ROBBY's new CD is called "Viva La Twang" and is now available both at the live
shows and through Robby's website at www.robbyvee.com -- get your copy NOW! 
Also, check out Robby's Blog where he talks about some of the songs on the new
CD -- pretty COOL!

All you folks in the Minnesota area, be sure and get out to ROBBY's shows at the
Minnesota State Fair THIS Friday, September 4th, and Saturday, September 5th, at
the International Bazaar Stage at 8pm!  These are going to be FUN!

And don't forget to check out Robby's website at www.robbyvee.com for more tour
information!

Happy Easter to everyone connected in anyway with this site, the
wonderful person that runs it "Jude" and of course Robby Vee. May you
have a Blessed Day. Spring should be right around the corner.

Love, Linda

-----Original Message-----
From: judezme <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:46 am
Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] Happy Easter!










Hi all!



Gee ... time sure does fly by, doesn't it?  I didn't realize I hadn't

had a chance to check in for so long!  YIPES!  (When you're an apartment

manager, there are lots of things that "get in the way"!  UGH!

Definitely still lookin' for that new job!  HA!)



Ronnie ... thanks for posting!  Did you meet up with some other Robby

Vee fans at the gig?  Sure hope so!



And I hope all of you have a very Happy Easter, and that you all get

lots of Easter goodies from the Easter Bunny!  *grin!*



Happy Rockin'!  {:-&gt;)

Jude



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I always love this time of year, we have been on Easter Egg hunts and helped the
children with Easter related crafts, the house is filled with Daffodils and
Tulips, and chocolate!! It is of course traditional to have roast lamb for
Easter dinner, and with the whole family coming to us I have both a big joint of
lamb and a chicken---we have a couple of fussy eaters!! I'm preparing this meal
and thinking back to when Robby and Paul were staying with us last October. On
one of our days off from touring the UK, I put a chicken in the oven and we all
went off to the pub with our neighbours, only to come back to find our oven had
turned itself off ( never could master upmarket controls )we had no idea as to
where in the cooking process the chicken was, and our neighbours smoke alarm had
activated, her baked potatoes where burnt to a cinder!!  A few days later Robby,
still under the impression I could cook, suddenly mentioned he loved roast lamb,
so his love was my command!! The full roast dinner of roast lamb, mint sauce and
piles of veg. disappeared within minutes of it coming out of the oven.

GREAT MEMORIES-------!

HAPPY EASTER.

Wendy

--- In RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com, judezme <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all!
>
> Gee ... time sure does fly by, doesn't it?  I didn't realize I hadn't
> had a chance to check in for so long!  YIPES!  (When you're an apartment
> manager, there are lots of things that "get in the way"!  UGH!
> Definitely still lookin' for that new job!  HA!)
>
> Ronnie ... thanks for posting!  Did you meet up with some other Robby
> Vee fans at the gig?  Sure hope so!
>
> And I hope all of you have a very Happy Easter, and that you all get
> lots of Easter goodies from the Easter Bunny!  *grin!*
>
> Happy Rockin'!  {:->)hey, thanks for the email. I haven't been on since my
computer went gofey. but now it's good. yes we did have a good time at the gig.
meet a lot of robys fans. you and your family have happy easter. keep in touch.
> Jude
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hi all!

Gee ... time sure does fly by, doesn't it?  I didn't realize I hadn't
had a chance to check in for so long!  YIPES!  (When you're an apartment
manager, there are lots of things that "get in the way"!  UGH!
Definitely still lookin' for that new job!  HA!)

Ronnie ... thanks for posting!  Did you meet up with some other Robby
Vee fans at the gig?  Sure hope so!

And I hope all of you have a very Happy Easter, and that you all get
lots of Easter goodies from the Easter Bunny!  *grin!*

Happy Rockin'!  {:->)
Jude



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

going tonight to see his show. hope to see some of you fans there.

Hey all you robby fans robby will be at treasuer island next weekend in
red wing mn. I'am planning on going to see the show. hope some of you
can make it. I usually go when he is there. He sure is nice to chat
with and it brings back the days I once grew up with. thanks.

Want to keep rockin' in the New Year after tonight?  A couple dates
have been added THIS WEEKEND -- Friday and Saturday in Flandreau, South
Dakota, at the Royal River Casino (2 shows a night)!!  Check out
Robby's website for additional information:  www.robbyvee.com

(New dates for 2009 have also been added on the Tour Schedule page,
too, so check them out!)

Keep it ROCKIN' in 2009!

Hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve and a truly ROCKIN' 2009!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Love, LInda







-----Original Message-----
From: ronnie phelps <ronnieph@...>
To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 4:50 pm
Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

























--- In RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com, judezme <no_reply@...> wrote:

>

> No matter what holiday you celebrate, I hope this season is a good

one

> for everyone.

>

> Happiest of wishes to all of you!

>wishing you all a Merry Christmas to all your familes from ours,

prodaddy.






















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com, judezme <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> No matter what holiday you celebrate, I hope this season is a good
one
> for everyone.
>
> Happiest of wishes to all of you!
>wishing you all a Merry Christmas to all your familes from ours,
prodaddy.

No matter what holiday you celebrate, I hope this season is a good one
for everyone.

Happiest of wishes to all of you!

Hey Linda!  I'll meet you there!  Are you on the road yet?  *grin!*

Mystic Lake Casino tomorrow evening. Sounds like the place I want
to be at to see ROBBY VEE. Thanks for the info. We are on the way.







-----Original Message-----
From: judezme <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:24 am
Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] This Weekend At Mysic Lake -- Notice!

























Robby Vee and his Rock 'N Roll Caravan will be at Mystic Lake Casino

this Saturday night, December 6th, for ONE NIGHT ONLY!!



Hope lots of you can make it out to the show!






















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Robby Vee and his Rock 'N Roll Caravan will be at Mystic Lake Casino
this Saturday night, December 6th, for ONE NIGHT ONLY!!

Hope lots of you can make it out to the show!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all of Robby's fans out there and all your
families and friends!  Lots of food, lots of family and friends, and
lots of ROBBY VEE music.  Definitely GREAT reasons to be thankful,
right? Just can't get better than that!

Keep it rockin'!

And, again, Happy Thanksgiving to all!
...jude

Hi all!

Robby had me upload updated versions of all his "Liquid Love" songs
onto his website (www.robbyvee.com).

ENJOY!

I have started week 2 of the diary, and if you read it you will see why
I say started! Its taking some time as I have to fit it in with all
else that is happening. I will be away from my computer next
week,taking a well earned rest-----well you try and have Robby Vee stay
for two weeks ---he's exhausting!! Paul however was great--cooking,
child minding--don't ask!!-----only teasing Robby, you were both
wonderful housemates!! Gradually I will complete the diary, and a page
of comments from fans and venues etc. But in the meantime check out our
night at The Chequers! with lots of pix. Please let me have your
comments over there in the States, it may of been a UK tour but sharing
the diary with you means you can join in and picture the fun we had.
Thankyou to all comments from the UK ---great stuff-------!! Most of
you are are my mailing list so I will keep you updated with UK news.


www.robbyvee.co.uk    email me at wendy@...

Hi Folks,

I keep getting emails of impatience, so I decided to complete details
of the first 4 shows----the first week--- and upload it for you to read
and indeed some more pics to see. So please check it out at
www.robbyvee.co.uk  and click on UK Tour Diary,and ENJOY. please tho be
aware that the pics on that page are copyrighted to the UK site

There are a lot more pics to come from the second week (we had a small
photographer problem this first week!!!!!)
I will try and do the second week before I leave the country, but do
please bear with me as I have a lot going on in my life at the moment!!

Cheers
Wendy

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






-----Original Message-----

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



   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]










[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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










[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks so much. We loved watching them. Can't wait to see the longer one.










-----Original Message-----

From: ggdaviesgroup <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>

To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:10 am

Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] Robby Vee UK Tour on "You Tube"








Hey All,



   I have put a few clips of Robby on "You Tube" under  ROBBY VEE UK TOUR

   and then Part 2 and Part 3, they are only short ones and the quality is

   not the best as it was taken using my mobile but i'm sure you'll get

   the idea of what it was like.

   I'll put a bigger file up later which is about 15 minutes long and is

   of better quality and is from the Swindon gig.










[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hey All,

I have put a few clips of Robby on "You Tube" under  ROBBY VEE UK TOUR
and then Part 2 and Part 3, they are only short ones and the quality is
not the best as it was taken using my mobile but i'm sure you'll get
the idea of what it was like.
I'll put a bigger file up later which is about 15 minutes long and is
of better quality and is from the Swindon gig.

--- In RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com, wendypsusietrachelw
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Gareth for putting together the sets for me, I watched the
> show some 9 times and still would of had to go back over the videos
> to check on what I might have missed. The show at Riffs was great
> until someone had the great idea of finding Eddie Cochran---and did
> at 1am.The last show I have to say was my favorite,tho I missed my
> bear hug from you Gareth! Derby was packed
> not just with friends and family but with folk who just wanted to
> listen to some great rockin music and have a good night out. I had
> soooooo many emails and phone calls last week in appreciation of
the
> music, the show and of course the band, but also how well we had
> promoted it. I am in week one of the tour diary and am adding pix
to
> it it will all be up on he UK website in due course.
>
> It was great meeting everyone at The Chequers, and I had a lovely
> email from Roy, we don't need any encouragement to pay another
> visit!!!!!  Yes we were tired at the end, David driving thru the
> night with Robby for company and Paul eating crisps, and sleeping
and
> me likewise but eating grapes, the healthy option, in the back.
Until
> that is we needed petrol when I was rudely awakened to go and pay
for
> it. Is no-one else capable---!! It was somewhat a responsibility to
> get all and sundry to where they need to be at any one time, get
them
> fed, watered, and indeed JD'd!! I see no coke!!!!!Then there was CD
> sales, maintaining records and of couse the 18 month plus work to
get
> it all put together in the first place, no wonder I look 104 years
> old---I'm actually only 24 LOL
>
> We have now for the most part caught up on sleep------tho if I shut
> my eyes now------!! Its good to be back to "normal", but we wouldnt
> of missed it for anything made so many new friends,  yourself and
> Paul and Kathy being amongst them, spoke to them over the weekend---
I
> miss our time together, seems strange not spending our evenings as
> drivers, roadies, tour managers cooks, the list goes on

Cant wait to read the diary, hope to see a tour video as well (nudge
nudge wink wink) that should keep you busy when you get back from
Egypt lol.

Kathy came to the pub tonight with her son Matt as they were in the
area and brought me a copy of some of the shows she recorded so it'll
be great to sit down and watch that.

I hope you dont mind but i was speaking to a gentleman from the
Glastonbury festival today who i know through my dad and i mentioned
Robby to them and he asked me to send over some details as they are
always looking out for different acts, nothing may come of it but i
just sent an email with the links to Robbys websites and press pack
etc and gave them your wendy@robby vee address so just a heads up in
case you do get a call!!!!!You never know lol

Wendy in all seriousness did you think you were going to get home
that night without finding the memorial, those guys were on a mission
lol, nothig was going to stop them hahaha and whats this i hear about
a painting being aprehended from a living room wall, is this just
tour rumours or in fact true!!!!!

Thanks Gareth for putting together the sets for me, I watched the
show some 9 times and still would of had to go back over the videos
to check on what I might have missed. The show at Riffs was great
until someone had the great idea of finding Eddie Cochran---and did
at 1am.The last show I have to say was my favorite,tho I missed my
bear hug from you Gareth! Derby was packed
not just with friends and family but with folk who just wanted to
listen to some great rockin music and have a good night out. I had
soooooo many emails and phone calls last week in appreciation of the
music, the show and of course the band, but also how well we had
promoted it. I am in week one of the tour diary and am adding pix to
it it will all be up on he UK website in due course.

It was great meeting everyone at The Chequers, and I had a lovely
email from Roy, we don't need any encouragement to pay another
visit!!!!!  Yes we were tired at the end, David driving thru the
night with Robby for company and Paul eating crisps, and sleeping and
me likewise but eating grapes, the healthy option, in the back. Until
that is we needed petrol when I was rudely awakened to go and pay for
it. Is no-one else capable---!! It was somewhat a responsibility to
get all and sundry to where they need to be at any one time, get them
fed, watered, and indeed JD'd!! I see no coke!!!!!Then there was CD
sales, maintaining records and of couse the 18 month plus work to get
it all put together in the first place, no wonder I look 104 years
old---I'm actually only 24 LOL

We have now for the most part caught up on sleep------tho if I shut
my eyes now------!! Its good to be back to "normal", but we wouldnt
of missed it for anything made so many new friends,  yourself and
Paul and Kathy being amongst them, spoke to them over the weekend---I
miss our time together, seems strange not spending our evenings as
drivers, roadies, tour managers cooks, the list goes on.

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

Hey Gareth,

Looks like Wendy is the one to talk to about posting photos!  Since
she was able to get them uploaded (and some FUN pics, too!), maybe she
can help you upload yours?  Hope so!  {:->)

Keep checking back for more pics and news of the tour diary.







Can hardly wait.


-----Original Message-----

From: wendypsusietrachelw <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>

To: RobbyVeeForum@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 2:33 pm

Subject: [Robby Vee Forum] Robby Vee UK Tour








Hi All,



   Sorry,put some pics on then had to leave my computer, I will add a few

   more "informal" pics but I am in the process of writing a "diary" of

   the UK tour with pictures which will be added to the UK website. This

   may take some time as a) I am still catching up with my "normal" life

   and indeed sleep, and b) according to Robby I don't type very quickly,

   but hey my spelling is better than his!! I will tho try very hard to

   get it all finished before we fly out to Eygpt on the 9th Nov. So

   please bear with me, two weeks of Robby, Paul and Paul the drummer has

   sent my head in a spin, its a long time snce I laughed so much. Oh and

   by the way the lady in the photo taken at the dinner table at The

   Chequers with Robby, is Kathy the drummers partner, and oh boy was I

   glad to have some female company on tour. The only downside being I had

   three guys with me in our car, she only had to cope with one!!



   Keep checking back for more pics and news of the tour diary.



   Wendy










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Hi All,

Sorry,put some pics on then had to leave my computer, I will add a few
more "informal" pics but I am in the process of writing a "diary" of
the UK tour with pictures which will be added to the UK website. This
may take some time as a) I am still catching up with my "normal" life
and indeed sleep, and b) according to Robby I don't type very quickly,
but hey my spelling is better than his!! I will tho try very hard to
get it all finished before we fly out to Eygpt on the 9th Nov. So
please bear with me, two weeks of Robby, Paul and Paul the drummer has
sent my head in a spin, its a long time snce I laughed so much. Oh and
by the way the lady in the photo taken at the dinner table at The
Chequers with Robby, is Kathy the drummers partner, and oh boy was I
glad to have some female company on tour. The only downside being I had
three guys with me in our car, she only had to cope with one!!

Keep checking back for more pics and news of the tour diary.

Wendy