Great..I remember these well..Tony Oakman the bloke on the right did his nashos at RAF Bawdsey 1960 62 in the RAF..good times at Alderton pub..ANYONE GOT A COPY OF THE SPANISH BIT....the Segovia bit!!!
There are some classic songs/instrumentals of Joes' that still have not made it to You Tube. 'The Spanish Bit'....'Hercules Unchained' & 'Sally Ann' just to name a few.
The Bruvvers line up on this set is Howie Gee on drums, Mick Brady on bass and Tony Oakman on rhythm guitar. Bobbie Graham had long left the band at this time.
Yes George covered A picture of you and the Sheikh of Arabia. Does anybody know when this performance took part? on april 26 1964? What was the line up of the Bruuvers that day?
Yes George covered A picture of you and the Sheikh of Arabia. Does anybody know when this performance took part? on april 26 1964? What was the line up of the Bruuvers that day?
I had the pleasure of meeting Joe in Margate in 1980 when he performed a concert at the towns Winter Gardens.
Yes he did perform all these songs, probably still does, fake accent or whatever call it or him what you like,but the guy is so genuine, always has been, always will be.A British Legend.The entertainment world is full of phoney artistes/people nowadays, all need to watch Joe and learn...............
the cheeky chap-pie the cockney rebel yes i could go on and i would, but Jo if you see this we had a great night with you once that was enough but great..you can call Jo whatever you like he wouldn't mind just as long as you enjoyed yourselves,,...lol.lol. bless you Jo...
I had the pleasure of being one of the support acts for a couple of weeks for Joe Brown's show in 1970. What a great guy he is and a real gentlman, no pretentions at all. He is massively talented and in his show played guitar, mandolin, banjo and trumpet. His beautiful wife Vicki, a former Vernons Girl, also sang in the show and her early death devastated Joe. Thanks for the memories Joe and keep rocking.
Wot a great manick rockin mix ! Crazee like a Fox Dee James Sav-ile, The O-riginal Rockney Cocker n Hot Picker Shock Blond Joe Brahn, BeeBeeSee Plum Gobbed Davey Jay-Cobbs and then THE Big-O WesTexan Roy O Pretty Woman !! Play it agin Joe.
That's pretty much the way I always figured him to be. Since his on-stage persona was clearly fake, it was reasonable to conclude that everything else was.
I'd put him on a par with Freddie Garrity in terms of his contribution to quality music. As regards your previous post, I have also heard nothing but negative things about him as a person.
takes me back over the years Tony Oakman onthe right in the RAF at Bawdsey doing his Nat Serv 1960-62 joe was my favourite then ..still is..Tony has gone but in this as with heaps of dthers we remember him[them]
I would suggest, Czerniakowska, that you didnt live through the fifties as fans of Joe Brown did. His music was FUN. All we wanted was to get away from the dreary frightening years of WW2 and have a good time. Joe Brown.....legend
It's a tragedy that in an era of great music this piece of untalented shit should have been able to make a living, with his phoney Cockney routine, crap songs and moronic banter. Incredibly, he's still touring, suggesting that he's short of money.
@Czerniakowska by the way your spellings crap ,like your musical taste ...hemorrhoid,your probably thinking about the cream used ,which you seem to need alot of...i thank you
@Czerniakowska Joe was a a great player of intruments and made a couple of very good songs, but had an over the top false in your face cockney blimey hows your farther irritating way about him.
By 1963 joe brown was dead as far as hits were, i compare him to tommy steele, ie lame and annoying, started off very good and ended up an idiot
You're absolutely spot-on. I recall the time he for some reason agreed to be the subject of a 'Face to Face' interview by John Freeman and made a total fool of himself, never departing for a second from that fake cockney routine. I don't think he ever wised up to the fact that we had nearly all long ago sussed that routine as being fake. We never ever saw the real Joe Brown and it's quite possible he never ever really existed.
@Czerniakowska why so much hate? you sound like you had a one-night stand with Joe and he dumped you. Fifty years ago and you're still bitter. Get your act together woman. Your comments are off base and you're making a fool of yourself.
Not as much of a fool as someone taking me to be female. I'm a 'Pan', not a 'Pani' ,sweetheart. If you're not too well up on these things, I'll happily send you a couple of diagrams pointing out the anatomical differences. Alternatively, I could send you the address of a lady who lives just off the Old Town Square in Prague and I can guarantee that she'll put you right in no time.
Joe was a big name in the smoke[london]1961-62 with the Bruvvers just beforeTony Oakman did his national service in 1961-62 in the RAF made a lot af mates at Bawdsey .has anybody got a copy of The spanish bit
Heman's Hermits recorded Henry in 1965-Joe in 1961. It is a very old standard from the 1920's or so. Therefore Herman's Herrmits are not "the original" when referring to Henry the Eighth.
I have tremendous memories of going to these NME Poll Winners Concerts. The price for really good seats was less than £1 - Yes £1 and you saw something like a dozen great stars.
Good ol joe brown , you just don't see anybody this original these days, not bad for a young man who used to practice above a shop in francis road Leyton London , ex barrow boy at covent garden market, and an ex fireman stoking the steam loco's at plaistow shed back min the day,
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers were a loud, dexterous topflight band whose main problem was repertoire -- when they weren't doing great songs like "Picture of You" , they wasted their time on silly novelty tunes.
i would have loved it if joe said that to me, because i would have head-butted him straight in the face and left him in a pool blood, and walked off humming what a crazy world to myself
He certainly did. First time I've heard of him, as well. I actually like this version of "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" over Herman's Hermits' version. I bet Joe Brown may have influenced later men hairstyles -- that hair looks almost like the men from The Clash's hairstyle from the late 1970's & early 1980's.
Yes! It is an amazing performance. The reason you don't see grand stuff like this and the more musically inclined newer acts on tv is the fact that the people who run the music business and tv are they're not music fans, and boy does it show! hahahahahaha
thats my dad on the end tony oakman ,miss him like mad my dadxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Joe Brown the comedian, and Joe Brown the entertainer, and Joe Brown guitarist extraordinare! Actually one of the best guitar players around at that time. His best and most intricate work was done on his accoustic guitar. It was Joe Brown who backed Billy Fury on guitar on Billy's 'Sound Of Fury' LP in 1960.
He DOES say "She wouldn't have the willie of a Sam". Hee Hee. I'd never heard of him or his music before this. A fine performer, a hell of a guitarist, and a good, tight band backing him up. Love the intro and extro music. Sure beats dead air between songs.
How long ago, Lester1Beck? The following is posted under the Concert for George vid, from a year ago: Joe Brown is such a nice guy... I met him a few weeks ago at a concert where I was backstage with him for the whole performance because my dad is working there, and him and his band are really nice guys, especially Neil Gauntlet, he gave me his plectrum.
Great variety in a short set : music hall, classical & comic social comment. Joe is one of the few who still link working class traditions of music hall, skiffle & rock n roll. It'd be great if he did a "life story" album - what it's meant to live in post-war Britain. The lack of commercial success for Brown's Home Brew was such a shame. Is it my unwashed ears (or my dirty mind) or is Joe having fun singing "Willy OF a Sam" instead of "Willy OR a Sam"?
Joe Brown and the Brvvers along with Lonnie Donegan were my introduction to British pop music in 1960. The last tune is from that era, it's just a madcap romp with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, very funny tune
AWFUL ! !
baldbollocks 1 month ago
Owls about a big hand then?
ChrisYonts 1 month ago
I wonder why you could hear Jim saying the Shadows all the time at the beginning of the clip
staypress 1 month ago
Great..I remember these well..Tony Oakman the bloke on the right did his nashos at RAF Bawdsey 1960 62 in the RAF..good times at Alderton pub..ANYONE GOT A COPY OF THE SPANISH BIT....the Segovia bit!!!
michaeal053 3 months ago
There are some classic songs/instrumentals of Joes' that still have not made it to You Tube. 'The Spanish Bit'....'Hercules Unchained' & 'Sally Ann' just to name a few.
eldorado62 3 months ago
R.I.P Sir Jimmy
Epic Vid. Love Joe Brown
Roy Orbison had such a good voice.
djpuffthethird 3 months ago
The Bruvvers line up on this set is Howie Gee on drums, Mick Brady on bass and Tony Oakman on rhythm guitar. Bobbie Graham had long left the band at this time.
twoteles 4 months ago
Yes George covered A picture of you and the Sheikh of Arabia. Does anybody know when this performance took part? on april 26 1964? What was the line up of the Bruuvers that day?
Was Howie Gee or Bobby Graham on drums?
alanf8 4 months ago
Yes George covered A picture of you and the Sheikh of Arabia. Does anybody know when this performance took part? on april 26 1964? What was the line up of the Bruuvers that day?
alanf8 4 months ago
Was a good friend of George Harrison Joe Brown that is
Lenny5539 4 months ago
Was a good friend of George Harrison
Lenny5539 4 months ago
I've known of Joe Brown for many, many years but never realised how good a musician he was! What an idiot I've been!
ecksact 5 months ago
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zrah1092 5 months ago
What A Crazy World We're Living In? Too Right Joe!
agent00sixties 5 months ago
He is from Plaistow in London.
Palandy33 6 months ago
@Palandy33 He's originally from the village of Swarby, just outside Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Chris234ify 6 months ago
i 'm henry 8 .
thanks to the herman hermits .
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NeetsG60 8 months ago
He is my London boy! x
NeetsG60 8 months ago
@RichardElden It's not fake and "A picture of you" is a classic.
pinchold 9 months ago
I had the pleasure of meeting Joe in Margate in 1980 when he performed a concert at the towns Winter Gardens.
Yes he did perform all these songs, probably still does, fake accent or whatever call it or him what you like,but the guy is so genuine, always has been, always will be.A British Legend.The entertainment world is full of phoney artistes/people nowadays, all need to watch Joe and learn...............
dw69ful 9 months ago
Such was the diversity of this man!'s music A British legend. Non finer.
thef1pumphouse 9 months ago
Like Sid James, and David Jason, its just a fake cockney accent that has taken over there Life.
26highstreet 10 months ago
timeless ! =))
hylozoik 11 months ago
"Seguidilla" from Carmen Suite/Bizet
JackieLeejuk 11 months ago
the cheeky chap-pie the cockney rebel yes i could go on and i would, but Jo if you see this we had a great night with you once that was enough but great..you can call Jo whatever you like he wouldn't mind just as long as you enjoyed yourselves,,...lol.lol. bless you Jo...
allenparsons31 1 year ago
Great memories, Joe.
I was here to see this show.
twoteles 1 year ago
Good to see this again takes me back to my teens.what a performer.
spookyranger 1 year ago
I had the pleasure of being one of the support acts for a couple of weeks for Joe Brown's show in 1970. What a great guy he is and a real gentlman, no pretentions at all. He is massively talented and in his show played guitar, mandolin, banjo and trumpet. His beautiful wife Vicki, a former Vernons Girl, also sang in the show and her early death devastated Joe. Thanks for the memories Joe and keep rocking.
quatt47 1 year ago
Wot a great manick rockin mix ! Crazee like a Fox Dee James Sav-ile, The O-riginal Rockney Cocker n Hot Picker Shock Blond Joe Brahn, BeeBeeSee Plum Gobbed Davey Jay-Cobbs and then THE Big-O WesTexan Roy O Pretty Woman !! Play it agin Joe.
DougPatton1 1 year ago
Wow and played with a plectrum
alfiesgirluk 1 year ago
@TheDiddlysquat
That's pretty much the way I always figured him to be. Since his on-stage persona was clearly fake, it was reasonable to conclude that everything else was.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@TheDiddlysquat
I'd put him on a par with Freddie Garrity in terms of his contribution to quality music. As regards your previous post, I have also heard nothing but negative things about him as a person.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@TheDiddlysquat
LOL,not exactly how I would discribe it.
yardbirdmackay 1 year ago
real people with real talent playing real music... tragically scarce these days.
bdwilder 1 year ago
I think its gut wrenchingly awful to be honest.
ray123ification 1 year ago
takes me back over the years Tony Oakman onthe right in the RAF at Bawdsey doing his Nat Serv 1960-62 joe was my favourite then ..still is..Tony has gone but in this as with heaps of dthers we remember him[them]
michaeal053 1 year ago
I would suggest, Czerniakowska, that you didnt live through the fifties as fans of Joe Brown did. His music was FUN. All we wanted was to get away from the dreary frightening years of WW2 and have a good time. Joe Brown.....legend
LesHall7223 1 year ago
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dugs69 1 year ago
It's a tragedy that in an era of great music this piece of untalented shit should have been able to make a living, with his phoney Cockney routine, crap songs and moronic banter. Incredibly, he's still touring, suggesting that he's short of money.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska you plum shut it
SuperBiff1972 1 year ago
@SuperBiff1972
Oh pardon me for my temerity in pointing out what a persistent haemorrhoid up the arse of good pop music this witless, talentless prat was.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska pardon can i have that in english please i must be one of those talentless prat
SuperBiff1972 1 year ago
@SuperBiff1972
Don't beat up on yourself like this. Just acquire a little bit of musical taste and I'm sure there's hope for you yet.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska why thank you heres hoping
SuperBiff1972 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska nob!!
heezabirddog 1 year ago
@heezabirddog
Good to hear from you, Joe. I see your intellect and powers of self-expression haven't changed over the years.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska by the way your spellings crap ,like your musical taste ...hemorrhoid,your probably thinking about the cream used ,which you seem to need alot of...i thank you
pwsuzigs 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska You dont half talk a load of bollocks.don;t you?
heezabirddog 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska Joe was a a great player of intruments and made a couple of very good songs, but had an over the top false in your face cockney blimey hows your farther irritating way about him.
By 1963 joe brown was dead as far as hits were, i compare him to tommy steele, ie lame and annoying, started off very good and ended up an idiot
26highstreet 1 year ago
@26highstreet
You're absolutely spot-on. I recall the time he for some reason agreed to be the subject of a 'Face to Face' interview by John Freeman and made a total fool of himself, never departing for a second from that fake cockney routine. I don't think he ever wised up to the fact that we had nearly all long ago sussed that routine as being fake. We never ever saw the real Joe Brown and it's quite possible he never ever really existed.
Czerniakowska 1 year ago
@Czerniakowska why so much hate? you sound like you had a one-night stand with Joe and he dumped you. Fifty years ago and you're still bitter. Get your act together woman. Your comments are off base and you're making a fool of yourself.
pinchold 9 months ago
@pinchold
Not as much of a fool as someone taking me to be female. I'm a 'Pan', not a 'Pani' ,sweetheart. If you're not too well up on these things, I'll happily send you a couple of diagrams pointing out the anatomical differences. Alternatively, I could send you the address of a lady who lives just off the Old Town Square in Prague and I can guarantee that she'll put you right in no time.
Czerniakowska 9 months ago
Joe was a big name in the smoke[london]1961-62 with the Bruvvers just beforeTony Oakman did his national service in 1961-62 in the RAF made a lot af mates at Bawdsey .has anybody got a copy of The spanish bit
michaeal053 1 year ago
Can any body upload one of joes earlier songs mary ellen as old mate of mine used to sing it when he had a few beers would be good to hear it again.
whittintonjones 1 year ago
in spite of all this is a poor version
i like version Herman's Hetmits, -
Thank you info from Ratty894. i don't listen very old music at 1920 y
22annabella22 1 year ago
Bad covers "I'm Henry the VIII, I am"
Best original Herman's Hermits
22annabella22 2 years ago
Heman's Hermits recorded Henry in 1965-Joe in 1961. It is a very old standard from the 1920's or so. Therefore Herman's Herrmits are not "the original" when referring to Henry the Eighth.
ratty894 1 year ago
I have tremendous memories of going to these NME Poll Winners Concerts. The price for really good seats was less than £1 - Yes £1 and you saw something like a dozen great stars.
wallysorchard 2 years ago
in 1964 the average wage was approx 10 quid for a 40 hour week, so about 10th of an average full time wage today isnt bad value at all
26highstreet 1 year ago
I have fond memories of watching Joe when he toured with Del Shannon and Dion,in the early 60s,what a night that was.
yardbirdmackay 2 years ago
love joe brown
deano8755 2 years ago 2
Met his daughter, Sam Brown, after the Pink Floyd Pulse concert. A very gorgeous and very talented woman.
HectorIsHappy 2 years ago
i know his cousin, pete brown. he's a legend and plays bass in a band.
lgs00schos 2 years ago
Joe Brown ISN'T a 'real' Cockney - he was born in Lincolnshire..............:-)
But as an entertainer, he is top of the tree! See him live if you get the chance - you won't be dissappointed!
Factnotfictionpeople 2 years ago
@Factnotfictionpeople Then again - the famly moved to London when Joe was 2 years old, so which accent do you think he grew up with?
Vinterfrid 1 year ago
Good ol joe brown , you just don't see anybody this original these days, not bad for a young man who used to practice above a shop in francis road Leyton London , ex barrow boy at covent garden market, and an ex fireman stoking the steam loco's at plaistow shed back min the day,
hihat101 2 years ago
he should be knighted
diddles2204 2 years ago
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers were a loud, dexterous topflight band whose main problem was repertoire -- when they weren't doing great songs like "Picture of You" , they wasted their time on silly novelty tunes.
26highstreet 2 years ago
I wasn't aware that computers were available in lunatic asylums booneboon.
clean3 2 years ago
Im pretty sure they must be unless your transmitting your thoughts telepathically from your secure unit at rampton hospital.
And if you are and they find out its the "electric shock treatment for you"
booneboon 2 years ago
The problem for you is that your last comment about 'headbutting' Mr Brown does sound a little hinged...whereas I am rather articulate.
clean3 2 years ago
i would have loved it if joe said that to me, because i would have head-butted him straight in the face and left him in a pool blood, and walked off humming what a crazy world to myself
booneboon 2 years ago
yes, but youre a TWAT :)
imatwatinlove 2 years ago
joe brown Epitome of the cockney geezer, just like sid james, jamie oliver and david jason, east ends finest entertainers
booneboon 2 years ago
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Wow. Talk about sucks. Wow. This really sucks. Wow. Oh, my. Wow.
LazlosPlane 2 years ago
Joe's got the Punk Rock hair before there was Punk. hahahahaha...Never heard of him before this. Great performance!
bandcouver 2 years ago 9
He certainly did. First time I've heard of him, as well. I actually like this version of "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" over Herman's Hermits' version. I bet Joe Brown may have influenced later men hairstyles -- that hair looks almost like the men from The Clash's hairstyle from the late 1970's & early 1980's.
Wellveryinteresting 2 years ago
@bandcouver Punk rock. : ( That's too much liberty. I thumbed ya down.
Khultan 1 year ago
I POOD MESELF :D
imatwatinlove 2 years ago
SO DID I! :D
imatwatinlove 2 years ago
ME TOOOOOOO! :D
imatwatinlove 2 years ago
BAINZ, GET BACK IN YOUR CAGE! :D
imatwatinlove 2 years ago
This Video is the tops,i wish they showed this stuff on the TV more often
Real music, not reality crap,you get these days
10 out of 10
rockwellcm 3 years ago 2
Yes! It is an amazing performance. The reason you don't see grand stuff like this and the more musically inclined newer acts on tv is the fact that the people who run the music business and tv are they're not music fans, and boy does it show! hahahahahaha
bandcouver 2 years ago 2
argh mum hcked into youtube :D
yupp grandad xxx
ElmoAndDicky 3 years ago
thats my dad on the end tony oakman ,miss him like mad my dadxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XxXwormynbiscuitXxX 3 years ago
haha great picture of my grandad tony oakman ! never seen that before :O
that is actually awesomennesss (:
my mum jsut showed my that and she could not believe it !!!
XxXwormynbiscuitXxX 3 years ago
he just loved music! -peace-
fireblade95 3 years ago
Joe Brown the comedian, and Joe Brown the entertainer, and Joe Brown guitarist extraordinare! Actually one of the best guitar players around at that time. His best and most intricate work was done on his accoustic guitar. It was Joe Brown who backed Billy Fury on guitar on Billy's 'Sound Of Fury' LP in 1960.
eldorado62 3 years ago
Not a bad guitar player either.
bolansbestplus 3 years ago
Who's that on drums? Revelation and Genesis TV's Howard Conder! Hasn't he aged well? Why not catch up with him on SKY 585 AND 592?
ivortick 3 years ago
Are you his publicist? ha.
maximusv1 3 years ago
No - ha!
badauk1 3 years ago
The best hair in pop. Has a mind of its own.
TheIcemanComethLtd 3 years ago 7
He DOES say "She wouldn't have the willie of a Sam". Hee Hee. I'd never heard of him or his music before this. A fine performer, a hell of a guitarist, and a good, tight band backing him up. Love the intro and extro music. Sure beats dead air between songs.
bandcouver 3 years ago
You need your ears syringed.
Joe is singing the original lyrics "She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam".
murrmac 3 years ago
Correction! You Do
heezabirddog 3 years ago
What a fabulous clip. I've seen Joe several times in the last few years and he's performing as well as ever. Superb musician. Thanks for posting.
lkijju 3 years ago 3
How long ago, Lester1Beck? The following is posted under the Concert for George vid, from a year ago: Joe Brown is such a nice guy... I met him a few weeks ago at a concert where I was backstage with him for the whole performance because my dad is working there, and him and his band are really nice guys, especially Neil Gauntlet, he gave me his plectrum.
Growlertrim 3 years ago 2
if jimmy saville isnt gay ill eat my own shite!!!
M4DDISON 3 years ago
What wine would you like to go with that ?.....
terrymod 3 years ago
i think im safe enough thanks, hes as bent as a nine pound note
M4DDISON 3 years ago
Go Roy!!
marcellolippi 3 years ago
I remember Joe appearing in "Charlie Girl" at London's Adelphi Theatre back in the mid-1960's
annie482000 3 years ago
Great variety in a short set : music hall, classical & comic social comment. Joe is one of the few who still link working class traditions of music hall, skiffle & rock n roll. It'd be great if he did a "life story" album - what it's meant to live in post-war Britain. The lack of commercial success for Brown's Home Brew was such a shame. Is it my unwashed ears (or my dirty mind) or is Joe having fun singing "Willy OF a Sam" instead of "Willy OR a Sam"?
less004 3 years ago
Oh oive gat a lahvery banch o' cokernats!
DickStainy 3 years ago
god i love joe brown's hair. as solid as his music bless him. any friend of George H is a friend of mine x
mistersnaredrum 3 years ago
Joe Brown and the Brvvers along with Lonnie Donegan were my introduction to British pop music in 1960. The last tune is from that era, it's just a madcap romp with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, very funny tune
cjb1948NYC 3 years ago