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Post by gee on Jan 23, 2020 14:54:07 GMT
1972 was when Mike Rickfors was in the band in place of Allan so maybe it was 1971...?
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Post by johnt on Jan 23, 2020 15:12:37 GMT
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jan 23, 2020 16:20:45 GMT
I guess it must be then, I have no other evidence of possible date, and if that was the only one listed ... I have e-mailed Bradford uni to ask if they have any record of the event, tough one I know but will inform you of any reply...
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Post by JamesT on Feb 17, 2020 21:09:14 GMT
I see he's letting rip on the current band tonight, plus there's an interesting nugget in that he got billed for legal action against Eric Haydock.
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Post by paul71 on Feb 17, 2020 21:56:25 GMT
Hes really on a mission tonight. Ironically taunting them for not selling out concerts around the world. Im sure they come alot closer than he would.
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Post by allanclarke on Feb 17, 2020 22:02:11 GMT
Letโs face it: heโs a poor old men with lost wife, lost career and lost voice. Really appreciate his work with The Hollies but he has turned into a massive knobhead... sadly...
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Post by madprofessorblyth on Feb 17, 2020 22:07:26 GMT
I'm not usually ever one to side with Terry on anything (and it seems he's on as many tangents as ever!) but, assuming he's being totally honest, I am glad he tried to get Mikael to be one of the inducted members for the group, as I do think he made some big contributions and certainly he's very popular in Sweden, and it would be nice if the Hall tired to shine a light on artists who are important and/or popular in places outside the US (as someone who is American, I find it reprehensible that things are only 'important' once they're big here...!)
That being said, the fact he shouts out four members by name in the current Hollies lineup means he even knows their names and that he obviously has *many* grudges if he spends his free time 'investigating' into all these factors of Hollie-dom that he goes out of his way to assert he's not involved in.
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Post by baz on Feb 17, 2020 22:19:39 GMT
Oh dear... he really is on a roll isn't he? I did note him saying "I left school when I was 14, sadly shows sometimes" which says a lot given how he's harping on. OK to insult Allan's intelligence again yet questions his own? I dunno quite what Terry's problem or issue is. He's often remarked about how financially he and The Hollies were and are well looked after and snipes at later members... lets not forget he quit The Hollies 39 years ago but still on and on he goes and snipes. Pitiful to witness.
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Post by madprofessorblyth on Feb 18, 2020 5:51:33 GMT
Not to keep adding to the fire, but I found this one from just a day or so ago that I missed reading earlier today:
"A long story Jay, a lot to do with that idiot Clarke leaving & coming back with his tail between his legs, great singer, but not a lot between his ears, ๐๐ฑ"
If he has something against Allan on his own terms, that's fine, but this may be among the most bottom of the barrel things he's ever said...
I'll always respect the guy as a musician but any integrity he may have had left is gone...!
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Post by JamesT on Feb 18, 2020 8:42:51 GMT
I thought this one was quite funny - when exactly was the last gig he played? I seem to recall he was due to play one earlier this year and it was cancelled. There looks to be zero in the books for the future.
"Nice one Angela,๐ there is a difference though, people come & see me, the real Terry Sylvester, not people pretending to be the โHolliesโ ๐"
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Post by baz on Feb 18, 2020 10:45:46 GMT
I thought this one was quite funny - when exactly was the last gig he played? I seem to recall he was due to play one earlier this year and it was cancelled. There looks to be zero in the books for the future. "Nice one Angela,๐ there is a difference though, people come & see me, the real Terry Sylvester, not people pretending to be the โHolliesโ ๐" How can Terry rationalise and snipe at the current Hollies when his own situation is even worse? The Hollies still tour with a full show with no support acts. Tony and Bobby are there and contrary to what Terry implies, Tony and Bobby are well respected by peers and more for the master musicians they are. Then we have Terry who plays small support spots - usually around ten minutes - on bills containing a load of other "oldie" acts most of whom are devoid of original members. And what about his pal Joey Molland fronting a version of Badfinger of which he was not an original member? Terry wasn't an original Hollie either so sniping at Bobby and Tony and their Hollies is pathetic and unwarranted. Terry's childish irrational behaviour defies belief when one looks deeper at the bigger picture.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 11:12:33 GMT
"Nice one Angela,๐ there is a difference though, people come & see me, the real Terry Sylvester, not people pretending to be the โHolliesโ ๐" Says someone who made his name as a Graham Nash substitute, and who goes out performing songs he never appeared on such as 'Bus Stop' and 'Long Cool Woman'... As for Allan's supposed lack of intelligence, he is bright enough not to try to incite petty squabbles via social media.
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Post by thejanitor on Feb 18, 2020 14:12:35 GMT
Looking through the recent tweets, he makes valid points about The Hollies never winning a Grammy and Rickfors not being included as part of the group's inducted RRHOF members, but his comments on the current line-up are quite big-headed. Sure, this incarnation hasn't made a hit record on their own merit and don't always secure a sold out gig, but they've never been in a hurry to get either of those things - they're simply here and enjoy playing for those who want to listen and reminisce. Terry being part of the "oldies" circuit should see the case is very similar for himself. And regarding Allan, as I said before, all of Terry's bitter swipes towards him are most likely the stale remains of disagreements from 1981 he, unlike Allan, has refused to move on past.
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Post by stuball on Feb 18, 2020 14:45:57 GMT
Methinks Sylvester has way too much time on his hands: all day to brood over perceived grievances, and pick at old, festering sores. His current concoction of Twitter bile, spite, resentment and jealousy does harm only to himself and his already tattered reputation. For his own sake, he really should find a new hobby. Maybe try writing a book about The Hollies... oh, wait! Forget that! Perhaps try reading a book? Maybe learn to knit, take up paint-by-numbers, do volunteer work, go back to school, whatever! For all intent and purposes, his music career is over. And since he has burnt his Hollies connection, and has no solo carreer to speak of, he has certainly checkmated himself! Sad.
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Post by baz on Feb 18, 2020 14:47:52 GMT
Looking through the recent tweets, he makes valid points about The Hollies never winning a Grammy and Rickfors not being included as part of the group's inducted RRHOF members, but his comments on the current line-up are quite big-headed. Sure, this incarnation hasn't made a hit record on their own merit and don't always secure a sold out gig, but they've never been in a hurry to get either of those things - they're simply here and enjoy playing for those who want to listen and reminisce. Terry being part of the "oldies" circuit should see the case is very similar for himself. Terry is incredibly deluded as he sneers and mocks The Hollies yet his own situation/fate is pretty pathetic. When was the last time Terry played/headlined a sold out show? Released an album? How many people that are not Hollies fans have actually heard of him? Lets put it in another light - look at The Hollies on stage looking rather smart then you get Terry with his ghastly shirts and shorts... that says it all where class is concerned! It's such a shame Terry acts and rages like this. He was entitled to be upset about the R+RHOF debacle but his refusal to let it go and move on and keep using it to keep sniping at the very guys without whom he would never had been a Hollie...
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Post by thejanitor on Feb 18, 2020 15:02:35 GMT
Methinks Sylvester has way too much time on his hands: all day to brood over perceived grievances, and pick at old, festering sores. His current concoction of Twitter bile, spite, resentment and jealousy does harm only to himself and his already tattered reputation. With lots of time on his hands, he really should find a new hobby. Maybe try writing a book about The Hollies... oh, wait! Forget that! Perhaps try reading a book? Maybe learn to knit, take up paint-by-numbers, do volunteer work, go back to school, whatever! For all intent and purposes, his music career is over. And since he has burnt his Hollies connection, and has no solo carreer to speak of, he has certainly checkmated himself! Sad. I will say he does post very nice pictures of the beach and scenery where he lives. Maybe he should go into professional photography?
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Post by JamesT on Feb 18, 2020 16:37:29 GMT
What I'd like to know is who are the sycophants he keeps on chatting to? What is their story?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 16:44:10 GMT
I wish he'd at least aim his anger at the group who currently tour as The Swinging Blue Jeans, as they really ARE a fake group who never played on any of the hits! Of course, most of the (I assume) Americans who follow him wouldn't have a clue what he was on about.
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Post by baz on Feb 18, 2020 17:29:21 GMT
I wish he'd at least aim his anger at the group who currently tour as The Swinging Blue Jeans, as they really ARE a fake group who never played on any of the hits! Of course, most of the (I assume) Americans who follow him wouldn't have a clue what he was on about. Yes, a most nasty state of affairs as Ray Ennis offered them the name, they said no but shortly before Ennis "retired"/left, went behind his back and "bought" the name. Ennis found out after he quit, took legal action... and lost. The band he had led for 53 years, it counted for nothing and he had to pay a settlement fee. Insane and despicable but such is the British legal system that allows this to happen. Terry wouldn't be too concerned about that as half the bands he plays support spots with likely have zero original members as well which makes his jibes against Bobby and Tony rather nasty and unfair.
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Feb 18, 2020 17:43:22 GMT
I respect both sides of the 'Terry twitter' discussion but I have just played again his double CD 'Complete works' and you can't get away from the fact that there are some lovely,enjoyable well produced tracks on there that defy his current antagonistic tirades.....
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Post by madprofessorblyth on Feb 18, 2020 18:21:25 GMT
What I'd like to know is who are the sycophants he keeps on chatting to? What is their story? Indeed - I do always find it quite interesting that whenever he makes a truly rude post, there actually are plenty of Hollies fans who will jump up and put him in his place (so at least not all of his followers believe this rhetoric...) That being said, a quick glance over the replies to his tweets has enough where someone either (at least, slightly) disagrees or just tries to play 'devil's advocate' and says "please don't block me" in the same post...! Terry even replied to one saying he wouldn't block the one person, but he is obviously very trigger-happy when it comes to social media and doesn't care to see any opinions but his own - maybe his personality, or just the nature of social media, or both...? I find it funny he is so close with those like Joey Molland and Denny Laine - I respect all three guys immensely as musicians and love their music but are noted for angering their fan base (Molland, who takes sycophantic fans to a new level and caused a lot of personal and financial issues to the other ex-Badfinger members, and Denny who now refuses to sign autographs for free because he's in the Hall of Fame with the Moodies...) These guys must really rub off on each other...!! All in all, what Joey and Denny have that Terry doesn't is Instagram and Facebook, so if this is how Terry acts, then let's just be grateful that these comments stay exclusive to Twitter for now...!
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Post by glovenet on Feb 18, 2020 19:22:46 GMT
Found this on Terry's fan page on Facebook This Saturday (February 22nd) at 8pm Abbey Road Memories takes the stage at Samuel's Grande Manor in Clarence, NY with Joey Molland of Badfinger and Terry Sylvester of The Hollies. They'll be playing their hits AND telling the stories about their music, about their careers and about growing up in Liverpool with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Tickets on sale now at www.samuelsgrandemanor.com. Here's a link to an interview Terry just did with JP of 97 Rock in Buffalo about the show. www.97rock.com/2019/09/23/jps-get-back-podcast/
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Post by anthony on Feb 18, 2020 22:26:17 GMT
Funny for him to mention that this current line up doesn't sell out show, gee I've struggles to find an empty seat at all the shows I've been to. When the Hollies were at their top in the early 70's and had some massive hits they struggled big time to fill halls. I know at Festival Hall here in 1975 and 1976, they partitioned off a lager part of the stadium, plus 1987 the amount of empty seats were embarrassing. I know they struggled to get people through the doors at the Rickfors shows too. Funny they are probably pulling bigger crowds then ever these days. Real pity Terry has become like this.
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Post by paul71 on Feb 18, 2020 22:33:42 GMT
Sadly Terry is rambling again today. Hes shared a photo of his rrhof award 5 times! He keeps putting down the current Hollies.
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Post by anthony on Feb 18, 2020 23:10:13 GMT
Sadly Terry is rambling again today. Hes shared a photo of his rrhof award 5 times! He keeps putting down the current Hollies. always easy to knock, he has lived off the Hollies name since leaving the band in 81(I think it was). When Terry has shows it should be advertised as just Terry Sylvester, most people would have now idea of who he is, a shame as I really loved his years with the band. But don't knock the name that feeds you.
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