web analytics

British expressions – Sweet Fanny Adams

It means, essentially, f*** all, and though it sounds delightful, it has a dark historical origin: Fanny Adams was a real person, a child who was murdered and dismembered in 1867; she was nicknamed “Sweet Fanny Adams” during her murderer’s trial and

Brian Connollys band members

Brian Connolly

1979: Brian Connolly Band:Brian Connolly, Brian Willoughby (guitar), John Verity (guitar), Dave Lambert (guitar), Chas Cronk (bass), Tony Fernandez (drums) 1982: Brian Connolly Band:Brian Connolly, Brian Willoughby (guitar), John Verity (guitar), Rod Argent (keyboard), Dave Wintour (bass), Robert Henrit (drums) 1983: Brian

Sweet was born

Frank Torpey

by Frank Torpey My first band in 1962 was an instrumental group mainly Shadows, myself, Mick Tucker (drums), John Neighbor (bass) and Fred G (guitar). Next band 1963 /64 Dino and the Diamonds semi pro outfit. We worked fairly decent venues. We

Why did Brian leave Sweet

Brian Connolly

On 23rd February 1979 it was announced that Brian Connolly had left Sweet, to pursue a solo career. It came as quite a shock for many fans. Connolly and the Sweet had just had a top ten single in the UK with

Still got the rock

still got the rock tour

Sweet will kick of their STILL GOT THE ROCK tour in May 2019 which will take them to Switzerland and quite a few venues in Germany like Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover, Bremen, Hamburg and Munich. Looking for tickets ? Yes I do

Videos

sweet youtube channel

The official YouTube channel featuring classic material from the original line-up of Sweet is now online. This collection is officially endorsed by Andy Scott and features the ultimate archive of re-mastered and restored versions of the Sweet’s promo clips as well as

The site is being revamped

thesweetweb.com former version

As you can see, this site has been slightly changed. The old one was build on a platform that couldn’t be updated any longer, so I took the decision to close it down and build a new one. The new one will

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.  Read more

error: Content is under copyright