By: dees01 - 22nd September 2006 at 09:28
No idea, but a great shame none-the-less. Recently managed to get hold of all his recordings one one DVD.. “Now then Batesy, don’t wake the others up!” Fantastic. It’s always surprised me how many people knew about him..
By: bloodnok - 22nd September 2006 at 09:09
anyone know why its taken 20 days for news of his death to get out?
By: 320psi - 21st September 2006 at 23:11
How very sad, he was a big favorite of my late grandfather who was out of the same mold, straight talking, pipe smoking.
I can still see my granfather in tears of laughter at listening to his records, all dating from the early 60’s when they were recorded live at rotary club dinners, the recordswere all under the counter stuff and very ‘blue’ for the time, all very tame now though.
I have the records in my collection given to me prior to my grandad passing away, they include TNT for two, Watch out for the bits and Laughter with a bang.
Some of the stories still have me rolling, titles like ‘the flying sh***’ all about his 1937 Ford 8 van and Island in the river Dane, Knicker brook, Pork pies at the crem, none of them very PC, but so funny.
I was lucky enough to see him live at Newark Palace Threatre back in 2001 on his last live tour, he was still telling the same stories and making them funny to a packed house, I didnt realise just how many people out there were aware of him, a great night.
So sad, but from listnering to the near misses he had in his stories he was lucky to make it this far.
RIP Blaster
By: 682al - 21st September 2006 at 12:28
I didn’t know about his flying career.
I mostly remember him as a Special Constable, on market days in my home town, and for his recordings, of course.
The Telegraph obituary makes for interesting reading. There’s more to “Blaster” Bates than I ever imagined…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/09/21/db2102.xml
R.I.P.
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