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.
John Salisbury, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead, Bobby Gee and Peter Buckner
MISTON TUAC
Guitarist Terry Munro got in touch and said that Miston Tuac started life as Clive Sheridan & The Bluestars who were formed in the Hounslow area around 1961.
The band comprised Clive Sheridan (real name Clive Dowling) on lead vocals; Terry Munro on lead and rhythm guitar; Andy Allsup on lead and rhythm guitar; Joe Miller on lead and rhythm guitar; Phil Wallington on bass; and John Salisbury on drums.
As Munro explains, the three lead and rhythm guitars would play different lead sets then revert to rhythm.
The band played pop covers, which the musicians would learn and perform the following week. However, the group also wrote some original material but it was mainly instrumentals.
Munro says that after he left in 1964, Stuart Mead joined as lead guitarist (from Jeff & The Dreamers) and they changed name to Miston Tuac.
However, Mead wasn’t photographed with the band when they were featured in the Middlesex Chronicle in early 1965 (see below).
Jeff & The Dreamers, circa 1962/1963 with Stuart Mead on guitar. Photo: Peter Buckner
Munro recalls that it was John Salisbury who came up with the name. Confusingly, during the band’s tenure, Salisbury changed his name to John Roberts.
Barry Allmark, who previously worked with The Downliners Sect, also joined as new lead singer.
Photo: Middlesex Chronicle, February 1965
The Middlesex Chronicle ran an article and photo on the band in its 26 February 1965, page 3, with the following line-up:
Barry Allmark – lead vocals
Andy Allsup – lead/rhythm guitar
Joe Miller – rhythm/lead guitar
Phil Wallington – bass
John Roberts – drums (real name: John Salisbury)
Miston Tuac, February 1965
Other members were:
Stuart Mead – lead/rhythm guitar
Peter Buckner – bass
Bobby Gee – lead vocals
Andrew Perry – drums
The band’s manager Roy Harris, who had left a message on the Ealing Club entry, and has since been in touch, confirmed that Miston Tuac were a Hounslow band.
Peter Buckner, who later replaced Phil Wallington, added that the band may have rehearsed in the Lord Palmerston in Hounslow. By this point Joe Miller had departed and the band carried on as a quintet. It seems that Barry Allmark left when Miller did.
Buckner confirms that the line-up he worked with was Bobby Gee, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead and John Salisbury (see photo at the top).
According to the message that drummer John Salisbury left on the Ealing Club entry, Gee later died in France in a road accident.
At some point, John Salisbury (who worked under the name John Roberts) left and Andrew Perry joined on drums.
Manager Roy Harris says another group billed as Mistral-Tuac appeared on the scene but bore no relation to this band.
Photo: Boyfriend magazine, December 1964. Mistral Tuak
However, I’ve listed any gigs I have found by this band below. This other band may also have gigged as Miston Tuac (see comments below).
Selected gigs:
13 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough New
23 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Faires (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough News
4 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Blues By Six (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
14 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough News. Supporting Alexis Korner on 25 July 1964
25 August 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Tramps (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette/Middlesex Chronicle)
30 October 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Berries (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
30 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) May have played other Fridays around this time
5 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Penny Blacks (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
2 January 1965 – Egham Hythe Social Centre, Egham, Surrey (Staines and Egham News) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
16 January 1965 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Brokers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
12 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
6 March 1965 – Graven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Primitives (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
20 March 1965 – Carfax Ballroom, Oxford with The Trolls (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
22 April 1965 – Byron Hotel, Greenford, west London with Great Expectations (Middlesex Chronicle)
29 October 1965 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Quantum (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
18 January 1966 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, west London with The In-Tacks (Middlesex Chronicle)
10 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, Middlesex with Group One (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
Thanks to Peter Buckner for the band photo at the top
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.
Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set
RONNIE JONES & THE Q-SET:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Arthur Pereira – guitar
Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ
Chester Simon – bass
George Lee – tenor sax
Lloyd Smith – tenor sax
Herschell Holder – trumpet
Byron Ly-fook – drums
1967
The group started working with Ronnie Jones in mid-March after they’d supported Maxine Brown on a UK tour. The group had been singer Malcolm Magaron’s backing band in mid-late 1966.
Left to right: Lloyd, Herschell and George
10 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as The Q Set so possibly just before link-up with Ronnie Jones
17 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Most likely the debut show
19 March 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
23 March 1967 – Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with Top of The Tree (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (David Allen research) Billed as The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
31 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, north west London (Melody Maker)
2 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
9 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
15 April 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 April 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
14 May 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (Melody Maker)
21 May 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Prince Buster & The Bees (Crawley Advertiser)
28 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
4 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
10 June 1967 – Faculty of Tech Union, Student Union Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester with The Water Board (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
11 June 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Gass (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
22 June 1967 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield with The Drifters, Alan Bown, The Amboy Dukes and The Pitiful (The Star)
24 June 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
25 June 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
1-16 July 1967 – Canasta Club, Biarritz, France (Photo)
There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
21 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Mayfayre (Cumberland News)
22 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Cobwebs (Cumberland News)
29 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
30 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
3 November 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with John St John and Ugly Doug (Lancashire Evening Post)
10 November 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Jackie & The Atlantics (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
11 November 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
26 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)
2 December 1967 – Taggs Island, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Melody Maker)
2 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
3 December 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
16 December 1967 – Brave New World, Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire with The Errol Bruce Soul Show (Portsmouth News) Says he’s just returned from the USA. This is the grand opening of the club
21 December 1967 – St Joseph’s Disco, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Promis (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Ronnie Jones guests with The Tonicks, Herbie Goins, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – King Mojo, City Hall Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Bonnie & Clyde and The Jamaicans and The Chicago All Stars (The Star)
29 December 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
28 January 1968 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
3 February 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Modes Mode (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with The Midlands and In Sound (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
23 February 1968 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
Tony O’Malley says Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set spent four months playing in Italy and then two months in Greece (see comments below) before returning to the UK around July 1968.
Thanks to Tony O’Malley for sharing the band photos
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 Q-SET:
Arthur Pereira – guitar
Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ
Chester Simon – bass
George Lee – tenor sax
Lloyd Smith – tenor sax
Herschell Holder – trumpet
Byron Ly-fook – drums
1967
14 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
22 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
Maxine Brown – lead vocals joined The Q-Set for a UK tour
31 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Knack and Malcolm Margaron (Melody Maker)
1-2 February 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Califonia Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Disc & Music Echo)
5 February 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
8 February 1967 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)
8 February 1967 – Blaises, Mayfair, London (Disc & Music Echo)
10 February 1967 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, London (Disc & Music Echo)
10 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
11 February 1967 – Tofts, Folketstone, Kent (Disc & Music Echo)
11 February 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)
12 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
17 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
17 February 1967 – Gaiety, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
18 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Wishful Thinking (East Kent Times & Mail)
18 February 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
19 February 1967 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, London (Fabulous 208)
20 February 1967 – Palais, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with the Warren Davies Monday Band (Melody Maker)
25 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London with The Links Band (Melody Maker)
26 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
5 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set so not clear if Maxine Brown was with them
In mid March, The Q-Set linked up with singer Ronnie Jones who split with The Blue Jays. However, they returned to working with Maxine Brown for a second UK tour in September-October 1967
22 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
23 September 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) No mention of Q-Set but most likely
24 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
25 September 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)
26 September 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show
30 September 1967 – The Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, W1, London with The Decision (Melody Maker)
4 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel)
7 October 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with Family (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show
8 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
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.
RONNIE JONES & THE BLUE JAYS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Tony Allen – sax/lead vocals (left in 1965)
Roger Dean – guitar (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
Tony Bell – bass
Jack Maverick – organ
Jack Massarik – alto sax
Clive Thacker – drums (ex-Five Embers)
1965
18 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
13 June 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
4 July 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
9 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
11 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
17 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Gary L Thompson & The Sidewinders (NME)
30 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
14 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 August 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey The Condors (Aldershot News)
27 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
28 August 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
30 August 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
31 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Trekkas (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
5 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
12 September 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
Photo may be subject to copyright
14 September 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The John Gummer Trio (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
1 October 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Price Set, The Graham Bond Organisation and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 November 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
11 November 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
13 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee and The Movement (Melody Maker)
14 November 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
21 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Flowerpot Men (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
27 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
27 November 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
6 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Steampacket and Tony Knight’s Chessmen (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
24 December 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Terry Lightfoot’s Jazz Band (South East London Mercury)
1966
1 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
11 January 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
30 January 1966 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey with Lee Dorsey and The Crew (aka The Krew) (David Else’s research)
30 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
6 February 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
17 April 1966 – Star Club, Hamburg, West Germany with The Silkie, Ian & The Zodiacs, The Remo 4 and The Non-Smokers (Star Club poster) Billed as Ronny Jones & The Night-Timers.
Chris Dennis, formerly of The Plebs and Lee Curtis & The All Stars, was living in Hamburg and currently without a band. He joined The Blue Jays and returned to the UK.
During May, Clive Thacker left to join The Brian Auger Trinity and Colin Davy from John Lee’s Groundhogs took his place.
In June , Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays became resident band at Papagayo in St-Tropez, France.
By this point, only Roger Dean remained from the original formation. The Blue Jays comprised:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Roger Dean – guitar
Chris Dennis – organ
Pat Donaldson – bass
Colin Davy – drums
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire with The Anzacs (Luton News)
2 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Robert Parker and Wynder K Frog (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Ronnie Jones & His Band
15 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
2 November 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
5 November 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with support (Southend Standard)
5 November 1966 – All Nighter Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)
6 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with The Coasters (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 November 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
19 November 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Blues Organisation (Port Talbot Guardian)
21 November 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
26 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Coasters, The Motivation and Heart & Soul (Lincolnshire Standard)
2 December 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
3 December 1966 – Bee-Gee Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire with The Zang Woodruff Operation (Yorkshire Evening Post)
4 December 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
7 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 December 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
11 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
16 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
17 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 December 1966 – Candlelight, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)
24 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
According to Stage magazine, the band played at the Bag O’Nails over the Christmas period with Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Brian Auger Trinity.
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ray King Soul Band, The Dynamics and The Soul Express (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
18 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Patsy Arnold from The Iketts (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
4 March 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
4 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Heretics (Cambridgeshire Times)
5 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Pipi (ex-Ikettes) (Evening Sentinel)
Around this time, Ronnie Jones split from The Blue Jays (who remained with PP Arnold) and linked with The Q-Set.
12 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s possible it was fulfilled with Jones’s next band, The Q-Set
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syn (Melody Maker) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s more likely that it was fulfilled with Jones’ next band, The Q-Set
The rhythm section from The Blue Jays became PP Arnold’s backing band (Four of a Kind) and supported her on a Roy Orbison tour with The Small Faces. The first gig was on 25 March 1967
The following gigs are billed as PP Arnold & The Blue Jays:
15 April 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
16 May 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 May 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with Western Union (Western Gazette)
The Blue Jays split shortly after this with the band members going their separate ways (see comments below).
22 June 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel) This gig was probably performed by PP Arnold & The Nice
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.
RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)
18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
11 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays
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.
RICK ‘N’ BECKERS:
I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.
Rupert Carlton
Alfonso Cahar
Eugent Stirling
Ernie Wright
Abe Strean
Clive Williamson
Reg Isidore
Selected gigs
19 April 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with The Shades of Blue, The Blue Berries and The Trends (Essex County Standard)
16 July 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
15 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
27 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
3 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
11-18 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
25 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
27 February 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
18 March 1966 – Acton Town Hall, Acton, west London with The Grenades and Count Tom (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
13 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ray Anton & The Pro-Form (Melody Maker)
30 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Blue Aces (Melody Maker)
23 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Original Dykas (Melody Maker)
24 June 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
25 June 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)
26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Felders Orioles (Melody Maker)
7 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Mickey Finn (Melody Maker)
14 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
21 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Quiet Five (Melody Maker)
28 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Phase 5 (Melody Maker)
4 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)
5 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
7 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
11 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Guests (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
14 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Zuider Lee (Melody Maker)
20 August 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Nyla & The Esoterics, Sounds from Spectre, The Astrobeats and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
25 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Eyes (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Sexion A (Hertfordshire Express)
11 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
12 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Otis Redding (Melody Maker)
18 September 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
19 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Paper says they played every Monday
24 September 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
25 September 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
1 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
2 October 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
3 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
9 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ike & Tina Turner Show and The Ike-Ettes (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
17 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
22 October 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)
31 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
7 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
12 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Youth (Melody Maker)
2 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
13 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Rick ‘N’ Beckers Show
16 December 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
17 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Artwoods and The Roll Movement (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Ray King Soul Band and The Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
1 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Majority (Melody Maker)
6 January 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
21 January 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Rebounds (Kentish Express)
22 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
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 MACABRE:
The Macabre on the steps of the Ealing Club. Peter is front and Alan is far left. Thanks to both for sharing the picture
Thanks to Peter Vernon-Kell and Chris Downing, I have been able to piece a bit of information together on this West London band, who apparently opened for The Who regularly on Friday nights at the Goldhawk Social Club. Incidentally, Vernon-Kell was an old friend of The Who’s, having been a brief member of its predecessor, The Detours. Ed Hamilton had previously worked with The Crescents with Harvey Hinsley. I would welcome any reader insights.
Peter Vernon-Kell – guitar/vocals
Ed Hamilton – guitar/vocals
Alan Oates – bass
Chris Downing – guitar/vocals (replaced Hamilton)
Carl Broadbent – drums
Downing recalls that he worked with the band for six to eight months (more likely to have been a year). Ed Hamilton, who Downing replaced and who succeeded him around July 1965 when the guitarist moved on, had left The Macabre around July 1964 to later work with Mike Berry & The Outlaws.
Downing remembers that The Macabre featured several bass players during his time with the group.
He also recalls that The Macabre opened for The Who and The Spencer Davis Group in Watford. On a separate occasion, they also played with The Rockin’ Berries in Watford.
Other dates that he recalls are a gig with The Who at Woolwich Town Hall (more likely to have been Greenwich Town Hall on 24 June 1965), several shows with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and a show with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in Forest Gate.
The band played regularly at the Goldhawk Social Club, which apparently only hosted bands on Fridays and Saturdays. Downing says that they supported The Groundhogs there, including one show where Jimmy Reed guested with The Groundhogs.
The guitarist also remembers The Macabre shared a billing with The Who (actually it was as The High Numbers) on the evening when Roger Daltry’s father-in-law turned up and fight broke up between them (Ed – this was Railway Hotel in Harrow on 11 August 1964).
When the band broke up, Peter Vernon-Kell became a member of the group that became The Hamilton Movement.
Selected gigs:
2 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
9 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
16 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
23 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
30 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
6 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
13 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex 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.
Fabulous 208, February 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Cliff Bennett, Sid Phillips, Moss Groves and Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Bobby Thompson and Dave Wendels
CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:
1961
The band’s early gigs were billed to The Rebel Rousers
1 July 1961 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Danny Rivers (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
8 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
15 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
22 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
12 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
9 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
23 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
30 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
11 November 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
2 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
24 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
31 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
1962
10 January 1962 – Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)
24 March 1962 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
20 May 1962 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with Lord Sutch & The Savages (Uxbridge Post)
23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
21 July 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
27 July 1963 – New ‘Konda’ Club, Windsor, Berkshire with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Windsor and Eton Express)
2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)
4 August 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
25 August 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
8 September 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dominoes (Aldershot News)
20 October 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
29 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
2 November 1963 – New Rendezvous Club, Deane Park Hall, South Ruislip, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
17 November 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
24 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
28 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
3 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Linda Laine & The Sinners (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
1964
5 January 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)
7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
8 January 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
12 January 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
24 January 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
2 February 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)
11 February 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Falcons (Harrow Observer)
22 February 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent with The Limelights (East Kent Times)
26 February 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
31 March 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
7 April 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
6 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
11 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with two supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
20 September 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and Bill Black’s Combo (Luton News)
17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Bill Black’s Combo, The Nashville Teens and Tim Connor (Gloucester Citizen)
21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
22 October 1964 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Blues Anonymous (Cambridge News)
27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
31 October 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Blue Beats (Eastern Evening News)
2 November 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Pretty Things, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)
21 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Nicky & The Pagens (Bletchley District Gazette)
25 November 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
27 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
28 November 1964 – Baths, Leyton, east London (Beat Instrumental)
29 November 1964 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
6 December 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Jean & The Statesides (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 December 1964 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
11 December 1964 – Gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
18 December 1964 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
20 December 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental/Ruislip & Northcote Gazette)
23 December 1964 – Pacemakers’ Christmas Show, Liverpool (Beat Instrumental)
1965
30 January 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
31 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
6 February 1965 – Manchester University (Beat Instrumental)
7 February 1965 – Southall (probaby Community Centre), Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
13 February 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
27 March 1965 – Matrix, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
28 March 1965 – Celebrity, New Bond Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Romin Tribe and Maniax (Grantham Journal)
4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
18 April 1965 – Silver Blades, Birmingham, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
24 April 1965 – Hull University, Hull (Beat Instrumental)
25 April 1965 – Starlite Ballrom, Greenford, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
28 April 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
6 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Kit & The Saracens (Hertfordshire Express)
7 May 1965 – Fender Club, Harrrow, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
9 May 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1965 – Craven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)
24 May 1965 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
26 May 1965 – Song Contest at the Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
28 May 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
4 June 1965 – Wood Farm, Grosmount (Beat Instrumental)
5 June 1965 – British Legion Hall, Calford (Beat Instrumental)
6 June 1965 – Town Hall, Stratford (probably east London) (Beat Instrumental)
8 June 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
10 June 1965 – The Palace, Douglas, Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)
12 June 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Motowns (East Kent Times & Mail)
13 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
16 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
16 June 1965 – Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Zoot Money, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
21 June 1965 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northants (Beat Instrumental)
25 June 1965 – Plaza, Stirling, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
26 June 1965 – Paladium, Greenwich, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
27 June 1965 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 June 1965 – Keele University, Keele (Beat Instrumental)
1 July 1965 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
3 July 1965 – Gig in March (most likely Marcam Hall), Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)
4 July 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
16 July 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The In Crowd (Surrey Advertiser)
25 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
27 July 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)
30 July 1965 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
31 July 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
1 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
2 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)
5 August 1965 – Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 August 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
7 August 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cygnets (East Kent Times)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
8 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
12 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)
16 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
21 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
25 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
28 August 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research) Beat Instrumental has Kimbell’s, Southsea, Hants on this date which is also possible
4 September 1965 – Sherborne Carnival, TA Centre, Lenthay, Dorset with Four Hits & A Miss (Western Gazette)
6 September 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
9 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
10 September 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Next of Kin (Gloucester Citizen)
11 September 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
13 September 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands and Club Cedar, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
15 September 1965 – Town Hall, Crewe, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)
16 September 1965 – Assembly Hall, Flint, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
17 September 1965 – Fender Club, Kenton, west London (Beat Instrumental)
18 September 1965 – Trade Union Hall, Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)
19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
20 September 1965 – Savoy, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
2 October 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) Says Cambridge but this is most likely a misprint
3 October 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
6 October 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
8 October 1965 – Royal College of Technology, Salford, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
10 October 1965 – Casino Club, Harraby (Beat Instrumental)
15 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Wellington (Beat Instrumental)
16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)
17 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
22 October 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)
24 October 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
26 October 1965 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1965 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
31 October 1965 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)
3 November 1965 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershrie (Beat Instrumental)
4 November 1965 – Empire Ballroom, Wrath (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Bath Pavilion and gig in Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
6 November 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Moggies (Surrey Advertiser)
7 November 1965 – Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Cheetham (Beat Instrumental)
21 April 1966 – RAF Wittering, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
22 April 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
23 April 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Executives and The SOS (Bolton Evening News)
24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 April 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath (Beat Instrumental)
30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Pacifics (Andover Advertiser/North Berks Herald)
2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
4 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)
5 May 1966 – Starlight, Crawley, West Sussex with The Cadalucks (Caterham Weekly Press) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
6 May 1966 – Bellevue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1966 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
11 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Clique (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
12-16 May 1966 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)
12-19 June 1966 – Greasebrough Social Club, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1966 – 21 Mod Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
21 June 1966 – Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford with The Searchers, The Fourmost, The Dudley Moore Trio, The Cougars with Samantha and Eddie King, Mark Roman & The Javelins, Caribbean Steel Band, Bill Savill and His Band and others (Cherwell)
28 June 1966 – Town Hall, Crayford, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/PACE magazine)
1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
2 July 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 July 1966 – USAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1966 – Grafton Rooms, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1966 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Robert Hirst and The Dickens Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 July 1966 – RAF Gaydon, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1966 – Gray’s Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Town Hall, Cullen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
30 July 1966 – Town Hall, Tain, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
31 July 1966 – Black Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Episode Six (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
7 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
7 August 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
11 August 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, London (Fabulous 208)
11 August 1966 – In Crowd, Hackney, London (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Expresso Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
14 August 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)
15 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
17-18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)
20 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
21 August 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
24 August 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
25 August 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
26 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Troggs, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Fenmen and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
6 November 1966 – Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Jerry Lee Lewis (Fabulous 208)
7 November 1966 –Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Dorsey, The Crying Shames and The Graham Bell Trend (Woking Herald)
12 November 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208/Lynn News)
15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 November 1966 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)
26 November 1966 – Training College, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1966 – Palais de Danse, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
23 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
24 December 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London with The Army (Melody Maker and Tony Tacon’s memories)
28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
1967
7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
8 January 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
9 January 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
10 January 1967 – King’s Hall, University College, Gower Street, London (Fabulous 208)
13 January 1967 – City Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Deep Purple (Derby Evening Telegraph)
20 January 1967 – High Hall, Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
1 February 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)
2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)
3 February 1967 – Beddington Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)
10 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)
11 February 1967 – Ravern Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – Golden Dancing Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
2 March 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Tremeloes and The Trend (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
4 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, Southeast London with supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
10 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Syn (Melody Maker)
17 March 1967 – Saint College, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)
19 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
20 March 1967 – College of Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Glow Ballroom, Llanelli, Wales (Fabulous 208)
26 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)
2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, The Move and Mirage (Fabulous 208)
12 April 1967 – Whitehaven College, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
13 April 1967 – RAF Uxbridge, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)
15 April 1967 – Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
19 April 1967 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – College of Technology, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
27 April 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208) This could be Newcastle under Lyme
29 April 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tony & The Traders, Catch 22 and The Sindicate (South Midlothian Advertiser)
30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 May 1967 – Bishop Grosset Estate College, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Royal Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Notttingham Evening Post)
11 May 1967 – Kilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
16 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
19 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
20 May 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
21 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
22 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
26 May 1967 – Pavilion, Newton (possibly Cambridgeshire) (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)
28 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Nite People (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)
2 June 1967 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
3 June 1967 – College of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 June 1967 – Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
11 June 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)
12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Surf City Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
29 June 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)
2 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)
7 July 1967 – Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
9 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
12 July 1967 – Cavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
13 July 1967 – Club Franchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Town Hall, Hawick, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)
22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)
26 July 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout and The Midniters (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
30 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
31 July 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
12 August 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)
24 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)
28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)
1 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1967 – RAF Digby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
15 September 1967 – Windrush Club, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Flashbacks (Surrey Advertiser)
17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
22 September 1967 – Airmen’s Club, West Ruislip, London (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
29 September 1967 – Recreation Ground, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)
7 October 1967 – Hatfield College of Tech, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)
8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)
8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)
15 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
16 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
20 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
27 October 1967 – Mildert College, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
29 October 1967 – Nicholas Youth Club, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
31 October 1967 – Candlelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)
21 November 1967 – Boys High School, Leek, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)
25 November 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
26 November 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
1 December 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth
6 December 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
19 December 1967 – Chalet Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1967 – Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1967 – Marimba Club, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
23 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire with support (Yorkshire Evening Post)
24 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
26 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Justins and The Cataracts (Fabulous 208/Rugby Advertiser)
31 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
1968
21 January 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)
22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band
3 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury & Winchester Journal)
4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show
6 February 1968 – Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)
9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with The Nashville Teens, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos (Glamorgan County Times)
10 February 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
16 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Tremeloes (Herald of Wales)
17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
8 March 1968 – Goldsmith College Rag Ball, New Cross, southeast London with The Blossom and The London All-Star Band (formerly Brian Something & The Whatsits) (South East London Mercury)
14 March 1968 – Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
15 March 1968 – Gig in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)
16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Precious Few (Melody Maker/Essex Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 March 1968 – Rasputin’s, New Bond Street, central London (Melody Maker)
19 March 1968 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)
29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
5 April 1968 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Melody Maker) Debut with Bennett’s new band after split with Rebel Rousers
12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
13 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)
19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire.
According to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett. I would welcome any insights from readers
CLIFF BENNETT BAND:
26 May-2 June 1968 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror
The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article about Cliff’s split from The Rebel Rousers in its 4 June 1968 issue, page 24
8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)
6 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation (Surrey Advertiser)
27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, London (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
10 October 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)
24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London with Circus (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1968 – George Edwards Hall, Cefn Mawr, Wales with The Klubs (Wrexham Leader)
1969
13 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing some of the Beat Instrumental entries
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.
HERBIE GOINS & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
John McLaughlin – lead guitar
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Nigel Stanger – Hammond organ/saxophone
Dave Price – bass
Bill Stevens – drums
1965
23 March 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) This might have been before the link-up with The Night-Timers who were working with Ronnie Jones
6 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
7 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Group Survival (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 August 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
28 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
Sometime in late August/early September 1965, Nigel Stanger returned to Newcastle upon Tyne and worked with Alan Price. Former member Dave Morse returned on Hammond organ
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 September 1965 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Middlesex Chronicle)
12 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 September 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Kingpins and The Iveys (Port Talbot Guardian)
17 September 1965 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
18 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (Melody Maker)
22 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 January 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
4 February 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
5 February 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and Phase II (Brackley Advertiser) Is this possible with the gig below?
5 February 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
19 March 1966 – Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and The Reasons (Western Scene) Is this possible with Swiss dates above
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 April 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Melody Maker)
4 April 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
9 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Graham Bond Organisation (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
10 April 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
16 April 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire with Screaming J Hawkins (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
18 April 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 April 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Plain & Fancy and The Tykes (Lincolnshire Standard)
27 May 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News) David Else also has the band playing at the Camberley Ricky Tick at the Cambridge Hotel on this date with The Blues Syndicate
Photo: John Treais
28 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
Around late May/early June John McLaughlin left and first Mick Barker and then John Smith came in on guitar (Ed: would welcome any insights from readers)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 June 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
Sometime in early October, Speedy Acquaye joined on congas from Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames, having appeared on the sessions for “Number One in Your Heart” earlier in the year
1 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Broodly-Hoo (Nottingham Evening Post)
2 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
8 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James (North Norfolk News)
22 October 1966 – The Location, Woolwich, southeast London with The Images (Melody Maker)
23 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 October 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
28 October 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
29 October 1966 – Plebians, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)
31 October 1966 – The Village, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
13 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Satin Dolls and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
15 January 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 January 1967 – Mod Ball, Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Teak and Smokey and The Nite People (Western Gazette)
Photo may be subject to copyright
21 January 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Satin Dolls, Timebox with Richard Henry, Triads and Ray Bones (Spalding Standard)
26 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 January 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Knak (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo may be subject to copyright
28 January 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
28 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
1 February 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
2 February 1967 – Bowes-Lyon-House, Stevenage, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Avalons and The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
5 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
6 February 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
7-8 February 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
9 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Satin Dolls and The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
10 February 1967 – Hereford College (presumably Hereford but could be Oxford college) (Fabulous 208) They may have played the Stage Club on this date too (Cherwell)
11 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
16 February 1967 – Cadenas Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford with The Jeremiah Thing (David Else’s research)
17 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, West London (David Else’s research)
19 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Chuck Berry and The Canadians (Fabulous 208)
21 February 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth Colleges Student’s Union, Landsdowne, Dorset with The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 February 1967– Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
24 February 1967 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales with The Yardbirds (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 February 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with John L Watson and The Web (Derby Evening Telegraph)
According to the Guardian Journal’s 18 March issue, page 5, Mike Carr departed in early March. His replacement was Jamaican musician Junior Kerr.
Kerr came in via backing singers and dancers Cassie and Candy (aka The Satin Dolls) who were part of the Ready Steady Go dancing troupe. They joined around in late 1966 (Ed: would welcome any reader insights)
4 March 1967 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
16 March 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 March 1967 – Cosmo Ballroom, Carlisle, Cumbria with 22nd Street People (Cumberland News/Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – College of Tech, Nottingham with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Palace Hotel, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
24 March 1967 – Top Ten, Manchester with Candy Choir (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
24 March 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)
25 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Legay (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 March 1967 – Belle Vue, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
9 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
16 April 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
18 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 April 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
26 April 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)
28 April 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset with Adge Cutler & The Wurzels and The Gordon Riots (Western Gazette)
29 April 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Executive (Melody Maker)
30 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Sometime around this period, Linda Lewis also sang with the group briefly having worked with The Q-Set in late 1966. She didn’t stay long and cut a solo single for Polydor that summer. She would reunite though with Kerr soon after in White Rabbit
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6 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The In Crowd (Dave Allen research)
9 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
12 May 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
16 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Web (Melody Maker)
23 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)
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27 May 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
27 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
29 May 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Is this possible with the gig below?
29 May 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with The Satin Dolls and Len Marshall Sound (Melody Maker/East Kent Times & Mail)
30 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker/Record Mirror)
2 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
This large gap in June suggests they may have been overseas
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30 June 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
1 July 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
8 July 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
10 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
29 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fraternity and The Army (Melody Maker)
I would welcome any further insights from readers but I believe that in late July/early August, the group headed to Italy for a short tour. John Smith and Bill Stevens left on the eve of the tour and former Pack/Flowers of Wisdom members Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard joined. Stannard had recently worked with Freddie Mack.
The tour was a disaster and all of the equipment was stolen. Most of the group returned home and Junior Kerr, Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard formed White Rabbit with former member Linda Lewis
A new formation was formed on Goins’ return:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Alan Roskams – guitar (ex-Gass)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
John Carroll – Hammond organ
Dave Price – bass
Ian Hague – drums (ex-Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds/The Nice)
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
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19 August 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Midnight Times (North Norfolk News)
20 August 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Satin Dolls (Nottingham Evening Post)
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25 August 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset with The Cellar Rats (Dorset Evening Echo)
26 August 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Maraccas (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Formby Times)
27 August 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
30 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)
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2 September 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Mike Stuart’s Span (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
3 September 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
6 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
8 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)
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9 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with The Paper Blitz Tissue and Geranium Pond (Melody Maker)
10 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
11 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
12 September 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Melody Maker)
13 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
20 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
22 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Wild Flowers (Leicester Mercury)
27 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Safety Catch (Somerset County Gazette)
3 October 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Granny’s Intentions and The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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9 October 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales with The Searchers, Lucas with The Mike Cotton Sound and The Zombies (South Wales Echo)
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15 October 1967 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Tamla Express (Cumberland News)
20 October 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
21 October 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
29 October 1967 – South Bank Jazz Club, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
This large gap in November suggests they may have been overseas
2 December 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and The Echoes (Bucks Free Press)
3 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
8 December 1967 – Students’ Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Precious Few (Eastern Evening News)
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9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ferris Wheel and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)
12 December 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Kibbus (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
14 December 1967 – Student’s Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Reasons (Eastern Evening News)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Guest with The Tonicks, Ronnie Jones, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
1968
This large gap in January suggests they may have been overseas
4 February 1968 – Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
23 February 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
1 March 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Scarlet Religion (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
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2 March 1968 – Sheffield University Student’s Union, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
10 March 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
18 March 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Time and Mr Showbiz (Express & Star)
25 March 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)
29 March 1968 – Poole College Rag, Poole College Main Hall, Poole, Dorset with The Nite People (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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30 March 1968 – Ewell College, Ewell, Surrey with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Melody Maker)
1 April 1968 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
John Carroll left about this time to join The Flowerpot Men’s backing band. Former member Junior Kerr may have briefly returned as footage from French TV show Bouton Rouge dated 4 April reveals; however, this may have been a recording from the previous year. In the first week of April 1968, Kerr played with his new band Junior’s Conquests
Eddie Thornton, who’d worked with Georgie Fame (and more recently The Amboy Dukes) also joined in time for the French tour on trumpet, taking over from Harry Beckett
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10 April 1968 – Cellar Discotheque, Hartlepool (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
13 April 1968 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
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15 April 1968 – The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminister, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)
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19 April 1968 – Scene, Cambridge YMCA, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
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20 April 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Howling Robin (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
21 April 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26 April 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
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27 April 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, near Stratford, Warwickshire (Birmingham Evening Mail) Could this have been the date below or did they play again a few weeks later?
4 May 1968 – Wolverhampton College of Technology, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Soul Seekers (Express & Star)
11 May 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)
12 May 1968 – Excel Blue Angel, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
19 May 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
23 May 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Klick (Western Gazette)
31 May 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
6 June 1968 – James Finegan Hall, Eston, Middlesbrough with Rivers Invitation and The Tramline (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
8 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with The Shiralee (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
16 June 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London with The Satin Dolls (Poster)
23 June 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Junco Partners (Cumberland News)
31 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
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2 September 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Lot 39 with Mel Taylor (Gloucester Citizen)
Around September 1968, Dave Price and Alan Roskams left.
Would welcome insights from readers but I think a new formation featured the following:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Kelvin Bullen – lead guitar (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Hugh Bullen – bass (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Eddie Thornton – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
Ian Hague – drums
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
7 September 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
20 September 1968 – CLCE Scraptoft, Leicester with The Shevelles and The Decoys (Leicester Mercury)
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21 September 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
7 October 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with Perfumed Garden, The Hands and Wall City Jazzmen (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
13 October 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
19 October 1968 – Students Union UEA, Norwich, Norfolk with Bumbly Hum (Eastern Evening News)
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3 November 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
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7 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
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10 December 1968 – King’s College, Strand, London with The Nice and The Circus (Melody Maker)
14 December 1968 – Mid-Herts College, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Herbal Remedy (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
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18 December 1968 – Candlelight, Scarborough, North Yorkshire with The Satin Dolls and Free (Scarborough Evening News)
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21 December 1968 – The Catacombs, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
1969
Sometime in early 1969, Ian Hague left to join J J Jackson’s backing band
21 February 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
23 February 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
1 March 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 March 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
13 April 1969 – Blaises, London (Hounslow Post)
27 April 1969 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 May 1969 – Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London with Alan Bown, Spooky Tooth, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum and Portrait (Melody Maker)
3 May 1969 – New Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
24 May 1969 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
14 June 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
28 July 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
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28 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
Soon after the above gig, the band landed a part-time residency in Rome, Italy
I would welcome any insights from readers on what happened next with the band’s formation
I’d like to thank David Else for generously sharing his own history on the band and helping to cross check timelines and facts. Also, thanks to Mick Eve for his insights.
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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites. 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 Artwoods, late 1965. Fabulous 208. Image may be subject to copyright
THE ARTWOODS
1963
15 April 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, London with Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers (Tony Bacon book: London Live)
18 May 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Altones (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as Art Wood & His R&B Combo
27 July 1963 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Mick Emery (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as Art Wood & His R&B Combo
30 September 1963 – White Hart, Acton, Middlesex (Melody Maker) Billed as Art Wood Combo
7 October 1963 – White Hart, Acton, Middlesex (Melody Maker) Billed as Art Wood Combo
8 December 1963 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene) Billed as The Art Wood Combo
9 December 1963 – White Hart, Acton, Middlesex (Melody Maker) Billed as Art Wood Combo
1964
13 January 1964 – White Hart, Southall, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette) Billed as Art Wood Combo
Photo: Acton Gazette, 19 March 1964, page 10. Image may be subject to copyright
18 May 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire Express) Billed as The Art Wood Combo
22 June 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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7 July 1964 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex (Evening Argus/Mid Sussex Times)
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16 July 1964 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, Middlesex (Tottenham Weekly Herald/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
20 July 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
4 August 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
16 February 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Ron Wood’s 1965 diary)
1 March 1965 – New Victoria, Halifax, West Yorkshire with PJ Proby, The Fourmost, Sandra Barry, Four Macs, Syd & Eddie, Brian Freeman Chapters (Halifax Daily Courier and Guardian)
11 April 1965 – New Theatre, Oxford with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Pretty Things, The Ivy League, Elkie Brooks, Syd & George, The Chapters and The Guards (Oxford Mail)
13 April 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
17 April 1965 – New Georgian Club, Uxbridge, northwest London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
13 June 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Ron Wood’s 1965 diary)
19 June 1965 – Farnborough Technical College Assembly Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Muleskinners (Camberley News and Bagshot Observer/Aldershot News)
20 June 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Melody Maker)
26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fenmen, Justin Tyme, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
27 June 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
29 June 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
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30 June 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, London, SW15 with The Boston Dexters (NME)
11 July 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (Melody Maker)
12 July 1965 – Blue Boar, South East Essex Blues Centre, Southend (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
18 October 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with Bo Diddley and The Duchess (Melody Maker)
27 October 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London (see website above)
31 October 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
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5 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Tony Knight and The Chessmen and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
11 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Rockhouse Band (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
14 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
7 January 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
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7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Creation, Herbie Goins & The Night Timers and The St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
12 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Mike Stuart Span (Melody Maker)
13 January 1967 – Eastbourne, East Sussex (Melody Maker)
14 January 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Melody Maker/Fabulous 208)
15 January 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with The Battery (see website above)
20 January 1967 – Hartlepool, County Durham (Melody Maker)
21 January 1967 – Technical College, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (Melody Maker/Fabulous 208)
22 January 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
26 January-2 February 1967 – Tour of Denmark (Melody Maker)
26 May 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
27 May 1967 – The Pitch, Digbeth, West Midlands (Express & Star) Possibly also on 26th May
29 May 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sonny Childe & The TNT and The Real McCoy (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
2 June 1967 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The New Conchords (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)
4 June 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Fabulous 208) Nottingham Evening Post has this as the Britannia Rowing Club
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There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
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.
17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)
