The Bluejays at Billingham Forum

The Bluejays
Billingham Forum
20 September 2019

It didn’t take The Bluejays very long at all to return to Teesside. They followed up their relatively recent appearance in Yarm with a date in Billingham, which brought an otherwise dull evening alive with the a world of Rock n Roll spanning several decades.

The show was essentially same as the one in Yarm, taking the audience through a whistle-stop tour of the genre from Bill Hailey, through the usual suspects, including Elvis, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, to reach Buddy Holly at the interval.

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Then the British movement was covered, starting with Cliff Richard (formerly the cutting edge of British Rock 'n' Roll and still going strong today, of course).

We were also treated to classic cuts from Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens. Yes, the story of Rock 'n' Roll is replete with bittersweet memories and tragedies, but the classic songs defiintely live on and there will never come a day when the music dies.

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The Bluejays really tore it up in style and with good humour too (‘we always tell them to leave a few empty seats to give plenty of room for dancing’.)

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This is the third time I have seen The Bluejays and I am sure it will not be the last.

Catch up with their news and tour dates over at their official website.