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Tag: 2Is Coffee Bar

  • Tony Bell’s dad did not appreciate his son’s love of the 2Is

    Tony Bell’s dad did not appreciate his son’s love of the 2Is

    The joys of all this new music to a youngster in the 1950s was far too powerful for the older generation and resulted in Tony being kicked out of his dad’s house  

  • Tony Bell on bass guitar

    Tony Bell on bass guitar

    Tony Bell recounted stories of the 2Is Coffee Bar where all the connections were made in the late Fifties with the likes of  Screaming Lord Sutch, Tommy & Tony Hicks and Johnny Kidd – and while manager Tom Littlewood used to put people together into groups he was very ‘careful’ with the money and you…