>> I'm often asked about "British Music" and answer that the only thing that
>> comes to mind is Sixties oldies as this was mostly British, even here in
>> the US. The Beatles are great but not all day and the Stones and the Kinks(
>> or my favourites Long John Bauldry and Ian Drury ) get the same response as
Not many people now about Ian Dury and the BlockHeads, don't think his
stuff would go over well at one of these events.....
>> hard rock from the oldsters.
>
>Sounds good, Rick.
>
>I am sooo sick of !@$%^% bagpipe music at british car meets, I can't
>tell you. At the ABFM in Portland they had live bagpipes ALL DAY!!!!
I was there all day both days and don't remember this! Could date back to
college there was a guy on the dorm floor that played bagpipes, in the
winter he would crank up the heavy metal and play along with it in his
room. When it was nice out he would torture more people by practicing in
the fields next to the dorms. But seriously it's mainly backround noise to
me, most of the time I spend talking with friends and owners of cars that I
find intresting. Sunday they did have a band right next to our club tent,
but there was a lot of other things to do, the gimmick rally, autocross,
swap meet.
>Just rev up a E-Type and a Lotus every once in a while - that's all the
>music _I_ need...
Now that you mention it the field meet was a little quiter this year. John
Allard didn't have his Allard with the big Cady motor in it down this year.
I'm suprised the guy isn't deaf.... (Is John still on the list?)
On a side note... the ABFM in Portland was bigger and better than ever this
year, more cars, more vendors. The event used to be run by the Jaguar
Owners Club, they were burning out on running it for the last 20 years. It
is now run by six of the british car clubs in Portland. This year was a
learning experience for all involved and hopefully it will only get better
in the years to come. The first meeting to plan next years meet is next
week!
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