I was playing by speaking in between or over it , or I would’ve broke the vibe, it worked for me 99% of the time, maybe I was Lucky , maybe I always new what to follow with, The Music was always the Star, It made them dance and made them happy, that’s only my take on it, If anybody wanted to know what I’d played or request they only had to ask, Lots of different things make the world go round, and lots of different DJ,s make the records go round in their own way, everybody to their own. ML

It was bad enough being called a baddo now we are all saddo,s too LoL, Here,s a nice 45 better than Billy Ocean,s Red Light that’s caused a load of danger on this site, Listen too Lenny H Henry ( Cheated Heart ) Lovely tune) Mick L

They took over ages ago and there are more of them than us, Don’t Panic, !Don’t Panic ! Just remember all the Good times ,

Probably robbing lead of the roof in the dark ML

We are all Doomed, Doomed I tell you

I had the bad news delivered on my birthday just after Christmas knocked me for six went through all different emotions, got passed the Why me syndrome , started treatment hormone therapy, injections and future Radiotherapy etc , Staying positive still training , changed diet,pure water more plant n fruit , fish less red meats no processed meats , You’ve got to do things to help yourself, in Gods hands and hoping for the best and for all of you on here and everywhere else God Bless ML

Rest in Peace Kevin no more chaos now ML

Hi Catsprint Yes the king of Clubs was a Casino and a gambling club, it was also a cabaret club , with a Chinese restaurant downstairs, after 2am when the bars shut you could still gamble and get something to eat, The King was open 7 days a week including Christmas Day and Good Friday 9 pm till 2am for well over 20 years till it changed ownership in 1986, Like a few more clubs in Wigan at that time you didn’t walk in you weighed in you could get Plasma on draft, I had plenty of experience with that, you didn’t have to look for it, It looked for you LoL, kind Regards Mick L

Hi Roburt Wigan Casino club formally the Empress Ballroom was renamed the Casino in the 1960,s because what was named the Palais at the rear upstairs behind the Empress Ballroom , a club inside of a club later to become Mr M,s was besides being a cabaret club , a fully fledged gambling club , Roulette , Poker all card games etc etc, playing to the early hours mid 1960,s to early 1970,s, I worked there 1971 till 73 and there was still gambling there in 72 up till Mr M,s opening , the same applied to Bolton and Leigh casino and Blackpool Casino and in other North west towns, the venues then after the gambling craze petered out lent themselves to be music venues, some to Cabaret some to a mixed bag of pop , beat, etc and some to Soul etc. Mick L