The official FRIARS Aylesbury compendium
Maxwell Hall, Civic Centre, Market
Square, Aylesbury
Lindisfarne
Saturday January 3rd 1981
see also Friday July 2nd 1971
see also (Lindisfarne) at Friars Dunstable Thursday October 25th 1973
see also (Jack The Lad) Saturday July 7th 1973 Saturday April 27th 1974 Saturday February 1st 1975 Saturday February 7th 1976 Saturday September 25th 1976 Saturday July 9th 1977
see also (Alan Hull's Radiator) Saturday October 29th 1977
Rod Clements Ray Laidlaw Simon Cowe Alan Hull Ray
Jackson
Occasionally David
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Ray Laidlaw, writing for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2007 said:
'Bit of a tall order this one. I can't remember much detail but I have very fond memories of Friars, both venues, the first one being the most whacky. I've got a feeling that the first time Lindisfarne played there we were a last minute replacement for another band, it may have been David Bowie. I remember a lot of disgruntled punters in the pub grumbling about having to watch 'some bloody folk group'. As it happened a lot of them stayed and we went down really well. I think David Stopps must have had close links with Charisma records because all of the bands on the label, Genesis, Van Der Graaf, Audience etc seemed to get booked at Friars on a regular basis. As I said, I can't recall much detail, just lots of bonhomie, great audience reaction, good crack in the pub before and after, interesting herbal aromas and lots of bearded blokes and rustic hippie chicks. Happy daze indeed'
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By 1972, Lindisfarne were enormous with the legendary 'Meet Me on the Corner' huge in the UK charts and a best seller album By 1973 constant touring took its toll and the band split with Laidlaw, Jackson and Cowe forming Jack The Lad who would become one of the most popular bands ever at Friars making six headline appearance 1973- 1977. Alan Hull led the short lived Radiator along with Laidlaw and lasted one album. Lindisfarne reformed and carried on, playing Friars in 1981 and a reworked 'Fog on the Tyne' with footballer Paul Gascoigne yielded an unlikely hit in 1990. Alan Hull died in 1995. Lindisfarne in its last guise called it a day in 2003.
Sights and sounds - Lindisfarne - Coming Good (live 2002)
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