Updated 12th of February 2008
Welcome to the
Including, Littleborough,
Before the music!!
Here’s some information on Littleborough, where I live! Also see my
Littleborough photograph page, with a slide show! It shows a few nice shots of Littleborough.
And some regards to
some old friends.
First of all though, here are a
couple of Littleborough based businesses that I will personally recommend!
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Jet Cleaning Services
If you are
in need of someone to make your property surrounds ultra clean, then contact
this guy! He has jet cleaned the paths on
two separate properties for me, AND did a fabulous job! For a very reasonable
price! Contact Steven Douglas for full details click here, for Jet Cleaning 
Services Web Page click Here XXXX
Tel: 01706
838029 Email: - jetcleaningservices.co.uk@hotmail.com
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The
Whitehouse inn
In addition, visitors
to Littleborough should arrange a table for a meal at the White House, Blackstone
Edge, take the A58 from Littleborough towards
TEL: - 01706 378456
It has been modernised
a little since this photograph was took!
Click on the link below for more details on “Information
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You must listen to this!
The “Budweiser music Highway” August 2007 a 1hr
musical interview with
Hickory Smith, talking to
Ron Haney, & Wes Henley,
Live on Air on Froggie
Radio,
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The Snake of Warland! A true short story 2008
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What is happening in
Before you go to
any links please read this! I chose not
to write about disasters since 9/11. However I had to change my mind! Below are
the true words of a man I will never, ever forget. Whilst I was watching the American
news, on English TV He was wading through the water with two kids, managing to
keep the tears from his eyes, saying to the camera live, on the day after the
hurricane …
… That’s
all I had, that’s all I had … but now she’s gone, yeh now she’s go’ r’ n ‘
I had hold of her head!! But! … Now … I
think she dead …Take care of my kids she said
She say keep your promise, then she told me
… then I knew, she can’t hold me …
… Then, someone cried, there’s maybe
thousands died! … Biloxi 2005
These words I dedicate to all true
Americans. Because they belong to you spoken by a
TRUE (nameless) HERO, that didn’t give up.
Below are the
words and free music download, I wrote in respect of that man, and all the
thousands of people that where made homeless, or lost close relatives, in the
terrible disaster of the Mississippi floods, caused by hurricane Katrina! … I
threw the picture in; it was taken on my last tour, of the southern
states. I took this shot in Jackson
Tennessee! I was invited by the husband
of Denise LaSalle (“don’t mess with my toot toot”, fame) to his studio and
agency offices, He told me the door was collected by him, courtesy of some
workmen, shortly after the day it was taken down! The door and glass door panel with writing
are real, and not so old!! This picture alone, should tell you what the song is
about
I had to write this song!
Muddy waters of the
My past is rushing by
As I’m searchin’ through
The muddy waters
Of the
I’m lookin’ for the world
I left behind
I’m lookin’ at
My reflection in
The muddy waters
Of the
Cryin’ out for my life
I left behind
CHORUS
It was only yesterday
We were holdin’ hands n’ dancing in the park
Now my life’s been washed away
An’ I’m left here hangin’ in the dark
Now I’m standin’ here
Yeh standin’ in
The muddy waters
Of the
Watchin’ my life drift away
With the tide
SOLO guitar …….
CHORUS …………………………………………..
It was only yesterday
We were holdin’ hands n’ dancing in the park
Now my life’s been washed away
An’ I’m left here hangin’ in the dark
I’m searchin’ everywhere
My tears are rollin’ down
The muddy waters
Of the
Cryin’ out to the world
I left behind
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Words & Music by
To download the free Mp3 of the song click here X
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A warm welcome in Manchester
Taken on the 19th
of Dec at the Irish Heritage centre
Above:-Top left to right…Myself, Paul Mlynarz (webmaster Manchesterbeat.com) …
next shot… Danny Hardman, Myself and Tony Marsden (great vocalist)
And the last one was a
sneak shot of Paul and his wife and family.
My wife and
myself had a great night out and met lots of people from the past and
Also Bobby Dell (Robert Crossland entertainments
This is a
picture I took of “
If you
would like to see more shots and a slide show then follow this link!
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Dedications to old
friends of mine
Latest news … Bill Hyde dies suddenly! 28th may 2008 Click here XXXX
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Paul
Sad news; On
Sunday the 14th of January 2007, one of my best musical friends
Paul Metcalf
passed away. Paul had fought with cancer
for the last 3years and won!
Sadly the
treatment he had received to cure the cancer, although curing him, it rendered
him to weak, to fight off, his
final ailment. God bless you Paul you will
always be remembered.
and I dedicate this space for
you. Paul played keyboards on the
original version of “Pandora’s Box”,
and “Just Waistin’ away” we
recorded them within a six month interval of each other, also Paul
was the resident
keyboard at the Ritz
to here the original version of “Pandora’s Box” and the only version of “Just Wastin’ Away”
then please go to my music download page below! This was the last song that I ever
recorded with Paul, and it brings back great memories for me! We recorded it in Paul’s bedroom, he had it
all set up for him & Keith (Keith was Paul’s gig guitarist and partner!)
Keith unfortunately had a stroke about a year before Paul started showing signs
of his illness in 2004. However he was
getting better last time I heard! That day in 2002 Paul was his usual bouncing
self and ready to go, I had only asked him a few hours before would he record
it for me. First of all I played and
sang the song with just my guitar (1956 ES 120T), plugged and mike’d up Then as
usual did a sound check, and with no metronome!
I played it through. I asked Paul
if he could make the sad song sound happy with a Jamaican feel, like kettle
drums! Then I went down stairs to talk
to Sue, Paul’s Partner while Paul was playing and using his Yamaha Xd10 to put
the drums on. After about twenty minutes
I returned to the room, and Paul was sat there telling me that I don’t have to
put a voice over its good enough for jazz! So here it is, exactly as it was on
that day, recorded by Paul.
The song
“Just Wastin’ Away” I wrote one day when I was reflecting on my heavy drinking,
and social habits, also to all the people who do MEANING’LESS things in there
life, on a daily habitual basis! If you
would like to listen to this and plenty more of my music for Free
Then just
click on the link to my music download page, directly below!
Malcolm Masset.
Malcolm was one of our old school friends at
St Francis’s school. And the drummer with us when I was in The Strangers, we
changed our name later, to Bobby Dell & the Dellstars.
Malcolm also later
toured and recorded with the Teddy Bears, if anyone has a copy of this record,
please write to me, as Malcolm’s family would greatly appreciate a copy
From the front: - Bob Crosland, Alan
Herrick’s, Eddie Crosland, Malcolm Masset & Tony Cooke (me (Hickory Smith)
in Piccadilly gardens,
2005
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Pete Cowap
For anybody who
remembers Pete Cowap One of the top, I mean top guitarists from
Manchester’s 50s 60s onwards Will appreciate the work that
Danny Hardman has put in to arrange the following unveiling of a plaque in
Middleton Manchester on Saturday the 15th of May 2006 A great night was had by all, and
you may make enquiries at the Old Boars Head, Middleton, Manchester, England Or
at the number below
Danny Hardman:-01706 373687
I dedicate this in memory of Pete …
From Danny & Hickory
The phone number for
the Fisherman’s Inn at Hollingworth Lake
Now In march of this year 2007 the fisherman’s is a top class
Italian Restaurant!
Tel…01706-378168
Little settee on the prairie
Littleborough,
Littleborough photographs here
Littleborough, Home of
“HappyHills2004”
One flew over the
Say Little Bo Rough,
to get it right
Littleborough is my
home here is my SITE!
LINKS
Link To All music Downloads Click here
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One Flew over the Pennines the
album click here XXXX
Photographs of
Littleborough Click Here XXXX
Contact me by Email … hickory.smith@tiscali.co.uk