gurru991 Posted 26 March 2016 Posted 26 March 2016 Family are one of the main bands I grew up listening to. Being a Leicester based band I got to see them live a few time. Nobody could belt it out like Roger Chapman.
gurru991 Posted 29 March 2016 Author Posted 29 March 2016 Obviously the answer is a resounding NO. Kind of a shame as they were a fantastic Leicester based band in their day. Oh Well
BabycampRecords Posted 31 March 2016 Posted 31 March 2016 New Leicester City Fans Song Coming Soon Babycamp Records Babycamp Records will be releasing song Fearless and music video from the Leicester City fans on the 2nd May 16 for more info please check out https://www.facebook.com/songfearless https://www.twitter.com/songfearless https://www.youtube.com/babycamprecords The song is available on pre-order now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fearless-single/id1097867678 Support the team and lets get it in the charts thank you.
DillonLive Posted 4 April 2016 Posted 4 April 2016 Love Family's "Moonbeams".. My Dad used to play it every Sunday morning. Nostalgic!
Bettsj2 Posted 6 April 2016 Posted 6 April 2016 My father in law loves Family and Roger Chapmans solo stuff. Its listenable but not one of my go to bands.
Suffolk exile Posted 13 April 2016 Posted 13 April 2016 Definitely! I absoloutely love 'em. I remember buying an orginal copy of 'Music in a dolls house' from a second hand book shop in the Silver arcade (the one with that had loads of old City programmes for sale in there. One of the great debut albums - Great band!
grandpa Posted 14 April 2016 Posted 14 April 2016 Yeah...I have a stack of their albums on vynil. Some of the stuff sounds a bit dated but a lot of it holds up really well. I saw Chappo and his band a few years back; excellent. Didn't make the reunion shows but my brother did and he reckoned they were still cooking on gas
Ben Fathers Posted 18 April 2016 Posted 18 April 2016 Yes! They are one of the most interesting and unique groups ever. I actually think they got better-tighter musically and more willing to take risks-when Palmer and Weider (later Wetton) joined, I thought they were just a brilliant band throughout almost their entire career.
Max Wall Posted 18 June 2017 Posted 18 June 2017 On 3/26/2016 at 03:13, gurru991 said: Family are one of the main bands I grew up listening to. Being a Leicester based band I got to see them live a few time. Nobody could belt it out like Roger Chapman. My old man had two separate rumbles with Roger Chapman in the Pally that he seems particularly proud of. Always liked 'My Friend the Sun'. myself
gurru991 Posted 18 June 2017 Author Posted 18 June 2017 1 minute ago, Max Wall said: My old man had two separate rumbles with Roger Chapman in the Pally that he seems particularly proud of. Always liked 'My Friend the Sun'. myself Roger Chapman was quite "The Lad" by all accounts.
Max Wall Posted 18 June 2017 Posted 18 June 2017 1 minute ago, gurru991 said: Roger Chapman was quite "The Lad" by all accounts. So was my old fella.
Max Wall Posted 18 June 2017 Posted 18 June 2017 33 minutes ago, gurru991 said: Roger Chapman was quite "The Lad" by all accounts. My old man knocked around in a gang with Malcolm Allured, later the drummer with Showaddywaddy. I liked a bit of a punch up when I was a youngster and on the stoopid juice but their tales of knuckle dusters and general chicanery is way beyond anything I ever got up to.
gurru991 Posted 18 June 2017 Author Posted 18 June 2017 Just now, Max Wall said: My old man knocked around in a gang with Malcolm Allured, later the drummer with Showaddywaddy. I liked a bit of a punch up when I was a youngster and on the stoopid juice but their tales of knuckle dusters and general chicanery is way beyond anything I ever got up to. I spent a few Saturday nights at the Pally (Palais de Danse) myself, there were some really tough lads hanging out there in the 60's
Max Wall Posted 18 June 2017 Posted 18 June 2017 Just now, gurru991 said: I spent a few Saturday nights at the Pally (Palais de Danse) myself, there were some really tough lads hanging out there in the 60's Yep, no cameras watching you in those days. A tougher time for sure.
Chico1958 Posted 21 July 2017 Posted 21 July 2017 2015 saw a Chapman Show At the same gig saw Family Saw them in the seventies as well...... All good shows Sadly not listening to them though
Guest Posted 29 July 2017 Posted 29 July 2017 I used to have all their albums and played them regularly on my radio show (prog based) but after leaving the area and the station 10 years ago I sold over half of my collection. All of the Family albums went off to a collector in Italy.
irishfoxkev Posted 7 October 2017 Posted 7 October 2017 First band I saw live at de Montfort hall in 1970 or 71....been to hundreds of gigs since but will always remember this one. Had been listening to them thru You tube for past couple of years reliving my past .....Got a new turntable (record player for the uneducated ) recently as pressie from my daughters so up to the attic to dig out and dust down my vinyl collection which included Anyway and Bandstand.....2 great albums....Good News Bad News one of the best opening tracks on any LP.....Burlesque with its funky rhythm and great lyrics is superb as is My Friend the Sun...brilliant ballad that I want played at my funeral ?
SpacedX Posted 7 October 2017 Posted 7 October 2017 On 29/07/2017 at 13:58, FIF said: played them regularly on my radio show (prog based) No shit
Chico1958 Posted 14 November 2017 Posted 14 November 2017 Go on fill your boots....................... you know you want to
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