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Portobello Gold…party celebrating Mike Bell’s 26th<\/sup> year as Landlord !!<\/p>\n

Gaz Mayall and the, eight piece, Trojans trying to set up in a space that a three-piece combo would find small!\u00a0 So like a jigsaw being slowly put together it took about forty five minutes to set up, as each musician emptied their instrument cases and then had to carry them out through the milling crowd filling into the bar, to give room for the next musician to set up.\u00a0\u00a0 The Portobello Gold Hotel\/Pub with a large and extremely visual restaurant with good food is not small but the area where the bands play is smallish.\u00a0 The popularity of this place is renowned round the world, with President Clinton having been here for the food as well as to appreciate the ambiance of a very different bar.<\/p>\n

Especially on Sunday nights when the music is live with free entrance and where there has been live music for many years.\u00a0 A place where many groups get a chance to show off their talents in Portobello Road, West 11, getting rarer and rarer in these small venues in London.\u00a0 This is one of the places that I take foreign visitors when they visit London, this night was even more special than usual and I took a Brazilian presenter, who wasn’t familiar with Portobello and she loved it.<\/p>\n

The sound of a great rocking band and as Gaz says,\u00a0“We do what we want. Where else will you hear Little Richard, old ska, drum’n’bass and a Louis Armstrong record from 1928? We’re like musical chefs, mixing the ingredients.”<\/strong> <\/strong>Gaz Mayall is a musician, DJ, producer and record label owner. He’s the host of London’s longest running one-nighter, Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues – now in its 28th year – and the founder member of the ska band The Trojans. He also runs his record label Gaz’s Rockin’ Records.\u00a0 The son of legendary British blues musician John Mayall and a friend from way back when; Mike photographed many of the famous groups when he travelled with a friend who worked for the ‘Melody Maker’ to many of the gigs of that era.\u00a0 The bar is full of the images of groups and famous musicians of that time. Interestingly Gaz played a Hohner Melodica, not often seen or heard around now.\u00a0\u00a0It was basically a windblown mouth organ – built into and operated by a keyboard.\u00a0 The band played Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll and Ska and as one of the musicians was Scottish and it was nearly ‘Burns’ night, we heard an amazing hard rocking bagpipes for a couple of numbers, like I’ve never heard ever before!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photos courtesy of : \u00a9 Tony Annis<\/strong> tony@annis.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

The crowd of all age groups and mostly regulars of this bar jumped with no room to jive, clapped and stamped their feet in appreciation of a great night of enjoyment and fun.\u00a0 So much so it felt like it was being at a friend’s party – Which of course it was: Mike Bell’s party in Portobello land.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony is a long time GT member and widely involved in many adventures, including my trip with him to western Brazil & the Ashaninka people <\/strong>\ud83d\ude42<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ant<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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