| 16 Jul 2010 13:02 | Post #63 |
The Mods are really looking forward to our return to this fantastic venue. Our first time last year was such a great gig and we hope to entertain you even further this coming Saturday 17th with new material from our popular "Mods vs Rockers Set" which allows us to play some of the heavier tunes from The Rockers like Led Zeppelin, Argent, Deep Purple, Alex Harvey !!!
Please check out our website where you can see footage of us performing in Monaco, Austria, St Tropez and Sutton !!! The greatest singles from the Sixties 1964 - 1970 played by World Class musicians who have worked with Queen, Ringo Starr, Peter Gabriel, Paul Young Joan Armourtrading Mike Oldfield Mr Big and many more. Exciting, Dynamic and our motto is
MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT
If you love The Who The Small Faces The Kinks The Doors The Yardbirds Desmond Dekker The Equals Spencer Davis then you will be singing and dancing the night away. Hope to see your smiling face in our crowd !!
| 11 Jun 2010 22:04 | Post #62 |
Also, love the inclusion of videos on the history section of the website. A nice touch .. hope this will be done for each gig in future.
| 11 Jun 2010 10:31 | Post #61 |
Nice meal across the road too!
Hopefully we can do another one in the not too distant future.
| 10 Jun 2010 19:57 | Post #60 |
The 44s weren't half bad either - thanks Andy and the team for an outstanding night out.
| 23 May 2010 13:54 | Post #57 |
Many thanks for making Lucy, Tom and I welcome last night. The venue is great, the facilities, sound etc were top notch.
Your audience was appreciative - even allowing for the Lancashire/Yorkshire hostilities
The band were terrific too - shame we couldn't stay until the end, but what we heard was tremendous.
| 22 Mar 2010 13:41 | Post #56 |
Second time of seeing Ainsley on Saturday, having seen most bands in my 50 years! I rated the saturday night gig as one of the best, guitaring was clear crisp and awesome, who was the drummer? booked to see them in Kendal in April. Some commentator wrote that some one should throw money at this band - with a bit of serious backing, they will be massive. venue was cool too!!
| 21 Mar 2010 16:28 | Post #55 |
| 21 Mar 2010 8:40 | Post #54 |
| 16 Feb 2010 17:20 | Post #53 |
Thanks for the great reception for our first gig at your club. We had a great time and the audience was wonderful. A great Valentine's day.
Also thanks to Tom and Mick for the great sound.
Michael Bentele for Cajun Roosters
| 01 Feb 2010 23:07 | Post #52 |
| 21 Dec 2009 13:37 | Post #51 |
Love it when they improvise - keep it going.
Thanks to Andy and all the gang at the club.
| 06 Dec 2009 12:02 | Post #50 |
| 11 Nov 2009 20:32 | Post #49 |
| 10 Nov 2009 17:05 | Post #48 |
Merry Blah...
Lurve,
BM.
| 09 Nov 2009 19:26 | Post #47 |
Things are looking good for next year - I googled Bex Marshall this morning & saw some of her stuff on Youtube & it looks fantastic - remind me at the Kyla gig & I will get a couple of tickets.
I suggest that you recommend that other people do the same & I'm sure that it will be a sell out.
| 08 Nov 2009 16:09 | Post #46 |
| 27 Sep 2009 8:57 | Post #44 |
2 great gigs in a month.. Thought Green Mac were good and Junco Partners sensational! Last saw them in 1968 at The Majestic ballroom, Newcastle.
Make a great band for New Years Eve party.
Cheers & Thanks for the gig(s) & drink.
| 23 Sep 2009 12:24 | Post #43 |
I am writing on behalf of the Band and Ali and Geoff the PA guys to thank you for Saturday - your hospitality, the meal at the Boars Head and the warmth shown to the band was fantastic.
What a lovely audience and a great venue.
The people who bought tickets from us really loved it too and you will be getting some recruits not least my wife and myself.
We would love to play again and if we are still going in 2011 we would ask if you would consider putting us on again.
| 13 Sep 2009 19:46 | Post #42 |
I have seen them at Butlins a few times and they are the only band I have ever seen there that has been allowed an encore!
I look forward to their next gig.
| 08 Sep 2009 17:45 | Post #41 |
| 07 Sep 2009 18:33 | Post #40 |
Thankyou for the great reception we received at Ripley last Saturday, great to be back there again. Thanks also to the 2 soundmen Jonny and Craig who were real pros.
All the best now
The Stumble
| 11 Aug 2009 22:51 | Post #39 |
Unfortunately, there's no way a CD can ever sound that good! It'll have to do though until he returns.
Thanks to everyone involved .... including the audience.
| 15 Jul 2009 16:26 | Post #38 |
PS Any chance of the Mods coming back?
| 15 Jul 2009 12:39 | Post #37 |
Tapping toenabers .... swingy-fast. Deep enjoym of this musicool. Caressy fingolds strikeit organum, plucky strumble guitarmer. Bash crashy symbold and nockers halfly bad kicky bassy drumlode. Thrashy sticks snaring.
Remarkibold evening .... thriftymost on your banky balancer. Once a polly tito, so to return soonly. Goodlibilode. Oh yes!
| 13 Jul 2009 13:44 | Post #36 |
| 12 Jul 2009 10:52 | Post #35 |
The Mods worked their socks off, top drawer band and great
to hear Rocky Mountain Way among the set list. Extra brownie point for sneaking in a Pink Floyd number, and Stay With Me by the Faces, the first band I got into at the tender age of 11.A few weeks earlier the Ian Siegal Band were superb, a great 3 piece set-up
Congrats to everyone involved in setting these gigs up
PS: About time I won the raffle, 5 years at least and nowt to show for it
| 29 Jun 2009 10:57 | Post #34 |
We are really looking forward to playing at your venue on the 11th of July and we have one of the finest guitarists in Great Britain, Gary Grainger on lead guitar, who spent nearly 10 years with the Rod Stewart Band co writing songs such as Hot Legs and Im only Joking and many more. He has played with The Who and also in Roger Daltreys Band, and also performed alongside Pete Townsend. at the Albert Hall for the Ronnie Lane Tribute Gig. Outstanding slide player so expect some searing blues as well as classic Who, Small Faces, Cream, Faces, Kinks and Rolling Stones plus some real surprise numbers...what we call our Magic Numbers !!! Please spread the word as this is our first visit, of which we hope will turn into many future gigs. We give 500% and our motto is Maximum Entertainment. Hope to see your faces in the crowd and our Kindest Regards Johnny Warman The Mods Tribute to an Era 1964 - 1970
| 19 Jun 2009 11:37 | Post #33 |
| 15 Jun 2009 10:41 | Post #32 |
First visit to Ripley Blues, but I'll be back!
Regards,
Dave.
| 17 May 2009 18:17 | Post #31 |
GIG OF THE YEAR!!!!!!
| 14 Apr 2009 13:31 | Post #30 |
Jean and I thoroughly enjoyed Eddies performance and what a pleasant chap. It always amazes me when watching someone play so many instruments at once as well as singing. Ever since I was a lad who appreciated Larry Adler on the harmonica it has been a pleasure watching players of that instrument. We also thought the gig upstairs was very comfortable and the sound was perfect.
| 09 Apr 2009 6:50 | Post #29 |
| 08 Mar 2009 21:36 | Post #28 |
Last night's Ian Parker show was one of those.
Fantastic - thanks to everyone involved.
| 30 Nov 2008 17:14 | Post #27 |
| 08 Nov 2008 21:12 | Post #26 |
Great night out
| 20 Jul 2008 15:27 | Post #25 |
Just been listening to the Exeter Concert on PJ, shame we did not get any guitar from JC this time.
Enjoyed the Raffle too although not successful this time!
| 20 Jul 2008 1:16 | Post #24 |
| 06 Jul 2008 22:36 | Post #23 |
| 06 Jul 2008 10:30 | Post #22 |
Many thanks to Andy and the gang.
| 25 Apr 2008 11:56 | Post #21 |
| 25 Apr 2008 11:10 | Post #20 |
| 20 Apr 2008 22:29 | Post #19 |
Just wanted to say a big thankyou to Andy for the gig last night. A fantastic evening of entertainment. Never seen Chantel Mcgregor before but she was amazing and the Stumble were absolutely brilliant; great musicians, great entertainment, great glasses, great frontman/woman. Two really class acts and I will be on the lookout for more of their gigs. Thanks Andy for a great evening.
| 20 Apr 2008 19:23 | Post #18 |
Just a quick note from all the boys in the band to say a big thankyou to all at Ripley for a great night last night.
Great crowd
Great Soundmen who clearly love what they do
Great beer!
Great meal
Ang great to hear Chantel McGregor...what a talent..she's gonna go far!
Thankyou once again and hope to see you again..Ripley is a dream gig for any musician playing in the UK today.
The Stumble
| 23 Mar 2008 15:45 | Post #17 |
My view for what its worth is that the membership has become complacent and have at the same time become very selective to the Bands that are on - they have forgotten that as a club member they should support it as much as they possibly can. Their membership underpins the existence of Ripley Blues and should not leave you personally exposed to the potential financial repercussions of low turn outs like last weekend.
I think they need a rocket up their proverbial to be honest and told how lucky they are to have such a venue available to them in what is to all intents and purposes a rural community
| 19 Mar 2008 20:35 | Post #16 |
My first time at Ripley, really liked the venue
Both bands were superb (knew they would be as we have seen them both before).
Keep up the good work, will definately be back
All the best
Steve & Lorraine
| 18 Mar 2008 21:54 | Post #15 |
Glad you enjoyed the bands on Saturday. As for the seating, we would have loved to have 250 people in the place all standing but with an attendance of about 70 we had to fill it up with chairs and tables or it would have looked pathetic.
I would agree the audience were strangely unenthusiastic bearing in mind the quality entertainment. Pity more didn't choose to stand at the side and make a bit of noise as I did myself.
All the best,
Andy
| 18 Mar 2008 20:06 | Post #14 |
| 02 Jan 2008 20:23 | Post #13 |
Looking forward to 2008, thanks and all the best!
| 31 Dec 2007 17:09 | Post #12 |
I'd just like to say how much I enjoyed Nine Below Zero's gig at Cooper's
the other week. It was superb. One of the best live bands I've seen for
years.
I did manage to speak to Dennis briefly afterwards and I told him that the
last time I'd seen them was nearly thirty years ago when they played at my
college! I saw them 2 or 3 times in the late 70s early 80s including one
time when they supported The Who!
Well done, anyway, for all your efforts. I look forward to seeing more
superb blues bands at Ripley Blues in 2008.
Regards,
John
| 12 Nov 2007 21:52 | Post #11 |
Regards
Steve Lemm