Full Video of Sidewinder live at the Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute 1999
Channel: WALES FOREVER
Date: 2014-05-09

Sidewinder - live at the Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute December 11th 1999 [ Better known as the 'Stute ].

The Concert was for the Benefit of Tenovus Cancer research charity
https://www.youtube.com/user/Tenovuscharity/featured

This video is the set  that we performed on the night :- 
00:00 Travelin Man - THE FREE
03:32 Living Proof - WISHBONE ASH
08:27 China Grove - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
11:47 Southbound - THIN LIZZY
16:04 White Room - CREAM
21:21 Blind Eye - WISHBONE ASH
23:29 Stop Messin' Round - FLEETWOOD MAC
25:28 Roadhouse Blues - THE DOORS 


The night before we had performed four alternative covers to those above :-
Standing in the Rain - WISHBONE ASH
Strange Affair - WISHBONE ASH
Sweet Home Alabama - LYNYRD SKYNYRD
The Hunter - THE FREE

Recorded live at the Blackwood Miners Institute - The sound was recorded straight from the mixing desk.

BEST heard on good Earphones ...

Sidewinder were at that time :~ 
Gazza - Twin Lead Guitar & Vocals
Steve - Lead Vocals & Lead guitar on 'Stop Messin' Round'
Shippy - Twin Lead Guitar & Vocals
Les - Bass Guitar
Nigel - Drums.

Sidewinder were support band on this gig which was the 2nd of two consecutive gigs supporting The Moody~Marsden Band [ We had supported them the previous night at the The Gwyn Hall in Neath -South Wales UK ] Their band included some very famous Rock Icons :-

Bernie Marsden ~ former Whitesnake guitarist,
http;//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden

Micky Moody ~ former Whitesnake guitarist,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Moody

Andy Pyle ~ Former Bass guitarist with The Kinks & Wishbone Ash,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Pyle

Henry Spinetti ~ Drummer who has drummed on tours with Eric Clapton, Tina Turner,Neil Sedaka, Andy Fairweather-Low, Procol Harum, Bill Wyman, Cliff Richard and has done studio work for :- Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Gerry Rafferty, George Harrison, Townsend & Lane & Roger Daltrey.
www.procolharum.com/former_spinetti.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spinetti

The visual was taken from a 2nd generation copy of the original VHS video

The Music quality is fine as it came straight from the mixing desk. 

The full concert can be listened to our on Soundcloud - 

https://soundcloud.com/sidewinder-3-1/sets/sidewinder-live-at-the

2 links to photos of the venue:
http://blackwoodmusicaltheatresociety.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/bmts.113100446_std.JPG
http://www.robgreenimages.co.uk/Miners%20Institute%201%20%28June%29.jpg
More info  - https://app.box.com/s/0eo98xwl5qxc84xgb4in

Some Photos of Sidewinder from this gig - click on the link :~
http://s206.photobucket.com/user/Boyoo2007/slideshow/Blackwood%201999