THIS POST REMAINS ON TOP
COVENTRY MUSIC TIMELINE 50'S TO PRESENT
NEW UPDATE (Currently working on the Who's Who (bit by bit) - March 7th 2009
Now that work has begun on the Coventry Music Exhibition by the Coventry Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, I'm attempting to do more work on this site -it will take a while. Already completed is a guide to Coventry in the Pop Charts 1959 to present in two posts. Apart from a year to year guide to the main bands / artists (signed and undigned) in the City with links to info about them where available, there will a who's who (it's never gonnna be toatlly complete of course -but..), and a list of singleas and albums by Cov artists that maybe didn't make the charts or intersting demos.
Yes - yet another Coventry music site for Vox! The purpose is explained in more detail in the profile but basically it's
an offshoot of the Hobo Cov music Vox blog. I've created this one as I promised to complile a Timeline on Coventry music towards the creation of the Coventry Music Exhibition being developed for 2009 by the Herbert museum and art gallery and it occured to me that there is already a lot on the Hobo site so a new blog would give a clearer focus.
I will create a page for each year from the 50's to present outlining the main bands and the chart positions and venues
with links to more information, You Tube and audio where available. I will use the Hobo, Broadgate Gnome, Dean Nelson, Rex Brough Where to find info on Coventry Bands (Hobo directory) Coventry Band My Spaces and other Cov sites as sources of information and and the books by Pete Chambers - I Wish I Was Me by Pete Waterman and Ska'd for Life by Horace Panter.
Trev Teasdel
PS Part of the idea of compiling it on a public blog is to give Cov musicians a chance input information / dates or correct information. This is important as the museum team will be using it to develop the exhibition. Your chance to help build up the profile of Cov music.
NOTE - THE POSTS ON THIS SITE WILL BE ADDED TO AS MORE MATERIAL IS FOUND - FOR THE TIME BEING THEY ARE ALL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
NOTES
- Will start from the 50's upwards - as it is a blog the 50's entries will be at the bottom eventually as the site develops.
- At the moment information for the fifties is lacking so all entries will be on one page unless the amount
of information warrents separation into pages.
- I will include benchmark entries related to Coventry or Rock n Roll history or politiacal history where relevant as reference points.
- I hope to construct a Who's Who eventually and the basis for a Two Tone Family tree which the Exhibition will need.
- Important notices about the development of the Coventry
Music Exhibition will be put on this top blog along with links to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Exhibition blog.
- Enjoy, watch it grow and feed back via comments. The museum is keen to find co-sponsors for the Exhibition - ideas towards that or even better - geuine offers would be great and of course they wil need artists to supply costumes, instruments and other display items for loan.
Links to posts on the Hobo Site about the Coventry Music Exhibition -
Trev Teasdel and Pete Chambers both had similar proposals about the need for a
Coventry Music Museum. Trevor drafted a proposal in 2003 and circulated it and Pete wrote an article in the Backbeat column of the Coventry Telegraph. You can find Pete's article by Googling his Backbeat Column (if I find it again I will link it here!) and below is a link to my original proposal.
Trevor's Proposal for a Coventry Music Museum
Here are some updates since Pete and I have been involved with the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery on the proposal which is now for a Coventry Music Exhibition for 2009 and which may, if successful, form a permanent display at the new Herbert.
Coventry Music Exhibition Exhibition Update Pete Chamber's proposal for Jerry Dammer's Diorama
Coventry's Walk of Fame Also a link to the latest minutes will be on here soon.
Chart positions based on The Guiness Book of Hit Singles which uses the NME charts for the 1950's and Record Retailer (Now Music Week) top 50 from 10th March 1960. Sometimes I have cross referenced them with the NME 4o Years of NME charts where something has appeared in that chart but not the Record Retailer (the B side of Lovesick Blues - She Taught me to Yodel is an example. Where relevant I've used The Warner Guide to UK and US hit single charts to give an approximate US position and the NME 30 Years of Album Charts for albums.
Pete Chambers sent the following link also which I will explore. http://www.everyhit.com/
Trev's Latest Video featured on NME video page! http://www.nme.com/video/id/3nNsREGEYCc/search/trev
Great idea Trev! I think you have as many sites as me now! Hope things are good with you, and I hope the exhibition goes well. I may well be back in Cov later this year, as my dad is very ill, and I want to see him. I just wish a few more of us got across here earlier! It changed my musical career...rejuvinating it!!!
All the best, Dave.
Posted by: Dave Pepper | 06/26/2008 at 03:06 AM
Good one my mate Trev! Keep up good work!...Respect...Mojo!
Posted by: mojomorgan | 06/28/2008 at 12:50 AM
[this is good]
Trev is a legend.......FACT!!!
Posted by: Covsound | 01/27/2009 at 12:54 PM