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Saturday September 27th 1975
                                          friars aylesbury three - vale hall, civic centre, market square, aylesbury

Mott

Upp

  exclusive friars interview with mott's morgan fisher
  exclusive pictures from this gig in the galleries
   
  related friars history
  Mott  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

Cheeks (Verden Allen) Saturday November 2nd 1974

Upp Saturday January 4th 1975  Saturday May 8th 1976

 
  mott setlist
  Possible Setlist: Tell You What I'm Gonna Do; By Tonight; Born Late; Great White Wall; She Does It; Love Now; Rock and Roll Queen; It Takes One to Know One; Take You To The Cleaners; Sweet Jane; Violence; All The Way To Memphis; All The Young Dudes
 
  band line up
  Mott Ray Major  Morgan Fisher  Nigel Benjamin  Dale Griffin  Overend Watts

Upp: Andy Clark  Stephen Amazing Jim Copley Dave Bunce

 
  gig poster and flyer (click to enlarge flyer)

 
  ticket
   

                                              

 
  memories
  Morgan Fisher, mott

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!

Jimmy Copley, upp

I have many memories of Friars, I well remember my gigs with Upp. All the very best to all at Friars...where did the years go?

 
 
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  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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