The Poets - Now We're Thru (1965) from Glasgow, Scotland

One of the most creative and initially successful of the Scottish beat crews during the 1960s, The Poets began life at the dawn of the beat group boom, around the end of 1962. George Gallacher (vocals) joined forces with Hume Paton (lead & 12-string guitar), Tony Myles (rhythm guitar), John Dawson (bass) and Alan Weir (drums). They took Glasgow by storm with their personalized take on rhythm and blues and soul sounds, and their striking image: high-heeled boots, velvet collars and ruffle-front shirts. By the beginning of 1964 The Poets were the biggest live attraction all over the country, with many busloads of teenage fans regularly traveling to their gigs. George, Hume and Tony were also writing highly original material too. Andrew Loog Oldham noted this fact with great interest when he auditioned the group after spotting a photo of them staring out from the cover of Scottish publication 'Beat News', while he was up in Glasgow; on an eloping mission to Gretna with his (in England) still-under-age bride to be. Knocked out by what he heard at the audition, and by the riotous scenes he witnessed at a gig The Poets played that night, the Loog had them whisked off down to London in quick time to record their debut single 'Now We're Thru' / 'There Are Some' for Decca (F11995).

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Music

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• 60's
• 60s
• garage
• Freakbeat
• Teenbeat
• Mod
• Psychedelic
• Psychedelia
• Sixties
• Hippies

[johnboy66ify]

MET THIS GROUP IN LOCUST ST PHILADELPHIA IN 1965 IN A GIG THEY WERE PLAYING IN THEY WERE QUITE SURPRISED TO HERE A GLASGOW ACCENT IN THOSE DAYS PEOPLE DID NOT TRAVEL AS MUCH U COULD NOT JUMP ON A PLANE LIKE IT IS TODAY, BUT THE SHIP I WAS ON TRAVELLED EVERY WERE .

[jackiereid1]

Great group. Used to watch them at the Flamingo Paisley Rd West.

[TheRichardwatt]

I remember seeing this ban in the City Hall Brechin, Scotland a long time ago.

[raggedsoldiers]

Brings back such memories

[POPAVIDEO]

somptueux .

l 'intégrale de leurs enregistrements vient de paraitre en cd .

great !

[Bdiddly1]

my dad booked the poets for a do in the imperial in Airdrie&a fight started!they used to practice in hoolitness road.

[lizzieLEMON19]

After all these years still so good. Happy memories.

[goonbot3030]

They're really as good as The Stones as magical in their sound but maybe lack a little dimension not in the guitar though, the main guitarist is a genius!

[TearGasfaeGlesca]

It's crap that these guys never really made it into the " bigtime ", they were really good for their era, especially when you think of some of the groups that did make it.

[sadhfsadfljwefg]

nice haircut for these days, while the beatles had shorter hair...

and musically also very nice for a blues song!