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22nd November 2012
Posted by Neil Matthew
With various technical issues affecting both this website and my own PC at home, you are well overdue an updated “Recommended Old Gits Nights Out” list – and you will find just such a thing below ! So if you are looking for an oasis of soul in amongst all the Xmas party dross over the weeks to come, take a look and see where you can find some tunes being played that are nearly as good as the ones on my latest show 😉
The Tunes
Trammps – Hold Back The Night
Teddy Pendergrass – I Don’t Love You Any More
Diana Ross – Upside Down
Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Donny Hathaway – No Other One But You
Blue Zone – Big Thing
Dina Carroll – Someone Like You
Luther Vandross – Once You Know How
Bill Summers – Straight To The Bank
The Limit – Say Yeah
O’Jays – This Time Baby
Chic – Sometimes You Win
Shakatak – Rio Nights
Ohio Players – Who’d She Coo
D Train – You’re The One For Me
Jacksons – Different Kind Of Lady
Kenny Thomas – Best Of You
Diana Krall – Narrow Daylight
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Nobody But You
Real To Reel – Love Me Like This
Cameo – Back & Forth
Milton Wright – Keep It Up
Sadao Watanabe – Love Will Make It Right
The Gigs
Friday 23rd November
“80s Groove Night”
Visage 80s Bar, Gants Hill near Ilford
With “The Essex Soul Man” – John Leech
9pm – 2am – Free Entry
Saturday 24th November
“Soulful Seduction”
The Tollgate, High Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6QT
DJs: Darren Bull & MJ
“Soul Funk Disco & Dance Anthems Across The Decades”
8pm – Midnight – Free Entry
For further details contact 07971 902633 or 020 8548 7841
http://www.facebook.com/events/398949453506150/
Saturday 24th November
“Soul At The Ship”
The Ship, New Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2EA
“Jazz-Funk, Soul, Rare Groove & Latin”
8pm -1am – £5 On The Door
DJs: Tom Toher & Gary Turner
Saturday 24th November
“Shakatak Live in Bishops Stortford!”
The Rhodes Centre, South Road, CM23 3JG
8pm start – 11pm finish
Tickets £19.50 – Tel: (01279) 651746
http://www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk/events/shakatak/
Friday 30th November
“Killer Soul X – The Xmas Special !”
Lords Golf & Country Club, Hullbridge Road, Rayleigh
Tickets £7 in advance, £10 on the door
Tel: (01702)232377
More Details To Follow…
Friday 30th November
“The Final Soul @ The Squire”
The Squire, North Street, Romford
8pm – 2am – Free Entry
DJs: Steve Kite, Tom Holland, Pete Collins
Peter P & DJ Ricky
“Philly, Funk, Boogie, Soulful House & Caister Classics”
Pub prices, superior sound
http://www.facebook.com/events/452068524839712/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Saturday 1st December
“Essex Funkers Xmas Bash”
Harlow Town FC, Elizabeth Way, Harlow
DJ: Les Knott with Guest Jonny Layton
Plus Soul DJ Essex & Madhatter T-Shirts
Times TBC …
Tickets £8 in advance available from (07800)724757
Or £10 on the door – details from
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3513234838843&set=o.177490325642447&type=1&theater
Saturday 1st December
“Soul On The Harbour ”
Jacksons Wharf, York Street, Ramsgate
DJs: Paul Spickett, John Herbert, Tommy Gun & more…
Free Admission – 8pm – 1am
Friday 7th December
“The Big Zero Xmas Soul Night”
Marco’s, 30 Eastwood Road, Rayleigh, SS67JQ
DJs : Bully & Guest DJ Brian Kelly
“Soul, Funk & Disco From The 70s Upwards”
Free Entry – 8pm – 1am
http://www.facebook.com/events/462765150434164/
Saturday 8th December
“KTF Soul Club End Of Year Knees Up!”
Stifford Clays Social Club, Crammavill Road, Grays, RM16 2AP
DJs: Eddie Piller, Gavin Page, Lee Markwick & The KTF Team
“Northern Soul” – 8pm – 1am – £5 Entry
http://www.facebook.com/events/151576014982013/?ref=ts
Saturday 8th December
“Soulful Seduction”
The Treacle Mine, Lodge Lane, Grays
DJs: Bully & MJ
“Soul, Funk, Disco & Dance Anthems”
8pm – Midnight Free Entry
Saturday 15th December
“Soul By The Jetty – Xmas Bash!”
The Lobster Smack, Haven Road, Canvey Island
DJs: Jonny Layton, Mr Messy, Brian Kelly
Special Guests: Tony Matthews & Jazzbod
£8 – Advance Wristbands Only Tel: (07989) 591399
“100% Jazz Funk & Soul with a sprinkling of nu jazz & soulful house – keeping the spirit of the Goldmine alive on Canvey Island”
http://www.facebook.com/events/553138601368284/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Saturday 15th December
“Saturday Soul”
Roberts Live Lounge, Vineyard Street, Colchester, CO2 7TG
DJ: Nick Gunn
“Soul Funk & Disco plus Old Skool Anthems”
9pm – 2am
Saturday 15th December
“Xmas Soul Night”
Charlies Bar, Warley Hill, Brentwood
DJ: Charlie Cook
9pm – Late – Free Entry
http://www.facebook.com/events/278567685579023/
Wednesday 26th December
“The Real Thing – Live”
Plus support from EK1 &and 80s Disco DJ
Broadstairs Pavillion
Tickets £15 (07805)955057
8pm start – Over 18s only
Saturday 29th December
Soulbay Xmas Party
The Knot, Beach Road, Westgate on Sea, Kent, CT8 8AD
8pm – 1am – Free Entry
DJs: Frostie, Micky B, Paul French, Jason Anderson, Chris Bangs
http://www.facebook.com/events/363288513747790/?ref=ts
Saturday 29th December
“Guilty Pleasures”
Jacksons Wharf, York Street, Ramsgate, Kent
Free Entry – 8pm – 1am
DJs: “The Soul On The Harbour/Disco Stomp” Team !
http://www.facebook.com/events/457445080964442/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Monday 31st December (New Years Eve!)
“Family Affair New Years Eve Party”
The Westcoast Bar, King Street, Margate
8pm – 3am – £5 Entry
DJs: Tony Matthews, Pete Collins, Roni O’Brien
Jonny Layton & Penny K
https://www.facebook.com/events/460770333955896/
Every Other Saturday:
Love Canvey Soul
Bar Monico, Canvey Seafront
8pm – 2am – Free Admission
Tony D with Guest Djs & Live Acts
“Jazz, Funk, Soul, Old Skool, Disco, Boogie, Motown & Reggae”
**Check with the venue for dates (01268) 683026**
Monthly Events:
First Friday: Zero Soul Night Out – Marcos, Rayleigh – next one 7th Dec
Last Friday: The Qube, Crouch St, Colchester – next one 30th Nov
First Saturday: Soul On The Harbour, Jacksons Wharf, Ramsgate – next one 1st Dec
Last Saturday : Disco Stomp, Jacksons Wharf, Ramsgate – next one ???
And don’t forget…
Live Jazz at The Inn On The Green, Mountnessing Road, Billericay
Every 1st Sunday Of The Month
1pm – 4pm – Free Admission
Next Date : 2nd December
If you enjoy the show, then the chances are you will like what happens each month here with music provided by The Dan Banks Duo
Also recommended…
Most Friday Nights At …
Lot 75 , Shenfield, DJ Graham Norton
Plazma, High Street, Wickford, DJ Geoff Grove
Both chaps play plenty of “our tunes” within their sets !
Do you know of any soulful, jazzy, funky gigs taking place in 2012 ? Let me know the details whether you are a DJ or a punter and I can spread the word to fellow “Old Gits” in this space !
E-mail: stu[email protected] or send a voice/text message to (01268)833978
The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8 in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com from 7pm – 9pm every Monday – plus you can catch it again Saturday evening from 5pm – 7pm