“If it feels good do it”

Pete is a guitarist who has been playing since the late sixties in groups like The Bluespots, The Litter, Medicine Hat and Pancho. He is still playing in the 2020’s as Booba Dust.

Pete was born in Nottingham. Pete’s dad was from Nottingham also. He would sell cars, lifts. He was originally from Sneinton. Then he moved to Beeston Rylands, then back to Sneinton and eventually to Carlton, so Pete grew up in Carlton.

“My dad was a heavy smoker, Players or Senior Service. He tried Kensington’s but said they were no good. It’s what put me off smoking really. I tried it obviously but disliked it. My dad used to save all his nub ends and roll up one from the second hand tabacco. It made me sick. When I was little I can remember he was siting near the fire and said “I can blow smoke out my eyes”. I said neh go on, and he would take a big drag and I would be looking into his eyes and he would put his fag on my arm and burn me. Cruel ha ha”.

Pete’s dad died of a stroke at the age of 68.

Pete grew up in Carlton. He was friends with Tony Crosbie. “Tony grew up just up the road at Westdale Lane”. “We used to practice Shadows numbers together”. Tony went to a private school, he was well educated, I just went to a secondary Modern.
I saw The Jaybirds. We used to watch them often. In the break he would let me have a flutter on his Gibbo. We got a lift in Alvin’s Berkley car to his house at Toston Drive. His dad Sam was a clarinet player. Tony Crosbie played in the Red House Blues Band with Tim Disney in ’68 and joined Woody Kern in 1970 after Rick Kenton left.

Bluespots (circa 1966/67)

Graham Gamble (drums)
Win Jones (vocals)
Pete Tattersall (guitar vocals)
Andy Williams (bass guitar),

Changed their name to:

The Litter (circa 1967/69)

Graham Gamble (drums)
Win Jones (vocals)
Pete Tattersall (guitar vocals)
Andy Williams (bass guitar),

Pete remembers recording at Clive Gamble’s Codolar studio on High Pavement when he was in either Bluespots or The Litter.

Medicine Hat (1970/71)
my best guess at the line up is:

Mick Allenby: Drums
Harry Beighton: Keyboards
Dave Crowden: Bass
Pete Tattersall: Guitar

Medicine Hat became Pancho in sept 1971
with the same line up.

A picture of Pancho with the band “Home” taken outside Selecta-Disc on Arkwright Street in 1971 circulates occasionally on facebook groups and from them and talking to Pete Tattersall I’ve listed all 11 people on the photo. The photo was taken by George Toone who was a local Nottingham promoter at the time and booked Home and Pancho to play the Imperial on St James’s Street. The only proviso on the photo is the members of Home who I think I have in the right order but stand to be corrected. The members are correct but the order of 7,8 & 10 could be different.

01 Harry Beignton (Pancho: Keyboards)
02 Mick Allenby (Pancho: Drums)
03 Cliff Williams (Home & later AC/DC)
04 Dave Chambers (Local DJ)
05 Laurie Wisefield (Home & later Wishbone Ash)
06 Dave Crowden (Pancho: Bass)
07 Clive John (Home: Keboards & also with Man) (I THINK)
08 Mick Cook (Home: drummer) (I THINK)
09 Babs (Worked in Selecta-Disc)
10 Mick Stubbs (Home: guitar and vocals) (I THINK)
11 Pete Tattersall (Pancho: Guitar)