What has Middlesbrough given to the world music scene?

[speckyget]

Surprised Brian hasn't made a bid for Lindisfarne.

 

[The Ruthsayer]

The Housemartins were brilliant. Give your head a shake man!

Each to their own TCC.

 

[mercury_redstone7]

The Chapman Family and Young Rebel Set if you say Teesside rather than Middlesbrough.

I also do a really good version of Cast No Shadow.

Id like to hear this version, please record it and send it asap.

 

[Linthorpe_Exile]

The Brodsky Quartet... started life in the North-East England town of Middlesbrough in 1972. The region was famous for its rich musical culture, with hundreds of children benefiting from free instruments and lessons with a dedicated teaching staff and an extensive network of youth orchestras from beginner to conservatoire level... (from their website).

 

[mercury_redstone7]

Eddie Jobson, virtuoso electric violinist out of Curved Air and Roxy Music - proud Billinghamian (along with Jet from Gladiators).

"proud Billinghamian" Never heard this term before is it pronounced Hame as in the Scotsman or Geordies word for home or Ham as in in the Port of Eating Ham there's a sailor or a Ham sandwich?

 

[speckyget]

"proud Billinghamian" Never heard this term before is it pronounced Hame as in the Scotsman or Geordies word for home or Ham as in in the Port of Eating Ham there's a sailor or a Ham sandwich?

Definitely hame, reflecting Billingham's inherent poshness.

 

[italianjob]

Shrug

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Two thirds of the Jazz trio Back Door.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Jamie sample

 

[BoroMart]

Poorer areas tend to be pretty good at developing influential and popular bands, why is there such a lack of them from Boro? Is it a lack of facilities?

 

[chocolate_sandwich]

… how far away is Port Clarence?

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Amelia Coburn

 

[Zoophonic]

Joe Longhorne was to music as much as Paul Daniels was.

 

[indeedido]

FFS do you know where Ben and Tracy come from?
They were at Uni in Hull.
EBTG my **** from Hull.
You would claim owt Marwood.

Is your post really about artists that once went to Hull?

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Didn’t Red Box of Lean on Me fame have a connection with the area or have I made that up???

 

[tonybiriyani]

Here in Hull we are proud of the following who have graced the world music scene but what have you done?

The Housemartins
The Beautiful South
Mick Ronson
Trevor Bolder
Fine Young Cannibals
Sade (her band)
Everything But The Girl
Calum Scott
David Whitfield
Joe Longthorne
Kingmaker
Patricia Bredin (Britains first ever act at Eurovision)
Henry Priestman
Berri (Rebecca Sleight)
Tinman
Scarlet

Fine Young Cannibals are from Birmingham

 

[fmttmadmin]

Press On vinyl.

 

[Merlin]

Peter Trewavas bass player for Marillion

 

[Frankel]

If we just go for anyone from a TS postcode,Jeremy Spencer early Fleetwood Mac was from Hartlepool.

 

[Brian Marwood]

FFS do you know where Ben and Tracy come from?
They were at Uni in Hull.
EBTG my **** from Hull.
You would claim owt Marwood.

Is your post really about artists that once went to Hull?

The band was formed when they were living in Hull so we are claiming them as a Hull band.