Ye Olde Whyte Lyon
Locksbottom, BR6 8NE
Public House – built 1626
Shepherd Neame Brewery..
YE OLDE WHYTE LYON PRESENTS LIVE JAZZ
‘With ‘4-IN-A-BAR+1’
Every last Sunday monthly
Next Date: 29th May 2022 2:00pm till 5:00pm
with SPECIAL GUEST STAR
HILARY CAMERON (piano/singer)
JOINING
JO FOOKS (tenor sax)
ROGER CURPHEY (double bass) KEITH GRANT (drums)
DIANE GRANT (+1 ) will sing only IF voice improves – hmmm if your unlucky
Enjoy a roast lunch with this lovely music
(Booking table for food will avoid disappointment – Tel: 01689-852631)
Lunches start from 12noon – last orders would be at 4:00pm
‘4-IN-A-BAR+1’ began playing Smooth Dinner Jazz monthly on Sunday afternoons, back in 2016 at this lovely 17th century pub, YE OLDE WHYTE LYON. We were so successful, publican Tim Manion booked us every last Sunday each month thereafter, but the last couple of years, we had Covid 19 taking over everyone’s lives. We are so thrilled that Publican Tim and Shepherd Neame have taken us back again (since Autumn2021). So to all those people who enjoyed us, please continue to support us, so Tim and the Brewery are pleased.
YE OLDE WHYTE LYON is situated in Locks Bottom, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Kent, BR6 8NE (is on the A21). This delightful Shepherd Neame pub (dated 1626) is next door to Sainsbury’s and The Princess Royal University Hospital. The pub’s parking is limited, but Sainsbury’s car park is just behind the pub. There is now a charge of £2 up till 4pm on Sundays, but refundable in Sainsbury’s for goods (although Sainsbury’s close at 4pm!). Then parking is free till 7:00am Monday morning. Park up, walk to front of Sainsbury’s and over to the far right corner, take slipway on your right, which leads to the pub (just on the right).
ABOUT TIM HUSKISSON
A self-taught pianist from a very young age, Tim was inspired by Jazz that he first heard on 78rpm records.
Taking clarinet lessons from the age of 9 he was playing in local Jazz bands by his late teens. He learned much of the Traditional Jazz repertoire as a member of ‘Dennis Field’s Hot-Jazz’, and received further encouragement from Digby Fairweather who included him in his ‘All-Stars’ on an Essex-Radio sponsored Jazz-Cruise to Sweden in 1981.
Later, as a keyboardist in ‘function’ dance bands in hotels and night-clubs, Tim was often required to play for guest entertainers – including Larry Grayson, Little & Large, Michael Barrymore and Soul singer, George McCrae.
A chance meeting in 1989 led to regular work with entertainer Brian Conley. Tim became his musical director for theatre tours, and summer season shows in Weymouth (1992), Scarborough (1993) and Blackpool (1994). There were TV appearances, shows at the London Palladium and a performance at the Royal Albert Hall when Brian was special guest of the legendary Bob Hope. Tim was offered the position of Deputy M.D. for ‘Jolson – The Musical’ at London’s Victoria Palace, and after turning down an offer to join the Canadian production in Toronto, he toured with comedian Joe Pasquale. From 1998 to 2000, Tim toured Europe as M.D. for the Rocky Horror Show.