THERE WAS NOT TO BE ANY QUESTION MARKS JUST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






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From: Lstea9233@...

To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:06 pm

Subject: Re: [Robby Vee Forum] Robby Vee UK Tour








I personally dont think he has to play his fathers music



because he is without a doubt his own man and his style is totally



different and its him were coming to see but also there was a fair



proportion of the crowd at each show that wanted to hear it so i



guess its a no win situation for Robby.-



HIS FATHERS MUSIC. WHEN DID ROBBBY'S DAD START PLAYING MUSIC? IN CHICAGO, WE
ARE ALL JUST ROBBY FANS. AND THAT'S THE TRUTH!????????????????



From: ggdaviesgroup <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>



To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com



Sent: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 9:46 am



Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] Robby Vee UK Tour



Hey All,



First off, If anyone wants to download files containing video footage



then the file must be smaller than 5120kb which works out at about 1



minutes worth of footage.



I have sent a request to yahoo to see if we can get round this as all



my videos of the your are a minimum of 20 minutes and am waiting for



a reply so i'll keep you all informed.



So!!!! To the tour or rather my experiance of it.



I was fortunate enough to go to 3 shows, The Half Moon, The Chequers



and Riffs Bar and all 3 were excellant, although the core of each



show was the same they (they as in "the band") played a selection of



different songs at each venue so really no 2 shows were the same.



Robby was joined by his cousin Paul on bass (The JD & Coke man) and a



drummer called Paul Attwell who was formerly with the group Edison



Lighthouse and in my opinion were a very tight group who gelled very



well together. I noticed that the show was better each time and the



show at Riffs Bar, Swindon was by far the best.



Each show contained the instrumental opening followed by Whole Worlds



Rockin, Million Moons, Limosine Ride, Champagne Lane, Satellite, Take



The Cap Of The Bottle, Swing a Ling, I Might, Jambalaya and my



personal favourite Champagne Lane then there was the customary Bobby



Vee set.



Again this is just my opinion but i feel sorry for Robby in this



respect. I personally dont think he has to play his fathers music



because he is without a doubt his own man and his style is totally



different and its him were coming to see but also there was a fair



proportion of the crowd at each show that wanted to hear it so i



guess its a no win situation for Robby.



Also i'm going to completly rock the boat out here and i hope start a



discussion becuase i'd be intrested to hear other peoples views on



this!!!!!!!



After sitting down and listening to Satellite about 50 times in



succession (which is coming close to knocking Champagne Lane of the



top as my favourite)then Champagne Lane, Million Moons, Whole Worlds



Rockin and Limosine Ride i have a feeling that Robby would very



succesful if he went more mainstream!!!!! i dont mean pop or anything



cheesy but to me Satellite if it was bumped out more and by that i



mean add a more vibrant string section more rytham guitar and it



would definatly hold up in todays UK market and maybe chart!!!!



I know he is a rocker and a very good one at that but to me his best



songs are the ones i mentioned above and with the exception of Whole



Worlds Rockin they are not the Rock N Roll there nore mellow and laid



back and his strongest songs.



Ok you can lynch me now!!!!sorry Robby.



Back to the tour though I was fortunate enough to have them play at



my place of work "The Chequers" and although very small and compact



was a great show. We managed to record the whole show both on dvd &



cd so that has been played a few times since lol.



Riffs Bar in Swindon was a great night, 2 encores and a happy



birthday to a gentleman from the audiance who was invited on stage to



do a very funny and weird dance to us all while we sang, very funny



and i'm guessing from the pictures in the file area that they managed



to find the Eddie Cochran memorial finally after a plea on stage to



the crowd for directions lol.



In addition to the core set list and the Bobby Vee section which at



each venue was basically the crowd shouting out what they wanted to



hear and Robby sang them (very well) he played a good set of songs



from Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Freddy Cannon, and a few



others i cant remember now lol.



Each show was different in terms of time, in London they played and



hour had a break then did another 90 minutes with the encore at The



Chequers it was an hour followed by another hour followed by another



20 minutes and at Swindon it was 70 minutes then an hour then 20



minutes then 10 minutes so there really was no set pattern. I did



notice that Robby had a piece of paper with him with the set list



written down but from what i can tell it didnt always pan out that



way hahahah.



It was great to meet Wendy and her other half Dave, lovely people and



a real pleasure to meet them both. They were looking tired towards



the end of the tour though.



Paul the drummer and his companion Kathy again were lovely and i



spent a lot of time talking to them both and a special mention must



go out to Robbys Cousin Paul, never have i seen a man knock back so



much JD and Coke and still not miss a single note during the whole



set, he also sang a couple of songs which were very good and kept up



the banter on stage with Robby which was funny, i lost count of the



number of names Robby gave him during his introduction lol



All i can say is i look forward to them coming back next year



and "The Chequers" i hope is already down on the tour.



Thanks to everyone involved



Gareth



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