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Discovered this little gem via a Shadows Facebook group. Not strictly Shadows related, but there is a nice little guest appearance that's worth watching for. 81 years old and he's still got it!

absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing.

Norman

Glad Brian was there, he was the only one I'd heard of!!

Great stuff. I'm ashamed to admit that, off the top of my head, the only ones I knew were Don Powell, Bev Bevan and, of course, the guy in the red braces!

drakula63 wrote:Great stuff. I'm ashamed to admit that, off the top of my head, the only ones I knew were Don Powell, Bev Bevan and, of course, the guy in the red braces!

Funnily enough, they are the only ones I know as well. Must be an age thing .

Cliff

Teflon wrote:

drakula63 wrote:Great stuff. I'm ashamed to admit that, off the top of my head, the only ones I knew were Don Powell, Bev Bevan and, of course, the guy in the red braces!

Funnily enough, they are the only ones I know as well. Must be an age thing .

Cliff

Maybe. Looking at the list of drummers in the clip (below), and who they've played for/with, I realise that I must have heard some of them over the years, but just didn't recognise them or their names. It's nice that BB is the first one.

Guest Drummers
Brian Bennett: The Shadows
Bev Bevan: Quill, ex Move, ex ELO, ex Black Sabbath
Andy Edwards: Robert Plant, IQ, Frost,
Rob Brian: Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Siouxsie Sioux
Jamie Little: Jason Donovan, Beverley Knight, Steve Vai
Karl Brazil: Robbie Williams, James Blunt
Tom Meadows: Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud,
Jamie Morrison: The Stereophonics
Craig Bacon: Gloria Gaynor, Nimmo Brothers
Mick Barker: Magnum, and KoM
Derrick McKenzie: Jamiroquai
Matt Cowley: Emily Capell, Bernie Marsden
Lee Agnew: Nazareth
Craig Blundell: Steve Wilson, Steve Hackett
’Sticky’ Wicket: Chris Barber, Jools Holland
Richard Rayner: Multiple award winning percussion and drum performer
Rebekah Rayner: Session drummer
Toby Wilson: Session drummer
Mark DeCloedt: EMF

Looking at that list, I'm still none the wiser

Cliff

I can remember the original Sandy Nelson version

But what, I wondered, is the story behind it?

A bit of Googling turned up this …
https://www.noise11.com/news/don-powell-gathers-his-famous-friends-for-an-all-star-let-there-be-drums-20210603

Bev Bevan speaks. Go to about the 2 minute mark... well worth it!