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steeljack · 17-01-2009, 07:01

bit of a change from the rock and roll/soul ....anyone who has followed the postings on this thread know I have had a thing (since my teenage years) for Francoise Hardy , here she sings the old Charles Trenet song La Mer .

its a great song that brings back memories of being 'younger', afternoon drinks in a beach bar , oily bodies and sand in all the nooks and crannies

forgot to add , today is her 65 th birthday , happy birthday Francoise

Alan Gilmartin · 17-01-2009, 07:24

She's still a great looking bird steely, I was crazy about her too. There was a coffee bar on Blackburn Boulevade that had her playing all the time in the 60s , I think it was the Kd or JB something like that. Have a sticky at her website, loads of photos.

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2009, 07:40

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

There was a coffee bar on Blackburn Boulevade that had her playing all the time in the 60s , I think it was the Kd or JB something like that.

KJ, mate...on the corner of Jubilee Street...remember it well! Can't say her music's to my personal taste, but one hell of a classy looker. The sort of girl you dreamt about walking down the street arm-in-arm with when you were younger!

Alan Gilmartin · 17-01-2009, 07:57

Steely has just sent me a pm, he has other ideas about her & Marianne, and its not walking arm- in- arm mate.

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2009, 07:57

Talking of iconic faces of the 60's, how about her?...

Julie Driscoll with a great version of Aretha's "Save Me". The ultimate mod chick!

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2009, 07:59

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

Steely has just sent me a pm, he has other ideas about her & Marianne, and its not walking arm- in- arm mate.

I sincerely hope he didn't mention Mars bars!

steeljack · 17-01-2009, 08:03

Wynonie , you will probably know this , who was the girl from Manchester , 60s era think she had a brother in the music business as well , did more jazz type stuff , the mind has gone blank here

steeljack · 17-01-2009, 08:04

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I sincerely hope he didn't mention Mars bars!

Certainly not , two nice girls like that

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2009, 08:15

Elkie Brooks, shown here, also doing an Aretha cover. Her brother, Tony, was the drummer in The Dakotas.

steeljack · 17-01-2009, 08:16

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Wynonie , you will probably know this , who was the girl from Manchester , 60s era think she had a brother in the music business as well , did more jazz type stuff , the mind has gone blank here

ok the brain has kicked in Eklie Brooks,

steeljack · 17-01-2009, 09:20

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Talking of iconic faces of the 60's, how about her?...

Julie Driscoll with a great version of Aretha's "Save Me". The ultimate mod chick!

I've argued about his chick so many times with Californians , no way will they agree or I convince them that she is/was the role model for Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane/Starship fame. Everyone in the Bay Area (well folks my age) think Grace Slick is some sort of an icon, what she was doing as a stage act in the early 70s , Julie Driscoll had done similar in the late 60s . Now , thanks to You-tube the next time we meet up I can show them. (lap-tops, WiFi and Blackberrys at dinner parties , just what we need )

Wynonie Harris · 17-01-2009, 09:40

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Originally Posted by steeljack

I've argued about his chick so many times with Californians , no way will they agree or I convince them that she is/was the role model for Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane/Starship fame. Everyone in the Bay Area (well folks my age) think Grace Slick is some sort of an icon, what she was doing as a stage act in the early 70s , Julie Driscoll had done similar in the late 60s . Now , thanks to You-tube the next time we meet up I can show them. (lap-tops, WiFi and Blackberrys at dinner parties , just what we need )

Grace Slick?...I think you're knocking round with too many ageing hippies. Are there no old soul boys out there?

Alan Gilmartin · 18-01-2009, 07:12

It was people like us Wyn (in the UK )who embraced soul in the 60s & 70s, we didnt give a toss about colour, it may have come out of the USA but it was ours. Well thats why they made all those covers because black wouldnt sell. The bands in the UK covered them in admiraton of what they were doing. God bless Obama. I never had flowers in my hair.

shakermaker · 18-01-2009, 07:39

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Elkie Brooks, shown here, also doing an Aretha cover. Her brother, Tony, was the drummer in The Dakotas.

Our drummer has played with Elkie Brooks

Wynonie Harris · 18-01-2009, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

It was people like us Wyn (in the UK )who embraced soul in the 60s & 70s, we didnt give a toss about colour, it may have come out of the USA but it was ours. Well thats why they made all those covers because black wouldnt sell. The bands in the UK covered them in admiraton of what they were doing. God bless Obama. I never had flowers in my hair.

Quite right, Al. Here's Otis at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. The American rock crowd knew nothing about him before then, yet he'd already toured Britain twice, appeared on Ready Steady Go and had hits in the UK charts. We loved their music better than they did!