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Post by MrWaistcoat on Mar 16, 2024 15:12:31 GMT
I'd missed the whole bluehighway thing until I saw this thread . I've got to hand it to him that his forgery was of a very high standard! At first I did think it was very surprising that an ex member of rainbow would be here,but I guess we all wanted that to be true
The guy must be a huge fan of both bands. There is certainly some crossover between the fanbase. Perhaps this is the only online place he could have pulled it off?
As for his ip address, if he uses a vpn he could have been from anywhere. My IP address will show London but I don't live there
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Post by granny on Mar 16, 2024 15:20:38 GMT
I'm still of the opinion that there is more than a 50% chance bluehighway was the real deal and that he kept his activity on here secret from his friends, family and colleagues. Once the original denial was made by whoever was managing his accounts it became impossible for him not to go along with it. Might well have been his wife, Marion?, who got upset by the deceit.
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 15:48:45 GMT
BlueHighway, every family has Blue sheep and he was ours. He was an imposter pretending to be a famous keyboard player and like yourself I thought he was an okay bloke, but, seeing as I didn't actually know the bloke he was pretending to be, a bloke named Tony Carey who was in the band Rainbow so I never asked him about that side of his alleged life. I think one or two on here believed him and rightfully felt betrayed by this liar when the real Tony Carey was contacted by a board member and he found he was known to Carey as someone who was doing this. Yes I remember you called bullshit very early on when he revealed himself as TC. He fooled me for years but there you go. In the end I guess no damage done and no swindling. Whoever he was , was actually very entertaining. Same here, he was funny on stuff but when he went into "Richie said this" I switched off until we got back to the subject of his Wife's hanging baskets and the size of her Petunias. |
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 15:51:52 GMT
What, wait did you miss that? It was the most exciting day on the board for ages!!  I’m sure if you put in the search box something about fake false bluehighway / Tony Carey you’ll find the posts!! The Bluehighway thing is still beyond strange. He never trolled, kept it up for 5 years, had very detailed replies to some posts, and more mundane, general updates on life. Last posts were talking about something happening with Rainbow if I recall, and then *poof*, varnished, like an old oak table. Plus of all the characters to choose to pretend to be. I knew who Tony Carey was and even had some music of his but why not pretend to be an ex Quo roadie or something if you wanted to be a Walter Mitty character on a Quo fan board. Still think it was maybe him and something happened to stop so suddenly but then I remember that the IP addresses were all NW of England, so likely not. It's usually one of the first things I check with members, but I just never did with this character. *poof* . Warning. In future this word needs to be replaced by the phrase "Puff of smoke".....unless you want Mortifieds HR team on your case. |
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 16:05:34 GMT
I'm still of the opinion that there is more than a 50% chance bluehighway was the real deal and that he kept his activity on here secret from his friends, family and colleagues. Once the original denial was made by whoever was managing his accounts it became impossible for him not to go along with it. Might well have been his wife, Marion?, who got upset by the deceit. Jeez Gran, you of all people know the danger of even considering the thought of 'C' (CONSPIRACY) surrounding this issue or we'll end up with... Tony Carey is in fact Jack The Ripper who was in fact the Duke of Clarence who was whisked forward in time by an alien spacecraft that landed in Shoreditch in 1888. Taken on board the craft crash landed at Roswell in 1947. Now known as Quarg, Carey/Ripper wandered about until a kind mid western farming family in rural Hawaii found him and taught him how to play the piano. Quarg/Carey/Ripper used his knowledge to make a time machine that allowed him to see that playing keyboards in a band would be a good earner and also allowed him to blow up the twin towers (They wouldn't play his music in the lifts) and fake the Moon landings whilst dressed in an ape like costume as he wandered around North American forests pretending to be Bigfoot. We wouldn't want any body to think that now would we Gran. |
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 16:08:21 GMT
I'd missed the whole bluehighway thing until I saw this thread . I've got to hand it to him that his forgery was of a very high standard! At first I did think it was very surprising that an ex member of rainbow would be here,but I guess we all wanted that to be true The guy must be a huge fan of both bands. There is certainly some crossover between the fanbase. Perhaps this is the only online place he could have pulled it off? As for his ip address, if he uses a vpn he could have been from anywhere. My IP address will show London but I don't live there "At first I did think it was very surprising that an ex member of rainbow would be here" FYI. Rod, Jayne & Freddie are the alter ego's of the boards moderators. |
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Post by dennis on Mar 16, 2024 16:20:02 GMT
I'm still of the opinion that there is more than a 50% chance bluehighway was the real deal and that he kept his activity on here secret from his friends, family and colleagues. Once the original denial was made by whoever was managing his accounts it became impossible for him not to go along with it. Might well have been his wife, Marion?, who got upset by the deceit. Jeez Gran, you of all people know the danger of even considering the thought of 'C' (CONSPIRACY) surrounding this issue or we'll end up with... Tony Carey is in fact Jack The Ripper who was in fact the Duke of Clarence who was whisked forward in time by an alien spacecraft that landed in Shoreditch in 1888. Taken on board the craft crash landed at Roswell in 1947. Now known as Quarg, Carey/Ripper wandered about until a kind mid western farming family in rural Hawaii found him and taught him how to play the piano. Quarg/Carey/Ripper used his knowledge to make a time machine that allowed him to see that playing keyboards in a band would be a good earner and also allowed him to blow up the twin towers (They wouldn't play his music in the lifts) and fake the Moon landings whilst dressed in an ape like costume as he wandered around North American forests pretending to be Bigfoot. We wouldn't want any body to think that now would we Gran. so not Nessie then? |
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 16:29:13 GMT
Jeez Gran, you of all people know the danger of even considering the thought of 'C' (CONSPIRACY) surrounding this issue or we'll end up with... Tony Carey is in fact Jack The Ripper who was in fact the Duke of Clarence who was whisked forward in time by an alien spacecraft that landed in Shoreditch in 1888. Taken on board the craft crash landed at Roswell in 1947. Now known as Quarg, Carey/Ripper wandered about until a kind mid western farming family in rural Hawaii found him and taught him how to play the piano. Quarg/Carey/Ripper used his knowledge to make a time machine that allowed him to see that playing keyboards in a band would be a good earner and also allowed him to blow up the twin towers (They wouldn't play his music in the lifts) and fake the Moon landings whilst dressed in an ape like costume as he wandered around North American forests pretending to be Bigfoot. We wouldn't want any body to think that now would we Gran. so not Nessie then? A Scottish aspect to this could disastrous, especially if the 4ft 6inch Gecko that masqueraded as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for 101 years finds out. |
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Post by 37 on Mar 16, 2024 17:39:33 GMT
Also, one of the members of the group The Vapers ( Turning Japanese) used to be a member. He would write decent posts, especially about The Frantic Four. I cannot remember his username though.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Mar 16, 2024 17:39:41 GMT
I'm still of the opinion that there is more than a 50% chance bluehighway was the real deal and that he kept his activity on here secret from his friends, family and colleagues. Once the original denial was made by whoever was managing his accounts it became impossible for him not to go along with it. Might well have been his wife, Marion?, who got upset by the deceit. Jeez Gran, you of all people know the danger of even considering the thought of 'C' (CONSPIRACY) surrounding this issue or we'll end up with... Tony Carey is in fact Jack The Ripper who was in fact the Duke of Clarence who was whisked forward in time by an alien spacecraft that landed in Shoreditch in 1888. Taken on board the craft crash landed at Roswell in 1947. Now known as Quarg, Carey/Ripper wandered about until a kind mid western farming family in rural Hawaii found him and taught him how to play the piano. Quarg/Carey/Ripper used his knowledge to make a time machine that allowed him to see that playing keyboards in a band would be a good earner and also allowed him to blow up the twin towers (They wouldn't play his music in the lifts) and fake the Moon landings whilst dressed in an ape like costume as he wandered around North American forests pretending to be Bigfoot. We wouldn't want any body to think that now would we Gran. He then rode away on Shergar |
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 16, 2024 19:11:34 GMT
I remember Rhino had his own section on there.
Does he ever visit this site?
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Post by per on Mar 16, 2024 22:03:37 GMT
I remember that both John Eden and Pip Williams was on the board for a while. I think at least Pip left because of all comments about his productions (RAOTW especially) which was a pity (though I fully agree on all those comments) because they told lots of memories from the recording sessions, which was very interesting to read.
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Post by quodec on Mar 16, 2024 22:15:34 GMT
Was John Eden on the old site for a while, I think so. I think I asked him a question about the different drum pattern John used on Again and Again... as if I knew anything about drum patterns!!
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Post by matt on Mar 16, 2024 22:45:29 GMT
Precious pup and pip the prod
John Eden I found to be an excellent person to have on there. Pip too although I think it was a mistake given his reputation with the fans - slightly unjustifiable
Pat marks was a patronising arsehole though.
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Post by railroad007 on Mar 16, 2024 22:54:14 GMT
Jeez Gran, you of all people know the danger of even considering the thought of 'C' (CONSPIRACY) surrounding this issue or we'll end up with... Tony Carey is in fact Jack The Ripper who was in fact the Duke of Clarence who was whisked forward in time by an alien spacecraft that landed in Shoreditch in 1888. Taken on board the craft crash landed at Roswell in 1947. Now known as Quarg, Carey/Ripper wandered about until a kind mid western farming family in rural Hawaii found him and taught him how to play the piano. Quarg/Carey/Ripper used his knowledge to make a time machine that allowed him to see that playing keyboards in a band would be a good earner and also allowed him to blow up the twin towers (They wouldn't play his music in the lifts) and fake the Moon landings whilst dressed in an ape like costume as he wandered around North American forests pretending to be Bigfoot. We wouldn't want any body to think that now would we Gran. He then rode aLway on Shergar Pursued by Lord Lucan |
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