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1960s pop legends THE TREMELOES,famous fortheir hitsDoYouLoveMe? and Silence is Golden will play St David’sHall, Cardiff later this month.ANDYHOWELLS chats with founder member drummerDAVEMUNDENabout the band’sheyday


Happyband still enjoying performing


“I’M the onlyonewhohas been in the band all the time,soI’m in every photo there is ofThe Tremeloes,” saysdrummerDave Munden,whoalong with school friends Brian Poole and Alan Blakley formedthe Tremeloes inDagenham,


Essex ,aroundlate 1958. “Brian and Alan hadacouple


of Hofner acoustic guitars on whichthey used to sing Everly Brothers stuff,” remembersDave.“I used to sing along with themand one dayAlan said ‘Do youwant to join the band? We’re having apractice tonight around the greengro- cer’s shop’!” “SoIwent over,hesatmedownat


thedrumkit and gotmeto keeptime with the music.Isang anddrummed at thesametime and that’s howI joined the band.” Like most bands of the era,The Tremeloes,fronted by Brian Poole, did their apprenticeship on the live circuit.With several personnel changes and the arrivalofRick Westwood on guitar in 1961, the band auditioned forDecca Records onNew


Rock tribute in Pontypool


FOO Fighters tribute act The Faux Fighters take to the stage of the Hogand Hosper in Pontypool this Saturdayevening. Presenting aset thatisatleast


90 minutes in length fans can expect to hear several Foo Fighters favourites including All My Life, Best of You, Pretender, and MonkeyWrench. Tickets are £6 Age 14+ allowed


butmust be accompanied by an Adult over 21 forfurther infor- mation visit hogandhosper.co.uk


Nokaraoke fromAnthony


SINGER/songwriter Anthony John Clarke,renowned forboth his serious and humorous songs, will perform live at The Lyceum Folk Club,Malpas Road, on October 11. Forticket information, contact 07966 754366 or visit lyceumfolknewport.org.uk


OnStage...


Year’sDay1962 and ultimatelywon a recording contract over four lads fromLiverpool knownasThe Beatles.


“Wedidn’t actually


knowthey were audi- tioning at thesame time,” saysDave.“I don’t knowwhywegot the audition and they didn’t.Maybewewere a bit well-rehearsed and perhaps theycame downfromLiverpool


lookingabit scruffy.Welooked like nice boys and all that, so I guess they must’ve liked us and wegot the deal.” Brian Poole andTheTremeloes


released several singles before scor- ing chart success in 1963 with their upbeatversion of Twist and Shout. Thenext single,DoYouLove Me? top- pledTheBeatles’ She Loves Youfrom NumberOne.“Itwasunbelievable,” saysDave.“To getaNumberOne record in the chartswasfantastic.” Further personnel changes saw Brian Poole go solo in 1965 and Chip Hawkes join the bandwhenthey moved toCBSrecords.They returned


THE TREMELOES TODAY:


Dave Munden, Joe Gillingham, Rick Westwood and Jeff Brown. Inset: Dave and Rick in 1963 with the line- up that included Alan Blakley and Brian Poole


to the top of the charts in 1967 with Silence is Golden and maintained chart success with several feel-good hits includingCallMeNumberOne and Here ComesMyBaby.“Wewere in greatspirits,” remembersDave “Whenwegot in the studiowehad a good time and itcameacross on all the records.Reallythat’swhatthe band is nowonstage.Welike to have alaugh and get the audience involved.” Dave says TheTremeloes were


“alwaysagood live band” and this has helped their popularity endure over the last five decades. TheTremeloes’ cur-


rent tour will be the last to feature Rick Westwood,whois due to retire fromthe band. Dave describes Rick, whosang the original lead vocal on Silence is Golden, as “a greatgui-


Scottish star on tour OnStage...


SCOTTISH singer-songwriter Eddi Reader will be making a return appearance to Cardiff Glee Club later this month. Growing up in Glasgowand Irvine,Eddi busked and per- formed at the local folk clubs before literallyjoining the cir- cus in the early 1980s.After travelling around Europe with performance artists,Eddi moved to London where she quicklybecame asought-after session vocalist. It wasthe short-lived but


warmlyremembered Fairground Attraction that reallybrought her into the limelight and to the attention of amuchwider audience.The single Perfect and parent album First ofaMillion Kisses both topped the British charts. Following Fairground Attraction, Eddi forged herself asuccessful solo career and wasawarded theMBEin 2006 forservices to singing. Constant touring with her band has created greatchem-


LIVE DATE: Eddi Reader


istry between Eddi and her players.Whilst renowned for her technical vocal ability,itis Eddi’s passion and instinct that combine to ensure she connects emotionallywith her audience. Eddi tours the UK in October


and November.Catch her at CardiffGlee Club on October 22, contact the boxoffice on 0871 472 0400 forfull details.


tarist–aone off.Heplays like nobody else.” Fans can catchDaveandRickalong


with JeffBrownand JoeGillingham asTheTremeloes in The Sensational 60s Experience at StDavid’s Hall, CardiffonOctober 25. Joiningthem will be Herman’s Hermits,The Ivy League and UnionGapUK. Forticket details,contact the boxoffice on 029 2087 8444.


3 MUSIC


Low and behold!


TICKETS are selling fast for AndyFairweather Lowand his band, The Low Riders at the Borough Theatre on Thursday, October 11, 7.30pm. Andy


Fairweather Lowfirst came to prominence as the lead singer in AmenCorner, where he clocked up hit after hit, including BendMeShape Me, Hello Suzy and (IfParadise is)Half As Nice.Ahighly successful solo career fol- lowed, with Wide Eyed And Legless being the biggest hit fromhis three solo albums in the 70s. Tickets,whichcost £20, are


LEGEND: Andy


Fairweather Low


availablefromthe boxoffice on 01873 850805 or can be booked online at boroughth theatreabergavenny.co.uk He also has twofurther


dates lined up in Cardiffon October 15 and Newport Riverfront on October 27.


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