Tattered Scarves

Dave Kusworth | Nikki Sudden | Jacobites | Bounty Hunters | Rag Dolls | TV Eye | The Hawks

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

Nikki Sudden.
Taken on the stairs of the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London in the summer of 1986.
Today, 19th July 2026, would have been Nikki’s 70th birthday.

[Tattered Scarves @TatteredScarves]

https://t.co/Z3qnOGOqnY

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

Today marks 20 years since Nikki Sudden died in New York. To remember him I’ve written something which ended up being mostly about his parents Trevor & Lois.
https://t.co/aMacJAddHW

[Tim Chaplin @tim_chaplin]

My little Jacobites book is out today. Thanks to Stefan Prodanovic for the cover. You can find it in all of the usual places, including my Bandcamp merch. Happy reading.

https://t.co/W6q8FC7JOg

[Tattered Scarves @TatteredScarves]

Happy Christmas to you all.

Remembering Nikki and Dave today as well as their friends, families, and lovers.

Also, here’s to our friend and former Bounty Hunter, Paul Caton who we lost recently.

x

[Glass Modern @glassmodern1]

Dave Kusworth, 5 Years gone but not forgotten @glassmodern2 @augstone @chrisseventeen @Evan_Dando @pastels_the @LukeHaines_News

[Tattered Scarves @TatteredScarves]

- Original Glass Records LP 1985
- Numero Group LP reissue 2013
- Easy Action 2LP RSD reissue 2019
- Secretly Canadian CD reissue 2002
- Regency Sound CD reissue 1993

[Tattered Scarves @TatteredScarves]

You can never have enough…
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest LPs… Robespierre’s Velvet Basement. Released this day, August 2nd, in 1985.
🎸
@chrisseventeen @glassmodern1 @secretlycndian @numerogroup

[Glass Modern @glassmodern1]

Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth. A master class in rock trouserwear. Pic by Eamon Carr. @glassmodern2 @chrisseventeen @TatteredScarves @Evan_Dando @PhilAlexanderUK @pastels_the @Ben_Edge_Art @augstone

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

Busy day coming up so nice and early with the final post in the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary series.
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
https://t.co/ubNLNeZRG0
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

We are nearly done.
One final Substack post tomorrow on the actual 40th Anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” but here’s the penultimate contribution.
https://t.co/1nJ3hN0OQh
Try to listen to the album tomorrow and make sure to remember Nikki, Dave & Epic as you do so.

[Tattered Scarves @TatteredScarves]

#NewProfilePic

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

https://t.co/eYmX2mrLI7
…in which I may hint that the first Jacobites tour in 1985 was as significant as the first ever r’n’r tour by Bill Haley The Comets in 1955, and the first ever UK r’n’r tour in 1965 by The Stones…
#RobespierresVelvetBasement
#NikkiSudden
#DaveKusworth

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

Hopefully hitting that early evening social media sweet spot in alerting you to the 8th instalment of the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary Substack celebration.
https://t.co/Sc44Jv3Yy8
In which @glassmodern1’s David E Barker’s pivotal role in RVB is addressed.

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

https://t.co/0VvsdVSn5s

Managed to get the 7th Substack post out just before midnight.

Honestly, if there’s one you could give a miss, this might be the one.

(It’ll now likely get more views than it deserves - more than previous (better) posts!)
#ReversePsychology

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

https://t.co/4L9U1FbWB0
With Dave, Nikki and Epic Soundtracks no longer with us, Marc Lemon is the “last man standing” of the musicians responsible for the album.
He answered some questions for us in 2018 for the RSD 2019 re-release.
He has some thoughts.

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

Hope you’re still hanging on in there.
The 5th instalment of our “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” celebration.
“We should be on the cover of the NME” - Nikki Sudden - to the NME!1985 National Music Press reaction.
#Jacobites #DaveKusworth
https://t.co/gvoQTzlU7L

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

How The West Midlands Came To Minnesota.
The latest instalment of our tribute to 40 years of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by The Jacobites which we celebrate on 2nd August. God-willing, 6 more to come. https://t.co/gBDZT36OwJ
#NikkiSudden #DaveKusworth #TheReplacements

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

https://t.co/jUpmk4RP5w
The third chapter of what I’m mildly tempted to call “The Story Of Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” which, of course it isn’t - and couldn’t ever really be.
Today we present previously unused 2018 reminiscences of RVB from Dave Kusworth.
#Jacobites

[Chris Coleman @chrisseventeen]

So far managing to deliver on my promise of a post a day until the 2nd August & the 40th anniversary of “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” by the Jacobites, here’s my second Substack post.
https://t.co/DucMVf5WNL
Expect drunken swearing Brummies. And previously unpublished magazine.