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.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Cherokees. Left to right: Tez Stokes, Dave Bower, Mick Sweeney, John Kirby Woollard, Jim Green and roadie Jeff Hole
Formed in Leeds, West Yorkshire as The Cherokees, the original formation comprised:
John Kirby Woollard – lead vocals
Tez Stokes – lead guitar
David Bower – rhythm guitar
Mick Sweeney – bass
Jim Green – drums
In early 1966, the group changed name to The New York Public Library and worked at the Star Club in Hamburg, West Germany
25 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The End and The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)
30 July 1966 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
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20 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ultimate (Lynn News)
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27 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Mynah Birds and The Broodly-Hoo (Melody Maker)
NYPL, top to bottom: John Kirby Woollard, Mick Ibbotson, Mick Sweeney, Dave Bower and Tez Stokes
18 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
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Around this time drummer Mick Ibbotson took over from Jim Green and appears on the band’s debut 45 “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore”
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2 October 1966 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
28 October 1966 – 7 Club, Shrewsbury, Shropshire with The Van-Dels (Express & Star)
29 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Soul Method and The Heavenly Bodies (Melody Maker)
12 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Zoot Money and His Big Roll Band (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 November 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post) Says formerly The Cherokees
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17 December 1966 – House of Aden, Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Hush (Essex County Standard)
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31 December 1966 – Eastbourne Town Hall, Eastbourne, East Sussex with Lee Hawkins (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
1967
NYPL 1967, left to right: Tez Stokes, John Kirby Woollard, Dave Bower (front), Paul Servis and Topper Clay
In early 1967, both Mick Sweeney and newcomer Mick Ibbotson departed
Now based in London, former Knack drummer Topper Clay replaced Ibbotson and bass player Paul Servis joins. Servis had previously worked with Johnny Milton & The Condors before attending university
7 April 1967 – Cofton Country Club, Rednal, West Midlands (Redditch Indicator)
16 April 1967 – Kitchners, Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Kidderminster Times and Stourport News)
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8 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Melody Maker)
15 July 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Gass and Status One (Essex County Standard)
2 September 1967 – Khyber Club, Taunton County Cricket Ground, Taunton, Somerset with Combustic Show (Somerset County Gazette)
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22 September 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London with James & Bobby Purify (Harrow Weekly Post)
29 September 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)
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7 October 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Georgie Fame (East Kent Times & Mail)
8 October 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
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30 October 1967 – Dollar & Discotheque, Wexham, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
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21 October 1967 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Breakthru (Birmingham Evening Mail)
4 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
5 November 1967 – Kyrle, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 November 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with J J Bender SOS (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
7 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
8 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
9 December 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
10 December 1967 – Castaways, Birmingham with Kathy Kirby (Birmingham Evening Mail)
22 December 1967 – Andromeda, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
23 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Mandy’s Movement (Crewe Chronicle)
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31 December 1967 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent with P P Arnold (East Kent Times & Mail)
1968
4 February 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with James & Bobby Purify and The Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
8 February 1968 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with James and Bobby Purify (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 March 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
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20 March 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
6 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)
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13 April 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Alan Price Set (East Kent Times)
28 April 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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4 May 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
Around May/June Paul Servis left and joined The Parking Lot briefly
Singer John Kirby Woollard also left. David Bower moved over to bass and Clay’s former Knack band mate, Brian Morris came in on lead vocals and rhythm guitar
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15 June 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
29 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
The new formation records two 45s “Got To Get Away” and “Love Me Two Times” and also unreleased material
NYPL, 1968. Clockwise from top: Tez Stokes, Dave Bower, Topper Clay and Brian Morris
20 July 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with Herb of Grace (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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4 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
30 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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Melody Maker says that the group went to Belgium and Holland on 16 September. It also says they will take in a promotional trip to Norway. The article adds that they will undertake their first US tour on 16 February 1969 with six weeks of dates.
14 September 1968 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Melody Maker)
2 October 1968 – Manchester University, Manchester (Melody Maker)
5 October 1968 – Bristol University, Bristol (Melody Maker)
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10 October 1968 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
12 October 1968 – Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire (Melody Maker)
19 October 1968 – Hull University, Hull (Melody Maker)
2 November 1968 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with The Peter Croft Blues Band (Eastern Evening News)
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30 November 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
3 December 1968 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
13 December 1968 – Brockley County School, Brockley, southeast London with The Mojos (South East London Mercury)
1969
12 January 1969 – Downbeat Club, the Swan, Maldon, Essex (Essex Chronicle)
1 February 1969 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with Finders Keepers (Warrington Guardian)
18 March 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Hounslow Post)
10 July 1969 – The Revolution, central London (possibly with Kenny Rogers & The New Edition) (Melody Maker)
NYPL, 1969, left to right: Topper Clay, Dave Bower, Tez Stokes and Pete Morrison
In August 1969, singer Peter Morrison took over from Brian Morris
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30 August 1969 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks with The Crescents (Bucks Free Press)
Thanks to John Kirby Woollard, Tez Stokes, Topper Clay, David Bower and Peter Morrison for photos
I don’t have much info on the Coming Generation who released one single in 1969 on the King Town label. Jim Du Bois wrote “Tell Me Now”, and Ed Barnhart wrote “This Troubled Life”.
The band seems to have been a quintet or sextet, with organ and smooth harmony vocals. They were indeed from Kingston, New York, as noted on several ads for shows in the Kingston Daily Freeman beginning in 1967 and ending in 1970. A sample of their shows include:
1967 – Sportsmen’s Park, Rosendale and the Viking Lounge on Glasco Turnpike, High Woods
The Coming Generation opening for Fire & Ice, March 27, 19701968 – The Tropical Inn, Port Ewen
1969 – 1970 – the Pleasure Yacht, Eddyville
December 31, 1969 – the Creamery at Wiltwyck Village, Esopus with Jay and the Techniques
1970 – Thunderbird Inn, Route 9W, Saugerties
March, 1970 – Thunderbird Inn with Fire and Ice (could this be Auggie Bucci’s group, with singles on Capitol and Crazy Horse?)
Runout vinyl has no markings other than 0024-A/B, but this numbering and the label design indicates it was recorded at Kennett Sound Studio in Kinderhook, NY.
Despite the labels saying copyright ’69, I haven’t found any registration for these songs.
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.
Tuesday’s Children in Fabulous 208, July 1967, shortly before Phil Cordell left for a solo career. Image may be subject to copyright
TUESDAY’S CHILDREN
Formed in mid-1966 from the ashes of The Prophets the original line-up comprised:
Phil Cordell (lead vocals, guitar)
Mick Ware (vocals, guitar)
Paul Kendrick (bass)
Derrick Gough (drums)
1966
Photo: Record Mail, September 1966. Image may be subject to copyright
1 October 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
14 October 1966 – Garry Owen Club, Hammersmith, west London (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
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12 November 1966 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
10 December 1966 – Baths, Leyton, London (Fabulous 208)
1967
14 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
20 January 1967 – Windmill Hall, Upminster, east London (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with The Attack (Fabulous 208)
17 February 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Next Move (Surrey Advertiser)
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11 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, southeast London with the Collection (South East London Mercury)
22 March 1967 – Big L Party Night, Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The James Royal Set (Melody Maker)
23 March 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Fabulous 208)
24 March 1967 – Miners’ Club, Ripley, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
25 March 1967 – Anchor Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
7 April 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
28 April 1967 – Europa Hotel, Grosvenor Square, central London (Fabulous 208)
24 May 1967 – Wellington Manor Country Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire with Grapefruit (Reading Evening Post)
26-27 May 1967 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)
8 June 1967 – Elizabethan Hall, Dagenham, London (Fabulous 208)
9-15 June 1967 – Pier, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Cromwellian Club, South Kensington, London (Fabulous 208)
In early August, Phil Cordell left for a solo career.
Hammond organist Bob Hodges joined. Earlier in the year, he’d played with The Attack.
The group also added two sax players: Roger Davies, who was Kinks siblings’ Ray and Dave’s cousin, and Liverpudlian Phil Kenzie, who had recently played with Sonny Childe & The TNT
12 August 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
26 August 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
During September trumpet player Hilary Roy did four gigs with the band
2 September 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (afternoon) (Bob Hodges’ diary)
7 October 1967 – University of Sussex, Falmer, West Sussex with Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Fairport Convention and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Bob Hodges’ diary)
13 October 1967 – According to Bob Hodges’ diary, the band attended ABC Film/TV Studios, Teddington
14 October 1967 – Victoria Hotel, Dartford, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
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15 October 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Bob Hodges’ diary/Tamworth Herald)
20 October 1967 – Youth Club, St Ives, Cambridgeshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
21 October 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Bob Hodges’ diary)
27 October 1967 – St Barnabus Youth Club, Woodford, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 October 1967 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
6 November 1967 – Tabbys Discotheque, Ealing, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
9 November 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Tages (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live/Bob Hodges’ diary)
10 November 1967 – Windmill Hall, Upminster, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
11 November 1967 – Penny Farthing Club, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Southend Standard) This gig is not in Bob Hodges’ diary
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11 November 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire with Modes Mode (Bob Hodges’ diary) Gig lists six piece
12 November 1967 – Middleton Hotel, Middleton, Essex (Southend Standard) This gig is not in Bob Hodges’ diary so may not have happened
Around this time sax players Roger Davies and Phil Kenzie departed, the latter to briefly work with PP Arnold and then with Freddie Mack. Davies may be the same musician who subsequently played with The Warren Davis Monday Band.
17 November 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
19 November 1967 – Silver End Hotel, Silver End, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary)
24 November 1967 – Aurora Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
26 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
29-30 November 1967 – According to Bob Hodges’ diary, the band attended Pinewood Studios to film “The Ugliest Girl In the World” with actor Nicholas Parsons
1 December 1967 – Victoria and Bull Hotel, Dartford, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 December 1967 – Lord Hill Hotel, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
3 December 1967 – Tiffany’s, Shaftsbury Avenue, W1, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
7 December 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho London (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary)
12 December 1967 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northampshire with The Minor Portion Roll Band (Melody Maker/Bob Hodges’ diary/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
14 December 1967 – Palais Ballroom, Nottingham (Bob Hodges’ diary)
15 December 1967 – Bear and Key Hotel, Whitstable, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
23 March 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and The Wild Angels (Bob Hodges’ diary/Melody Maker)
24 March 1968 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 March 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with Root and Jenny Jackson with The Hightimers (Cambridge News) This isn’t in Bob Hodges’ diary
29 October 1968 – Revolution, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
31 October 1968 – El Grotto Club, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
1 November 1968 – Shepway Youth Club, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
2 November 1968 – Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Street, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
3 November 1968 – Embassy Rooms, Colchester, Essex (Bob Hodges’ diary/Essex County Standard)
9 November 1968 – Rush Green College, Romford (Bob Hodges’ diary) Surrey Advertiser has them at Pantiles in Bagshot, Surrey. They must have been replaced for this gig by another band
15 November 1968 – Rasputins, London, W1 (Bob Hodges’ diary)
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17 November 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) This is missing from Bob’s diary so perhaps they were replaced
23 November 1968 – Corn Exchange, Bedford (Bob Hodges’ diary)
26 November 1968 – Blaises, Kensington, London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 November 1968 – Sports Centre, Crippe Street, Maidstone, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
12 December 1968 – Greyhound Hotel, Chadwell Heath, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary/Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express/Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
22 December 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Bob Hodges’ diary)
28 December 1968 – La Bamba Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Bob Hodges’ diary)
30 December 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (private charity event) (Bob Hodges’ diary)
1969
6 January 1969 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with US Flaptop & The Cat Road Show and Headline News (website: www.45worlds.com/live) Not listed in Bob Hodges’ diary
Miltons Fingers, 1967. Clockwise from front: Milton, Bert Coupe, Mike Sinclair, Tony “Spike” Milligan and Alan Stevenson
A Scottish rock band, who later moved to Farnham, Surrey, Miltons Fingers are best known for including future Genesis drummer John Mayhew who worked with the group for a year, between 1968-1969.
The group was formed in North Berwick, Scotland in late 1965/early 1966 with the following line-up:
Milton Mclachlan – lead vocals
Tony “Spike” Milligan – lead guitar
Mike Sinclair – rhythm guitar
Bert Coupe – bass
Dave Berry – drums
Milton Mclachlan, who was studying at art college in Farnham, says the group was managed by Neil Warnock and signed to NEMS Enterprises. During their time together Miltons Fingers played at the Millstream in Farnham, Feltham R&B Club and the Overseas Visitors Club in Earl’s Court, London. The singer recalls sharing the bill with The Zombies, Deep Purple and David Bowie.
Through the Chiswick-based Norton York Agency, they also worked in West Germany. Mclachlan also remembers other European gigs in Denmark and Switzerland.
Between 1966-1970, Miltons Fingers also played regularly at Kew Boathouse (and some of the gigs are listed below).
Like early Genesis, the band went through quite a few drummers in their time together. In 1967, Alan “Frog” Ridley took over from Dave Berry. Ridley was succeeded by Alan Stevenson who then made way for John Mayhew in 1968. During Stevenson’s time with the group, Mike Sinclair left and the group continued as a four-piece.
At some point, the group cut two tracks on an acetate – “Jenny’s Mother” and “Light of My Life”.
Mclachlan remembers the group renting a seven bedroom house in Farnham and a few of Genesis used to come round and listen to the musicians rehearse before Mayhew joined them. Charterhouse school was not far away near Godalming.
After Mayhew left, the group carried on until 1970.
Miltons Fingers, 1968. Left to right: Tony “Spike” Milligan, Milton, Alan Stevenson and Bert Coupe
18-20 September 1967 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Hounslow Post)
9-12 October 1967 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Hounslow Post)
16-18 October 1967 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Hounslow Post)
1 December 1967 – Star Palast, Kiel, West Germany with Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages, The Thin Red Line and Dick Scott & Company (Rolf Hannet’s research)
24 February 1968 – Andromeda, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
2 March 1968 – Star Palast, Kiel, West Germany with Paul Raven & The Boston Showband, Princes of Israel and The Barriers (Rolf Hannet’s research)
6 September 1968 – Andromeda, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
13 September 1968 – Andromeda, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
9 October 1968 – Westcliffe Hotel, Southend, Essex (Essex County Standard)
12 October 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey with The Skatarlites (Staines & Egham News)
8 November 1968 – Centre 185, Egham, Surrey (Staines & Egham News)
29-30 November 1968 – Wellington Manor Country Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)
The Whirlwinds, photo By George Rousell. Can anyone ID the members of the group?
Graham Rousell sent in this photo taken by his father George, of a band he believes to be the Whirlwinds from Canvey Island in Essex. Can anyone please confirm this or identify the musicians in the photo?
The Whirlwinds played the Casino Ballroom among other venues.
Members were:
Ron Gent- lead vocals Bert Pulham – lead guitar Peter Gosling – guitar Fred Ford – bass and piano Dave Scates – drums
I don’t believe they recorded. The Whirlwinds were rivals to Southend-on-Sea’s Monotones.
In 1965, Ron Gent, Bert Pulham and Dave Scates formed the Force Five which also included Pete James and Dave Osborne. The Force Five would release five singles on United Artists in 1965 and 1966, including such excellent cuts as “Baby Let Your Hair Down”, “Don’t Know Which Way To Turn”, and “Yea, I’m Waiting”.
Bert (or Brett) Pulham and Dave Scates (listed as Dave Skates) then joined with members of the Fingers to form the Crocheted Doughnut Ring for singles on Polydor and Deram in 1967 and 1968.
Note, this Whirlwinds was not the group from Manchester that included Graham Gouldman and recorded “Look At Me” / “Baby Not Like You” for His Masters Voice.
I believe Bert Pulham passed away in March of this year (2019).
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.
TONY RIVERS & THE CASTAWAYS
Image may be subject to copyright: Tony Rivers & The Castaways in mid-1968 just before changing name to Harmony Grass. Featured in Record Mirror
Tony Rivers – lead vocals
Vic Larkins – lead guitar
Mickey Johnson – rhythm guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Brian Talbot – drums
Formed as The Cutaways in Dagenham, Essex in 1960 without Tony Rivers (real name: Tony Thompson), the band backed singer Bobby Rio before Rivers joined as new lead singer in late 1961. They changed name not long afterwards.
Sometime before signing a record deal with EMI, John Lyons (rhythm guitar) and Ricky West (lead guitar) took over from Johnson and Larkins respectively.
West didn’t stay long and joined The Tremeloes. Steve Scott took over lead guitar. The new formation recorded a string of singles, released on Columbia Records.
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3 August 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Gene Vincent & The Outlaws (Surrey Advertiser)
18 August 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)
Photo: Harrow Weekly Post. Image may be subject to copyright
8 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Searchers, Patrick Dane & The Quiet Five and Bob Charles Combo (Surrey Advertiser)
1964
4 January 1964 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Strangers Five (Kent Messenger)
11 January 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Le Roys (Woking News & Mail)
17 January 1964 – Cast Off, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Hully-Gullys (Hertfordshire and Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser)
24 January 1964 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Dinos (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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1 February 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, north London with two supporting groups (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
15 February 1964 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Red and Carolyn Plus Four (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
22 February 1964 – Hi-Fi Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey with The Hop Mimers (Woking Herald)
25 February 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
29 February 1964 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
11 April 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Beatfinders (East Kent Times)
14 April 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
18 April 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with Ricky Lee & The Hucklebucks (Lynn News)
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25 April 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, north London with The Costers and The Beat Syndicate (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
1 May 1964 – 03 Beat, Ovaltine Ballroom, Kings Langley, Herts (Hertfordshire and Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser)
3 May 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Hideaways (Hertfordshire Express)
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16 May 1964 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Vincents (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
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29 May 1964 – Town Teen, Adeyfield Hall, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Forerunners (Hertfordshire and Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser)
30 May 1964 – Long’s Ballroom, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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13 June 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Worryin’ Kind (Woking News & Mail)
18 June 1964 – Breaks Youth Club, Hatfield, Herts with The Cortinas (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician)
11 July 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Kinks and The Trends (Essex County Standard)
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13 September 1964 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian/Wood Green & Southgate Weekly Herald)
22 September 1964 – Ilford Town Hall, Ilford, east London with The Concords (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
29 September 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Mike Stevens & The Dolphins (East Kent Times & Mail)
30 September 1964 – Elm Hotel, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
3 October 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The King Bees (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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17 October 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, north London with The Candles (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
During a Scottish tour, drummer Brian Talbot is killed in a road accident on 6 December. Drummer/singer Brian Hudson takes over the drum stool during early 1965
12 December 1964 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Devil’s Coachmen (Lynn News)
9 January 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Alexanders (Sussex Evening Express)
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10 January 1965 – Sunset Ballroom, The Sandringham, Hunstanton, Norfolk (Lynn News)
17 January 1965 – Cast off, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire with The Hully-Gullys (Berkhamsted Gazette)
1 February 1965 – The Hop, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Cortinas (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician) According to Griggs’ book, guitarist Steve Scott announced he was leaving and the band offered him the lead guitar position, which he declined.
13 February 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Emeralds (featuring Daniel Boone) (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
20 March 1965 – Barking Assembly Hall, Barking, east London with The Corsairs and the Galleons (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
21 March 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Medway Folk Trio (Maidstone Gazette)
10 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Four Pennies and Cannibals Sollet (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
12 April 1965 – The Hop, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Cortinas (Paul Griggs’ book: Diary of a Musician)
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18 April 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
19 April 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Wainwright’s Gentlemen (East Kent Times & Mail)
24 April 1965 – Hi Fi Hop, Shepperton Village Hall, Shepperton, Middlesex (Woking Herald)
15 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Eccentrics (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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29 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Them and The Concords (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
3 June 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London with Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Melody Maker)
10 June 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Melody Maker)
11 June 1965 – The Avenue R&B Club, Green Pond Road, east London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
18 June 1965 – Guildhall, Axminster, Devon with support (Bridport News)
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20 June 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Dagoes (Sussex Evening Express)
11 July 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
16 July 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and The Dennisons (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
17 July 1965 – Civic Theatre, Bedford with King James, Lloyd Williams, The Triads and The En-Devers (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
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25 July 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Web (Mid Sussex Times)
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29 July 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
31 July 1965 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sons of Fred and The Charades (Essex County Standard)
7 August 1965 – Slough Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with The Byrds, Kenny Lynch, Tommy Quickly, Elkie Brook, Boz and The Bozmen, The Remo Four, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers and The Slade Brothers (Staines and Egham News/Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)
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21 August 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Invaders (Lynn News)
30 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Herd (East Kent Times)
24 December 1965 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with support (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)
31 December 1965 – Dill Hall, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Bryan & The Brunelles (Bedfordshire Times)
1966
21 January 1966 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
29 January 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
5 February 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch and Brian & The Brunelles (Lincolnshire Standard)
6 February 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London with Ed Williams Sound System (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
19 February 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Cascades (Cambridgeshire Times)
22 February 1966 – Ready Steady Go Club, Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser)
26 February 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Blues Syndicate (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
2 March 1966 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
27 March 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
3 April 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Gaylords (East Kent Times) Trend and Boyfriend magazine has this also on 11 April
6 April 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn Advertiser)
15 April 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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22 April 1966 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with The Angelo Six (Luton News)
23 April 1966 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Paramounts (Aldershot News)
Around this time, singer Kenny Rowe who has previously fronted The Fifth Avenue joins on second lead vocals. Tony Harding also takes over lead guitar from Steve Scott.
The band now comprises:
Tony Rivers – lead vocals
Kenny Rowe – lead vocals
Tony Harding – lead guitar
John Lyons – rhythm guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Brian Hudson – drums/vocals
The group records a version of The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows”
13 May 1966 – Axminster Guildhall, Axminster, Devon (Bridport News)
24 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Hastings, East Sussex with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Unit 4 Plus 2 and The Defiants (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
25 June 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
26 June 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)
2 July 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
3 July 1966 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
7 July 1966 – Thorngate Ballroom, Gosport, Hants (Portsmouth News)
15 July 1966 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The New Merseys, Dave Berry, The Move, The Montanas and The Californians (Express & Star)
17 July 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
21 July 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with The Illusions (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
30 July 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Legay (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
5 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester (Warrington Guardian)
7 August 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Factotum (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
9 August 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
13 August 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Symbols (Essex County Standard)
22-24 August 1966 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with support (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 August 1966 – Mick’s Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Kentish Express)
30 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Fleur De Lys (Keith Guster’s diary) The group didn’t turn up so The Fleur De Lys played all evening
Around this time Brian Hudson leaves to form The Parking Lot and former Sugarbeats drummer Geoff Swettenham replaces him
24 September 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Lord Sutch & The Savages, The Intruders and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
14 October 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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22 October 1966 – Disc Club, St Martin’s Centre, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
28 October 1966 – Conservative Club, Finchley, north London (Fabulous 208)
30 October 1966 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
About now Tony Harding and Kenny Rowe depart and former Sugarbeats lead guitarist John Perry joins. The group also bring in another singer Martin Shaer to replace Rowe
14 November 1966 – Dancing Slipper Ballroom, West Bridgeford, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
23 November 1966 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas and Harvey’s Team (Express & Star)
Geoff brings in his brother Pete on rhythm guitar/vocals from The Sugarbeats
3 December 1966 – The Cavern, Liverpool with The Kids, The Defenders, The Twilites, The Tatters and T D Backhus and The Powerhouse (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)
16 December 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Heretics (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
17 December 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Section A (Hertfordshire Express)
24 December 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Son Set (Express & Echo)
1967
1 January 1967 – Matrix Hall, Coventry, West Midlands with The Spencer Davis Group, Jigsaw and Lovers Lot (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
3 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
13 April 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Time (Essex County Standard)
14 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Time & Motion (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
19 April 1967 – Hull College of Commerce Students’ Union, Skyline Ballroom, Hull with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Amboy Dukes, The Locomotion and The Jamm (Hull Daily Mail)
22 April 1967 – Parkside Hall, Ampthill, Bedfordshire with The Angelo 6 (Bury Free Express)
26 April 1967 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Enders Ltd (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)
27 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Six Across and Stevenson’s Rockets (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 May 1967 – The Union, Manchester with The Mud (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
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14 May 1967 – The Embassy, Colchester, Essex with The Chalfont Movement (Essex County Standard)
16 May 1967 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17 May 1967 – Gaerleon College of Education, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
18 May 1967 – Ritz Ballroom, Skewen, Wales (Fabulous 208)
20 May 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Breed (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
22 May 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Maize and The Valets (Express & Star)
25 May 1967 – Elizabeth Hall, Dagenham, east London (Fabulous 208)
28 May 1967 – 76 Club, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
1 June 1967 – Summer House, The Portway, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 June 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Screaming Lord Sutch & The Roman Empire, Finders Keepers and Sons and Lovers (Express & Star)
8 June 1967 – Youth Centre, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)
9 June 1967 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
10 June 1967 – St Mary’s College, Twickenham, west London (Fabulous 208)
14 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Dissatisfied (Fabulous 208/West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
21 June 1967 – Cook Elite Hall, Cook, Bishop Auckland, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
17 July 1967 – Civic Theatre, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Soul Caravan, The En-Devers, King James and Lloyd Williams, The Triads (Bedfordshire Times)
22 July 1967 – Garrison Ballroom, Millport, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
24 July 1967 – Town Hall, Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
26 July 1967 – Pier Bandstand, Weymouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208) Unlikely with Flamingo gig later
26 July 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
4 August 1967 – White Lion Hotel, Edgeware, north London (Fabulous 208)
4 August 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Minor Portions (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 August 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Bobby Johnson & The Atoms (Melody Maker)
5 August 1967 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
7 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
9 August 1967 – Vallance Ballroom, Tenby, Wales (Fabulous 208)
10 August 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales (Port Talbot Guardian)
11 August 1967 – Glanmore Club, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1967 – Town Hall, Aberystwyth, Wales (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
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18 August 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ten Years After (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
29 August 1967 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Newham & Stratford Express)
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1 September 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)
10 September 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Crawdadds (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
16 September 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
18 September 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Wanted (Express & Star)
22 September 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Californians, Dual Purpose, The Staffords and The News (Express & Star)
29 September 1967 – Floral Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
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30 September 1967 – Club Rado, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Cityweek)
6 October 1967 – Cragburn Pavilion, Gourock, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
7 October 1967 – Carioca Club, Town Hall, Bearsden, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
8 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Plastic Dream (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
12 October 1967 – Kingfisher Country Club, Wall Heath, West Midlands with The Modernairs and Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)
13 October 1967 – Birmingham City College, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Friction (Cambridgeshire Times)
16 October 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich (Fabulous 208)
21 October 1967 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jo Jo Gunne (Streatham News)
22 October 1967 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, northwest London (Harrow Weekly Post)
23 October 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with People’s People and Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)
27 October 1967 – Tabernacle Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
30 October 1967 – Lyceum, Strand, central London (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
11 November 1967 – Ilford Baths Hall, Ilford, east London with The Aldgate Pump (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
12 November 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Tiles Big Band (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
19 November 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, central London with The Bee Gees, Flowerpot Men and Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Melody Maker)
23 November 1967 – RAF Club, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
25 November 1967 – Shaftsbury Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
Around this time, the Sweetenham brothers and John Perry leave to form Grapefruit and Martin Shaer also departs. Disc & Music Echo’s 16 December issue confirms the split.
Tony Rivers rebuilds the group, retaining Ray Brown and bringing Tony Harding and Kenny Rowe (who has recently produced The Playground) back
Tony Rivers – lead vocals
Kenny Rowe – lead vocals
Tony Harding – lead guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Bill Castle – drums/vocals
16 December 1967 – Lotus Club, Forest Gate, east London (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
17 December 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Martells (Essex County Standard)
30 December 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Evening Sentinel/Crewe Chronicle)
1968
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6 January 1968 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Hustling Kind (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
26 January 1968 – Civic and Wulfrun Halls, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Alan Price Set, The Soul Seekers, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and Barmy Barry Show (Express & Star)
5 February 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
13 February 1968 – Pyjama Dance, Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with Simon Dupree &The Big Sound, The Spencer Davis Group, Fleetwood Mac and The Dream (South Wales Evening Post)
23 February 1968 – Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with The Information and The Joker 5 (South East London Mercury) This may be a different date
29 March 1968 – The Plaza, Bedford with Spell, Acceleration, Spectre Powerhouse, Tribe Five, John Williams and Jackson Mornay (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
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30 March 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with Fusion (Somerset County Gazette)
4 April 1968 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland with Max Baer & The Chicago Setback and Privy Seal (Grantham Journal)
7 April 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Evening Argus)
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13 April 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Provokers (Cornish Guardian)
15 April 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Happy Magazine and Glass Menagerie (Express & Star)
17 April 1968 – Central Hall, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Marmalade (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
20 April 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with Penny Peeps (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
29 April 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
The Hillingdon Mirror ran a story and a photo of Tony in its 30 April 1968, page 11. The article mentions the new formation with Kenny Rowe (vocals); Tony Harding (lead guitar/vocals); Tom Marshall (rhythm guitar/vocals); Ray Brown (bass); and Bill Castle (drums/vocals)
3 May 1968 – Brighton Students’ Festival Ball, Hotel Metropole, Exhibition Hall, Brighton, West Sussex with Adge Cutler and The Wurzels, Washington DCs, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann and P P Arnold (West Sussex Gazette)
18 May 1968 – Hoffman Apprentices’ Association, Hoffman Ballroom, Chelmsford, Essex with The Roulettes (Essex Chronicle)
24 May 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and The Love Sculpture (South Wales Evening Post)
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.
SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Intro Magazine 1968. Photo may be subject to copyright
Derek Shulman – lead vocals
Phil Shulman – saxophone, trumpet, vocals
Ray Shulman – guitar, violin, trumpet, vocals
Peter O’Flaherty – bass
Eric Hine – keyboards
Tony Ransley – drums
Originally formed in Portsmouth, Hampshire as The Howling Wolves, they became The Road Runners before changing name to Simon Dupree & The Big Sound in late 1965
1965
5 December 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
1966
22 January 1966 – El Partido, Lewisham, London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
27 January 1967 – Kookoo-Byrd Discotheque, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)
28 January 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire and The Fyx (Lancashire Evening Post)
5 February 1967 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch, The Easybeats, The Kinks, David Garrick and The Vision (Cambridge News)
15 February 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
21 February 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Shame (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
25 February 1967 – Goldsmith College, New Cross, London with Brian Something and The Whats Its and Brothers Grimm (South East London Mercury)
19 March 1967 – Brady Club, Hanbury Street, London (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1967 – Top Rank Tenpin Bowling, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
21 March 1967 – Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
25 March 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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26 March 1967 – Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)
27 March 1967 – Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen)
30 March 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester, Essex with The Earl Winston Set (Essex County Standard)
31 March 1967 – Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
1 April 1967 – The Thing, Oldham (Fabulous 208)
3 April 1967 – Star Hotel, Croydon, London (Fabulous 208)
5 April 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
9 April 1967 – Pavilion Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset with support (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
13 April 1967 – College of Further Education, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
14 April 1967 – Magoo’s Club, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
14 April 1967 – Victoria Hall, Dunbar, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
15 April 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
17 April 1967 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland with The Tremeloes (Fabulous 208)
19 April 1967 – Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 April 1967 – Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Students Union, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
24 April 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
25 April 1967 – Pavilion Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset with Cream (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
26 April 1967 – Kingston Modern School for Girls, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
27 April 1967 – Manchester University, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
28 April 1967 – Assembly Rooms, York, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
29 April 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
30 April 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
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5 May 1967 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, The Marionttes, The Nite People, Alan Field, Terry Reid with Peter Jay’s Jaywalkers (Hackney Gazette)
6 May 1967 – Odeon, Birmingham, West Midlands with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, The Marionettes, The Nite People and Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers (Express and Star)
9 May 1967 – Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Marionettes and The Nite People (Fabulous 208)
10 May 1967 – ABC, Edinburgh, Scotland with The Beach Boys, Helen Shapiro, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Marionettes and The Nite People (Fabulous 208)
11 May 1967 – Railway Club, Tilbury, Essex (Fabulous 208)
12 May 1967 – Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1967 – St Mary’s College, Twickenham, London (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Granny’s Intentions (Melody Maker)
16 July 1967 – Astoria Ballroom, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
17 July 1967 – Will’s Discotheque, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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23 July 1967 – Beat at Blenheim, Blenheim Park, Woodstock with Manfred Mann, Jeff Beck, PP Arnold & The Nice, The Steam Machine and The Crisp (North Berks Herald)
13 October 1967 – City of Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1967 – Bristol University, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
16 October 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Cardiff, Wales with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Titch and Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Fabulous 208)
17 October 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Malvern Gazette)
22 October 1967 – Plaza, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
23 October 1967 – Cardiff College of Education, Cardiff, Wales with The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Bees, The Love Culture and The Clockwork Motion (South Wales Echo)
25 October 1967 – Eriskay Ballroom, Ammanford, Wales (Fabulous 208)
26 October 1967 – Civic, Wrexham, Wales (Wrexham Leader)
26 October 1967 – Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Konch and Lord Byron (Lancashire Evening Post)
29 October 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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5 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ruby James & The Stax (Melody Maker)
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10 November 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Inmates (Gloucester Citizen)
11 November 1967 – Lord Mayor’s Show, London with The Foundations (Disc & Music Echo)
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30 November 1967 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset (Western Gazette)
According to Melody Maker, in late November, the band joined Paul Jones, Traffic, Lucas and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown for the Teenage Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden
1 December 1967 – UFO, Paignton, Devon (Disc & Music Echo)
2 December 1967 – Borough Road College, Isleworth, London (Melody Maker)
3 December 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Milestones (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
8 December 1967 – Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Disc & Music Echo)
10 December 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)
11 December 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Jon (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
12 December 1967 – Swansea Training College, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
13 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
5 February 1968 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bath (Fabulous 208)
8 February 1968 – Rivington Barn, Harwich, Essex (Fabulous 208)
13 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
13 February 1968 – Pyjama Dance, Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with The Spencer Davis Group, Tony Rivers & The Castaways, Fleetwood Mac and The Dream (South Wales Evening Post)
16 February 1968 – Bangor University, Bangor, Wales (Fabulous 208)
17 February 1968 – Plaza Ballroom, Old Hill, Bearwood, West Midlands (Express & Star)
17 February 1968 – Plaza, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
20 February 1968 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northamptonshire with Spectre Powerhouse (Fabulous 208/Stroud News)
23 February 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Melody Maker)
24 February 1968 – Drill Hall, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with The Nemkons (Grantham Journal)
24 February 1968 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Melody Maker)
26 February 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with The UK Bonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
29 February 1968 – Constantine Students Union, Rag Ball ’68, Windsor Ballroom with Steve Brown Soul Sect and The Traine (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
5 March 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington , North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
6 March 1968 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
7 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
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9 March 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Downliners Sect (East Kent Times/Fabulous 208)
19 March 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
21 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Brierley Hill, West Midlands (Express & Star)
22 March 1968 – Tottenham Royal, Tottenham, London (Fabulous 208)
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23 March 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Wild Angels and Tuesday’s Children (Melody Maker)
27 March 1968 – Cavendish Ballroom, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1968 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1968 – Sundowner, Corn Exchange, Haddington, Scotland with Mason Webb (Haddingtonshire Courier)
30 March 1968 – Olympia Ballroom, East Kilbride, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
31 March 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
5 April 1968 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound and Amen Corner (South East London Mercury) Amen Corner were special guests
11 April 1968 – Gaumont Theatre, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner and Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound (Express & Star)
20 April 1968 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner and Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound (Dorset Evening Echo)
21 April 1968 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo and Amen Corner (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
23 April 1968 – ABC Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner, Lucas & Mike Cotton Sound and Tony Brandon (Gloucester Citizen/Stroud News)
30 April 1968 – Granada, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner and Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound (Bedfordshire Times)
1 May 1968 – ABC Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with Gene Pitney, Don Partridge, Status Quo, Amen Corner, Lucas and Mike Cotton Sound (Cambridgeshire Times)
10 May 1968 – Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
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11 May 1968 – Leas Cliff Hotel, Folkestone, Kent with The Couriers (Fabulous 208/Folkestone and Hythe Gazette)
14 May 1968 – Welfare Hall, Loughor, south Wales with The Power Stop Big Band (South Wales Evening Post)
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18 May 1968 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with The Click (Somerset County Gazette)
19 May 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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23 May 1968 – Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey with The Web (Surrey Advertiser)
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24 May 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, south Wales with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and The Love Sculpture (South Wales Evening Post)
25 May 1968 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with Mr Hip Soul Band (Western Gazette)
31 May 1968 – Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1968 – Ballroom in Cambridge (probably Dorothy Ballroom) (Fabulous 208)
11 June 1968 – Jesus College, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
28 June 1968 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)
29 June 1968 – St Thomas’ Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
2 July 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Tramline (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
4 July 1968 – Co-op Ballroom, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
4 July 1968 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
10 July 1968 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208
12 July 1968 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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13 July 1968 – Ayr Ice Rink, Ayr, Scotland with The Kinks, The Pathfinders and two supporting groups (Kilmarnock Standard)
14 July 1968 – Barbeque, Billesden, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
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20 July 1968 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Kleen Machine (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
23 July 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
24 July 1968 – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
25 July 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
27 July 1968 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
2 August 1968 – Metropole, Exhibition Hall, Brighton, West Sussex with Marmalade, The Mike Stuart Span, The Tremeloes, The Nice and Spooky Tooth (Melody Maker)
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3 August 1968 – Ryburgh Hall, Norfolk with The Track (Eastern Evening News/Lynn News/North Norfolk News)
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9 August 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Soniks (Gloucester Citizen)
21 August 1968 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with Howard Stephen Shape (Somerset County Gazette/Western Gazette)
Former Bluesology keyboard player Reg Dwight (aka Elton John) covered for Eric Hine when he was ill for a short Scottish tour and the following time period appears the most likely
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7 June 1969 – Kinema Ballroom, Stranraer, Scotland with The Nursery (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
MIKE STUART SPAN
Photo may be subject to copyright: Mike Stuart Span, spring 1966. Back row, left to right: Stuart Hobday, Dave Plumb, Gary Parsley, Jon Poulter. Front row, left to right: Gary Murphy and Roger McCabe
Stuart Hobday – lead vocals
Nigel Langham – lead guitar
Roger McCabe – bass
Ashley Potter – keyboards
Gary Murphy – drums
Hobday and McCabe had worked together in The Mighty Atoms which morphed into The Extremes during 1965 and later included Langham and Potter. They changed name to The Mike Stuart Span in mid-1965 when Mike Clayton took over their management.
Before the turn of the year, the group add four horn players; two trumpet players and two saxophone players. These include trumpet player Gary Parsley and sax player Dave Plumb.
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14 November 1965 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Sussex Evening Express)
21 November 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with Robb Storme & The Whispers (Mid Sussex Times)
26 December 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex with The Beat Merchants (Worthing Gazette) This seems unlikely unless it is a different date
26 December 1965 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Jaguars (Cornish Guardian)
1966
Over the first two months of 1966, two of the horn players dropped out. Jon Poulter also took over from Ashley Potter.
1 January 1966 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
27 April 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
8 May 1966 – Tiffany’s, Shaftsbury Avenue, central London (Melody Maker)
10 May 1966 – Hare & Hounds, Brighton, Sussex with Champion Jack Dupree (Melody Maker)
13 May 1966 – Southfield College, Wimbledon, southwest London (Melody Maker)
14 May 1966 – College of Technology, Brighton, Sussex (Melody Maker)
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15 May 1966 – Downs Hotel, Hassocks, West Sussex with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Melody Maker/Mid Sussex Times)
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19 May 1966 – Pilgrim, Hayward’s Heath, West Sussex (Melody Maker/Mid Sussex Times)
20 May 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
Photo: John Treais
29 May 1966 – Bure Club, Mudeford, Dorset (Poster from John Treais)
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12 June 1966 – Ultra Club, Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Birds (Mid Sussex Times)
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23 June 1966 – Pilgrim, Hayward’s Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
9 July 1966 – Club La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent and Sussex Courier)
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16 July 1966 – Jimmy’s Restaurant, Brighton, Sussex (Evening Argus)
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28 July 1966 – Pilgrim, Hayward’s Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
30 July 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
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31 July 1966 – Royal Ballrooms, Boscombe, Dorset with The Law (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
6 August 1966 – Club LaBamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent and Sussex Courier)
12 August 1966 – The Parlour, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News) Billed as Mike Stuart Band
19 August 1966 – Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Sussex with Paul & Barry Ryan, Weston Gavin, Graham Bond Organisation, Robbe Storme & The Whispers and The Mercats (Evening Argus)
20 August 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
27 August 1966 – Club LaBamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent and Sussex Courier)
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4 September 1966 – Ultra Club, Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Birds with Parker’s Mood (Mid Sussex Times)
16 September 1966 – The Parlour, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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17 September 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
24 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire (Brackley Advertiser)
26-27 September 1966 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
29-30 September 1966 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
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2 October 1966 – Le Metro, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
4 October 1966 – Waggon & Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 October 1966 – 3 Men in a Boat, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star)
6 October 1966 – Cleveland Arms, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
8 October 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
15 October 1966 – La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Melody Maker)
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22 October 1966 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Argonauts (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
29 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 November 1966 – Casino, Leicester with The Morons and The Chaesers (Leicester Mercury)
17 November 1966 – New Cliff Hall, Rotherham, West Yorkshire with St Louis Union and Soul Object (The Star) Billed as Mike Stuart Five so possibly another band entirely
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19 November 1966 – Lewes Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Sussex Evening Express)
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25 November 1966 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
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26 November 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with support (Kentish Express) Billed as The Stuart Span
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8 April 1967 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and others (Melody Maker)
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16 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Nantwich Chronicle)
21 April 1967 – Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Melody Maker)
23 April 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham, West Midlands (Express & Star)
24 April 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
29 April 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 May 1967 – The Bridge, Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Switch (Surrey Advertiser)
12 May 1967 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Clockwork Orange (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
14 May 1967 – Indigo Vat, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
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18 May 1967 – Le Trap, Brighton, Sussex (Melody Maker)
21 May 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
25 May 1967 – Le Trap, Brighton, Sussex (Melody Maker)
26 May 1967 – Loughborough Town Hall, Loughborough with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Mike Stuart Band (may not be same group)
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29 May 1967 – Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
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4 June 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 June 1967 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Penthouse Suite (Express & Star)
11 June 1967 – George Inn, Wilby, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
16 June 1967 – Klue J Klub, Saracens Head Hotel, Chelmsford, Essex with The Skatalites (Essex Chronicle)
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21 June 1967 – Beat Cruise, Southsea Pier, Hampshire, Harbour Station, Hampshire and Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight with The Shevelles (Portsmouth News)
3 December 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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9 December 1967 – Petersfield Town Hall, Petersfield, Hampshire with Aaron’s Beard (Petersfield Post)
11 December 1967 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Key (Express & Star)
12 December 1967 – Waggon & Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
23-24 December 1967 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
30 December 1967 – Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
1968
6 January 1968 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
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13 January 1968 – Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Camp (Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
21 January 1968 – 76 Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Burton Daily Mail) Billed as The Span
4 February 1968 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 February 1968 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The Penny Peeps (Melody Maker)
10 February 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Troggs (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
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15 February 1968 – Pilgrim, Hayward’s Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
17 February 1968 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Memphis Gents (Crawley Advertiser)
10 March 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Troggs (East Kent Times)
11 March 1968 – Rendevous Club, Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
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15 March 1968 – Burton Leander Social Club, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Burton Daily Mail)
30 March 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Black Out (Surrey Advertiser)
According to Melody Maker, The Mike Stuart Span made their third tour of the Netherlands from 23-30 April 1968. Their LP was due to be released on 29 March
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6 April 1968 – Windsor Ballroom, Redcar with The Skyliners (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
9 April 1968 – Top Rank, Reading, Berkshire (Melody Maker)
18 April 1968 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
24 April 1968 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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4 May 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
According to Melody Maker, the band undertook an Icelandic tour from 8-16 May 1968. Record Mirror confirmed these dates and added gigs were in the capital, Reykjavik.
According to Record Mirror, they then arrived in Belgium on 17 May for five days and then played cabaret in Copenhagen, Denmark from 23-27 May.
15 May 1968 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo) Unlikely if Iceland gigs happened
2 June 1968 – Le Metro Club, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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8 June 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Mushroom (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
16 June 1968 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with Max Colliers Rhythm Aces (need to confirm)
21 June 1968 – Brighton Dome, Brighton, Sussex with Scott Walker and The Herd (NME)
22 June 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)
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29 June 1968 – Windsor Ballroom, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Chelfont Line (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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2 July 1968 – Rag 68!, Bournemouth Colleges Rag Appeal 1968, Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Tim Rose and The Nice (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
4 July 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The House of Lords (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as The Span
8-10 July 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
12 July 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
14 July 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands (Coventry Evening Teleraph)
25 July 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Beatstalkers (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
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27 July 1968 – The Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
2 August 1968 – Metropole, Exhibition Hall, Brighton, Sussex with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Marmalade, The Tremeloes, The Nice and Spooky Tooth (Melody Maker)
3 August 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Express & Star)
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11 August 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
16 August 1968 – Bracknell Boys Club, Bracknell, Berkshire (Bracknell News)
18 August 1968 – Birdcage, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
22 August 1968 – Liberal Club, Yeovil, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
23 August 1968 – Solvent Cruise, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
27 September 1968 – Capitol Theatre, Horsham, West Sussex with Marmalade (Fabulous 208/New Musical Express)
29 September 1968 – Bird Cage, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
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5 October 1968 – Windsor Ballroom, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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10 October 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
17 October 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
18 October 1968 – Memorial Hall, Farnham, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
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19 October 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Fabulous 208/Oxford Mail) Billed as The Span
20 October 1968 – Woodenbridge, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208) Listed but unlikely with gig below
20 October 1968 – Plymouth Top Rank, Plymouth, Devon (Western Evening Mail)
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24 October 1968 – The Cobweb, St Leonards, East Sussex (Fabulous 208/Hastings & St Leonards Observer)
25 October 1968 – Clinton Club, Seaford, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
26 October 1968 – Tofts, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208)
16 November 1968 – University College, London, Gower Street, central London with Proteus (Melody Maker)
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24 December 1968 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Torquay Times)
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.
Formed early 1960 from Red E Lewis & The Red Cats
Chris Tidmarsh – lead vocals
Jimmy Page – lead guitar
Jumbo Spicer – bass
Iain Hines – piano
Tornado Evans – drums
1962
23 March 1962 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Rhet Stoller, The Satellites and Davy Jones (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
In October, Iain Hines left and Matt Smith took over piano
1963
6 January 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
13 January 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
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9 February 1963 – Hitchin Town Hall, Hitchin, Herts with Ricky Valance, Paul Dean and Rockin’ Premiers (Stevenage Gazette)
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22 February 1963 – J&A Club, St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Pat McQueen Combo (Surrey Comet)
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23 February 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Mark Leeman Five (Stevenage Gazette)
Sometime in early 1963, Paul Brett took over from Jimmy Page on lead guitar
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9 March 1963 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with Paul & The Alpines and Jimmy Doyle and The Trespassers (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
10 March 1963 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Surrey Comet)
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22 March 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (Surrey Comet)
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17 April 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Kingpins (Stevenage Gazette)
In June, Paul Brett left to join The SW5 and Albert Lee took over lead guitar. Avid Andersen took over bass from Jumbo Spicer. Matt Smith also departed
23 June 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
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20 July 1963 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Barry Noble & The Sapphires (Stevenage Gazette)
31 July 1963 – Mecca Dancing, Stevenage, Herts (Stevenage Gazette)
4 August 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
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17 August 1963 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with Dave Douglas & The Vistas and The Corvettes (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
7 September 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Eagles and The Allegros (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
Around October, Albert Lee left to join Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds and Phil McPhill took over. Tony Marsh joined on keyboards at the same time.
10 October 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
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9 November 1963 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Three Ways (Aldershot News)
2 February 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford with Dale Wickers & The Fireflys (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
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22 February 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with Dean Brent & The Strollers and The Costers (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
7 March 1964 – Conservative Club, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with The Fugitives (Biggleswade Chronicle)
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14 March 1964 – Cambridge Guildhall, Cambridge with Dave Taylor & The Fugitives (Cambridge News)
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21 March 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks (Bletchley District Gazette)
5 April 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford with Dave Taylor & The Fugitives (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
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18 April 1964 – Rock Stars, Adeyfield Hall, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Cavaliers (Hertfordshire and Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser)
25 April 1964 – St Neots Centre, St Neots, Cambridgeshire with The Crofters (Biggleswade Chronicle)
In May, Phil McPhill departed and Ritchie Blackmore took over on lead guitar
9 May 1964 – Conservative Club, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with Dave Viccars & The Fireflies (Ampthill News & Weekly Record/Biggleswade Chronicle)
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18 May 1964 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire with The Size Seven (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as Neil Christian & The London Crusaders
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23 May 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Invaders (Hertfordshire Express)
30 May 1964 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Kent Messenger) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
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11 June 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record) Billed as Christians Crusaders with Neil Christian
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13 June 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with The Zodiacs and Cyrano & The Bergeracs (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
20 June 1964 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Casuals (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
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27 June 1964 – Rock Stars, Adeyfield Hall, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Blobs (Hertfordshire and Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser)
11 July 1964 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Avengers (Kent Messenger) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
17 July 1964 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex with The Plainsmen (Essex Chronicle) Billed as Neil Christian & His London Crusaders
18 July 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with two supporting groups (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
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1 August 1964 – Conservative Club, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with The Top Four (Biggleswade Chronicle) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
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15 August 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford with The Honeycombs (Ampthill News & Weekly Record) Billed as Neil Christian & Christians Crusaders
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5 September 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Original Hustlers (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express) Billed as Neil Christian’s Crusaders
26 September 1964 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with Jerry James Bandits (Kent Messenger) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
3 October 1964 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with Brian Diamond & The Cutters (Leyton and Leytonstone Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
9 October 1964 – Weedon New Hall, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire with The Nomads (Northampton Chronicle and Echo) Billed as Neil Christian with Christian’s Crusaders
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24 October 1964 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford with another leading group (Ampthill News & Weekly Record) Billed as Neil Christian & Christians Crusaders
5 November 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with The Original Hustlers (Hertfordshire Express)
19 December 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Rockin’ Eccentrics (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
20 December 1964 – Weymouth Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo) Billed as The Crusaders
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26 December 1964 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Cyclons and The Rockin’ Rockardoes (Herald Express)
1965
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2 January 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Essex Five (Kent Messenger) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
9 January 1965 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
19-20 February 1965 – Silver Blades, Streatham, London (Peckham & Dulwich Advertiser) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
In March 1965, Chris Tidmarsh revamped the band completely:
Chris Tidmarsh – lead vocals
Mick Abrahams – lead guitar
Dave Cakebread – bass
Stan Thomas – sax
Graham Hill – drums
20 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Steve Marriot’s Moments (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
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27 March 1965 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
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10 April 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Boomerangs (Maidstone Gazette) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
1 May 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Prophets (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website) Billed as Christian’s Crusaders
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22 May 1965 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow with The Falkons (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian/Walthamstow Guardian)
Around late May/early June 1965, Tidmarsh revamped the formation as follows:
Chris Tidmarsh – lead vocals
Mick Abrahams – lead guitar
Alex Dmchowski – bass
Graham Waller – keyboards
Bernie Hetherington – sax
Carlo Little – drums
In early 1966, Chris Tidsmash put together a new version:
Chris Tidmarsh – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
Tony Dangerfield – bass
Tornado Evans – drums
In April, Avid Andersen took over from Tony Dangerfield and Tony Marsh rejoined on keyboards
25 April 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
29 April 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)
21 May 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
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22 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26 May 1966 – Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (Disc & Music Echo)
28 May 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts (Disc & Music Echo)
30 May 1966 – Queen’s Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Disc & Music Echo)
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2 June 1966 – Assembly Hall, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Herald)
6 June 1966 – Disc Club, St Martin’s Centre, Colchester, Essex (Essex County Standard)
16 June 1966 – Liberal Hall Beat Club, Yeovil, Somerset with support (Western Gazette)
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17 June 1966 – Winter Garden, Eastbourne, East Sussex with Gangbusters (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
18 June 1966 – Trowbridge Town Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire (Disc & Music Echo)
20 June 1966 – Club A Go Go, Dublin, Eire (Disc & Music Echo) Needs confirmation
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22 June 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
8 July 1966 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
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8 July 1966 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Variations and The Codiaks (Herald Express)
9 July 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Just Men (Express & Echo)
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15 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Ray Martin Group (Melody Maker)
30 July 1966 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire (North Berks Herald)
6 August 1966 – Tavistock Town Hall, Devon (Western Evening Herald)
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15 August 1966 – Radio England Swinging 66, Odeon Birmingham, Birmingham with The Small Faces, Dave Berry, Crispian St Peters, The Limeys, The Koobas and The Much More Music Men (Express & Star)
1 September 1966 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire with The Illusions (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
4 September 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
It’s not clear who was in the band from this point until spring 1967
7 October 1966 – Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
7 October 1966 – Community Centre, Whitburn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
8 October 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
9 October 1966 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
10 October 1966 – Town Hall, Falkirk, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 October 1966 – Leyton Baths Hall, Leyton, east London with The Plague (Walthamstow Guardian)
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27 October 1966 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford wit She Trinity and John Williams & Tomorrow’s People (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
28 October 1966 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Early Berdz (Gloucester Citizen)
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29 October 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Roosters (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
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5 November 1966 – Cliff’s Pavilion, Southend, Essex with The Fingers and Sounds Around (Southend Standard)
14 November 1966 – Group heads to West Germany for 12 days of TV work and also Dutch TV (Disc & Music Echo)
9 December 1966 – School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
10 December 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestayn, Wales (Fabulous 208)
12 December 1966 – Jubilee Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1966 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, London (Balham & Tooting News and Mercury)
1967
13 January 1967 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland with Chatz and The Skatz Kats and Tomorrow’s People (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
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14 January 1967 – Victoria Ballroom, Forres, Scotland with The T-Set (Forres, Elgin & Nairn Gazette)
21 January 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
Taken May of 1967 in Beaumont, Texas at the Crown Room in the King Edward Hotel.
The Kidds was a cover band that consisted of 6 members. The original band pictured here is Gerald Patrizi on drums, Joey Patrizi lead guitar, Jimmy Phelan rhythm guitar, Jake Tortorice lead singer, John Schmidt base guitar and myself, Antoine LeBlanc keyboard.
The Kidds were fortunate to open up for The Five Americans when they came to our area. That band had just recorded “Western Union” and they preformed it that night. We also opened for The Moving Sidewalk before they changed their name to ZZ Top.
The Kidds had plans to record a single “Down To Middle Earth” but broke up before going to the studio.
After the Kidds broke up in 1970, rhythm guitar player Jimmy Phelan moved to Austin Texas played and ran sound for country singer-songwriter Rusty Wier. No one else that I remember went to play with any other bands at that time. I have been playing with a 10 piece cover band for the last 17 years called Mid-Life Crisis.
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