The Grove Pub, Leeds, U.K. 1986-05-31
Source: audience
Format: 1 CD-R
1. Drop-Kick Me, Jesus
2. Tomorrow Night
3. Your Cheating Heart
4. Tear It Down
5. That's Alright Mama
6. Drinking Wine
7. Morning Train
8. Mabelene
9. Down On My Knees
10. Bewildered
11. I Believe
12. Love Me Tender
13. Move It On Over
14. Ragged And Dirty
15. Wedding Bells
16. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
17. Boogie Woogie Dance
Mark Knopfler - acoustic guitar/backing vocals
Steve Phillips - vocals/ acoustic guitar
Brendan Croker - Vocals/ acoustic guitar
Enlight note: Remember that the name "The Notting Hillbillies" didn't exist back in 1986. I have included a picture in the comment and file from that evening, archivated by Steve. It says at the bottom of photo ..... "The unofficial inaugaration of The Notting Hillbillies" May 1986 at The Grove, Leeds.
(Notice that the written part on the picture was done two years later,when the name "The Notting hillbillies" was born.)
I can talk for hours and hours about this gig ,EXHALE..............I will not!! Enter the pub grab a beer and enjoy what i like to call a "real deal" recording
Sorry no art (feel free) , flac.log and MD5 included
Take care and Drop-kick me softly, Jesus!
Enlight (2011-june)
OU: This is the recording of that legendary night when it all began.
The roots of The Notting Hillbillies lie in The Grove pub in Leeds, May 1986. In front of a packed house three old friends - Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Mark Knopfler - ran through some blues classics and had a few drinks. At the end of the evening, they split the £1-per-head ticket money three ways - just £22 each.
It was the first time the three had played together, but it wasn't to be the last. A couple of years on, and with Dire Straits on ice, Phillips asked Knopfler to produce an album he was making with Croker. Knopfler drafted in Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher to help with the production, and the four-way collaboration slowly blossomed into a full-term project.
Taking their name from the location of Knopfler's home studio, The Notting Hillbillies were born. The record deal, album, promotional video and 1990 tour followed quickly after.
Anyway, back to the beginning; this is the recording of that legendary night when it all began, just one month after the final concert of the Brothers in Arms world tour 1985-1986.
Just three man; Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips and Mark Knopfler. It's an audience recording, pretty good sound quality. (Info from on every bootleg)
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