The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
Page last updated 27th June 2008
Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square,
Aylesbury
Hunter Ronson Band
Wednesday March 19th 1975
see also Monday December 8th 1969 Monday February 2nd 1970 Monday May 4th 1970 Saturday September 4th 1971 Saturday February 10th 1973 Saturday September 13th 1975 Saturday June 12th 1976 Saturday June 11th 1977 Friday December 23rd 1977
see also Friars Bedford Thursday 1st January 1970 Thursday 26th November
see also Friars High Wycombe Tuesday 29th September 1970
see also Friars Dunstable Friday September 15th 1972
Ian Hunter Mick Ronson
Warren Harry and the Yum Yum
Band
Unknown
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Ian Hunter, on his website, responding to this website's webmaster in 2008:
"Well, it was Pete Frame, Dave Stopps and Kris Needs territory wasn't it? I met Dave Stopps on the Ringo tour (he manages Howard Jones) and Kris and Pete came to a recent gig in Milton Keynes (Spring 2008 - we were there too!). (Friars) itself was great but like I say I remember the people - 'Zig Zag' and all that"
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Gary Leeson, Friars fan, writing for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2008:
"Casually glancing through one of the national music papers one day I noticed an ad for the Hunter Ronson Tour, being a Mott/Bowie fan I scanned the list of venues with anticipation, I couldn’t believe my eyes there it was, 19.3.75 Friars Aylesbury, this was amazing, but amazement was quickly replaced by panic, questions raced through my mind, when are tickets going on sale ? will I get one ?
To my relief, I managed to score a couple of tickets. I remember the excitement and buzz of everyone queuing in the alley way leading to the BAH. Once in I noticed that extra lighting and PA equipment had been brought in, more than other Friars gigs I had attended, all this just added to the excitement this gig was generating.
The music they played as far as I can remember was from Ian Hunter's brilliant first solo album and Mick Ronson's excellent Slaughter On Tenth Avenue album along with some Mott numbers. I recall a lot of fans including myself being in awe that these two “Rock Stars” were playing such a small venue. A review in Melody Maker by Chris Welch mentioned that the gig was so loud that people were rolling around the floor with bleeding ears, I can’t recall anything as dramatic as that but it was certainly an unforgettable gig"
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Hunter continues to make and tour music as at 2008. Mick Ronson died in 1993. Support artist Warren Harry died in March 2008.
Clippings from the Bucks Herald and Bucks Advertiser
Sights and sounds - Hunter Ronson - Once Bitten Twice Shy
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