THE Lindisfarne Story celebrates Tyneside’s best-loved band in a show devised, written and performed by founder member Ray Laidlaw, the original drummer and Billy Mitchell, front man for the final eight years.
Ray and Billy perform acoustic versions of Lindisfarne’s classic songs and tell the inside story of the group’s rise to fame, from Whitley Bay to San Francisco Bay, from Rothbury to Glastonbury.
Audiences will hear how the classic songs developed and how Bob Dylan’s producer helped Lindisfarne to focus their musical ideas and burst through the glam and manufactured sounds around them to become one of the major British groups of the 70s.
The Lindisfarne Story will be at The Courtyard on Saturday at 7.30pm. To book, call the box office on 01432 340555 or visit courtyard.org.uk
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