PDA

View Full Version : So farewell, then, Acker Bilk. Music 'Doo-doo. Doo. Doo-doo-doo-doo-do'


Berni
11-03-2014, 09:51 AM
Not only was he rhyming slang for 'milk', he was almost certainly the only clarinettist anyone had ever heard of. :bow:
Sir Charlie of Nicholas
11-03-2014, 10:01 AM
One can only imagine how dreadful the rest of them must have been.
7evens
11-03-2014, 10:04 AM
Sir Charlie of Nicholas
11-03-2014, 10:05 AM
It's not as good as Stranger On The Shore.
Berni
11-03-2014, 10:08 AM
Also, I'll bet no-one else in the charts had as good a hat/beard/waistcoat combo as Acker.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/944x531_b/p01f0h57.jpg
7evens
11-03-2014, 10:15 AM
http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/43/main/46/124875.jpg