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Midland Beat

Midland Beat

[nggallery id=55] Influential magazine chronicling the Brum Beat era in the 1960’s Full copy of Midland Beat No 1, October 1963 featuring John Lennon, two Brum Cavern Clubs, The Midlands Jazz Scene, Brum Beat Full copy of Midland Beat No 3, December 1963 featuring George Harrison, Jazz at the Town Hall, Tut Tut, Astronauts in… Read More »Midland Beat

Dennis Detheridge

As a working musician in the 1950’s around the Birmingham area, Dennis Detheridge was a well know local music reporter, covering the local jazz scene, and visiting big band concerts, and working for the old Evening Despatch. I left the city in 1958 to pursue my own musical career, and lost track of Dennis. I… Read More »Dennis Detheridge

Batmans Wonderboys

Bri-Dar has written in with the following: Hi, I hope you are keeping well. I only came across you by accident while on line and the Midland beat brought back memories of the Sixties. I noticed you left out Batmans Wonderboys who I  happen to know of. They made the Midland Beat cover during the… Read More »Batmans Wonderboys