Sad to read that you are taking your Clarinet to Heaven
It was a great joy to have known you
Graham
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RIP dear friend
Dear Acker Bilk
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Dear Acker Bilk
Gentle Giant of Cerne Abbas 
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Topic author - First Officer
- Posts: 1854
- Joined: January 2013
- Location: Poole Bay, Dorset
Re: Dear Acker Bilk
Anyone on board the good ship David
enjoyed Mr Acker Bilk ?
enjoyed Mr Acker Bilk ?
Gentle Giant of Cerne Abbas
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Manoverboard
- Ex Team Member
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- Location: Dorset
Re: Dear Acker Bilk
Oh yes ... him and a number of other leading names of the period, bar Chris Barber, played at our local Trad Jazz Club, happy memories.
Acker, so I believe, came about cos it's Zummerzet for ' Mate '
R.I.P ' Mate '
Acker, so I believe, came about cos it's Zummerzet for ' Mate '
R.I.P ' Mate '
Keep smiling, it's good for your well being
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Boris+
- Senior First Officer
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- Joined: February 2013
Re: Dear Acker Bilk
The only piece of music I can associate with him is that well known and wonderful 'Stranger on the Shore' - and I enjoyed playing it and my own variations of it for a long time.
How talented to produce/play a piece of music like that - perfectly rounded, gentle, lingering and romantic; and I am so grateful for the music and the happy memories.
Em
How talented to produce/play a piece of music like that - perfectly rounded, gentle, lingering and romantic; and I am so grateful for the music and the happy memories.
Em
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Stephen
- Commodore
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- Location: Down South - The civilised end of the country :)
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Andrea S
- Senior Second Officer
- Posts: 733
- Joined: January 2013
- Location: NOTTINGHAM
Re: Dear Acker Bilk
Saturday Nights at the local dance venue.
Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Chris Barber who went on to become household names.
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Lane were also doing the circuit.
Acker Bilk would always start the night with a game of darts in the pub across the road.
Wonderful memories.
Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Chris Barber who went on to become household names.
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Lane were also doing the circuit.
Acker Bilk would always start the night with a game of darts in the pub across the road.
Wonderful memories.
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Frank Manning
- First Officer
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- Joined: August 2013
- Location: Poole Dorset.
Re: Dear Acker Bilk
Stranger on the shore is very nostalgic for me, because I was home on leave from the Merchant Navy when it was being played everywhere and seemingly all the time, that autumn of 1961, just before I met Sue for the first time. I always associate it with a very happy period in my life.