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The Millionaire

Hugely popular night club located on the corner of Hurst St and Smallbrook Queensway.

Babylon Rebels

Pudding has sent in the following: Does anybody out there remember the Babylon Rebels, a Moseley-based band who moved to London after 1981? They gigged from 1980 to 1983 before folding and made an unreleased album with Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell at the controls. As of December 2015 only 4 of the original 6 members are… Read More »Babylon Rebels

The Drover’s Arms

Photograph of the Drovers’ Arms in Bradford Street, near the meat market in Smithfield, built in 1895-7. The photograph was taken in early 1954. The Drover’s Arms was known for its Jazz gigs in the 50s and 60s. Photo copyright University of Birmingham. Available under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5)

Steve Ajao

Born in 1952 in Birmingham, England, Steve was brought up listening to his dad playing drums and guitar in 50’s and 60’s. His father, Bobby Ajao, had a great record collection and Steve was listening to people like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, T Bone Walker, BB King, Buddy Guy and all the best… Read More »Steve Ajao

Steve Gibbons

Steve Gibbons is one of the great Birmingham musicians who has played in, and with, some of the great bands and musicians of the city. The Dominettes The Ugly’s Balls Idle Race Steve Gibbons Band The Dylan Project Brum Rocks The Dominettes Steve Gibbons started his professional life as a plumber’s apprentice in Harborne. He… Read More »Steve Gibbons

Rachel’s Basement

Four piece early to mid-90s indie band led by Daniel Rachel who would go onto release music under his own name before becoming an author and releasing the award winning book Isle of Noises: Conversations with great British songwriters.

These Tender Virtues

Group formed by Pete Williams’ after The Blue Ox Babes. Featuring: Pete Williams Ian Pettitt Fred Skidmore Brian McDermott Brad Anthony Jeffs Mark Dunn Paul Taylor These Tender Virtues released one album The Continuing Saga…

The Blue Ox Babes

The Blue Ox Babes were an English pop group, formed in early 1981 by the former Dexys Midnight Runners guitarist Kevin ‘Al’ Archer, together with his girlfriend Yasmin Saleh, and former Dexys keyboard player Andy Leek. Archer was keen to mix the soul sounds of his previous group with folk styles. To this end he recruited fiddle player Helen O’Hara to play on demo tapes of the… Read More »The Blue Ox Babes