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| And then he walked along the edge of the Circle
This is the place where we will post your stories about the Green's Playhouse, The Glasgow Apollo and Satelitte City (The Wee Apollo). As it develops we will break the stories up into sections such as Myths, Gigs I missed, Meeting the Bands, Where are they now etc. No story too trivial and we will only edit out bad language!
New Forum structure on Apollomemories soon.
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| Someone told me years ago that their names were Jim, Shuggie and Davie, and they used
the initials for the band's name.
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| Were one of the leading folk-rock bands of the seventies and are planning to reform
due to the large amount of interest in their early albums. The band were very
influential on the folk scene during the boom years. It was John Peel who took a
massive interest in the lads from Glasgow, who formed initially in 1969, before going
their separate ways in 1974.
During those five years they were on a par with
Fairport Convention, Lindisfarne and Steelye Span. They packed out halls and
theatres around the world including the Cambridge Folk Festival, the Albert Hall, the
Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and a residency in New York’s
Greenwich Village at the famous "Bitter End" Club.
There were
numerous T.V. and Radio shows including the Old Grey Whistle Test, Radio 1
"In Concert" and the John Peel Show. When they started in 1969 the JSD
Band played local folk clubs and venues in and around the Glasgow area alongside
people like Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Chirsty Moore, Rab Noakes and Barbara
Dickson.
Throughout their career they topped the bill with the likes of Status
Quo, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Winter and Lou Reed and were supported by acts
such as Joan Armatrading, The Average White Band and the Sensational Alex Harvey
Band.
David Bowie invited them to support him on his first British Tour of
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972, and individual members of the band
played on David Bowie’s records at that time.
Their first album -
"Country on the Blind" - came out on Regal Zonophone, a subsidiary of EMI,
in 1970. This album began to spread their reputation nationally and attracted the
attention of Radio 1 DJ John Peel who wrote the sleaves notes for their next two
albums. The album featured a combination of traditional Irish, Scottish, American and
to a lesser extent English songs and instrumentals and original compositions. This
combination was to feature on all their forthcoming recordings.
Their second
album - "JSD Band" - was released in 1971 on the Cube record label and sold
in excess of 20,000 copies. By now the band were living in London and touring
extensively all over the place. They were especially in demand on the University
circuit.
Their third and last album - "Travelling Days" - came out
in 1973. By now the band were performing at major venues in the major cities and
attracting large audiences everywhere they went. They had built up a large
following.
After their third album they went on to release three singles -
"Sarah Jane", "Sunshine of Life" and "Hayes and Harlington
Blues". At this time due to commercial pressures, musical differences, family
commitments and just plain exhaustion, they decided to call it a day. So in July
1974, having been together for 5 years, the JSD Band disbanded leaving behind some
great music and memories.
You can hear their music by clicking
these links;
JSD
Band
Des
Coffield
Sean
O'Rourke
I hope this has been of
interest to you,
Peter Coia
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| Sorry, can't seem to put links on the forum and can't edit my post, so here are the
web
addresses;
http://www.myspace*xx*/jsdband
http://www.myspace*xx*/descoffield
http://www.myspace*xx*/seanoruairc
You can also contact me at;
http://www.myspace*xx*/pcoia
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