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Mott the Hoople

Sunshine
   
  related friars history
  Mott  Saturday September 13th 1975  Saturday June 12th 1976

Mott the Hoople (Dale Griffin/Overend Watts morgan fisher 73) Monday December 8th 1969 Monday February 2nd 1970 Monday May 4th 1970  Saturday September 4th 1971  Saturday February 10th 1973

Friars Bedford Thursday 1st January 1970  Thursday 26th November

Friars High Wycombe Tuesday 29th September 1970

Friars Dunstable  Friday September 15th 1972

Hunter Ronson Band Wednesday March 19th 1975

British Lions (Dale Griffin/Overend Watts and guest appearance by Ian Hunter) Friday December 23rd 1977

Otway (Morgan Fisher) Saturday March 20th 1976

Sunshine Friars Bedford Friday August 11th 1972
 
  setlist
  unknown
 
  band line up
 

Mott the Hoople Ian Hunter (vocs/keys)  Morgan Fisher (keys)  Ariel Bender (guitar)  Dale Griffin (drums)  Overend Watts (bass)

Sunshine Ethel Coley (percussion/vocs) Gordon Edwards (guitar/keys) Jack Green (bass) Peter Oliver (guitar) Terry Slade (drums) Joanne White (percussion/vocs)
 
  gig poster and flyer (click to enlarge flyer)

 
  ticket
   

                                              

 
  memories
  Morgan Fisher, mott the hoople

I don't really have any specific memories/memorabilia re Friars, except that I always enjoyed playing there. Of course next year (2009) is the 40th anniversary of the formation of Mott. That would be the time to reform for a world tour... No offers have come in yet - we need to get those 87,000 ex-Friars members clamouring for it!
 
 
  press cuttings
   

 
 
  what happened next
  Mott the Hoople split in 1974, not before Hunter brought out the highly acclaimed 'Diary of a Rock and Roll Star' book. Ian Hunter still records and tours to this day (the webmaster saw him in 2007/2008 and he was on blistering form, with Terry Allen joining him on stage in 2007). Hunter played Friars in 1975 as the Hunter Ronson Band with the late Mick Ronson and in 1977 as Ian Hunter's Overnight Angels. The remainder of Mott the Hoople carried on as Mott with a couple of line up changes (see date links above) Hunter also provided a guest appearance at the British Lions (remains of Mott with John Fiddler from Medicine Head) gig in Dec1977. Mick Ralphs, post MTH, joined Bad Company with Free's Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke. Dale Griffin continued into the Mott and British Lions periods (both of whom played Friars) and then became a Radio 1 producer and is now in ill health. Verden Allen was still making music as at 2002 (and in fact 2007 as we saw him play with Hunter on his UK tour). As as for Overend, his history is not so well defined

Mott the Hoople with the original 1969 line up reformed for 40th anniversary shows in October 2009 at the Hammersmith Apollo. Some of the Friars team were there and can confirm it was a sublime experience

Upp were Jeff Beck's backing group for some time (Beck played on their debut album in 1975 seemingly uncredited) and appear to have split by around 1977. Jim Copley went on to drum for many major artists and is currently in Manfred Mann's Earthband
 
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  Ian Hunter official site  Mick Ralphs official site
 
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Mott The Hoople - Soft Ground
   
 
   

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