Comments on: Nutmeg Live At Redmere Festival 1986

By: Henke

Henke — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:12:17 +0000

Hi!
We’re NUTMEG from Sweden! Got to say that the videos above are so cool! I was very glad to find this, have a great day! Best regrds /Henke

By: Paul Myers

Paul Myers — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:07 +0000

Nutmeg were a very energetic band and reminded me very much of very early rolling stones especially through the energy of Tom Dalpra. I booked them several times in The Rising Sun in Newmarket Suffolk and went to see them win the Cambridge Rock competition which I was very happy to attend as I thought they could have done so much but unfortunately their destiny was not in my hands.

If any of the guys are reading this good luck and if you feel like it get in touch paul_myers@ntlworld.com

By the way bought Electric Putty at Andy’s rare Records in Birmingham, excellent.

By: Elijah Pink

Elijah Pink — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:23:40 +0000

I remember Nutmeg fondly. I was only 14, but gigging a lot. They often.. in fact always out shone the other bands i saw at the time. Tom was the most engaging front man i’d ever seen. He had the whole audience going.Truly amazing.I still see him in various pubs in Cambridge doing his music. TNT are his present band. I love his voice.. and you still never really know what he may do at a gig.. lol.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:39:49 +0000

Hi Ted
Would you let me know actual title and label

thanks

Andy

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:16:46 +0000

Tom recorded 2 albums of original material with The Lonely and one, Rarer Gifts, got a very good Mojo review and other good reviews in indy mags such as Bucketful of Brains.

By: henry_1973

henry_1973 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:16:49 +0000

Saw Nutmeg live a couple of times during the late 80′s and early 90′s, they played a blinding gig in my home town of Stamford, Lincs (in the big hall that used to be near the rec)… my one and only stage-diving experience. I also remember a great outdoor gig at the lido in peterborough where Tom kept jumping into the pool. So many bad bands from that era, they should have been huge. fond memories…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:09:22 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Dalpra/667015819

By: Anthony Hall

Anthony Hall — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:00:13 +0000

Went to school with Tom’s step brothers in Soham – Caught them towards the end and was at the last gig which was emotional. Just bought electric putty from itunes as my cassette tape of the album is worn out!

Good times, good times……

By: Andy Pernet

Andy Pernet — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:14:45 +0000

Electric Putty is now available on itunes, my space site also out there

By: Hygaphunkik

Hygaphunkik — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:45:58 +0000

Don’t know what made me think of them, but I just googled nutmeg and found this page. A girlfriend of mine introduced them to me. Saw them first time in a little pub in kenton in about 88. Tom got up on the bar and I just could not believe there was a frontman like that. I was 16 at the time and he rapidly became a hero of mine. Saw them a few times at Gossips and for the last time at a Hawkwind 12 hour technicolour dream. I was shitted. We had all of their releases at the time, but I have no idea where they are now.

By: Dave Tunnell

Dave Tunnell — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:39:13 +0000

Loved watchin THE show band!

By: Chuck Cash

Chuck Cash — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:39:46 +0000

Nutmeg’s drummer currently plays drum and case for Chuck Cash and the Fenland Cowboys.

100% Crockery they are too, Country/comedy/rock = Crockery

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:30:25 +0000

I was at that sawtry gig with the american band (who were rubbish). Nutmeg blew me away. I miss them and now I’m going to dig out that Electric Putty album and rip it to iTunes!

By: Andy Pernet

Andy Pernet — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:13:16 +0000

Nutmeg are my all time favourite band simply because of the energy that they put into their live show, these sets were always energetic from there cleverly crafted own music to the covers of Velvet Underground and Led Zeppelin. They hold a special place in my memory.

The venue I mainly saw them was the Waterloo in Huntingdon, and saw them a few times in London, the last time in the Borderline off Totenham Court Road. Unfortunately I missed Tom and Rich’s performance in their new group ‘Something Else’ at the Fordham music festival but I was lucky to see them a couple of years ago as a one off Nutmeg at the same festival.

I’m so glad that this footage has been found, I’m hoping that one day their recording output (And In England They’re Going Mental; Why You Lie and Electric Putty) will be rediscovered and Nutmeg get the credit they deserve.I must play Electric Putty 3 times a week and never grow tired of it

I would love a copy of the video or any other audio if going.

Thanks

Andy

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:31:27 +0000

When time permits I plan to do an article on the Redmere Festival.

There is a lot of footage of the festival.

Even I was in one of the bands – Refugee, who later became into Crossland.

By: bad wisdom

bad wisdom — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:56:02 +0000

I saw Nutmeg as a gigging teenager in Bury St Edmunds – the Bring A Candle do at the Corn Exchange. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Blew every other band out the water, including a baby faced Jacobs Mouse and (miming) Rose Of Avalanche. My mate Mel from Newmarket was always on about them, and Black Candy (never saw or heard them). Got hold of Electric Putty a while later and listened to it constantly. Still do. Love Why You Lie.

If it wasn’t for Mel and Nutmeg I’d have remained a proto crusty/metal head from Bury.

Interested in the Redmere Festival – moved to Redmere 18 months ago but promptly left after a dreadful year. Anyone with further info?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:02:09 +0000

Nutmeg are/were brilliant! I kept watching to see what their singer would do next.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:02:25 +0000

Nutmeg should have been stars: All that crap music on the air in the 1980s which I had to suffer as a teenager. Then seeing Nutmeg for the first time, what a top band. They were so sh*t hot – Great guitar sound, great songs and a front man who could outdo the likes of Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger. They just come about at the wrong time in history, if they had come around a couple of years later they may have made it around the time of Nirvana.

By: Pork Winchester

Pork Winchester — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:31:26 +0000

Strawberry fair 89 i think – best band to ever play midsummer common and should have played the world stage. My first gig was Iggy at the age of 15 and these boys gave him a run for his money!

Just seen the Stooges at Glasto so its not too late…..

REUNION!