The original Warren Davis Monday Band from early 1967. Photo: Bruce Usherwood
Formed from the ashes of Croydon R&B outfit, The Boardwalkers, who’d recorded two tracks on a private pressing demo single – “A Miracle” and “Any Man’s Girl” (two versions), the original Warren Davis Monday Band came together in January 1967.
Warren Davis – (aka Max Spinks) – lead vocals
Rob Walker – lead guitar/vocals
Andy Wilson – Hammond organ
Bruce Usherwood – bass/vocals
Paul Houlton – tenor saxophone
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Peter Mole – drums
The Boardwalkers in Croydon, March 1966. Clockwise from top left: Bruce Usherwood, Jon White, Rob Walker, Peter Mole, Warren Davis (aka Max Spinks) and Martin Grice. Photo: Bruce Usherwood
This formation cuts the band’s debut single – Bill Wyman and Peter Gosling’s “Wait For Me” c/w Warren Davis’ “I Don’t Wanna Hurt You” (Columbia BD 8190). Usherwood knew Wyman and Gosling, who was working with Moon’s Train.
7 January 1967 – Southwark Pop Scene, Newington Public Hall, Walworth Road, south London with Manfred Mann and Dave Cash (South East London Mercury)
20 January 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
22 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
29 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
4 February 1967 – Carlton Club, Erdington, West Midlands with The Bobcats
5 February 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
10 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Rockin’ Berries
11 February 1967 – Manhole, Redhill, Surrey
12 February 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, central Soho, London
18 February 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with support (Kentish Express)
23 February 1967 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Ty-Burns (Aldershot News)
25 February 1967 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Shame (Aldershot News)
5 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
11 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
12 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
19 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
26 March 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
1 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Dave Berries & The Cruisers
2 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
8 April 1967 – Booker T & The MGs rave about them in Melody Maker
9 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
15 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
16 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
17 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd
22-23 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
27 April 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
28 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Jeff Beck Group
29-30 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
4 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
6-7 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
13 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Terry Reid with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Around this time, the band was joined briefly by Welshman, guitarist Dave Edmunds, who took over from Rob Walker. Melody Maker‘s 13 May issue, page 14, includes an advert for the group looking for a new singer and guitarist.
Edmunds who would soon move on to join the band that became Love Sculpture later became a successful solo artist. Walker briefly returned to the group after Edmunds had played only a handful of gigs.
14 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
16 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
21 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
25 May 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
27 May 1967 – Roaring 20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 May 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Sookie Dolls
4 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
5 June 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with Edwin Starr and Band of Joy
6 June 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
8 June 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Edwin Starr gig but most likely The Warren Davis Monday Band as backing group)
9 June 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
9 June 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Edwin Starr
10 June 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Manfred Mann, Edwin Starr, The Darlings and Ray Bones
11 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
12 June 1967 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with Edwin Starr
18 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
25 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
1 July 1967 – Big ‘L’ Speakeasy, Ryde Pier Head, Ryde, Isle of Wight with The Image (Isle of Wight County Press)
2 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Moons Train and The Trap
8 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Small Faces
9 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
Rob Walker left permanently around now. Further changes took place soon after when Andy Wilson and Paul Houlton also departed, the latter to join Moon’s Train.
L-R: Bruce Usherwood, Mick Patel, David Foster, Del Paramor, Martin Grice, Peter Mole and Warren Davis (aka Max Spinks). Photo: Bruce Usherwood
A new line-up comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
David Foster – keyboards (came over from Vancouver with The Canadian Strangers)
Mick Patel – lead guitar/saxophone/vocals (ex-Loose Ends)
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Bruce Usherwood – bass/vocals
Peter Mole – drums
While the band was rehearsing at Billy Walker’s Upper Cut, they auditioned tenor saxophone Derek “Del” Paramor, who joined from Vince Edwards’ group. Until May 1967, he’d worked with David Essex & The Mood Indigo.
15 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Wynder K Frog (new line up’s debut)
16 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
22 July 1967 – Central R&B Club, Gillingham, Kent with Derrick Dee Soul Show
23 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
23 July 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (late nighter)
29 July 1967 – Leeds International Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire
29 July 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Manchester with Locomotion (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) This is missing from Del Paramor’s gig list, so may not have happened
30 July 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London
2 August 1967 – The current formation cuts two tracks at Regent Sound studios with Jeff Collins producing. The recordings are featured on their second single – a cover of the Raleigh/Linden co-write (and recorded by Lou Rawls) “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing” c/w Warren Davis and David Foster’s “Without Fear” (Columbia BD 8270).
Advert in Record Retailer, late 1967
4 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
6 August 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Eric Burdon & The Animals
6 August 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Soon after, the band headed to Naples, Italy to play at the NATO base from 9-16 August. The trip was a disaster as the club on the base didn’t know anything about the booking and the group only played a few times so they could afford to return to London.
19 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
26 August 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk
27 August 1967 – Cat-Balou, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) This isn’t in Del Paramor’s gig list so was probably cancelled
28 August 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 August 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, central London
Left to right: Martin Grice, Del Paramor, Warren Davis, Peter Mole, David Foster, Bruce Usherwood and Mick Patel. Photo: Bruce Usherwood
Following the double-nighter in Soho, David Foster, Mick Patel and Bruce Usherwood all departed. Usherwood subsequently joined Patrick Dane & The Front Line Band. Foster returned to Canada where he became a successful solo artist and producer.
The band regrouped, adding two former members of The Overlanders, lead guitarist Paul Brett and bass player Paul Petts. They also brought in keyboard player Keith Beck (real name: Burberry).
Clockwise top left: Keith Beck, Del Paramor, Paul Brett (hat), Peter Mole, Martin Grice, Warren Davis and Paul Petts. Photo: Paul Brett
The line-up now comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Paul Brett – lead guitar/vocals
Keith Beck – Hammond organ
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Paul Petts – bass
Peter Mole – drums
8 September 1967 – Harrow Inn, Woolwich, southeast London
9 September 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London
17 September 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street Soho, central London
22 September 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London
22 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with Lloyd Alexander’s Blues Band
23 September 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire
29 September 1967 – Elm Hotel, Leigh on Sea, Essex
30 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset
1 October 1967 – Lyme Regis, Dorset (possibly Marine Theatre)
4 October 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, central London
6 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Locomotion
7 October 1967 – Croydon Tech, Croydon, south London
10 October 1967 – Staircase, Soho, central London (opening night of club with Cat Stevens as guest of honour, who wasn’t performing)
13 October 1967 – Beachcomber (Dunstable, Bedfordshire?)
14 October 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)
16 October 1967 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex
20 October 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London
21 October 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London
21 October 1967 – Roaring ‘20s, Carnaby Street, Soho, central London
28 October 1967 – Assembly Rooms, Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, Oxfordshire
31 October 1967 – Beachcomber, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
4 November 1967 – On this day, the Daily Sketch “Monkees” article appeared, only to be denied later in Variety
The band in late 1967. Photo: Paul Brett
4 November 1967 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire
8 November 1967 – The band records Paul Petts’ “What’s It Like Down There?” at Tony Pike Music Ltd studios in Putney.
9 November 1967 – The musicians record Paul Brett and Paul Petts’ “Queen Victoria” at Tony Pike Music Ltd studios in Putney. Both tracks are shelved.
10 November 1967 – Staircase, Soho, central London
11 November 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Blue Magnum
14 November 1967 – Dollar Disco, Slough, Berkshire
15 November 1967 – Industrial Club, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News) Missing from Del Paramor’s gigs so may have been cancelled
16 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, central London (with either The Syn or Love Affair)
17 November 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Pink Floyd, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Ivan’s Jaguars, The JB’s, The Peighton Checks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, The Roll Movement, The Screen and The Syndicate (Yorkshire Evening Post)
18 November 1967 – St Paul’s College, Shaftesbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
22 November 1967 – Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland
23 November 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
25 November 1967 – Sixty Nine Club, Hotel Ryde Castle, Ryde, Isle of Wight with The Cherokees (Isle of Wight County Press)
28 November 1967 – Racing Drivers Ball, Savoy Hotel, Strand, London
1 December 1967 – North West Polytechnic, Royal Hotel, Woburn Place, London with Denny Laine’s Electric String Band and Fleetwood Mac
2 December 1967 – Witham (possibly Public Hall), Essex
3-4 December 1967 – String O’Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire
5 December 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
8 December 1967 – Shooters Hill Grammar School, Shooters Hill, SE10, near Greenwich, London
9 December 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London
10 December 1967 – RAF Witton, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (held at Frank Freeman’s) The Kidderminster Shuttle advert says from the Marquee, London
15 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall
Photo: Richard Goddard. Bearing in mind the Cornish gig below, this booking seems unlikely and is not in Del Paramor’s gig list
16 December 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Future Impression (billed as Dave Warren Monday Band)
18-20 December 1967 – Horseshoe Club, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
22 December 1967 – Jason’s Club, Barnstaple, Devon
23 December 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Friction
24 December 1967 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent
29 December 1967 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey
30 December 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire
31 December 1967 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
Paul Brett left early in the new year. He joined Tintern Abbey and later led his own group, Paul Brett’s Sage after playing with Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Velvet Opera and Fire. Tony Ollard joined after working with The Creation (he’d replaced Eddie Phillips).
The new line up now comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Tony Ollard – lead guitar
Keith Beck – Hammond organ
Martin Grice – tenor saxophone
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Paul Petts – bass
Peter Mole – drums
4 January 1968 – Warwick Hall, Kimpton Road, southeast London
5 January 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London
6 January 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
6 January 1968 – String of Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire
7-8 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, central London
9 January 1968 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire
9 January 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, central London
11 January 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
13 January 1968 – College of Technology, Brighton, West Sussex
16 January 1968 – The new line up returns to Tony Pike’s Putney studio and record another Paul Petts song, “Thinkin’ About Tomorrow” and Warren Davis’ “Frances”. Both tracks are shelved.
17 January 1968 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
18 January 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)
19 January 1968 – Bristol, Avon (gig was cancelled)
20 January 1968 – YMCA, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Here, There & Everywhere
25 January 1968 – Audition for BBC, central London
27 January 1968 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire
30 January 1968 – The Blue, Rotherhithe, southeast London
Clockwise from top left: Peter Mole, Martin Grice, Warren Davis, Paul Brett, Del Paramor, Paul Petts and Keith Beck. Photo: Paul Brett
1 February 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
3 February 1968 – RAF Waddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
4-5 February 1968 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (also gig at Mercer’s Arms, Coventry on 5 February)
9 February 1968 – Big C, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Missing from Del Paramor’s gig list so may have been cancelled
10 February 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with The Block
13-28 February 1968 – Hotel Pino, Turin, Italy
1-17 March 1968 – Blow Up Club, Munich, West Germany
With the German dates completed, Martin Grice and Keith Beck returned to Turin and joined The Patrick Sansom Set.
Back in the UK in March 1968, the remaining members rehearsed new baritone sax player Roger Davis and debuted at Klooks Kleek in West Hampstead on 21 March 1968.
18 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (billed as Warren Davis The Monday Band) This gig was billed but did not happen
Although advertised, this gig was cancelled
21 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (new line-up’s debut)
Although advertised, this gig was cancelled
28 March 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Emotion (Western Gazette) Del Paramor says that this gig was cancelled
However, there was a split in the band’s ranks at this point with Warren Davis, Del Paramor and Roger Davis linking up with the group Still Life to form a new version of The Warren Davis Monday Band. Tony Ollard, Paul Petts and Pete Mole split to work on other projects. Ollard (see comments) moved to Italy.
Davis, Paramor and Davis had seen Still Life at the Marquee on 25 March 1968 and were impressed.
The new formation comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Stuart Cowell – guitar/lead vocals
Tom Tierney – guitar
Con Byrne – bass
Ron Reynolds – Hammond organ
Del Paramor – tenor saxophone
Roger Davis – baritone saxophone
Jim Toomey – drums
The new line-up recorded the track “No 9 Putney Bus” for what they hoped would be a TV series.
30 March 1968 – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
31 March 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
3 April 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
5 April 1968 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon
6 April 1968 – Tardebigge, Redditch, Worcestershire (venue unknown)
19 April 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Del Paramor says David Essex turned up to see him at the gig which was a disaster)
20 April 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (billed as Still Life)
24 April 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, west London
26 April-2 May 1968 – Rose Club, Hannover, West Germany
4 May 1968 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent
7 May 1968 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Del Paramor and Roger Davis told they were sacked)
9 May 1968 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon
10 May 1968 – Scottish Club Discotheque, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
11 May 1968 – Cirencester, Gloucestershire (possibly Stax Club)
14 May 1968 – Sybillas, Swallow Street, central London
15 May 1968 – Hampstead Country Club, north London
Del Paramor and Roger Davis left after this gig. Paramor joined Mr Mo’s Messengers, who morphed into Sonority, where he worked with Peter Mole.
20 May 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Fish-Hook (billed as Warren Davis Band)
21 May 1968 – New Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
23 May 1968 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
26 May 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
28 May 1968 – New Pink Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
29 May 1968 – Hampstead Country Club, north London
1 June 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with C G Morris and The Reactions
3 June 1968 – Whisky A Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
Guitarist Tom Tierney left around now. Warren Davis and Con Byrne wrote “The Painter”, which Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera record.
Two other tracks credited to Byrne-Davis: “Fire Fly” and “Deed I Do” were cut as acetates.
At some point, possibly with this final formation, the band cut two tracks at IBC Sound Recording Studios in Portland Place: “Nothing Is Sweeter Than Lovin’ You” and “Muddy Water”.
15 June 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex
29-30 June 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Vigilantes (Saturday) and The Provokers (Sunday)
By mid-July 1968 the band’s line-up comprised:
Warren Davis – lead vocals
Stuart Cowell – lead guitar/vocals
Ron Reynolds – Hammond organ
Con Byrne – bass
Jim Toomey – drums
Source: Journal du Jura number 213
Judging by a gig in Switzerland in mid-September with The Pretty Things (see comments and above), the band may have played some European dates around this time.
One of the band’s final gigs on 19 September 1968
19 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London
The musicians, however, went their separate ways by late September 1968. Cowell and Toomey would form a new band with Jerome Arnold from Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band and later put together Titus Groan.
Warren Davis (see comments) audition for The Foundations but was not successful. In 1971 he co-wrote both sides of a single with Byrne for the band Mighty Dodos, which was released on Spark.
Huge thanks to Del Paramor for the gigs listings from July 1967-May 1968. Thanks to Del, Bruce Usherwood, Paul Brett and Stuart Cowell for details. Melody Maker also provided gigs for the Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London. I also used a number of regional newspapers for gigs. I will be writing a more detailed article on the band and would welcome hearing from other former members.
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE ATTACK:
Singer Richard Shirman and bass player Gerry Henderson were working in Earl’s Court-based group, The Soul System with guitarist Bob Taylor and keyboard player Dennis Hooker.
Guitarist David O’List who was working with The Richard Henry Sensation met Henderson at a supermarket in Earl’s Court and was invited to a Soul System rehearsal around early November 1966.
After joining The Soul System, O’List says he changed the name to The Attack, composed some new songs, changed the band’s set list and landed the group a record and agency contract.
Disc & Music Echo’s 12 November issue mentions Richard Shirman and The Attack so they had changed name by this point.
16 December 1966 – Hammersmith College, Hammersmith (Melody Maker)
According to Martyn Hanson’s excellent book Hang on to a Dream: The Story of the Nice, Dennis Hooker had to leave to take his finals. Also, Bob Taylor left during this month to join The Downliners Sect.
The remaining trio recruited two musicians who had advertised in Melody Maker. Drummer Alan Whitehead had previously worked with Crispian St Peter and then The Loose Ends but left in September 1966 to work briefly with Epitaph Soul Band and The Cops ‘n’ Robbers.
Hammond organist Bob Hodges was with Walthamstow-based soul band, The New Jump Band and played his final gig with them on 16 December 1966.
Left to right: Richard Shirman, Bob Hodges, David O’List (front), Gerry Henderson and Alan Whitehead
Richard Shirman – lead vocals
David O’List – lead guitar
Bob Hodges – Hammond organ
Gerry Henderson – bass
Alan Whitehead – drums
In late December, The Attack recorded their debut single “Try It” c/w “We Don’t Know”, which was released on 27 January 1967. Whitehead, who had appeared in early promotional photos, had already secured a job with Marmalade and departed before any gigs were played.
Richard Shirman, Bob Hodges, Alan Whitehead, Gerry Henderson and David O’List
The Attack recruited a couple of drummers to fulfill live dates, starting with former Mark Leeman Five and The Habits member Brian Davison, who would reunite with David O’List in The Nice in August 1967. In the interim, he’d briefly work with Don Shinn’s band, Shinn and The Mike Cotton Sound.
7 January 1967 – Club Carnaby, Loughbourgh, Leicestershire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
14 January 1967 – Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
15 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary) Richard Shirman’s recollections confirm Davison was on drums for this gig
16 January 1967 – Hearbeat Club, Silver Blades Ice Rink, Birmingham, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary/Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 January 1967 – Alexandra Hotel, Lancaster, Lancashire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 January 1967 – Pink Elephant Club, Aspull, Wigan, Greater Manchester (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 January 1967 – Room at the Top, Wigan, Greater Manchester (all nighter) (Bob Hodges’ diary)
29 January 1967 – Casino Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester (Bob Hodges’ diary)
The original band pictured for Decca’s publicity with Alan Whitehead far left
3 February 1967 – PA at Witchdoctor Club, Catford, London (for Radio London) (Bob Hodges’ diary)
4 February 1967 – PA at Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, London with Tuesday’s Children (for Radio London) (Bob Hodges’ diary/Fabulous 208)
Around this time, Peter “Barney” Barnfield joined as full-time drummer. The new line-up was responsible for the band’s second single, “Hi Ho Silver Lining” c/w “Anymore Than I Do”, issued on 3 March 1967.
10 February 1967 – Alexandra Hotel, Lancaster, Lancashire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
10 March 1967 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, near Orpington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
16 March 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Alan Bown Set, The Eyes of Blue and Tony Rivers & The Castaways (South Wales Evening Post/Bob Hodges’ diary)
17 March 1967 – St Benedict’s Club, Sketty, Swansea, south Wales with The King Bees (South Wales Evening Post/Bob Hodges’ diary)
Richard Shirman left after the Lyme Regis gig on 18 March and the remaining quartet carried on until the 22 April gig in the West Midlands. In the meantime, Shirman put together a new Attack line-up behind the scenes.
Bob Hodges remembers the current version took on a singer with a name like G D’Amati, who fronted the band on the next three shows
25 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
31 March 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Sale, Greater Manchester with The Smoke (Bob Hodges’ diary/Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
1 April 1967 Melody Maker
8 April 1967 – East Ham Technical College, East Ham, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
Bob Hodges remembers that for the final three dates, the lead singer was Pete Hodges (no relation), a singer from Birmingham who had previously worked with Jimmy Cliff & The New Generation (and possibly the final version of The Mark Leeman Five).
15 April 1967 – Nottingham College of Further Education, Clifton, Notts (Bob Hodges’ diary)
20 April 1967 – James Finnegan Hall, Redcar, North Yorkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
22 April 1967 – Club Ponderosa, Bearley Holiday Centre, Snitterfield (near Stratford Upon Avon), Warwickshire (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
After this final gig, the musicians were told that Richard Shirman had formed a new band under the name The Attack and that their services were no longer needed. David O’List soon formed The Nice, who became PP Arnold’s backing band after she left The Blue Jays. Bob Hodges joined Tuesday’s Children later in the year
The Attack, left to right: Chris Allen, Richard Shirman, Kenny Harold, Geoff Richardson and George Watt. Photo from Phil Smee
In April, Shirman launched a new version of The Attack as follows:
Richard Shirman – lead vocals
Geoff Richardson – lead guitar
George Watt – Hammond organ
Kenny Harold – bass
Chris Allen – drums
This formation was responsible for the band’s third single, “Created By Clive” c/w “Colour of my Mind”.
28 April 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Sombreros (Gloucester Citizen)
6 May 1967 – Hull College of Commerce Students’ Union, Hull, Humberside (Hull Daily Mail)
2 June 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London with The Trailblazers (South East London Mercury)
3 June 1967 – Floral Hall, Gorleston, Norfolk (Yarmouth Mercury)
3 June 1967 – The Union, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
17 June 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)
24 June 1967 – Lewes FC Beat Rave, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with The Nashville Teens and The Teen Team (Sussex Express)
Within days of the band’s third single being released on 23 June 1967, second lead guitarist John DuCann joined. George Watt and Kenny Harold left that summer. Geoff Richardson left soon after and later moved to the USA to play with The British Walkers while Chris Allen also departed to join The Syn (Disc & Music Echo, 8 July, page 14).
.
By August, the group’s line-up comprised:
Richard Shirman – lead vocals
John DuCann – lead guitar
Jim Avery – bass
Plug Davies – drums
16 September 1967 – Waggon & Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
This formation recorded The Attack’s fourth single, which was released on 12 January 1968.
Around this time, Plug Davies introduced his friend from Wales, Keith Hodge, who in turn recommended Roger Deane on bass.
Richard Shirman – lead vocals
John DuCann – lead guitar
Roger Deane – bass
Keith Hodge – drums
21 February 1968 – Speakeasy, W1, London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
27 February 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
11 March 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Nice (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
14 March 1968 – Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London with Family, Picadilly Line, Doc K’s Blues Band and Pete Brown’s Poetry (Melody Maker)
15 March 1968 – City of College Rag Ball, Porchester Hall, Queensway, west London with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Melody Maker)
Melody Maker notes that The Attack played dates in Helsinki, Finland on 17-18 July 1968
The Attack 7 Sep 1968
Huge thanks to Bob Hodges for the use of his gig list and photos. Thanks also to David O’List for early insights. Thanks to Mike at Ugly Things and Phil Smee (for the photo of the third line-up by the River Thames).
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror, August 1967. Image may be subject to copyright
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Adopting the name Episode Six in the summer of 1964, the line-up featured in an article published in the Harrow Weekly Post from 22 July, page 15 was as follows:
Graham Carter-Dimmock – rhythm guitar/vocals (b. 27 April 1944, Hatch End, Middlesex)
Tony Lander – lead guitar (b. 10 August 1947, Cambridge)
Roger Glover – bass (b. 30 November 1945, Brecon, Wales)
Harvey Shields – drums (b. 6 September 1946, Twickenham, Middlesex)
1964
30 May 1964 – Territorial Army Centre, Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer) Formerly The Lightnings
24 July 1964 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Rubies (Essex Chronicle)
7 November 1964 – Westcliff Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Essex County Standard)
14 November 1964 – Glendale Hall, N15, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
1965
19 January 1965 – Kodak Hall, Wealdstone, Middlesex with Jimmy Bond & The MI5 and The Beachcombers (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
30 March 1965 – Kodak Hall, Wealdstone, Middlesex with The Prophets and The Group Five (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
When Andy Ross left, Ian Gillan (b. 19 August 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex) joined from Wainwright’s Gentlemen after performing his final gig with them on 26 April 1965 at the Seagull Hotel, Southall, London
Image may be subject to copyright
24 July 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
8 October 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Melody Maker has this as 7 October
31 December 1965 – Harrow County Boys, Harrow, northwest London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
1966
1 January 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)
2 January 1966 – Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)
3 January 1966 – The Bluesday Club, Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
6 January 1966 – Coventry Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Brian Long research)
7 January 1966 – USAF High Wycombe, High Wycombe, Bucks (Brian Long research)
8 January 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
11 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
13 January 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)
14 January 1966 – Black Cat, Woolwich, southeast London (Brian Long research)
15 January 1966 – Ikelstone Palais, Ikelstone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)
16 January 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)
18 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, London (Brian Long research)
22 January 1966 – Westcliffe Hotel, Clacton, Essex (Brian Long research)
24 January 1966 – Dunstable Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)
25 January 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
27 January 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)
28 January 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
The Hounslow Post on 28 January 1966, page 8 has an article and picture on the band
29 January 1966 – Borough Polytechnic, Borough, south London (Brian Long research)
30 January 1966 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London (Brian Long research)
1 February 1966 – ‘Ready Steady Radio’, Lyceum, Strand, central London (Brian Long research)
4 February 1966 – USAF Welford, Welford, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)
5 February 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
6 February 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
7 February 1966 – Hammersmith Palais, Hammersmith, west London (Brian Long research)
8 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
10 February 1966 – Canon’s Club (unknown location) (Brian Long research)
11 February 1966 – Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)
12 February 1966 – Acton works social, Acton, west London (Brian Long research)
13 February 1966 – Big L Discotheque, Charing Cross Road, central London (Brian Long research)
14 February 1966 – Peterborough Nurses’ Home, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
15 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
16 February 1966 – Silver Blades Ice Rink, Streatham, southwest London (Brian Long research)
18 February 1966 – RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)
19 February 1966 – Woodford Memorial Hall, Woodford, east London (Brian Long research)
20 February 1966 – Royal Oak, Dagenham, east London (Brian Long research)
21 February 1966 – Kettering Workingmen’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)
22 February 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
24 February 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)
26 February 1966 – Ikelstone Palais, Ikelstone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)
27 February 1966 – Welcome Inn, Eltham, southeast London (Brian Long research)
28 February 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford (Brian Long research)
1 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
2 March 1966 – New Victoria Cinema (audition) (Brian Long research)
3 March 1966 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensingston, west London (Brian Long research)
5 March 1966 – Harrow County School, Harrow, northwest London (Brian Long research)
8 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
9 March 1966 – USAF Chicksands, Chicksands, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)
10 March 1966 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, west London (Brian Long research)
11 March 1966 – Copdock House Hotel (possibly Ipswich), Suffolk (Brian Long research)
12 March 1966 – London School of Economics, Aldwych, central London (Brian Long research)
15 March 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Brian Long research)
17 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
19 March 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with The Road Knights and The Frenzies (Brian Long research/Brackley Advertiser)
22 March 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
24 March 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Melody Maker)
25 March 1966 – Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)
26 March 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Melody Maker)
27 March 1966 – Windy City Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Melody Maker)
29 March 1966 – Overseas Club, Earl’s Court, west London (Melody Maker)
1 April 1966 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)
2 April 1966 – Peterborough Nurses’ Home, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
3 April 1966 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Melody Maker)
5 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
8 April 1966 – Recording session (Brian Long research)
12 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
16 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)
18 April 1966 – Dunstable Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Brian Long research)
19 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
20 April 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)
21 April 1966 – Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair, central London (Brian Long research)
22 April 1966 – USAF Welford, Welford, Northamptonshire (Brian Long research)
23 April 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
26 April 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
27 April 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)
28 April 1966 – RAF Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)
29 April 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Brian Long research)
The Middlesex Chronicle (Hounslow Edition) on 29 April 1966, page 3 has an article on band
30 April 1966 – Ilkestone Palais, Ilkestone, Derbyshire (Brian Long research)
3 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
7 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)
10 May 1966 – Ready Steady Radio (Tiles, Oxford Street, central London) (Broadcast 22 May) (Brian Long research)
12 May 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)
13 May 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Tea Set and Children of The Damned (Brian Long research/East Kent Times)
17 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
19 May 1966 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Brian Long research)
20 May 1966 – Ready Steady Go (TV) (Brian Long research)
21 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Brian Long research)
21 May 1966 – RAF Wittering, Wittering, West Sussex (Brian Long research)
23 May 1966 – BBC audition, Piccadilly, central London (Brian Long research)
24 May 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
26 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)
27 May 1966 – Co-Op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Brian Long research)
28 May 1966 – Recording session (Brian Long research)
1 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
3 June 1966 – Roya Forest Hotel, Chingford, east London (Brian Long research)
4 June 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with The Lazyways (Brian Long research/Brackley Advertiser)
7 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
9 June 1966 – RAF Bicester, Bicester, Oxfordshire (Brian Long research)
Image may be subject to copyright
10 June 1966 – Winter Garden, Eastbourne, East Sussex with The Shades (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
16 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
17 June 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with Sands and Steve & The Corvettes (Brian Long research/East Kent Times)
18 June 1966 – Lloyds Bank, Beckenham, south London (Brian Long research)
19 June 1966 – Brands Hatch, West Kingsdown, Kent (Brian Long research)
21 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
23 June 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long research)
25 June 1966 – Battersea Park, Battersea, south London (Brian Long research)
26 June 1966 – USAF Alconbury, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire (Brian Long research)
28 June 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
30 July 1966 – Grand Hotel, Brighton, West Sussex (Brian Long research)
1 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
3 August 1966 – Recording session for Pye (Brian Long research)
4 August 1966 – Nottingham Palais, Nottingham (Brian Long research)
Image may be subject to copyright
5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
6 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)
8 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
12 August 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Brian Long research)
13 August 1966 – Coventry Air Pageant, Coventry, West Midlands (Brian Long research)
15 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
18 August 1966 – Wakefield Locarno, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Brian Long research)
25 August 1966 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Brian Long research)
27 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Soul Agents (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) (According to Brian Long, show broadcast 5 September)
29 August 1966 – Overseas Visitors Club, Earls Court, west London (Brian Long research)
30 August 1966 – Ready Steady Radio at Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Brian Long research)
31 August 1966 – Pickwick Club, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)
3 September 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Brian Long research)
9 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Brian Long)
9 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Brian Long)
Image may be subject to copyright
12 September 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Tom Jones & The Squires (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
15 September 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long)
16 September 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Brian Long)
17 September 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Good Goods (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror. Image may be subject to copyright
The Hillingdon Mirror ran a picture of the band in its 20 September 1966 issue, page 20
23 September 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)
25 September 1966 – Brands Hatch, Kingsdown, Kent (Brian Long research)
27 September 1966 – Finsbury Park Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, Boz and His People, The Settlers, The Alan Price Set, The Mindbenders and Dave Berry (Brian Long research) This is the start of The Dusty Springfield tour
28 September 1966 – Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Dusty Springfield & The Echoes, The Alan Price Set, The Settlers, Dave Berry, David and Jonathan, Boz & His Group and Jeff Lenner (Brian Long research/website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)
Image may be subject to copyright
29 September 1966 – Odeon, Cheltenham with Dusty Springfield, Alan Price Set, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes and Los Bravos (Gloucester Citizen)
Image may be subject to copyright
30 September 1966 – Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham, West Midlands with Dusty Springfield, The Alan Price Set, Boz & His Group, The Settlers, The Echoes and Los Bravos (Brian Long research/Birmingham Evening Mail/Express & Star)
1 October 1966 – Cardiff Capitol, Cardiff, Wales (Brian Long research)
2 October 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol (Brian Long research)
3 October 1966 – Manchester Odeon, Manchester (Brian Long research)
4 October 1966 – Newcastle Odeon, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Brian Long research)
5 October 1966 – Liverpool Odeon, Liverpool (Brian Long research)
6 October 1966 – Hanley Gaumont, Hanley, Staffordshire (Brian Long research)
7 October 1966 – Sheffield Gaumount, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Brian Long research)
8 October 1966 – Leicester gig (Brian Long research)
9 October 1966 – Woburn Abbey gig, Buckinghamshire (Brian Long research)
11 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 October 1966 – Harrow County School, Harrow, northwest London with Five’s Company (Brian Long research/Harrow Observer)
18 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
20 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (audition) (Brian Long research)
25 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 October 1966 – Witchdoctor Club, Catford, southeast London (Brian Long research)
29 October 1966 – University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (Brian Long research)
1 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Spencer Davis Group (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
4 November 1966 – Beckenham Ballroom, Beckenham, south London (Brian Long research)
5 November 1966 – Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, southwest London (Brian Long research)
11 November 1966 – Witchdoctor Club, Catford, southeast London (Brian Long research)
12 November 1966 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Brian Long research)
13-14 November 1966 – Trip to the Netherlands around this time (Disc & Music Echo)
15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
17 November 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Brian Long research)
21 November 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)
22 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 November 1966 – ‘Swingalong’ recording at BBC (Brian Long research)
25 November 1966 – Recording session at Pye (Brian Long research)
25 November 1966 – Solvatorian College, Harrow Weald, northwest London (Brian Long research)
The Hounslow Post from 25 November 1966, page 6 has an article and picture on the band
Image may be subject to copyright
26 November 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)
28 November 1966 – ‘Monday Monday’ at the BBC (Brian Long research)
30 November 1966 – Fly to Beirut, Lebanon (Disc & Music Echo) This was on Roger Glover’s birthday
1-31 December 1966 – Casino du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon (Brian Long research)
1967
Image may be subject to copyright
11 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Soul’s Incorporated (Melody Maker/Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
22 February 1967 – Kingsway Theatre, Hadleigh, Essex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Cat Stevens, The Style and The Machine
Image may be subject to copyright
2 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Herd (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
3 March 1967 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Melody Maker)
Photo: Melody Maker. Image may be subject to copyright
13 April 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Jon (Melody Maker)
Image may be subject to copyright
15 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Dilemma (West Surrey Advertiser)
Image may be subject to copyright
6 May 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)
22 May 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Paul Kaye (Herts & Essex Observer)
23 May 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Paul Kaye (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
28 May 1967 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Spectrum (Hertfordshire Express)
13 June 1967 – Clapham Common, Clapham, London (Disc & Music Echo) Start of open air gigs
18 June 1967 – Brands Hatch Radio London Motor Racing and Pop Festival, Brands Hatch, Kent with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)
24 June 1967 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Morecambe Visitor)
Image may be subject to copyright
1 July 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)
Image may be subject to copyright
9 July 1967 – Carnaby Club, Palais, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (Ashton under Lyne Reporter)
12 July 1967 – Victoria Rooms, Bristol with Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
16 July 1967 – Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, central London (Fabulous 208)
Image may be subject to copyright
21 July 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Hayes Gazette/Hillingdon and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
28 July 1967 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, The MBQ and Doodlebugs (Morecambe Visitor)
Image may be subject to copyright
29 July 1967 – Embassy, Colchester, Essex with The Reaction (Essex County Standard)
The Hillingdon Mirror ran a colour picture in its 8 August 1967 issue, page 9 (see below)
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror. Image may be subject to copyright
12 August 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)
Image may be subject to copyright
16 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Wrong Direction (Portsmouth News)
18 August 1967 – Diss Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk with The Wild Oats (Thetford Times)
Portsmouth News has a photo of the band in its 10 August 1967 issue, page 10 (see below)
Image may be subject to copyright
Disc & Music Echo’s 26 August issue notes that the group are keen to sign Dick Allix from The Gnomes of Zurich to replace drummer Harvey Shields. Instead, they end up recruiting John Kerrison.
Episode Six before John Kerrison joined. Fabulous 208, August 1967. Image may be subject to copyright
1 September 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Hayes Gazette/Hillingdon and Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Image may be subject to copyright
2 September 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Konda Group and Arthur’s Limited (Warrington Guardian)
Image may be subject to copyright
9 September 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Summer Set (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
7 October 1967 – Luton Boys Club, Luton, Bedfordshire with Friday’s Mind (Evening Post: Hemel Hempstead)
9 October 1967 – Ready Steady Go Club, Kings Arms Hotel, Berkhamstead, Herts (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)
21 October 1967 – City University, central London with The Action (Melody Maker)
Image may be subject to copyright
28 October 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with Bobby King & The Sabres (South East London Mercury)
13 April 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Embers (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
6 May 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday/Herts & Essex Observer) This seems very unlikely considering the gig below
Image may be subject to copyright
6 May 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Illinois Press (Cornish Guardian)
Image may be subject to copyright
1 June 1968 – Elms Court Ballroom, Botley, Oxford with Pepper Pot (Oxford Mail) Billed as The Episode
Image may be subject to copyright
2 June 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex with Rainbow Reflection (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
10 June 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Move and Circus (Surrey Advertiser)
12 June 1968 – The Disco, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight County Press)
Image may be subject to copyright
22 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
12 July 1968 – Kew Boat House, Kew, west London (Thames Valley Times)
Image may be subject to copyright
14 July 1968 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (with supporting programme) (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
20 July 1968 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Glenroy Oakley & The Oracles and Lyte ‘N’ Eze (Essex County Standard)
27 July 1968 – Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, near Thaxted, Essex (Herts & Essex Observer) Billed as Episode (Six)
3 August 1968 – Sixty Nine Club, Manor House, Lake, Isle of Wight with The Cherokees (Isle of Wight County Press)
Fabulous 208 from 17 August 1968 announces Mick Underwood as John Kerrison’s replacement
Episode Six with Mick Underwood (bottom left). Image may be subject to copyright
30 August 1968 – Tigers Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
15 September 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
9 October 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset with Disturbance and Dave the Rave (Somerset County Gazette) Billed as The Episode
19 October 1968 – University College, Gower Street, W1, central London with Proteus (Melody Maker)
20 October 1968 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post) Replaced by Tremeloes
Image may be subject to copyright
15 November 1968 – Brunel University, Acton, west London with Timebox (Melody Maker)
Image may be subject to copyright
16 November 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey with Five & a Penny (Staines & Egham News)
11 December 1968 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex with The Red Squares and The Motion (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
14 December 1968 – Tavistock Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon with Blitz (Western Evening Herald)
31 December 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Lloyd (Herts & Essex Observer)
1969
24 January 1969 – Tigers Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
1 April 1969 – The Clock House, Watford, Hertfordshire with Billy Davis (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
Image may be subject to copyright
26 April 1969 – Kingston College of Technology, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London with Orange Rainbow (Melody Maker)
11 May 1969 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
In mid-June Ian Gillian and Roger Glover left to join Deep Purple
21 June 1969 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with Tanglewood (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
27 June 1969 – Pop Supershow, RAE Assembly Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with Aynsley Dunbar’s Retaliation, Locomotive and Ten Percent Butter (Aldershot News)
10 October 1969 – Northern Polytechnic, Holloway, north London with Steamhammer (Time Out) Melody Maker says it was Battered Ornaments
22 November 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Photo may be subject to copyright
Barry Hubband – organ/lead vocals
Paul Hodson – guitar
Mick O’Brien – bass
Rod Mealeston – baritone sax
Pete Newman – tenor sax
John Halsey – drums
1965
Photo may be subject to copyright
6 March 1965 – Carousel Club, Farnborough, Hampshire (Camberley News)
30 March 1965 – Herts & Essex Beat Contest Grand Finals, Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Concords, Gene & The Cossacks, The Guyatones, The Hideaways and Kit & The Saracens (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
13 April 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
8 May 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Shevelles (Maidstone Gazette/Kent Messenger)
14 May 1965 – Marconi Basildon Locarno, Basildon, Essex with The Soul Agents and The Animals (Poster)
15 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Merseybeats (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
8 July 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Melody Maker)
18 July 1965 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Times)
26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Rick ‘N’ Beckers (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Yes ‘N’ No (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
21 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Warriors (Melody Maker)
3 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
9 October 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
22 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)
29 October 1966 – Arnold and Carlton College, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
30 October 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 November 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Good Time Band and The Ensemble (Melody Maker)
3 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Bobby Hebb (Nottingham Evening Post)
1967
7 January 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 January 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Sonny Childe & The TNT (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Switch (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 February 1967 – Rub-a-Dub, Reading, Berkshire (Bracknell News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with The Fenmen (Melody Maker)
10 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with Peppers Machine (Derby Evening Telegraph)
11 March 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
12 March 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Majority (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 March 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
18 March 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 March 1967 – Cavalier, Golders Green, north London (Melody Maker)
31 March 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley, The Mar-Keys and Booker T & The MGs (Record Mirror)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Originally known as Red White’s Blues, the musicians changed name to The New Jump Band around September 1965. Based in Walthamstow, London, the line-up comprised:
Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
Steve Sayer – guitar
Bob Hodges – Hammond organ
Bob (Robert) Barker – bass
George Mugele – tenor saxophone (had joined on 5 June 1965)
Mike Scoble – alto saxophone (had joined on 24 September 1965)
Tony (Anthony) McVey – drums
1965
1 October 1965 – Wellington Avenue Youth Club, Chingford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
8 October 1965 – William Elliott Whittingham Youth Club, Walthamstow, north London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
23 October 1965 – Memorial Hall, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
24 October 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 November 1965 – London Cavern Club, Holland Park, west London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
4 November 1965 – Society Hall, Cordelia Road, Stanwell, northwest London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
5 November 1965 – London School of Economics student dance, central London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 May 1966 – Cadillac Club, the Aquarium, Brighton, West Sussex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
29 May 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 May 1966 – Garden of Eden Club, Wheatley Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Meantimers and Rey Anton & The Proform (Melody Maker)
The band at El Partido
4 June 1966 – Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Bob Hodges’ diary)
Photo may be subject to copyright
11 June 1966 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London with The Yardbirds and The Ravens (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
During the summer Steve Sayer and Bob Barker both departed. Geoff Pearce took over guitar and John Cushen assumed bass duties. Bob Hodges remembers that Mike Scoble also left in the summer months. He was replaced by Geoff Condon.
16 July 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with support (Evening Sentinel)
23 July 1966 – Taggs Island Ballroom, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
During September Trevor Hubbert took over guitar from Geoff Pearce. The New Jump Band also lost their drummer Tony McVey who was going to study percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. He was initially replaced by Mr W Porter, who was quickly succeeded by John Herridge via a MM advert.
The new line-up comprised:
Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
Trevor Hubbert – guitar
Bob Hodges – Hammond organ
John Cushen – bass
George Mugele – tenor saxophone
Geoff Condon – alto saxophone
John Herridge – drums
10 September 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Bob Hodges’ diary) New line-up debuted
9 September 1967 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Measles (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
23 September 1967 – London Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
7 October 1967 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Show of Hands (Bucks Free Press)
28 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Gods (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 November 1967 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Sutton & Cheam Advertiser)
25 November 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Art Movement, The Apex, Tuesday’s Children and The Trap (Melody Maker)
29 November 1967 – Six-In-One Club, Tonbridge, Kent (Kent & Essex Courier)
10 December 1967 – Final of £1,000 beat competition, Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Syrian Blues, Johnny & The Rivals, The Art Movement and The Gods
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
The Downliners Sect, August 1965 in Fabulous 208. Clockwise from left: Don Craine, Keith Grant, Johnny Sutton, Terry Gibson and (centre) Pip Harvey. Photo may be subject to copyright
Formed from the ashes of The Downliners, whose original members included Don Craine (real name: Mick O’Donnell), the original line-up below is from July 1963.
17 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
18 April 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
18 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (All Nighter) (Don Craine’s diary)
19 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
22 April 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
24 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
25 April 1964 – South Eastern Technical College, Dagenham, Essex (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
25 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London with Them (All Nighter) (Melody Maker/Don Craine’s diary) Them was a West London group who changed name to Themselves when Van Morrison’s group arrived in London
26 April 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 April 1964 – Britannia Hotel, Barking, Essex (Don Craine’s diary)
29 April 1964 – Disc A Go Go, Bournemouth, Dorset (Don Craine’s diary)
Around this point, Ray Sone joined on harmonica
1 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
2 May 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 May 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Don Craine’s diary)
5 May 1964 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Don Craine’s diary)
13 May 1964 – Northampton College, London (Don Craine’s diary)
17 May 1964 – Savoy Ballroom, Catford, southeast London (Don Craine’s diary)
19 May 1964 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Don Craine’s diary)
22 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
23 May 1964 – Club Noreik, Tottenham, north London (Don Craine’s diary)
24 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (afternoon) (Don Craine’s diary)
24 May 1964 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (evening) (Don Craine’s diary)
27 May 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
29 May 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
31 May 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Don Craine’s diary)
2 June 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
3 June 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
5 June 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
24 June 1964 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, Middlesex (see website above)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 June 1964 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Don Craine’s diary) Ilford Recorder has this as the Kavern Club in the Lotus Ballroom
26 June 1964 – Alexandra Palace, north London with The Rolling Stones, Millie & The Five Embers, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Barron Knights, Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions, Tony Colton & The Crawdaddies, Alexis Korner and others (Clapham Advertiser/Don Craine’s diary)
27 June 1964 – Trinity Jazz Club, Wandsworth, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 June 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
29 June 1964 – King Edward Hall, Windsor, Berkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
14 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, centralLondon (Don Craine’s diary)
15 August 1964 – Bure Country Club, Bure, Dorset (Don Craine’s diary)
16 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Monthly also lists the band playing at the Blue Moon in Hayes on the same night but which was first?
21 August 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
1 September 1964 – Dancing Party radio show, EMI, London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 September 1964 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Don Craine’s diary)
4 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Monthly) This is missing from Don Craine’s dates
5 September 1964 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Monthly has the band playing on the Attic in Hounslow on this date
6 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
Photo may be subject to copyright
10 September 1964 – Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
11 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
12 September 1964 – Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherd’s Bush, west London (Don Craine’s diary)
13 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
Photo from Richard Goddard
17 September 1964 – Gloucester Town Hall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with The Primitives and The Bee Jays (courtesy of Richard Goddard) Missing from Don Craine’s gig list
18 September 1964 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (Don Craine’s diary)
25 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
26 September 1964 – Attic, Hounslow, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental) This is missing from Don Craine’s diary
27 September 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
30 September 1964 – St Albans Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Don Craine’s diary)
1 October 1964 – Trowbridge Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Don Craine’s diary)
2 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
3 October 1964 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Don Craine’s diary)
4 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
6 October 1964 – The Church Elms, Dagenham, Essex (Don Craine’s diary)
7 October 1964 – The Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Don Craine’s diary)
9 October 1964 – Co-op Hall, Peckham, south London (Don Craine’s diary)
10 October 1964 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants with The Challengers (Don Craine’s diary/Portsmouth News)
11 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
13 October 1964 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, east London (Don Craine’s diary)
16 October 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
17 October 1964 – Lainsbury Hall, Stanford, Norfolk (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig in Grantham on this date
18 October 1964 – St Michaels Hall, Camden Town, north London (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 on this date and another in Putney
18 November 1964 – Unknown venue in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (Don Craine’s diary)
19 November 1964 – Granada, Aylesbury, Bucks with Manfred Mann, The Soul Sisters, The Spencer Davis Group, Wayne (Kelly) Gibson and The Dynamic Sounds, Bern Elliott & His Klan, The Mark Leeman Five, Blues by Five and Dave Kaffey (Don Craine’s diary/Bucks Advertiser)
20 November 1964 – ABC Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
13 December 1964 – Civic Hall, Crawley, West Sussex (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 later this evening as well
18 December 1964 – Bromley Technicl College, Bromley, Kent (Don Craine’s diary) Beat Instrumental has a gig at Studio 51 instead on this date
19 December 1964 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) Beat Instrumental has a gig in Bishop’s Stortford instead on this date
20 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
21 December 1964 – Eltham Baths, Eltham, Kent (Don Craine’s diary)
24 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) This is missing from Don Craine’s diary
27 December 1964 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Don Craine’s diary)
28 December 1964 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Don Craine’s diary)
30 December 1964 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Don Craine’s diary)
31 December 1964 – George Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Don Craine’s diary)
1965
1 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to the magazine, the band also played at Boreham Wood today, which was probably the Long John Club.
8 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
9 January 1965 – Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
10 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
15 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 January 1965 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The MI4 (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
17 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
22 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
23 January 1965 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
24 January 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
24 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
25 January 1965 – Crown Hotel, Morden, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
26 January 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
30 January 1965 – Gig in Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
27 February 1965 – Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
27 February 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
2 March 1965 – Civic Hall, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
5 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
6 March 1965 – Ritz Dance and Social Hall, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Poster)
Photo may be subject to copyright
6 March 1965 – Brum Kavern Club, Small Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
8 March 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
Photo may be subject to copyright
11 March 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas (Western Gazette)
14 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to the magazine, the band also played at Boreham Wood today, which was probably the Long John Club.
18 March 1965 – Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Newbury Weekly News)
19 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
21 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
26 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
27 March 1965 – Gig in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 March 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, Kent (Melody Maker)
28 March 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
1 April 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
2 April 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Gig in Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
4 April 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental) According to Beat Instrumental, the band played in Boreham Wood earlier, which was probably the Long John Club
5 April 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
2 May 1965 – Upper Park, Darlington (Beat Instrumental)
3 May 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Dorothy Bullock list) This is the most likely year. However Beat Instrumental has The Manor in Ipswich, Suffolk on this date
6 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald/Walthamstow Guardian)
7 May 1965 – Manor House, Harringay, north London (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1965 – 234 Club, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
9 May 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
10 May 1965 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
Photo may be subject to copyright
11 May 1965 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Honeycombs and The Codiaks (Western Gazette)
14 May 1965 – Oasis, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1965 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Essex Chronicle) Beat Instrumental notes they play at the Club Noreik in Tottenham, north London afterwards
16 May 1965 – Studio 51, Leicester Square, central London (Beat Instrumental)
16 May 1965 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
17 May 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
22 May 1965 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with Crow (Bucks Free Press)
25 May 1965 – McKilroys, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 May 1965 – Pavilion, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
28 May 1965 – Casino, Walsall, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1965 – College of Arts, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
Photo may be subject to copyright
3 June 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Stalkers (Herts Express)
4 June 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Boston Dexters (Melody Maker)
18 June 1965 – The Avenue R&B Club, Green Pond Road, east London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
19 June 1965 – 234 Club, Grays (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Loose Ends, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers and The Epitaph Soul Band (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
21 June 1965 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Beat Instrumental)
24 June 1965 – Gig in Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 October 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1965 – Red Cross Hall, Sutton, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
1 November 1965 – Gig in Bridgwater, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Gig in Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
7 November 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
13 November 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
14 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
18 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & Dorothy Orchestra, Fernando’s Hideaways, Roy Black & The Senators and The Xabec Four (Cambridge News)
20 November 1965 – Gig in Waltham (Beat Instrumental)
24 November 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Five Proud Walkers (Melody Maker)
27 November 1965 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
1 December 1965 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
4 December 1965 – Gig in Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)
9 December 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
10 December 1965 – Town Hall, Colchester, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
11 December 1965 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Beat Instrumental)
16 December 1965 – Gig in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex with The Birds (Ron Wood’s 1965 diary)
16 December 1965 – Delaware Pavilion, Boxhill, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
31 December 1965 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Evening Tribune)
1966
4 January 1966 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
11 February 1966 – Chislehurst Caves, Chislehurst, London (South East London Mercury) Opened the venue
9 July 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham with Deep Feeling and Andy Ferris (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 July 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
13 July 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with En-Devers Ltd (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
22 July 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Kimbells, Southsea, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Excels (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 July 1966 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Modest, The Sixth Sense and The Solitaires (Torquay Times & South Devon Advertiser/Herald Express)
Photo may be subject to copyright
5 August 1966 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with MI Five, Blues Ensemble, Tony Barry & The Sounds of Three, Gerry Byrnes & The Invaders and The N’ Betweens (Express & Star)
Photo may be subject to copyright
6 August 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with support (Kentish Express)
14 August 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
28 August 1966 – Casino Ballroom, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
Around early September, future Procol Harum keyboard player Matthew Fisher joined the band for about six weeks.
16 September 1966 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham with Our Young (Nottingham Evening Post)
31 September 1966 – Stoke Hole, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Primevals (Surrey Advertiser)
5 October 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, central London with Timebox (Melody Maker)
Fisher departed mid-October to join Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers just in time for a major tour with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones and others, which started on 15 October. He then joined Screaming Lord Sutch & The Roman Empire in December 1966.
26 October 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with Saracens (see website above)
Photo may be subject to copyright
29 October 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 November 1966 – Gravesend R&B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (PACE magazine) Billed as New Downliners Sect
20 November 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
20 November 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
Around this time Johnny Sutton and Terry Gibson left. Don Craine and Keith Grant relaunched the band with guitarist Bob Taylor from The Soul System, plus organist Barry Cooper and drummer Kevin Flanagan
9 December 1966 – Police Ballroom, Coventry, West Midlands with The Matadors (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
Photo may be subject to copyright
13 December 1966 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
17 December 1966 – Willesden College of Technology, Willesden, London with The Bo Street Runners and The Torque (Poster)
30 December 1966 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
31 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinkley, Leicestershire with The Renegades and The Shellies (Leicester Mercury)
1967
The Port Talbot Guardian‘s 27 January issue has a photo of the new line up and notes that they will play at the Empire in Neath and Swansea Jazz Club the next week
19 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Don Craine’s New Downliners Sect
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 February 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Good Thing (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
27 March 1967 – White Buck Inn, Burley, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Billed as The New Downliners Sect
15 April 1967 – The Thing-a-me-jig Club, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)
9 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Nashville Teens (Melody Maker)
24 June 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede and The Ebonys (Melody Maker)
8 July 1967 – Hoffman Ballroom, Chelmsford, Essex with Lee Scott & The Roulettes (Essex Chronicle)
Photo may be subject to copyright
22 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Survivors and The Klubs (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
2 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
9 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
16 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Billed as Downliners Sect Show) (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Magic Lanterns, Change Place and The Big Roll Band (Melody Maker)
9 March 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (East Kent Times)
10 March 1968 – Rendezvous Club, Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
Photo may be subject to copyright
15 March 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
20 April 1968 – Harlem Highway, Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire with Gemini Zent (Derbyshire Times)
Shortly after this gig, the band split for a few months. Around July, Keith Grant reformed the band bringing back Johnny Sutton on drums and retaining guitarist Bob Taylor. The final member was keyboard player Nathaniel Dumaine.
26 July 1968 – Parlour, Portsmouth, Hants (Portsmouth Evening News) Billed as Glass Cartoon
The Hounslow Post, 13 September 1968, page 14 has a story on the new line up and mentions a single in the pipeline
5 October 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Sams Brothers Band (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 October 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey (Staines & Egham News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
2 November 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Justin’s Timepiece (Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 November 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
15 November 1968 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London with The Pretty Things (Melody Maker)
1 December 1968 – Kingston Hotel, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
13 December 1968 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, west London with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Free (Melody Maker)
By the end of 1968, Keith Grant had left and was replaced by bass player Paul Martinez.
Johnny Sutton, Bob Taylor, Paul Martinez and Nat Dumaine (real name Martin Maynard, Bill Maynard’s son) were recruited by Elmer of Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera to form The Gantry Band. Martinez later joined Elmer in the formation of Stretch and played on the track “Why Did You Do It?”.
Nathaniel Dumaine, who used the stage name as a pseudonym, later changed name to Maynard Williams and became an actor, appearing in the BBC TV series “Truckers” and “Starlight Express” in the West End. He also recorded a lone solo LP for CBS called Ten Songs. Williams also became lead singer in the band Ryder, which represented the UK in the Eurovision song contest in 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
Thanks to Don Craine for sharing his 1964 diary. Thanks also to Rolf Hannet in Germany for providing some of the Beat Instrumental dates
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Fabulous 208, June 1966. Left to right: Jones, Phillips, Pickett and Garner. Photo may be subject to copyright
Originally The Mark Four, they changed name to The Creation in May 1966 with the following line-up:
Kenny Pickett – lead vocals
Eddie Phillips – lead guitar
Bob Garner – bass/vocals
Jack Jones – drums
1966
20 May 1966 – Links R&B Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts with The Clayton Squares (Simon Gee research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
18 June 1966 – The Beachcomber, Preston, Lancashire (Lancashire Evening Post)
24 June 1966 – Winter Gardens, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Lyme Regis, Dorset (Fabulous 208/Bridport News) Billed as Mark Four
30 June 1966 – K D Club, Billingham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
2 July 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Accrington, Lancashire (Accrington Observer)
8 July 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Palace Ballroom, Wolverton, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
12 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Action (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 July 1966 –Top Rank Ballroom, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1966 – Peyton Place, Bromley, London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 July 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Roosters (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
17 July 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
19 July 1966 – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland (Fabulous 208)
20 July 1966 – The Cavalier, Dublin, Ireland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
22 July 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Mike Starr & The Citizens (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
24 July 1966 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
30 July 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Meantimers (Maidstone Gazette)
31 July 1966 – Conservative Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
2 August 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
3 August 1966 – Blaises, Kensington, west London (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
7 August 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
8 August 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
15 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Gibson Sound (Melody Maker)
17 August 1966 – Top Rank, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
20 August 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Endevers Ltd (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
Photo may be subject to copyright
22 August 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
24 August 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Southend Odeon, Southend, Essex with The Troggs, The Walker Brothers, The Slade Brothers (from Canada), The Peddlers, The Quotations, The Centremen and Alan Field (Southend Standard)
28 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
30 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
1 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
2 September 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
4 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
4 September 1966 – Side Saddle Club, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
5 September 1966 – Birstall Village Hall, Leicestershire (Leicester Mercury)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Troggs, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
11 September 1966 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset with The Avalons (Somerset County Gazette)
15 September 1966 – Birdcage, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17-18 September 1966 – Flamingo Club, Redruth, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 September 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Reaction (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 September 1966 – Disc Club, Colchester, Essex (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 September 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, London (South East London Mercury)
24 September 1966 – Teenbeat Rock Klub, Market Hall, Redhill, Surrey (Surrey Mirror)
1 October 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hants (Portsmouth News)
15 October 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
18 October 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
26 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with A Wild Uncertainty (Melody Maker)
28 October 1966 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
28 October 1966 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
29 October 1966 – Community Centre, Gosport, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
30 October 1966 – Youth Centre, Hoddesdon, Herts (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)
9 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
10 November 1966 – Top Rank Sunderland Suite, Sunderland with Cheryl St Clair and Guy Darrell & The Syndicate (Sunderland Echo)
11 November 1966 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Doodlebugs and Harold Graham (Morecambe Visitor)
13 November 1966 – Plaza Club, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Disc & Music Echo)
13 November 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208) This seems unlikely considering gigs on 13 and 14th November
14 November 1966 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
15 November 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
16 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
19 November 1966 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Disc & Music Echo)
20 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 November 1966 – Jubilee Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Disc & Music Echo)
22 November 1966 – Top Rank, Bristol with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
23 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts and Tina and Johnny Glover (Melody Maker)
24 November 1966 – Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Town Hall?) (Disc & Music Echo)
25 November 1966 – Harvest Moon, Guildford, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)
26 November 1966 – Smethwick Baths, Smethwick, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 November 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Greater Manchester with The Cymerons (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
28 November 1966 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford with The Children (Stafford Newsletter)
30 November 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Thoughts (Melody Maker)
3 December 1966 – Co-op Hall, Chesham, Bucks with Denim Blues (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
4 December 1966 – City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Tees with Little Richard, Junco Partners, Kim Davis & Del 5, The Gas Board, Greg Burman & The Soul Band and The Quotations (Sunderland Echo)
5-6 December 1966 – Top Rank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with David Garrick and Guy Darrell (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Tina and Johnny Glover (Melody Maker)
Late 1966, left to right: Pickett, Garner, Jones and Phillips. Fabulous 208 Magazine. Photo may be subject to copyright
18 December 1966 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Sounds Incorporated and Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 December 1966 – Christmas Rave, Olympia Ballroom, Scarborough with The Mandrakes and The Moonspinners (Scarborough Evening News)
24 December 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
31 December 1966 – Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire with supporting groups (Warrington Guardian)
1967
1 January 1967 – Top Rank, Astoria Ballroom, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Oldham Evening Chronicle)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 January 1967 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Dekois (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
13-15 January 1967 – Three gigs in West Germany with The Kinks (Disc & Music Echo)
28 January 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Emotions (East Kent Times & Mail)
3-5 February 1967 – Gigs in the Netherlands (Disc & Music Echo)
Around this time Kenny Pickett left. Bob Garner moved to lead vocals and Kim Gardner from The Birds joined on bass
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 February 1967 – Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo may be subject to copyright
24 February 1967 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Treforest, Wales with Pinkerton’s Colours and Trinidad Tropicana (Glamorgan County Times)
3 March 1967 – 7 Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with Six Across (Shropshire Star)
11 March 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Daddy Linburg and The Fingers (Southend Standard)
27 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
28 March 1967 – Dewsbury Town Hall, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with The Inner Circle (Dewsbury Reporter)
14 April 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London with The Syn (Melody Maker)
17 April 1967 – Top Rank Cardiff Suite, Cardiff, south Wales with Bo Diddley backed by The Canadians (South Wales Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 April 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Reaction (Essex County Standard)
21 April 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London (South East London Mercury)
22 April 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with The Soft Machine and Sam Gopal Indian Group (Melody Maker)
5 May 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Studio Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 May 1967 – The Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Sussex with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, The Herd, The Kult, The Spring Beats and The Beat Girls (Sussex Express)
27 May 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Birmingham Evening Mail)
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 May 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with The Tommy Burton Combo (Birmingham Evening Mail)
31 May 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Illusions (Gloucester Citizen)
3 June 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Tykes (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday/Herts & Essex Observer)
10 June 1967 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1967 – Ritz, Skewen, south Wales with The King B’s (Port Talbot Guardian)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 June 1967 – St Benedict’s Club, Sketty, Swansea, south Wales with The Commancheros (South Wales Evening Post)
17 June 1967 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, south Wales with The Night Before (Port Talbot Guardian)
23 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Stalkers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
25 June 1967 – Brady Club, Stepney, London (Fabulous 208)
28 June 1967 – TA Hall, Minehead, Somerset with The Better Days (Somerset County Gazette)
2 July 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Third Eye (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 July 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Avalons (Maidstone Gazette)
14 July 1967 – Grove Hall, Market Drayton, West Midlands with Half Dozen and The Paul Perry Set (Shropshire Star/Shropshire Journal)
15 July 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, London with The Poor Boys (South East London Mercury)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with John Evan Smash (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Mike Stuart Span (Portsmouth News)
2 September 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)
16 September 1967 – Sheridan Rooms, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with The Discounts (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
Eddie Phillips left in early November 1967 to work with PP Arnold & The TNT and Tony Ollard played some European dates with the group, including in Switzerland (see comments) but The Creation folded around January 1968 when Bob Garner left and Tony Ollard joined The Warren Davis Monday Band
One of the Swiss gigs on 17 October 1967. Source: Journal du Jura number 243
1968
Due to popular demand, Jack Jones formed a new version of The Creation bringing back original singer Kenny Pickett, bass player Kim Gardner and completing the band with another former Birds member, guitarist Ron Wood, who’d been working with The Jeff Beck Group
6 April 1968 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Sands, 1966
Paul Stewart – lead vocals
Pete Hammerton – lead guitar
Bob Freeman (aka Rob Tolchard) – rhythm guitar
Ian McIntock – bass
Ray Cook – drums
Sands were formed from the remnants of Hampton, Middlesex R&B outfit, The Others around June/July 1965.
They first worked as The Emotions and then The Army before adopting Sands, named after a coffee bar in New Bond Street, around March 1966. Apart from Cook, who had worked in The Tridents with Jeff Beck, the rest had played in The Others.
8 April 1966 – Marquee, London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 April 1966 – Links R&B Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts with Alan Price Set (Simon Gee research)
22 April 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bluesology (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
6 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Emeralds (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
23 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Steampacket (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 May 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Around early June 1966, the group headed to Hamburg to play the Top Ten Club with Irish showband The Woodpeckers but it was not a positive experience and they cut the residency short after briefly rehearsing with Scottish singer Barry St John.
17 June 1966 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with Episode Six and Steve & The Corvettes (East Kent Times)
20 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Shotgun Express (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
25 June 1966 – Club de Danse, Colchester, Essex (Evening Star, Ipswich)
28 June 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Small Faces (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
1 July 1966 – Cellar Club, Latin Quarter, Leicester with Legay (Leicester debut) (Leicester Mercury)
2 July 1966 – Farnborough Technical College, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Graham Bond Organisation (Aldershot News)
3 July 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
7 July 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
15 July 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
4 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
6 August 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Solomon Burke with The Senate, David Garrick & The Iveys, John McCoy’s Crawdaddies and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
13 August 1966 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Outer Limits (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
20 August 1966 – Burlesque, Leicester with Roaring ‘60s (Leicester Mercury)
28 August 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Pretty Things (Melody Maker)
Around this time, Sands played the Hi-Fi club in Toulon in the South of France. They also embarked on a short Belgium tour in the second half of the year.
17 September 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
22 September 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
24 September 1966 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight County Press)
1 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 October 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
13 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 October 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Gary Farr & The T-Bones (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 November 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
4 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Duffy Power’s Nucleus (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
5 November 1966 – Marquee at the Shoreline, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with Duffy Power’s Nucleus (Melody Maker)
19 November 1966 – Weymouth Pavilion, Weymouth, Dorset with Chapter IV (Dorset Evening Echo/Western Gazette)
20 November 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Southampton (Dorset Evening Echo)
21 November 1966 – Discotheque Club, Salisbury (Dorset Evening Echo)
25 November 1966 – Marquee,Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Summer Set (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
2 December 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London with The All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
6 December 1966 – New Sandon Village Hall, Essex (Essex Chronicle) Is this likely with the gig below?
6 December 1966 – Concorde, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo)
9 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Iveys (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Ultimate (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
18 December 1966 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with News (North Norfolk News)
7-8 January 1967 – Old Barn Club, Penzance, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
13 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Roscoe Brown Combo (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Mark Barry (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
28 January 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Beachwoods and Principles (Warrington Guardian)
29 January 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
5 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Cream and Edwin Starr (Melody Maker) Disc & Music Echo had Billy Stewart instead of Edwin Starr originally. Melody Maker says this was originally billed for 15 January
17 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Condors (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
During late February Ray Cook left to work with Jeff Beck who he’d played with in The Tridents and B J Wilson joined (possibly from Freddie Mack’s Mack Sound). Cook worked with Jeff Beck in the first week of March but left on 6 March
1 April 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
22 April 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with The Klue and Georgie Germs (Warrington Guardian)
23 April 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
6 May 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
13-14 May 1967 – Old Barn Club, Penzance, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
28 May 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey with The Other Two Thousand (Surrey Advertiser)
2 June 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Wages of Sin (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 June 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Montanas (Nottingham Evening Post)
9 June 1967 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland with Few (City Week)
17 June 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Beachwoods and Georgie’s Germs (Warrington Guardian)
18 June 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
24 June 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
Around this time B J Wilson joined Procol Harum. Bob Freeman (aka Rob Tolchard) took over the drum stool
Sands, four-piece, late 1967
1 July 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Sons & Lovers (Nottingham Evening Post)
2 July 1967 – Carnaby Club, Palais, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (Ashton under Lyne Reporter)
3 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
8 July 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
29 July 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
August 1967 – Three weeks at the Papagayo Club, Font Romeu, France (most likely starting second week of the month)
16 September 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington with The Fix and The Seftons (Warrington Guardian)
8 October 1967 – Colomba Club, West Wickham, south London (Fabulous 208)
Shortly after this gig, Paul Stewart and Pete Hammerton left and Rob Tolchard and Ian McIntock recorded as Sun Dragon.
Thanks to Mike Stax for his excellent interview with Rob Tolchard in Ugly Things #36 for some of the information. Thanks also to Rob for providing me with additional information.
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Mike Berry – lead vocals
Billy Kuy – lead guitar
Colin Giffin – rhythm guitar
Dave Brown – bass
Don Groom – drums
Image may be subject to copyright
1963
13 April 1963 – Coronation Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Avengers and The Corvettes (Surrey Comet)
28 April 1963 – Essoldo, Brighton, West Sussex with John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, Billie Davis, Duffy Power, Grazina, Billy Boyle, Don Spencer, The X-L Five and Dick Ford (Evening Argus)
Image may be subject to copyright
16 June 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
7 September 1963 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Beatles and Pat Dane & The Quiet Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
2 October 1963 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
11 October 1963 – Farnborough Youth Council, Farnborough, Hampshire with Phil Ryan & The Stormsville Shakers (Aldershot News)
Image may be subject to copyright
22 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Lonely Ones (Surrey Advertiser)
21 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
22 November 1963 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with The Strangers (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
11 January 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with Vicky Lee & The LA Hucklebugs (Lynn News)
18 January 1964 – Colchester Odeon, Colchester, Essex with The Rolling Stones, John Leyton, Mike Sarne, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Don Spencer, Billy Boyle, Billie Davis & The Leroys and Jet Harris (Essex Chronicle)
1 February 1964 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Sabres (Evening Argus)
8 February 1964 – Granada, Edmonton, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, John Leyton, Jet Harris, Mike Sarne, Billie Davis & The Leroys and Don Spencer (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
Article and picture on Mike Berry & The Innocents in the Guildford Advertiser in its 19 February 1964 issue, page 5 (see below)
Image may be subject to copyright
14 March 1964 – Palace Dance Hall, Pier Hill, Southend, Essex with The Confederates (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
15 March 1964 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with Ricky & His Gamblers (Newbury Weekly News)
21 March 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)
28 March 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders, Rel Jason & The Blue Stars and Johnny Kaye & The Cossacks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 April 1964 – Luton Odeon, Luton, Bedfordshire with The Rolling Stones, Mike Sarne, Heinz, Jet Harris and Billie Davis & The Leroys (Luton News)
10 May 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with Johnny Anger & His Wild Ones (Aldershot News)
16 May 1964 – Regal, Edmonton, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, Peter & Gordon, Heinz, Jet Harris and Billie Davis & The Leroys (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
Image may be subject to copyright
23 May 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London with two supporting groups (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
24 July 1964 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Pitmen (Evening Argus)
Image may be subject to copyright
15 August 1964 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (Gloucester Citizen)
23 August 1964 – Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The Migil Five, The Redcaps and The Matadors (Eastern Evening News)
Image may be subject to copyright
1 September 1964 – Theatre Royal, King’s Lynn, Norfolk with The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Mersey Monsters, The Band of Angels, The Cockneys and Danny Eves & The Strollers (Eastern Evening News/Lynn News)
8 September 1964 – Colchester Odeon, Colchester, Essex with The Rolling Stones, The Mojos, Simon Scott & The Le Roys and Inez and Charlie Foxx (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
Image may be subject to copyright
10 September 1964 – Odeon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with The Rolling Stones, Inez & Charlie Foxx, Simon Scott & The Le Roys and The Mojos (Gloucester Citizen)
3 October 1964 – Royal Edmonton, Edmonton, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Mojos, Simon Scott & The Leroys and Inez and Charlie Foxx (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
Image may be subject to copyright
8 October 1964 – Lewisham Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with The Rolling Stones, The Mojos, Charlie & Inez Foxx and Simon Scott & The Leroys (South East London Mercury)
10 October 1964 – Southend Odeon, Southend, Essex with The Rolling Stones, The Mojos, Charlie & Inez Foxx and Simon Scott & The Leroys (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
24 October 1964 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Blobs (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
3 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon with The Merseybeats, The Harlequins and The Hunters (Herald Express)
7 November 1964 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Faires (Lincolnshire Standard)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
DAVE CURTISS & THE TREMORS:
According to the Kentish Mercury, Dave Curtiss & The Tremors were formed in April 1962
1963
4 May 1963 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)
24 October 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dave Oades Orchestra (Aldershot News)
14 November 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Chris Allen Combo (Aldershot News)
10 December 1963 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
15 December 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Plymouth Sounds (Aldershot News)
24 December 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Russ Sainty & The Nu Notes and Danny & The Torinos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1964
Photo: Boyfriend magazine, 18 January 1964
7 January 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
16 January 1964 – Gig in Hatfield, Herts (Beat Monthly)
17 January 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
18 January 1964 – Gig in Maidstone, Kent (Beat Monthly)
24 January 1964 – Gig in Leicester (Beat Monthly)
26 January 1964 – Gig in Hornchurch (Beat Monthly)
31 January 1964 – Gig in King’s Langley (Beat Monthly)
1 February 1964 – Gig in Whetstone (Beat Monthly)
2 February 1964 – Gig in Margate, Kent (Beat Monthly)
5 February 1964 – Gig in Hitchin, Herts (Beat Monthly)
6 February 1964 – Gig in Stevenage, Herts (Beat Monthly)
8 February 1964 – Gig in Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Beat Monthly)
9 February 1964 – Gig in Southall, Middlesex (probably Southall Community Centre) (Beat Monthly)
14 February 1964 – Gig in Fawley (Beat Monthly)
15 February 1964 – Gig in Stoke, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)
20 February 1964 – Gig in Durrington (Beat Monthly)
21 February 1964 – Gig in Gillingham, Dorset (Beat Monthly)
23 February 1964 – Gig in Mudeford (Beat Monthly)
25 February 1964 – Gig in Sidcup (Beat Monthly)
26 February 1964 – Gig in Catford (Beat Monthly)
27 February 1964 – Gig in Hatfield, Herts (Beat Monthly)
28 February 1964 – Gig in Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Monthly)
29 February 1964 – Gig in Leicester (Beat Monthly)
1 March 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Condors (Aldershot News)
6 March 1964 – Gig in Milford Haven, Wales (Beat Monthly)
8 March 1964 –Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Monthly)
13 March 1964 – Gig in Yeovil, Somerset (Beat Monthly)
14 March 1964 – Gig in Gillingham (Beat Monthly)
15 March 1964 – Gig in Luton, Bedfordshire (Beat Monthly)
30 March 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Shane Fenton & The Fentons and The Druids (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
4 April 1964 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Planets (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
18 April 1964 – Colchester Odeon, Colchester, Essex with Adam Faith & The Roulettes, The Searchers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Eden Kane, The Undertakers and Lorraine Gray (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
30 May 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Plus Four featuring Erkey Grant and Ian Taylor & The Condors (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
14 June 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Rock-A-Fellows (Aldershot News)
2 August 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Garry Freeman & Th Contours (North Norfolk News)
5 August 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
7 August 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Fanatics (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
15 August 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Phil & The Stormsville Shakers (Surrey Advertiser)
22 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Fairies (formerly The Deepbeats) (Essex County Standard)
27 August 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
29 August 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Chaos & Co (East Kent Times & Mail)
10 October 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with The Original Hustlers (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
23 October 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with John Barry Seven and The Firing Squad (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
28 October 1964 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts with Johnny Flood & The Trespassers (Hertfordshire Express)
30 October 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
This site is a work in progress on 1960s garage rock bands. All entries can be updated, corrected and expanded. If you have information on a band featured here, please let me know and I will update the site and credit you accordingly.
I am dedicated to making this site a center for research about '60s music scenes. Please consider donating archival materials such as photos, records, news clippings, scrapbooks or other material from the '60s. Please contact me at rchrisbishop@gmail.com if you can loan or donate original materials
THE ATTACK:
Laurie (Lawrence) Beazley – lead vocals/harmonica
1967
The Hounslow Post, 13 September 1968, page 14 has a story on the new line up and mentions a single in the pipeline
According to the Kentish Mercury, Dave Curtiss & The Tremors were formed in April 1962