Harmony Grass supported by Shakin' Stevens 1970

This is a extremely rare poster from a early Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets gig. Along with Smokestack, they played support to Harmony Grass at the Easter Ball in the Kings Hall, Aberystwyth, South Wales. The interesting thing here is, Tony Rivers, the lead vocalist with Harmony Grass later went on to become Shaky's backing vocalist. Harmony Grass had a hit record with "Move In A Little Closer Baby" in the late 60's.

"I first saw Shaky, when he was supporting us (Harmony Grass) on March 17th 1970, at the Kings Hall, Aberystwyth, for Aberystwyth University! I don’t remember anything about it, other than someone (not Shaky), in a check jacket, standing on one side of the stage, clicking his fingers and leaning on an ‘amp’. I think he was part of the band, but he didn’t seem to do anything else! He looked good though. Years later, the bass player with Huey Lewis did sort of the same rock’n’roll thing, leaning on his amp and clicking his fingers, whilst smoking a cigarette! I don’t really remember watching Shaky do his show, but now I wish I had. The next time I saw him, must have been 1982, at the very first session we did with him, the recording of, “A Love Worth Waiting For” at a studio in North London somewhere."

Tony Rivers