Flyers, Logos and Posters

The Craisbrooke Arms Show

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Another fantastic sell out show for the band

The Line-up; Phil, Jolene, Emma, lawrence, Alan, Dave, Nev, Del, Herbie, Me

More shots of our 'Summer Soul Weekender'

Wallington Festival Photos by PS Photography.

Big brother Soul Goes To Wallington

A fantastic British summer's evening show at the Village.

Line Up; Jolene, Phil, Sophie, Emma, Lawrence, Alan, Dave, Del, Nev, Herbie & Me.

White Hart World Cup special

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Our World Cup special at the White Hart was another sell out and another fantastic night

In the Pictures Nev, Herbie, Del, Jolene, Sophie, Emma.

More Gear Shots

Soultime!

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Another great night at Soultime Soul Club in Southsea,




Picture shows Emma, Jolene, Sophie and Phil out on the floor at Soultime.









The line up: Phil, Jolene, Lawrence, Alan, Dave, Nev, Del, Herbie, Emma, Sophie, and Me.

Posters and Flyers

2010 Line Up

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From left to right: Lawrence Guitar, Alan Bass, Steph Vocals, Dave Keys, Del Baritone Sax, Nev Alto Sax, Me Drums, Jolene Vocals, Herbie Trumpet, Phil Vocals.

Not Pictured: Emma, Vocals & Sophie, Vocals

The Centurion Show

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Big brother Soul and the Soultime DJ's On the Road Together.
We will be doing a number of Shows this year with various Northern Soul DJ's.



Steph (on the left) with Jolene were both in the spotlight at The Centurion.

Pictured, Joanne and Martin are the Soultime DJ's





Thanks to Alick and family at The Centurion, Crookhorn.



The Line up: Alan, Dave, Lawrence, Nev, Del, Herbie, Phil, Jolene, Steph and Me.

Rehearsals

Sundays 9.30am!

Working on the 2010 show
putting another 20 plus numbers

in the set.

This Sundays numbers;

Money (Thats What I Want) - Barrett Strong

You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes

Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey

Time Is Tight - Booker T, MGs

Working hard today; Phil, Jolene, Steph, Nev, Del, Alan, Dave, Lawrence and Me.

New Members

Our 2010 show kicked off with a new band line up at Gosports' White Hart.













Welcome to the band.

On Keys Dave Oakley. Dave is a familiar face on the soul scene having played in the ‘The Hideaways’ ‘The Beatmakers’ and more recently ‘Bang Bang Lulu’. With his enthusiasm and love of, Northern Soul, Hammond Organ & Modernism. Dave and BbS were destined to get together at some point.




A sudden personnel change in February meant Alan and Dave had to learn the two and a half hour show in a matter of weeks!





Welcome to the band.

Bass Guitarist Alan Woods comes in to help hold down the BbS groove. Alan’s previous work included ‘The Jeff Hooper Band’ and ‘Different Trains’ Alan is a recent convert to the Sounds Of Motown & Stax, and is a born again ‘Soulie’











New numbers to the set.
"Dancing in the Street" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Nowhere to Run" - Martha & the Vandellas
"Shotgun" - Jr Walker & the All Stars
"Tic Tac Toe" (Instrumental) Booker T & the MG's.




The drum shot.



The Line-up;
Alan, Dave, Lawrence, Nev, Del, Phil, Jolene, Guest Appearance Steph, Me...

Nev finishes his rebuild and tells us all about it

“Connie” Alto Sax.

She was made in the C.G. Conn Ltd factory in ’53 .
I was told by the eminent American saxophone collector Ron Semak that he bought her as proto-type from the factory in Elkhart Indiana in ’77. He had about 2000 other horns and didn’t play the sax so she was left un-played in his large collection of one- offs.
Shortly after this, Conn sold their factory to Macmillan publishing and moved production to Mexico.

The Elkhart Indiana factory was responsible for Conns world wide reputation. Models like the 'Naked Ladies' range ('30s - '50s), so named because of their engravings and regarded among the best in the world.
The Elkhart factory also turned out Selmers under licence and their own cheaper range of student horns- Pan Ams. The Pan Ams weren’t a stencil model but a separate company owned by Conn.

After the move to Mexico Conn then designed and made a range of 'M' series horns that were of poorer materials made by lesser skilled underpaid staff to cheaper design. One theory is they had exhausted their supply of spent WW2 cartridge shell brass.
The ‘M’ series horns made in Mexico known as Directors and shooting stars, ruined Conn’s reputation, (pretty much to date).

Collector Ron Semak retired and moved to Hawaii in ‘08 and sold off his entire collection on e-bay as his pension. I was drawn towards the advert, “ New 1953 prototype Conn for sale”.
After a year of complete rebuild she is finished and playing. I would like to have her engraved as a finishing touch but I am not sure what to have.

Nev Bonner

Fender Strat

Another new guitar for Lawrence, Fender Standard Stratocaster.

Thanks to Digital Village Southampton

John Retires

John has been in the band since 1992. I’ll miss John, when I was looking around for sax players to join the then new Big brother soul, he was one of the few who committed with great enthusiasm.

Pictured, John in 1993 and 1994 with fellow sax players Viv & Nev, and in May 2009.

December

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'Tis the season to be jolly'. We’ve just completed five Christmas shows and about to end 2009 with a New Years Eve party.

Pictured, Ray Drury on keyboards during a sound-check, me with antlers at the Boarhunt Blues Club.