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<center><h3> From pub rock to dub rock </h3></center> | <center><h3> From pub rock to dub rock </h3></center> | ||
<center>''' Elvis Costello & The Attractions ''' / Watching The Detectives </center> | <center>''' Elvis Costello & The Attractions ''' / Watching The Detectives </center> | ||
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<center><h3> Pub Rock </h3></center> | <center><h3> Pub Rock </h3></center> | ||
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Later it became evident that pub rock was a geographical reality rather than an artistic one and, with few exceptions, proved to be the downfall of most bands working the circuit. | Later it became evident that pub rock was a geographical reality rather than an artistic one and, with few exceptions, proved to be the downfall of most bands working the circuit. | ||
American country-rock band Eggs Over Easy were the precursors of the movement when sometime in late '71/early '72 they broke the jazz-only policy of The Tally Ho pub in Kentish Town | American country-rock band Eggs Over Easy were the precursors of the movement when sometime in late '71/early '72 they broke the jazz-only policy of The Tally Ho pub in Kentish Town, North London. They were quickly joined by another country-rock outfit Bees Make Honey. Aussie expatriates Max Merritt & The Meteors, and the nomadic Brinsley Schwarz, who had suffered from precisely the big venue hype-a-star style which Pub Rock was a reaction. | ||
At the peak of popularity (1973-75), it seemed that nearly every large pub in London, especially north of Regents Park where the supply of unspoiled Victorian pubs was plentiful, was supplying live music along with hot snacks and the occasional stripper. Following the Tally Ho came The Cock, The Brecknock, The Lord Nelson, The Hope and Anchor, The Greyhound, The Red Lion, The Rochester Castle and more. (Later the Albion Agency took over the bookings for The Hope, The Red Lion, and The Nashville.) | At the peak of popularity (1973-75), it seemed that nearly every large pub in London, especially north of Regents Park where the supply of unspoiled Victorian pubs was plentiful, was supplying live music along with hot snacks and the occasional stripper. Following the Tally Ho came The Cock, The Brecknock, The Lord Nelson, The Hope and Anchor, The Greyhound, The Red Lion, The Rochester Castle and more. (Later the Albion Agency took over the bookings for The Hope, The Red Lion, and The Nashville.) |
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