Chew Tobacco Rag No.2 - Billy Briggs

[crazyfishmonster459]

Pembury Tavern, Hackney, around 1990. Rock'n'roll!

[glipzik]

Back in those days there was no such thing as rockabilly. This was called boogie or country boogie. It only became rockabilly when Elvis and Carl Perkins came along.

[4538Rick]

MrT20, Brian, Derek and Paul (brothers) Mick (died a couple of years ago), Dixie, Hugh, Zing (Simon), Cookie (Terry) plus a few others who used to hang with us.

[MrTrooper20]

@4538Rick zing and that mad triumph 650,have a great memory of sitting in a cafe with terry cooke and zing around 81 on the holloway road,if i knew then what i know now !

any where worth going in nth london like the royalty,been out of circulation for a while.

[4538Rick]

Ahhhh, the Royalty Southgate, many a happy Thursday night spent there

[4538Rick]

Damn MrTrooper20, the Royalty rocked on a Thursday night, and i was one of those original Dixieland Rockers, still got the tattoo.

I'm listening to this in the middle of the Afghan desert

[Spratmac8]

@4538Rick Thanks for commenting. Glad the vid took you back to those smart times. Stay safe out there. Best wishes, Spratmac8.

[MrTrooper20]

@4538Rick remember jj,terry cooke,"zing"? and there were a few more i cant think of

[MrTrooper20]

@4538Rick in the afgan,take care of your self ex 22,"B"sqdrn mobility

[MrTrooper20]

thanks for the memory man,for a few minutes there i was back in the royalty in southgate christmas ``80 standing on the balcony watching the talent strolling,the "dixieland rockers" roll on !

[Spratmac8]

@MrTrooper20 Ah! The pleasures of being a Rockabilly Guy in the 80s ;) Thanks for the comment, Spratmac8

[MrBri1961]

@MrTrooper20 i'm trying to re-connect folks from those days, did you used to hang around Holloway?

[mdees100]

rule #1. dont swallow.

[Spratmac8]

@mdees100 LOL! Very true :)

[Byefrosty]

@mdees100 well you cant swallow chew but dip goes down fine

[jellyrollbaker]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Spratmac8]

@jellyrollbaker  Thank you!

[DonJulioBlanco2002]

This is the later overdubbed version.

Orig has no piano or drums.

[Spratmac8]

Thanks for the info DonJulio, I'm a real musical archeology anorak and love to know the evolution of a song. best wishes, Spratmac8

[s1ickpuppy]

takes me back , to the 80's hanging round with 2 brothers of rock-a-billy type ways top hair those guys had.

[Spratmac8]

Oh, the endless hours with a hair-dryer and enough hairspray to cause a hole in the ozone layer - I was that rockabilly! ;-)

[LittleRocknRoller]

cool

[Spratmac8]

Thanks LittleRocknRoller. Glad you enjoyed it.