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It's eight years today since we lost the wonderful Bert Weedon.
He was a brilliant musician, an inspiration to many (certainly to me.)
The Shads were kind enough to write Mr. Guitar especially for him.
and I shall be playing that today in memory of a super guitarist and
a lovely person

Yes, happy TV memories of Lucky Dip, Tuesday Rendezvous, Five O'Clock Club and the rest, Bert would have joined the centenarian club in May.

Bill

I had the pleasure of meeting Bert and his Wife in the 70's. And like a lot of us learned to play using his 'Play in a Day' book, I did question him on that!

A very lovely person, I still have a signed photo of him.

Regards,
Baz.

GoldenStreet wrote:Yes, happy TV memories of Lucky Dip, Tuesday Rendezvous, Five O'Clock Club and the rest, Bert would have joined the centenarian club in May.

Bill

Yes I remember them well. I have the backing track to the theme from Tuesday Rendevous
and play it quite often with happy memories.

Norman

Bert's 1961 recording of China Doll became associated with the show on a regular basis and possibly features Tony Meehan on drums, although I can't be certain of this. I know he played a few sessions during the period between leaving the Shadows (in October) and going to work for Decca.

Bill

Only saw Bert once in a Forces concert in Malta 1969 ,he put on a good show and he was the first solo guitarist I saw on television in the fifties eg The Jack Payne show who said he didn`t like guitarists .

My first memory of Bert goes back to the 1960s.
In those days the Musical Instruments Trade Fairs were held in London hotels in the Russell Square area (before they moved to Olympia).

It was a time when several manufacturers had produced organ guitars, where the fretboard was divided into individual sections, one per note.
Bert was trying out one of these organ guitars and couldn't really get on with it. His guitar technique meant that his left hand was fingering the note too early. After a while he gave up.
Ray

My earliest memories of Bert Weedon was on an early children's TV show on the BBC this would have been in the mid 1950's, a magazine style of program whose name escapes me.

bazmusicman wrote:I had the pleasure of meeting Bert and his Wife in the 70's. And like a lot of us learned to play using his 'Play in a Day' book, I did question him on that!

Play In A Day is the publication always associated with Bert, but there was a follow-up tutor, Play Every Day, which failed to sell in anything like the same quantities.

Bill

GoldenStreet wrote:

bazmusicman wrote:I had the pleasure of meeting Bert and his Wife in the 70's. And like a lot of us learned to play using his 'Play in a Day' book, I did question him on that!

Play In A Day is the publication always associated with Bert, but there was a follow-up tutor, Play Every Day, which failed to sell in anything like the same quantities.

Bill

I still have a 'Play in a Day' book, it's the red and black colour early one that cost 5 shillings!