Dave at St Anne's Castle
Dave Balcombe
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Tall, Dark & Handsome, and very old!!!..... Well one out of four ain't bad!!!
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62 years old
Chelmsford, London and South East
United Kingdom
Last Login: 11/26/2009
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| General | Live music (Of all types), Real Ale, food and sex.... In any order | | Music | All types... Has seen 'LIVE'..... Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, (with and without Syd), The Who (Several times), Cream x2, Hendrix (3 times), John Mayall, Dylan, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Animals, Geno Washington, Zoot Money, Yardbirds, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Family, Moody Blues, Donovan, Small Faces, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Traffic, Taste, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Groundhogs, Joe Cocker, 'The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Chris Farlowe, The Nice, Yes, etc etc all back in the 60s.... Plus loads since..... Loads in the 70s... Including Queen, ELO, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Four Seasons, Millie Jackson, Elkie Brooks, Van Morrison, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Black Crowes, Extreme, Thunder, Bryan Adams,.... Page & Plant.... Iron Maiden....The Prodigy..... Latest big concerts.... LEONARD COHEN at the O2, Twice!!!! absolutely superb & QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS @ Wembley Arena AC/DC at Wembley Stadium
And of course the mad man OTWAY loadza times.....
Favourite female singers at the mo..... BEX MARSHALL, SINEAD ORME, DI BILLINGHURST, DAVIDA, LAURA YOUNGER, LYZ LE FAY & LIZZIE B. | | Movies | A few.... '7', 'Being John Malkovitch', 'Green Mile', 'Shawshank Redemption'... etc etc | | Television | Not much except F1, Darts, Rugby Union and the occasional Cookery Shows... |
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Great Leighs, Chelmsford | | Body type: | 5' 2" / More to love! | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Expecting | | Education: | High school | | Occupation: | Pub Landlord |
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Dave at St Anne's Castle MISSING ANDY on Friday, the manic minstrel NIGEL BURCH & THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA on Saturday and of course THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB on Sunday with 4 great acts!!! Posted at 1:49 PM Nov 25
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CHECK ME OUT ON FACEBOOK....www.facebook.com/dave.stannescastle Dave Balcombe
Short, fat & cuddly, grey haired luverlee bloke (BECAME A TEENAGER IN 1960), and his early 20s in the years of flower power & the Woodstock generation) who loves music (Rock DJ all through the 80s mainly in 'FLACKS' in Braintree, and through the 90s mainly at our last pub 'THE ALMA' in SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD) and having fun with people who use his great little pub St Anne's Castle, Great Leighs near Chelmsford in Essex..... Our Real Ales are ANSELL'S MILD, WOODFORD'S WHERRY & YOUNGS BEST BITTER
WE WERE AWARDED 'THE BEST VENUE 2008' BY THE READERS OF PANIC MAGAZINE
Also we have a CD made entirely by performers who play at our ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB evenings.... It has 20 fab tracks, and is on sale behind the bar for only a fiver, and all proceeds go to ESSEX AIR AMBULANCE
We put on shed loads of superb live music...
The pub has loads of history.... and ghosts!!!!!....
Check us out on www.stannescastle.co.uk photos, food menu, history, and stuff..
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LIVE GIGS.....
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OUR REGULAR MONTHLY EVENTS are as follows.....
The First Tuesday every month OPEN MIC' hosted by the lovely Jane White....
The first Thursday of every month; ROCK JAM NIGHT with House Band, 'FULL MENTAL RACKET'
The first Sunday afternoon of every month from 4.30pm BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS presents 'PROZAC YODEL' a country tinged afternoon... Each month features guest acts, and floor spots....
ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ NIGHT..... Held on the second Thursday every month.....
STARS ON SUNDAY.... 2nd Sunday every month.... This is an alternate OPEN MIC' run by STEVE FOSTER PILKINGTON & KATIE and will feature everything from Punk, Opera and blues
The second Friday of ALTERNATE months MAURICE'S ROCKIN' MACHINE DJ MAURICE spins music from the 50s & 60s
The third Thursday of every month C-A-S-Y-S SHOWCASE Dedicated to acts that can perform a 30 minute set of their own material... Each month we feature 2 bands plus 3 acoustic acts
The third Friday of every month THE LIZZIE B. EXPERIENCE LIZZIE B. entertains us with her beautiful voice, singing Jazz standards, plus popular ballads and original material... Each month she presents guest acts' plus floorspots'
The third Sunday of every month 'THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB' An atmospheric candle-lit evening featuring five hand picked acoustic acts, by Jenni & Jamie Williams,
GIG LISTINGS
We would like to thank EVERYBODY WHO WORKED SO HARD for our CHARITY DAY.... We made £5,500 for THE ESSEX AIR AMBULANCE..... That is wonderful, and a tad surprising!!!!
Thank you again.....
GIGS COMING UP.....
Hello everybody.... I hope you are well.... and ready for some great live music and a fantastic CHRISTMAS... Ho Ho Ho!!!
PLEASE NOTE OUR VERY SPECIAL DATES coming up in November and December and into the New Year!!!!...
# FRIDAY 27th.... MISSING ANDY.... www.myspace.com/missingandy TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, £4.00 (Collection Only) £5.00 ON THE NIGHT...
SATURDAY 28th.... NIGEL BURCH & THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA..... www.myspace.com/nigelburch
# SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER...... AUTOMATIC SLIM...... www.myspace.com/autoslim TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, £8.00 (Collection only) £10 ON THE NIGHT...
SATURDAY 19th..... REDWOOD... www.myspace.com/theredwoodbandmusic
CHRISTMAS EVE.... PARTY TIME DISCO & KARAOKE with BJDJ
NEW YEAR'S EVE.... PARTY TIME DISCO & KARAOKE with BJDJ
Apart from the above two #, all gigs are free.....
and start around 8.30 (except where stated)
NOVEMBER.....
Friday 27th... 'MISSING ANDY' (Alternative, Indie Pop) www.myspace.com/missingandy (Entry £5)
Saturday 28th... NIGEL BURCH & 'THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA' (The Manic Minstrel And his Musical Misfits) (George Formby with attitude!!!) www.myspace.com/nigelburch
Sunday 29th.... 'THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB'.... www.myspace.com/acousticsoulclub ....... This month....Jenni & Jamie Williams present.... 'ZHONG', (Jazz, Jazz, Jazz.) www.myspace.com/menofzhong ~ 'ROUGH CUT STONE', (Blues/Funk/Rock)www.myspace.com/roughcutstone ~ ANDY LEFEVRE, (Acoustic folk) www.myspace.com/andylefevre ~ and RICKY DALLAS
DECEMBER
Tuesday 1st.... JANE WHITE, hosts our very successful OPEN MIC' NIGHT which has been going for over 7 years!!!
Thursday 3rd.... ROCK JAM NIGHT with 'House Band' 'FULL MENTAL RACKET'
Saturday 5th...... The legendary 'AUTOMATIC SLIM' (Blues / R&B / Rock) www.myspace.com/autoslim with opening act MARTIN McNEILL
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, £8.00 (Collection only) £10 ON THE NIGHT...
Sunday 6th.... 'AFTERNOON SESSION'....from 4.30pm..... BOB COLLUM presents his monthly 'PROZAC YODEL'..... www.myspace.com/prozacyodel This is a country tinged afternoon, where he and THE WELFARE MOTHERS www.myspace.com/bobcollumthewelfaremother entertain us with some fantastic Americana style music.... this month's special guest act is GREN BARTLEY... www.myspace.com/grenbartley plus some floor spots.... PLEASE NOTE ....THIS GIG STARTS EARLY AND FINISHES AROUND 8-ISH..... Don't be late and miss it!!!
Friday 11th.... MAURICE'S ROCKIN' MACHINE 'CHRISTMAS PARTY'... DJ MAURICE presents a great evening of boppin' & rockin' to the sounds of the 40s, 50s & 60s
Saturday 12th.... Rock, Blues, Soul, Funk with THE JAMIE WILLIAMS BAND... www.myspace.com/jamiewilliamsband Featuring top session guitarist IAN WOOLWAY with one of the best rhythm sections around and a great singer
Sunday 13th.... 'STARS ON SUNDAY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL' A luverlee 'new' OPEN MIC' NIGHT hosted by the wonderful characters... STEVE FOSTER-PILKINGTON & KATIE.... www.myspace.com/steevfp who invite all singers, comedians, musicians to get up and accompany him or go it alone, or Jam... any style... From punk & blues to Irish jigs & folk to opera and classical....
Thursday 17th.... C-A-S-Y-S CHRISTMAS PARTY.... (ComeAndSingYourSongs)... This event is aimed at acts that can perform a 30 minute set of their OWN material!!! This month, we present...... DAVID J. HARVEY, www.myspace.com/davidharveymusic ~ ELLIE BOOTH, www.myspace.com/ellieboothmusic ~ TIM EVELEIGH, www.myspace.com/timeveleigh & 'DINOSAUR ACT' www.myspace.com/dinosauractmusic ~ HI-JACK www.myspace.com/hijack1 ~ JUSTIN HOPPER www.myspace.com/justinhoppersolo
Complete with festive mulled wine & mince pies!!
Friday 18th.... 'THE LIZZIE B. 'CHRISTMAS' EXPERIENCE'... www.myspace.com/thelizziebexperience This month's Lizzie presents.... "BEATLES NIGHT" featuring guest acts including Andy McKay ~ Lizzie B. ~ Richard Dobney ~ Clive Walker ~ Phil Wilson ~ Frank Champion ~ 'darklights' ~ Jerry Spangles.... performing the music and songs made famous by LENNON/MCCARTNEY/HARRISON/STARR....... Complete with festive mulled wine & mince pies!!!
Saturday 19th...... THE REDWOOD BAND's CHRISTMAS PARTY... www.myspace.com/theredwoodbandmusic Complete with festive mulled wine & mince pies!!!
Thursday 24th.... CHRISTMAS EVE DISCO & KARAOKE with 'BJDJ'............... EIGHT TIL' LATE!!!
Sunday 27th.... 'THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB's CHRISTMAS PARTY.... www.myspace.com/acousticsoulclub ....... This month....Jenni & Jamie Williams present.... 'THE WASP FACTORY', (Something completely different!!) www.myspace.com/bzzthewaspfactory ~ STEVE FOSTER-PILKINGTON, (Blues/Punk/Rock) www.myspace.com/steevfp ~ JAMIE WILLIAMS, (rock/blues) www.myspace.com/jamiewilliamssolo ~ and LIZZIE B. www.myspace.com/lizziebmusic & HEIDI Complete with festive mulled wine & mince pies!!!
Thursday 31st.... NEW YEAR'S EVE DISCO & KARAOKE with 'BJDJ'............... EIGHT TIL' MUCH LATER!!!
Sunday 3rd January 2010.... 'AFTERNOON SESSION'....from 4.30pm..... BOB COLLUM presents his monthly 'PROZAC YODEL'..... www.myspace.com/prozacyodel This is a country tinged afternoon, where he and THE WELFARE MOTHERS www.myspace.com/bobcollumthewelfaremother entertain us with some fantastic Americana style music.... This month's special guest act is TBC plus some walk on spots.... PLEASE NOTE ....THIS GIG STARTS EARLY AND FINISHES AROUND 8-ISH..... Don't be late and miss it!!!
Tuesday 5th.... JANE WHITE, hosts our very successful OPEN MIC' NIGHT which has been going for over 7 years!!!
Thursday 7th.... ROCK JAM NIGHT with 'House Band' 'FULL MENTAL RACKET'
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People interested in 'Live Music' and Real Ale, and are willing to travel to the middle of nowhere (or so it seems!!!!!) to see the superb stuff we put on!!!!
PLEASE SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC!!!! & REAL PUBS!!!!!
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