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01. Name: Magpie
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: One of the girls from around the world.
Time: 1998-07-31 17:30:31
Comments: From the Boulder Theater to the 100 Club -- The Big Town Playboys are worth travelling the ocean to see!

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02. Name: Claire
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: London
Time: 1998-08-08 13:36:21
Comments: I love my Playboys! I love my Playboys! I love my Playboys and I don't care who knows!! Thanks for the really great site, please keep up the good work. Love to all people with excellent taste in music!!

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03. Name: MR BLUES----Mark 'radar' Watson
Website: Mr Blues Online Haven
Referred by: From a Friend
From: wollongong NSW Australia
Time: 1998-09-01 11:56:26
Comments: Another great site...I dont know you guys but Gabi steered me here and i like what I see. Keep rock'n and rollin'...cheers from down under..Radar (MR BLUES)

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04. Name: Tony Sharpe
Website: Mad Monk's House Of Usher
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Portsmouth, UK Time: 1998-09-13 23:38:10
Comments: Great Site Gabi. Just come back from seeing Mike Sanchez solo at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth. AWESOME Boogie Woogie, Blues, the works. Bought "Just A Game" to compliment my BTP CD collection. "Off The Clock" is just the Dogs B@!!@*. Gonna catch them live yet again on 6th December at the Wedgies. To anyone who may be reading this - CHECK THEM OUT!!

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05. Name: Ralph and Ben
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Here
Time: 1998-09-17 18:17:25
Comments: (Private!) Hey guys, great to see you on the net!! Did you know that you have a link from a Jeff Beck site?? Best wishes, Ralph and Ben

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06. Name: Dirk
Website: The Lords RNRC 1986
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Oberhausen/Germany
Time: 1998-10-21 13:23:43
Comments: I hope to see you in Star Club OB..............

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07. Name: Dirk V.
Referred by: Net Search
From: Hamburg
Time: 1998-11-05 22:19:40
Comments: See you in December at the LOGO, Hamburg ...

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08. Name: BobbyB
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
Time: 1998-12-03 21:22:23
Comments: Saw your gig last night at the Bowling Green in Stockport. It was fantastic. See you all on the 20th in Ashton. Hope Europe is as sucessful.

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09. Name: Victor
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Spain
Time: 1998-12-17 14:59:54
Comments: Private! Hi Mike! thank you for your X'mas card and for the "Six Pack", it's really great. I hope you get well soon. See you on January 8th, in La Luna. Best wishes for you and your band. VICTOR (the e-mail address is Pepe's one. I will have my own one soon)

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10. Name: Neil Fisher
Referred by: AOL
From: The Potteries
Time: 1998-12-27 19:53:49
Comments: Superb gig at the 'New Wheatsheaf', Stoke, the other night. Brought several members of my family and friends, and everyone was bowled over just as I expected. Look forward to when you next play around here again!

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11. Name: Tom Isom
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Stoke
Time: 1999-01-06 15:51:21
Comments: Massive fan of the band, in particular Mr Sanchez. Haven't seen you for a year now. We should've come to Riddles bar in Stoke in December but we had a gig. Very impressed with the live double CD and hope to catch you real soon. Keep up the good work. -Tom Isom of THE FAT CATS.

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12. Name: Chris Humphreys
Referred by: AOL
From: The Walls, Oswestry
Time: 1999-01-09 20:52:25
Comments: Great party!

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13. Name: Tom Crow
Website: The Blues Renegades
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Tacoma, WA
Time: 1999-02-11 04:56:32
Comments: Nice page you have here - I'll have the rest of my band check you out when they have a chance...Thanks - Tommy Tornado

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14. Name: Jørgen Aasland
Referred by: Net Search
From: Norway
Time: 1999-02-21 20:43:39
Comments: Great site!

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15. Name: Jimbo
Website: not my page
Referred by: From a Friend
From: California
Time: 1999-02-27 00:03:00
Comments: Check out Bowl-A-Rama when in L.A.

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16. Name: Andy & Pauline
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Burnham, Bucks
Time: 1999-03-17 18:45:30
Comments: We went to Tenby last year and just happened to book in at the hotel where Mike was playing. Most of the audience were old biddies who were more suited to Snoozalongamax, but Mike was brilliant. Did you ever get to play Jerry Lee's "I'm On Fire"? Let's have some more. Cheers Andy & Pauline

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17. Name: David Irwin
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Canada
Time: 1999-03-17 21:40:22
Comments: Hi. This is for Mike Sanchez. I am a friend of Will Wakefields. We travelled together in Australia a few years back, and he visted me in Canada a few years ago. I have lost touch with him, and would like to know his address. Also, Will put me on to your music, and has mailed me a number of your CD's. Fantastic music. If you ever come to Toronto Canada, let me know. ciao David

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18. Name: Jess
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Hamburg
Time: 1999-03-19 12:45:29
Comments: Really enjoyed the gig at the Logo and had a brilliant time. Hope you'll all get well soon!

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19. Name: Rick Vito
Referred by: Net Search
From: Franklin, Tennessee USA
Time: 1999-03-21 02:38:46
Comments: Private! Dear Mike, Found your website by accident. It's great. Please check out the email I sent. If you can, please get in touch. Hope all continues to go well for you and the band. I'm still a big fan! Best wishes, Rick Vito

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20. Name: Matty Boy
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
Time: 1999-03-25 08:04:34
Comments: U Rule!

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21. Name: Susan
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Bergen, Norway
Time: 1999-03-31 10:11:20
Comments: This is really groovy stuff! I LOVE this kind of music,and I've just been at VossaJazz, this is my third consert with you folks! It's GREAT that you have this website. Mike Sanchez is a fabulous pianoplayer and singer and Ian Jennings is very good too. I Look forward to see the band again! See you soon!

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22. Name: Lynne
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Kidderminster
Time: 1999-08-15 17:14:05
Comments: Hi there Still love you all. Can't make it to any gigs these days - usual situation. Still the best band in the world. Mike - you are the very, very, very best piano player in the world. Frank on sax is just so gooooooood too. Love to you all. Still read any news I can get hold of. Maintain my sanity by listening to your CDS. Miss you all like mad. Really will make it to one of your gigs one day - I keep saying that. Loads of love and really good wishes. You only deserve the very, very best in the whole world. Thank you for making life so bearable. Keep on boogying. And, to anyone who doesn't know the Big Town Playboys - take my word for it - they're the best - Ever!

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23. Name: Odi
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: hildesheim
Time: 1999-09-15 14:20:40
Comments: Private! With great pleasure I found out your website a few days ago and the possibility to send an e-mail. It's a good possibility for me to say thanks a lot for a great night. I visited your concert on the 14th of March '99 at the Bischofsmuehle (the smallest but nicest club) in Hildesheim/Germany. It was an unforgetable happening, especially for me (greetings to Mike). When you have concerts in Germany again (near Hildesheim/ Hannover), I'll be pleased about sending the dates. With the best wishes and hope to see (and hear) you soon again, Odi

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24. Name: Pete Morgan
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: NW England & Richmond, VA, USA
Time: 1999-09-27 02:25:23
Comments: The world needs to know about the BTPs! I've seen the group live on four occasions and I'll see you again any time I can. I've never come across such enthusiasm, such life, such pure fun at a gig. Put out billboards, TV ads, web sites, anything. Just get more publicity. It's like the first time you discover fine art or Shakespeare. Your life is never the same again. I don't want to be the same again. I just want more.

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25. Name: Lynne
Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
From: New Zealand (well sort of)
Time: 1999-10-10 18:49:57
Comments: Private! Hi there. I'm still tunin' in. You're still the best in the world. Still keeping me sane. Only 13 months to go. Home for [next] Christmas. No rain at Christmas there! Absolutely the very, very best band in the world. Will take you with me - all 12,000 miles of it! Beam me up Scottie - I'm going home. To all you new visitors out there - you have got to hear them to believe them and even better you have got to see them. They are stunning. Mike has got to be the best there ever could be. Absolute magic. You ring in my ears and beat in my heart. Never "Found what I'm looking for" in UK but just know I will when I get home. Then you can "Rock me Again". Love you all like crazy. Keep on boogying!

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26. Name: Moe
Referred by: Lycos
From: Toronto, Canada
Time: 1999-10-26 14:21:06
Comments: Hey, I like your site...keep up the good work!. Drop on by the official Moe Cascanette site featuring songs, videos downloads, guitar lessons and more...updated regularily!

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27. Name: Lynn
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: London
Time: 1999-11-04 21:40:38
Comments: All I can say about the Playboys is "IAN IAN IAN".

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28. Name: Eli Nyborg
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Norway
Time: 1999-11-12 09:03:45
Comments: Great, great, GREAT concert in Oslo October, 1999!!!!! I'm hoocked!! Hope it won't be long till next time they visit!!!

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29. Name: Lynn
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London
Time: 1999-11-13 05:24:32
Comments: Just seen the best band in the land (which we all know who that is!!!!!) at the 100 Club and I have to say that as usual it was just an amazing (IAN IAN IAN) and the fact that at 8.05pm the long line of people waiting to get in says it all! As Claire-Bear said on this web site a while ago "We love our Playboys We love our Playboys and we don't care who knows". I am counting the days until I see them again at the Robin Hood Club.

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30. Name: Claire Bear
Referred by: Lycos
From: London
Time: 1999-11-13 05:52:24
Comments: Further to the message from Lynn E Plopps - we have just come from the 100 Club and yet another cracking gig!!! One thing about the BTPs that is hardly a surprise. The only thing wrong with the gig is that it was not long enough, but what can i say - i guess they have to rest sometime. it was lovely to chat again with ianianian and especially mike - god bless his cottons! for all those people in the world who didn't make it - YOUR LOSS!!! Oh well.... at least you have excellent taste in music! thanks guys for keeping us entertained!! lots of xxxxx

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31. Name: Mike Sanchez
Website: Mike Sanchez.com
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Time: 1999-11-14 23:14:27
Comments: Funny, not only because I have a classic bio picture of Mike Sanchez from the Big Town Playboys which looks older than I am, but equally as funny is that the band still exists and so does the Mike Sanchez? Tell me this is a revival or this bio shot was was made to look like something out of the late fifties. Or visit http://www.mikesanchez.com to see what I'm talking about.

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32. Name: Susan
Website: Susan's Rhythm & Blues Site
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Bergen, Norway
Time: 1999-12-21 18:21:01
Comments: Hi, again! I've seen the BTP play at VossaJazz - Blues On The Farm, UK and Odda Bluesweekend. I like the band a lot! I espesially like the sound of...., actually I like all the instruments and the band is very, VERY, VERY GOOD!! See you in the year 2000. Talk to you soon!

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33. Name: Peter M. Dekker
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Holland
Time: 2000-01-02 20:50:21
Comments: Like your C.D. a lot (the one with Jeff Beck) Great stuff!

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34. Name: Lynn
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Somewhere!!!
Time: 2000-01-03 03:04:23
Comments: Please don't you know the big town playboys are no more - mike (the hairy one) has left the band but still go and see IAN IAN IAN!!!!!!!!!

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35. Name: Daniel Gugolz
Website: Mojo Blues Band
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Austria
Time: 2000-01-12 20:59:42
Comments: I like the style of The BTPs. Saw 'em live in Germany in 1997. In Red Lick Records' latest news-sheet, they advertise Mike Sanchez' new CD on his MS label and say something about "....ex-BTPB leader..." I hope that is not true !!! Mike is a great performer; when I saw him live, he did a great version of Willie Mabon's "I'm Mad" !!!

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36. Name: Katie
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Warwickshire
Time: 2000-01-18 18:15:02
Comments: Mike Sanchez's new album is excellent. It's got some of his usual boogie/r&b piano tracks, some more guitar orientated tracks and some latin/hispanic tracks. About half the songs on the album are his own. I'd definitely recommend it. If you want to get hold of a copy, send a cheque/money order for £10.50 to: Mike Sanchez, P.O. Box 143, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY10 1YU, England

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37. Name: Lynne
Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
Time: 2000-01-22 20:51:33
Comments: Buy Mike's new CD. It's brilliant

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38. Name: Lynne
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Kiddy - only just
Time: 2000-01-22 21:54:03
Comments: Where the hell is Mike??? This new CD of his is brilliant. There's just one thing I'd like to know. Where is he? The BTP will simply not be the same. It's all over now baby blue. Life won't be the same. His new CD is just stunning. Salsa, classical Spanish guitar, R & B - it's got the lot. What a sad loss to the BTP. They don't know what they've lost. Such a vibrant personality and musical genius. Bye, bye baby. It's all over now.......... .........

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39. Name: Lynnn
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Somewhere!
Time: 2000-01-29 01:38:53
Comments: Just seen the comments by Lynne and all I can say is no the Big Town Playboys will not be the same without Mike BUT it is his choice and IAN IAN IAN rules anyway! Take care Lynn

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40. Name: Karen
Referred by: Lycos
From: England
Time: 2000-01-30 19:14:28
Comments: I've just heard Mike's new CD and it's brilliant. I only just found out he left the Playboys. Anybody out there know if he's playing anywhere in the North Staffs, Cheshire or Manchester area?

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41. Name: Dave Lloyd
Referred by: Net Search
From: Portsmouth
Time: 2000-01-31 20:10:39
Comments: To the Playboys come to Portsmouth real soon

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42. Name: Claire Bear
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: London
Time: 2000-02-12 02:40:39
Comments: Listen up everyone before this gets out of hand. I have to refer to Lynnieplopps' message. You are right babe, the Playboys will definitely not be the same without the carpet (forgive me for that one!) and as much as IanIanIan is wonderful (bless) you must admit that mike is pretty irreplaceable. So don't take sides, support mike and support the guys who are left. Mike's album is good and I like the way that there is a bit of a diversion from the Playboys with a wee signature of his own with the spanishy stuff. Sorry for babbling folks but it is 0241 and I am still a little bit brahms. You have excellent taste in music. Good luck and love to both Mike and to the other guys - let's have none of this taking sides OKAY????!!!!!!

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43. Name: Lynn
Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button
From: Somewhere
Time: 2000-02-20 23:39:49
Comments: Just to reply to the last message, No the big town playboys will not be the same BUT they do have talent all of them so with or without the wonderful Mike they still will go on. Yeah his cd is good . It has alot to live up to (Any of the btp's cds) but I only wish the best for all members of the band not just the lead singer- and yes especially ian ian ian because he is a Button! Take care all!

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44. Name: Clairabunda
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: London baby!
Time: 2000-02-27 07:21:54
Comments: I thought ianianian was a bag of sweets? Anyway -

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45. Name: Shannon Mott
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Mississippi
Time: 2000-04-07 15:04:41
Comments: Great website!!!!!

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46. Name: Too Shy!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: UK
Time: 2000-09-30 06:13:51
Comments: I am sorry, I tried, I really tried. It just isn't the same without Mike Sanchez.... this is a different band. Sorry I am just being honest... as good as they are they are not The Big Town Playboys.

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47. Name: Vel Omarr
Website: Rhythms And The Blues!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Los Angeles, Ca.
Time: 2000-11-01 03:00:53
Comments: Very good Music, Guys! Keep up the fine work. I invite you to visit my Web Page and Listen to my Songs, too. Feel free to advertise your site's URL on my page! Go to the "Comments" link to leave a comment and post your URL.