The Dharmas - Glastonbury 1995
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Headlining the Avalon stage at Glastonbury 1995!
A long time ago (before the internet) I was in a band - The Dharmas.
I recently emptied the attic, purchased a VHS player from gumtree and digitised some of my findings.
This brings back happy memories of a very special gig...and a silver dress!
Me on violin- (obvs!) and my life long creative brother Dom on percussion.
Chris on Keys, Wal on bass, Simon singing and Russ on drums...
Brilliant. Loved seeing you guys in Hastings. Brings back lots of happy memories. Pier gigs, Black horse festival, the Crypt. So good.
Absolutely love seeing this! Saw you in Robertsbridge numerous times, Hastings pier, black horse, & Glastonbury, great memories even if they do make me feel very old!
Hi Ellie - Thank you so much for uploading this! People can boast about seeing whatever massively famous band at Glastonbury - and that's OK. But there is nothing quite like the pleasure of discovering something new and flat-out amazing. That was the Dharmas for me, somewhere in the audience, you guys seemed like Michael Eavis' "house band" that year. I forgot just how many great songs you had - and it is worth mentioning that Glastonbury sets of over an hour are normally the stuff of headline acts (Pulp played for an hour that year). Great memories of a remarkable band - and best cover of "Good Vibrations" ever!
Ahh thanks so much! I had a feeling this would find it's way to a few people who were there in that crowd and would appreciate the memories :)
Ellie. Thanks for posting. Nice to see a full concert.
Still remember the NYE Pier, and Black Horse
Ahh yes - The Black Horse was one of my very favourite ever gigs. Loved that little festival!
Oh, what memories. From my first time seeing The Dharmas at Kingston University, supporting Goats Don't Shave on St Patricks Day...93 or 94, can't quite remember....I was on board that good ship Dharma along with my mate Mark. Had the T shirt, went to loads of gigs.... remember sleeping in my car after a gig in Brighton as was too tired from dancing to drive back to London. We were probably a pain in the backside at the time lol!
Not one band has ever captured me as immediately or fully as you guys, and such a shame you didn't find the success you deserved. So glad the songs live on!
Ahh brilliant! This is really lovely to read. So glad you found this digitised relic to remind you of those good times! Looking back the Dharmas was just one chapter in a life long musical journey....and success comes in many shapes and sizes afterall!
Ellie. Thank you. You’ve made an old man happy! I’ve waited 28 years to see this footage and was down the front. I got quite emotional watching this so many years later. A shame that "Book Inside You" got chopped after "Runaway" on the vid. (I have an audio of the gig) Always loved that track. Followed you guys from the first gig on the trailer at Glasters till Steadman and beyond. I used to have The Dharmas myspace page. Thanks again :)
ahhh you are welcome! It was fun showing my daughter who couldn't quite believe that was her Mum up there dancing around!
So great to hear these songs again. You had a great following here in West Wales after performing at the Cilgerran Harvest fair.
We loved playing in Wales and the Harvest Fair was the start of it all!
@@EllieWyattMusic I was actually on my way home from the harvest fair and passed where you were playing and you stopped me in my tracks. Our little village had never seen anything quite like it.
I’ve seen very few exceptional unsigned bands in my lifetime but that’s what The Dharmas were. 1 in 1000 bands. The vibe, the energy, the songs. “Lightning in a bottle” a phrase used too often perhaps but thats exactly what this band were. Something magical unable to be exploited or constrained by the record labels who half-heartedly made an attempt to understand them at the time. Crowds would go effing nuts for this band wherever they went, utterly infectious vibes, newcomers quickly converted..lol. A secret favourite underground band, a slowly emerging secret to a feverish fan base. I saw em on the back of a lorry, in a tiny London club, playing to a hundred people and then thousands of people. I bought the t shirts, early demos on cassette tapes…One of the best alternative bands of the 90s? Probably. Thanks for posting this, I’ve been looking for a full live performance of The Dharmas for decades, what memories! ☮️
Ahh thanks so much for this lovely comment and for being there on that wild ride we went on! I really had forgotten quite what a buzz it was to be that band, after all the label dramas and the actions of certain individuals. I'm glad I bought that VHS player off gumtree and saved this before the tape completely disintegrated! My daughter was like 'Is that YOU Mummy!!?'
Totally echo your comments, Stephen. Although I'd say such talent, originality and genuine joy at performing is found more like 1 in 10,000 bands. As much as the "Steadman" band were still good, they were just another Britpop band without the unique sound of The Dharmas and I believe the eventual loss of Ellie and becoming a guitar band stemmed any success that may have been eventually gained.
@@Mountainmedia-wn2ii well thank you - and I totally agree! Let's just call it Karma 😉
saw you so many times back in the day: Rhyl, Chester University, Keele University, London Dingwalls to name a few…..
A dedicated Dharmas fan indeed! Dingwalls - wow I'd forgotten that one! :)
Wow. I was just asking about The Dharmas on a Facebook group...crusty travellers... someone posted this link. I loved ypu guys back in the day. I bought a tape off a guy at Dingwalls that was a recording of one of your gigs.. I was gutted when I lost the tape years later... are there any more recordings of rhe dharmas playing live anywhere. Thanks Ellie. ❤ x
Heya! Yes I think there are a few in my loft back in the UK (Currently in NZ for 2 years) although I have no tape player!! Digitising the old VHS was a bit of an undertaking - Maybe tapes will be next if they haven't all disintegrated :)
And so sorry not to have replied - I'm crap at checking in on YT! - as you can see
@EllieWyattMusic in all honesty... I love tapes. If you ever get the opportunity it would by ny honour to digitize them... that stuff needs to be heard!!!!! Sending love with gratitude from Portugal xxxx
Hey Ellie. John (Seven Little Sisters) here - we shared a lot of stages with you in the 90’s. Memories of a ‘Murphys Tour’!
Cheers for uploading this - it’s fab to see you guys doing what you did so well.
Hope you’re all keeping well x
Oh, this will be good. Never saw them/you at Glastonbury, but discovered them/you in '95. Time to put on my nostalgia goggles and wallow.
Thanks for sharing this Ellie. Can't believe this was nearly 30 years ago. I have so many happy memories of the Dharmas, it was a pleasure to share some of that time with you all and to be able to introduce you on the Avalon Stage.
Jim! How the devil are you? Yes there was a lot of tripping down memory lane when I found the 'band box!' SO many festivals...
@@EllieWyattMusic They were great times. We were all so much younger then - I was only middle-aged! I'm still involved with the festival, a much bigger stage and much more responsibility but those years at Avalon were up there with the best. Hope all is going well with you.
@@celticjimfox indeed! All great with me thanks Jim :)
OMG… thank you! Please we need “Lifelong Shiner” 🥲
We miss you The Dharmas & Steadman ❤
Maybe that song is on a tape somewhere in my loft, along with all the old lanyards and festival programs!
@@EllieWyattMusic 🙏