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Gonna Rock 'n' Roll like a bunch of nutters ! |
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| Location: | Herts / Kent / Northants, |
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| Last Login: | Jul 19, 2008 (536 days back) |
About Me |
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| Pool Hall Johnny .. Moved all the previous band information to a blog. If "Old School Rock ’n’ Roll" is your thing, Pick up yer phone and give us a ring !/p |
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Music:Member Since: 5/10/2007Band Website: lemonrock.com/rapides Band Members: Johnny on Lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Dave bass, Baz drums and Mick lead guitar. Honey HushAdd to My Profile | More Videos Influences: Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, Chuck Berry, Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers, Flying Saucers, The Pirates, and of course RAY PARKS ! The List goes on and on and on and................................ Check out Linettes page for more information on Dystonia. www.myspace.com/madratsmissus Sounds Like: A bunch of recycled teenagers playing some gutsy Rock 'n' Roll.
Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rockabilly / Big Beat / Country) |
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.............and now at last............................ |
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| .......finally, we've booked a recording session !!!!
We will be going into the recording studio in August. This will enable us to produce a saleable CD and an up to date demo for promoters.
Some self... Posted by The Rapides on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:07:00 PST |
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New Blog - Old News |
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| JUST DOING SOME HOUSEKEEPING !This used to be on our front page, but I've decided to put in a blog !
After 33 and 25 years in the Post Office / Royal Mail / Consignia (whatever !) respectively D... Posted by The Rapides on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:14:00 PST |
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So Long Good Luck and Goodbye to Chris ! |
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| Cheers mate, was the resounding cry of everyone at The Plume of Feathers on Saturday 11th August as Chris Cole bade farewell to The Rapides. Chris has been depping as lead vocalist for us until we fou... Posted by The Rapides on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:52:00 PST |
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The Rapides have a new singer !!!! |
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| .......finally we have a new singer !!Johnny Parrish is the new singer with The Rapides.We have one more gig where Chris Cole will be helping us out - 11th August at the Plume of Feathers, Little Wymo... Posted by The Rapides on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:17:00 PST |
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Recording re-scheduled |
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| The Rapides live recording, put on hold due to Ralphs ill health is now back on !!
We are planning to record live at Larwood School on Saturday October 13th. We will then be able to get an up to date ... Posted by The Rapides on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:15:00 PST |
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The Man is Back ! |
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| The Man is Back !
It's official - Ralph is now back. The main man is back in the driving seat and gigged with us on Saturday 21st July at The Postels club.
Welcome back mate.................!... Posted by The Rapides on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:13:00 PST |
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Back in the saddle |
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| We're pleased to say that Ralph, our drummer, who is recovering from a heart attack (we've been using Barry, a pro drummer from Kettering) is getting back in the saddle on Sunday as we're rehearsing. ... Posted by The Rapides on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:17:00 PST |
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Recording NOT going ahead |
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| Unfortunately, Ralph our drummer, has suffered a heart attack, so although we will be using a stand in drummer for the nest couple of months, we will be postponing the recording session until Ralph is... Posted by The Rapides on Wed, 23 May 2007 02:18:00 PST |
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The Rapides Live recording session is ON !! |
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| We can confirm that The Rapides will be recorded live at the gig on Sunday 27th May 2007 at The Vincent Bar, Shephall Way, Stevenage Herts.The gig starts at 9 o'clock and finishes when it finishe... Posted by The Rapides on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:33:00 PST |
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LIVE DEMO PLANNED |
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| The Rapides are looking to cut a demo CD. As we are basically a "Live" band (yes I still have a pulse !) we thought we'd get recorded for posterity in front of real people.We probably have the v... Posted by The Rapides on Fri, 11 May 2007 08:19:00 PST |
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