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THE MIDNIGHTERS
The Midnighters
The Midnighters - one of Teesside's most
popular bands during the late 50's and early 60's - with
Granville was the envy of many guitarists as he was the first person in the area to own a red Fender Stratocaster - the same as Hank B. Marvin used in The Shadows.
The Midnighters was formed by Tommy Gibson who recruited the services of Ray Hudson and then later, Granville Leacy.
A former Midnighters vocalist Bart Bardsley says: "I was with the band for eight years and later formed my own group with Frank Feeney. "We stayed together for a few years and finally I settled into a double act known as Bart & Pluto Bennett with Eric Whitehouse, of the Blue Caps. "I stayed in the music scene in the north east up to emigrating to Canada in 1977 where I still live. "I have many fond memories of playing at the Empire Continental and all the famous workmen's clubs in Hartlepool."
Barry and Tommy are in Middlesbrough and Bart is in Calgary, Canada.
This is certainly from the archives. A rare photograph of The Midnighters with Bart Bardsley on Burns-Weil bass and Barry Thompson on drums taken at the Gladstone Hotel, Middlesbrough between 1959/60. Tommy, Ray and Granville were also at this venue.
Thanks to Tommy Gibson and Bart Bardsley for their valuable input into this page which is dedicated to the memory of Ray Hudson, Granville Blair Leacy and Johnny Rocco.
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