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Title: The Poets - Now We're Thru (1965) from Glasgow, Scotland
Added: Jan 18, 2008
Author: beyondthebeat
Duration: 2:36
Description:
One of the most creative and initially successful of the Scottish beat crews during the 1960s, The Poets began life at the dawn of the beat group boom, around the end of 1962. George Gallacher (vocals) joined forces with Hume Paton (lead & 12-string guitar), Tony Myles (rhythm guitar), John Dawson (bass) and Alan Weir (drums). They took Glasgow by storm with their personalized take on rhythm and blues and soul sounds, and their striking image: high-heeled boots, velvet collars and ruffle-front shirts. By the beginning of 1964 The Poets were the biggest live attraction all over the country, with many busloads of teenage fans regularly traveling to their gigs. George, Hume and Tony were also writing highly original material too. Andrew Loog Oldham noted this fact with great interest when he auditioned the group after spotting a photo of them staring out from the cover of Scottish publication 'Beat News', while he was up in Glasgow; on an eloping mission to Gretna with his (in England) still-under-age bride to be. Knocked out by what he heard at the audition, and by the riotous scenes he witnessed at a gig The Poets played that night, the Loog had them whisked off down to London in quick time to record their debut single 'Now We're Thru' / 'There Are Some' for Decca (F11995).
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Tags: 60's 60s garage freakbeat teenbeat mod psychedelic psychedelia sixties hippies
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Youtube Comments: 146
miseryguts36 Says:
May 1, 2011 - RIP Hume Paton. God bless you.
poetnumerouno1 Says:
May 2, 2011 - i was lucky to know you hume and create that unique sound with you and tony --- you were always smiling --- george
poetnumerouno1 Says:
May 2, 2011 - hello isabel --- just came across your post --- hope you are well --- george
maclean1949 Says:
May 5, 2011 - So sorry to hear about Hume Paton. I was a huge Poets fan in my teens and used to travel all around Scotland with my friend, Linda, to see them perform.
mrmojorisin1275 Says:
May 7, 2011 - you guys were amazin last night george.best gig av seen in ages.thanes were amazin too.total inspiration.
thanes1234 Says:
May 9, 2011 - hey mr mojo...thanks for the great comment...it was an absolute privelege to play that gig the other night with george and fraser, so very glad you liked it too...cheers lenny (thanes)
mrmojorisin1275 Says:
May 10, 2011 - was a great gig.best gig i've seen in a while.you did an amazing cover of the elevators.i've seen a few and not many bands can pull it off. i hear you might be doin a set of elevators tunes at this scramash thingy? i hope so man. i have a band myself that does original stuff inspired by elevators, human expression type stuff.
janeca55 Says:
May 26, 2011 - hi george its jane the wee lassie you waved to in hospital all those years ago i have moved back to scotland from manchester are u doin any gigs in scotland in the near future please let me know tc lov jane x
hermounts Says:
Jun 6, 2011 - this is eriously ahead of its time!
sadhfsadfljwefg Says:
Jun 26, 2011 - nice haircut for these days, while the beatles had shorter hair...and musically also very nice for a blues song!
TearGasfaeGlesca Says:
Jul 7, 2011 - It's crap that these guys never really made it into the " bigtime ", they were really good for their era, especially when you think of some of the groups that did make it.
goonbot3030 Says:
Jul 10, 2011 - They're really as good as The Stones as magical in their sound but maybe lack a little dimension not in the guitar though, the main guitarist is a genius!
lizzieLEMON19 Says:
Aug 27, 2011 - After all these years still so good. Happy memories.
Bdiddly1 Says:
Aug 30, 2011 - my dad booked the poets for a do in the imperial in Airdrie&a fight started!they used to practice in hoolitness road.
POPAVIDEO Says:
Sep 5, 2011 - somptueux .l 'intégrale de leurs enregistrements vient de paraitre en cd .great !
raggedsoldiers Says:
Oct 5, 2011 - Brings back such memories
TheRichardwatt Says:
Dec 2, 2011 - I remember seeing this ban in the City Hall Brechin, Scotland a long time ago.
jackiereid1 Says:
Dec 11, 2011 - Great group. Used to watch them at the Flamingo Paisley Rd West.
johnboy66ify Says:
Dec 31, 2011 - MET THIS GROUP IN LOCUST ST PHILADELPHIA IN 1965 IN A GIG THEY WERE PLAYING IN THEY WERE QUITE SURPRISED TO HERE A GLASGOW ACCENT IN THOSE DAYS PEOPLE DID NOT TRAVEL AS MUCH U COULD NOT JUMP ON A PLANE LIKE IT IS TODAY, BUT THE SHIP I WAS ON TRAVELLED EVERY WERE .
tonykbailey Says:
Jan 23, 2012 - The Poets website online now...the-poets.co.uk
jockhamish Says:
Mar 31, 2012 - I may have heard that Mr Loog Oldham was an arsehole bandit...maybe that's why we didn't see the the Poets again...?
Doreen Williamson Says:
May 7, 2012 - My friend and I met these guys, and played FOOTBALL with them during their scottish tour, not long after they did this record, and we had a BALL!! They were great fun!! Wonder what George, Hume and John are doing, 50-odd years later?? GREAT to see them on vid after all this time....LOVE them, and this song!!
WeAreTeamWaste Says:
May 27, 2012 - My dad is the guitarists cousin and played for them once on STV when Tony broke his arm. Trying to get some film of this broadcast in 1965 from the STV studios.
jsilence418 Says:
Apr 17, 2011 - This is great, it doesn't sound like every other band of the era!