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Twisted Wheel
Twisted Wheel may refer to: * Twisted Wheel Club, a nightclub in Manchester, England * Twisted Wheel (band), an indie rock band from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England ** ''Twisted Wheel'' (album), 2009 {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Wheel Club
The Twisted Wheel was a nightclub in Manchester, England, open from 1963 to 1971. It was one of the first clubs to play the music that became known as Northern soul. History The nightclub was founded by the brothers Jack, Phillip and Ivor Abadi as a blues and soul live music coffee bar/dance club. The original location of the club was on Brazennose Street, between Deansgate and Albert Square. This was the rhythm and blues mod venue, with Roger Eagle as DJ. The last all-nighter at the Brazennose St. venue was 11 September 1965 with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (featuring Eric Clapton) headlining. The club, along with Roger Eagle as DJ, then re-located to 6 Whitworth Street opening on Saturday 18 September with The Spencer Davis Group (featuring Steve Winwood) as headliners. This venue was the mostly soul-oriented club with resident Saturday "All Niter" DJ Bob Dee compiling and supervising the playlist and utilising the newly developed slip-cueing technique to cue in vinyl r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Wheel (band)
Twisted Wheel are an indie rock band from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England. Career Formation and debut album Twisted Wheel formed in February 2007 in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester by guitarist and singer Jonny Brown and bassist Rick Lees, later joined by drummer Adam Clarke. Frontman Jonny Brown heard the name in a Paul Weller track "Into Tomorrow", where the lyrics say "Round and round like a twisted wheel, Spinning in attempt to find the feel". Twisted Wheel were booked as one of the support acts for Oasis's 2009 Heaton Park concerts. The band signed to Columbia Records in January 2008. Their first single, "She's a Weapon", was released in April 2008 to acclaim from Radio 1's Zane Lowe, ''NME'' and '' Q''. Their follow-up record, a four-track EP entitled ''You Stole the Sun'', was released in July 2008. The band's debut album ''Twisted Wheel'' was recorded in June 2008 at Hillside studios in Los Angeles and produced by Dave Sardy David Stuart Sardy (born 1967) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |