Dave at St Anne's Castle
Dave Balcombe
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Tall, Dark & Handsome, and very old!!!..... Well one out of four ain't bad!!!
Male
62 years old
Chelmsford, London and South East
United Kingdom
Last Login: 11/7/2009
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| General | Live music(Of all types), Real Ale, food and sex.... In any order | | Music | All types... Has seen 'LIVE'..... Beatles, Stones, Floyd, (with and without Syd), The Who (Several times), Cream, Hendrix (3 times), John Mayall, Dylan, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Animals, Geno Washington, Zoot Money, Yardbirds, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Family, Moody Blues, Donovan, Small Faces, Millie Jackson, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Traffic, The Taste, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Groundhogs, Joe Cocker, 'The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Chris Farlowe, The Nice, Yes, etc etc all back in the 60s.... Plus loads since..... Loads in the 70s... Including Queen, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Four Seasons, Elkie Brooks, Van Morrison, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Black Crowes, Extreme, Bryan Adams,.... Page & Plant.... Iron Maiden....The Prodigy.....
Latest big concerts.... LEONARD COHEN at the O2, Twice!!!! absolutely superb
& QUEEN & PAUL RODGERS @ Wembley Arena
AC/DC at Wembley Stadium
And of course the mad man OTWAY loadza times.....
Favourite female singers at the mo..... BEX MARSHALL, SINEAD ORME, DI BILLINGHURST, DAVIDA, LAURA YOUNGER, LYZ LE FAY & LIZZIE B. | | Movies | A few.... '7', 'Being John Malkovitch', 'Green Mile', 'Shawshank Redemption'... etc etc | | Television | Not much except F1, Darts, Rugby Union and the occasional Cookery Shows... |
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Dave at St Anne's Castle's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Great Leighs, Chelmsford | | Body type: | 5' 2" / More to love! | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Expecting | | Education: | High school | | Occupation: | Pub Landlord |
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Dave at St Anne's Castle A completely crap day all day yesterday.... Wasn't worth opening.... the locals have abandoned us!!! Let's hope today will be better... Posted 10 hours ago
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About me:
CHECK ME OUT ON FACEBOOK....www.facebook.com/dave.stannescastle
Dave Balcombe
Short, fat & cuddly, grey haired luverlee bloke (BECAME A TEENAGER IN 1960), and his early 20s in the years of flower power & the Woodstock generation) who loves music
(Rock DJ all through the 80s mainly in 'FLACKS' in Braintree, and through the 90s mainly at our last pub 'THE ALMA' in SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD)
and having fun with people who use his great little pub St Anne's Castle, Great Leighs near Chelmsford in Essex..... Our Real Ales are BLACK SHEEP, WOODFORD'S WHERRY & YOUNGS BEST BITTER
WE WERE AWARDED 'THE BEST VENUE 2008' BY THE READERS OF PANIC MAGAZINE
Also we have a CD made entirely by performers who play at our ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB evenings.... It has 20 fab tracks, and is on sale behind the bar for only a fiver, and all proceeds go to ESSEX AIR AMBULANCE
We put on shed loads of superb live music...
The pub has loads of history.... and ghosts!!!!!....
Check us out on
www.stannescastle.co.uk
photos, food menu, history, and stuff..
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LIVE GIGS.....
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OUR REGULAR MONTHLY EVENTS are as follows.....
The First Tuesday every month
OPEN MIC'
hosted by the lovely Jane White....
The first Thursday of every month;
ROCK JAM NIGHT
with House Band, 'FULL MENTAL RACKET'
The first Sunday afternoon of every month from 4.30pm
BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS presents 'PROZAC YODEL'
a country tinged afternoon...
Each month features guest acts, and floor spots....
ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ NIGHT.....
Held on the second Thursday every month.....
STARS ON SUNDAY....
2nd Sunday every month....
This is an alternate OPEN MIC'
run by STEVE FOSTER PILKINGTON & KATIE
and will feature everything from Punk, Opera and blues
The second Friday of ALTERNATE months
MAURICE'S ROCKIN' MACHINE
DJ MAURICE spins music from the 50s & 60s
The third Thursday of every month
C-A-S-Y-S SHOWCASE
Dedicated to acts that can perform a 30 minute set of their own material...
Each month we feature 2 bands plus 3 acoustic acts
The third Friday of every month
THE LIZZIE B. EXPERIENCE
LIZZIE B. entertains us with her beautiful voice, singing Jazz standards, plus popular ballads and original material...
Each month she presents guest acts'
plus floorspots'
The third Sunday of every month
'THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB'
An atmospheric candle-lit evening featuring five hand picked acoustic acts, by Jenni & Jamie Williams,
GIG LISTINGS
We would like to thank EVERYBODY WHO WORKED SO HARD for our CHARITY DAY.... We made £5,500 for THE ESSEX AIR AMBULANCE..... That is wonderful, and a tad surprising!!!!
Thank you again.....
GIGS COMING UP.....<
OCTOBER
Saturday 7th... THE REDWOOD BAND... www.myspace.com/theredwoodbandmusic
Sunday 8th.... 'STARS ON SUNDAY'
A luverlee 'new' OPEN MIC' NIGHT
hosted by the wonderful characters... STEVE FOSTER-PILKINGTON & KATIE.... www.myspace.com/steevfp
who invite all singers, comedians, musicians to get up and accompany him or go it alone, or Jam... any style... From punk & blues to Irish jigs & folk to opera and classical....
Saturday 14th... A night of punk and rock... 'JOEY'S DEAD' www.myspace.com/joeysdeadband
and OSMIUM GUILLOTINE :)......... www.myspace.com/osmiumguillotine...
plus BLONDIE TRIBUTE ACT.... 'BITE SIZED BLONDIE'
Thursday 19th.... C-A-S-Y-S Showcase.... (ComeAndSingYourSongs)...
This event is aimed at acts that can perform a 30 minute set of their OWN material!!!
This month, we present...... THE LOCALS, www.myspace.com/thelocals2000 ~ 'TEA FOR THE WICKED', www.myspace.com/teaforthewicked ~ 'STORMCHILD, www.myspace.com/stormchildband & 'EVA'S DREAM
Friday 20th.... 'SHAKEY'S AT SAINT ANNE'S CASTLE....
The one and only 'AWARD WINNING' 'SHAKEY' takes over the pub's music for the first time...
Possibly the first of many...
Acts include....The Winners of The National Battle Of The Bands....
'THE DOLL SET TONES' www.myspace.com/dollsettones,
LILITH'S ARMY www.myspace.com/lilithsarmy,
OSMIUM GUILLOTINE www.myspace.com/osmiumguillotine
plus (Over from New York).... LANI FORD www.myspace.com/laniford
Saturday 21st... ASA JENNINGS (Rock, Pop, Indie) www.myspace.com/asajenningsmusic
Friday 27th... 'MISSING ANDY' (Alternative, Indie Pop) www.myspace.com/missingandy (Entry £5)
Saturday 28th... NIGEL BURCH & 'THE FLEA-PIT ORCHESTRA'
(The Manic Minstrel And his Musical Misfits) www.myspace.com/nigelburch
Sunday 29th.... 'THE ACOUSTIC SOUL CLUB'.... www.myspace.com/acousticsoulclub .......
This month....Jenni & Jamie Williams present.... 'ZHONG', (Jazz, Jazz, Jazz.) www.myspace.com/menofzhong
~ 'ROUGH CUT STONE', (Blues/Funk/Rock)www.myspace.com/roughcutstone
~ ANDY LEFEVRE, (Acoustic folk) www.myspace.com/andylefevre
DECEMBER
Tuesday 1st.... JANE WHITE, hosts our very successful OPEN MIC' NIGHT which has been going for over 7 years!!!
Thursday 3rd.... ROCK JAM NIGHT with 'House Band
' 'FULL MENTAL RACKET'
SATURDAY 5th...... The legendary 'AUTOMATIC SLIM' (Blues / R&B / Rock) www.myspace.com/autoslim
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, £8.00 (Collection only) £10 ON THE NIGHT...
Sunday 6th.... 'AFTERNOON SESSION'....from 4.30pm.....
BOB COLLUM presents his monthly 'PROZAC YODEL'..... www.myspace.com/prozacyodel
This is a country tinged afternoon, where he and his WELFARE MOTHERS www.myspace.com/bobcollumthewelfaremother
entertain us with some fantastic Americana style music....
This month's special guest act is GREN BARTLEY... www.myspace.com/grenbartley
plus some floor spots...
. PLEASE NOTE ....THIS GIG STARTS EARLY AND FINISHES AROUND 8-ISH..... Don't be late and miss it!!!
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Who I'd like to meet:
People interested in 'Live Music' and Real Ale, and are willing to travel to the middle of nowhere (or so it seems!!!!!) to see the superb stuff we put on!!!!
PLEASE SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC!!!!
& REAL PUBS!!!!!
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