The Solid Silver Sixties Tour 2011

We really enjoyed seeing the Solid Silver Sixties tour 2011 this week and briefly meeting some of the musicians afterwards. We saw the tour in Liverpool and Manchester and hope to go again to a few more soon. The bands included the legendary Merseybeats and the amazingly versatile Vanity Fare who backed Wayne Fontana, Chris Farlowe, Terry Sylvester and Dave Berry. They all still sound great and the music speaks for itself. It's mind blowing to think of the classic original records the various artists were on, including The Air That I Breathe and He Aint Heavy He's My Brother (Terry Sylvester),  Handbags and Gladrags (Chris Farlowe), The Crying Game (Dave Berry), Game of Love (Wayne Fontana), Sorrow (The Merseybeats), etc. Music that has since inspired covers by the likes of Rod Stewart, Bowie, Boy George, Simply Red and Radiohead ;-).

From left to right Eddie Wheeler (Vanity Fare), Dave Berry, Mark Ellen  (Vanity Fare), Billy Kinsley (The Merseybeats), Terry Sylvester,  Tony Crane (The Merseybeats), Chris Farlowe, Wayne Fontana

He's some of their other tunes...