Midlands Music Exhibit Opens Its Doors
New exhibition in Birmingham honours West Midlands musical heritage
Memories In Music In The Midlands, a brand new exhibit of nostalgic memories and memorabilia representing and celebrating a history of popular, rock and blues based music in the Midlands area, has opened its doors.
Several well known names associated with the Midlands’ recent rich musical heritage have offered support and participation, including Blaze Bayley, Steve Gibbons, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Trevor Burton, Carl Palmer, Steve Winwood, Hartley Cain, Ray Froggatt, Deborah Bonham, the late John Bonham (by means of Deborah Bonham), Jem Brent, Toyah Wilcox, Joe Dignam, Albert Lee, Nick Mason, Mike Sanchez, Theo Travis, Clifford T Ward (by means of his official fan club), The Marquee Club, Judas Priest and Bev Bevan. These will be contributing photographs, gold and platinum records, stage clothing, and instruments from their personal collections. The event is destined to be of huge interest, not only to fans of the participating artistes and their bands, but also to music lovers in the wide Midlands area.
In addition to the items on display, there will be rarities like Steve Winwood’s personal photographs collection, Fairport Convention’s instruments and Deb Bonham’s stage clothes and photos. Bev Bevan is loaning a drum head, his Out of The Blue tour jacket and Gold Albums, Blaze Bayley is loaning some of his stage clothes and Mike Sanchez is loaning his first electric piano, together with photos of him playing with the likes of Paul McCartney. Trevor Burton is loaning stage clothes from The Move, together with photographs and Judas Priest is loaning Gold/Platinum Albums to the event.
The exhibit is on display at St Pauls Gallery in Birmingham until 18 October and all proceeds raised will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support and Task Brasil, a charity of which Jimmy Page is a patron, and which is aiming to recover the lives and support the needs of abandoned children living on the streets of Brazil.
You can get all the information about the exhibition at www.memoriesinmusic.com