Claud Stuard [sic] – Claude Stewart, or Claude Steward?Bands and musicians from Schenectady, Albany, Poughkeepsie, and other areas traveled to Kinderhook to record at Earl Kennett’s studio.
A number of lacquer demos (commonly called acetates) of various sizes remained when Kennett Sound Studio closed and the property sold. Many of these demos are of the Cleaners (later known as the East Coast Clique), the group Kennett worked with the most. Others duplicate the recordings that would be released on 45 rpm records.
Below is a list of demos by unknown artists, in approximate chronological order. Because Earl was blind, many were unlabeled, though Earl’s young daughters sometimes added names or titles. Many song titles below are my guesses based on the lyrics.
Please take a listen to the audio excerpts and contact me if you know any of these artists.
8″ acetate by James Morse, not the same song as the Claude Steward, above. Another 8″ acetate has his name as Jimmy Morse8″ lacquer acetates
Folk singer Greg (surname?), associated with Hudson River Clearwater Sloop, circa 1969. Five songs, may not have been recorded at Kennett as it sounds like a radio broadcast. Hear “My Dirty Stream” with discussion of Sloop restoration
Those Two Plus – “I’ll Be There” / “It’s Rainin’ (Where I’m Bound)” (both by Alex Rotter, arranged by “Those Two”) Kennett Sound 0017, 1969.
Alex Rotter and Dawn Mickle performed as simply “Those Two” in a couple news reports. The Oneonta Star noted on August 10, 1968 that the duo took second place in the Folk Music Contest at the Otsego County Fair.
The Schenectady Gazette ran a photo of the duo on September 17, 1968:
Those Two, folksingers Dawn Mickle of Warnerville and Alex Rotter of Schenectady, who won top honors at the Cobleskill Fair and first in the semi-finals of the State Fair, entertained patients at the Eden Park Nursing home …
I have a 12″ acetate from the Kennett Sound Studio that includes both songs from the single. Another 12″ acetate contains five songs performed by Alex and Dawn which were not released.
From listening, I believe four of these to be original songs: “If I Were Free”, “Take Me to the Land of Lovin'”, “I Can Tell”, and “I Know What You Mean to Say” (titles are based on the lyrics), along with a version of Fred Neil’s “The Other Side of this Life”:
The Kennett Studio labels are blank.
Thank you to Peter Aaron for loan of the Those Two Plus single, and for finding the Gazette article on the duo.
The Venus Flytrap came from Redwood City, CA. Info on the group is a scattershot, so I’ve decided to compile what I’ve found in the hope of getting more information.
They made one great single, “The Note” / “Have You Ever”, released on two different labels.
The original release came on Jaguar Records J-103, owned by Barry Wineroth. It was a hit in the Santa Barbara area, but the band also had a following in the South Bay, which may be why Mijji repressed it on Mijji M-3005, adding a production credit to Gilbert Day, drummer with the Bundles.
The Redwood City Tribune announced the release of the single on August 3, 1967, but copyright registration came later. Both songs have words by Don Danielli (not sure of the spelling – Donald Danelli ?), and music by Dan Sanchez, copyrighted on April 15, 1968 with publisher by Wren Music BMI, and again a week later with new publisher Guard Music BMI, part of Golden State Recorders.
At the time of the single, the Venus Flytrap members were:
Nancy Morgan – lead singer Peter Sessions – lead guitar Dan Sanchez – rhythm guitar Ken Czapkay – bass Debbie Binetti – drums
Bard Dupont of the Outfit replaced Ken Czapkay when he was drafted, and Michele Sevryn replaced Nancy Morgan shortly before the band split.
The Venus Flytrap after the single: from left: Bard Dupont, Debbie Binetti, Pete Sessions, Nancy Morgan and Dan Sanchez
The Venus Flytrap recorded two other songs, “California” and “Gentle Breaker” at Pacific Recording Studios in San Mateo, with Karen Jenson on backup vocals.
Venus Flytrap Redwood City Tribune, August 22, 1969
There is also a live recording from Redwood City (which I have not heard) with a different lineup: Nancy Morgan and Dan Sanchez joined by Jacque Aknin on drums, Charles J. Ashton on bass and Ralph Pena on organ. Songs include “Whiskey Train”, “Paraphenalia” and “Brand New Dress”.
The group played many venues in the area, including the Mt. Carmel Teen Club on December 1, 1967 with the Mourning Reign, and Light show by the Brothers Grimley. I can find notices for the band’s shows as late as May, 1970.
Darline Elswick, Bonnie Borelli and Marge Boutwell headed fan clubs for the group.
Members would join other groups such as the Great Society, Phoenix, New Generation, and Howl & the Raven.
Nancy Morgan (now Nancy Coggins) sent a pdf with b&w collages of photos, business cards etc. Hopefully the originals will be located for better quality images. There’s also a somewhat blurry photo around of Peter Sessions and Nancy Morgan standing in front of the hieroglyphics wall of the Matrix.
The Bay Area Bands site reprints Alec Palao’s article on Bard Dupont from Cream Puff War No. 2, February 1993.
Nancy Morgan was no longer in the Venus Flytrap by the time of this May 29, 1970 article in the Tribune for the People Helping People festival in San Mateo, with Smoke, Clover, and Cousin Roberts and Friends, plus the Illegitimate Theatre.
Good Tuesday, from left: Dave Duncan, drums, Ron Connolly, bass, Paul Cervenak, keys, Keith McCurdy, guitar, and Kevin Ohl, lead vocals
The band’s keyboardist, Paul Cervanek, provided the rare photo and biography:
My first band was Echoes from a Broken Mirror, which quickly changed to Good Tuesday, due to the name’s length. [The band photo] was taken in my basement, around 1966 to 1968, with the band Good Tuesday. I am the blond guy slouching against the wall, third from left.
We played the various Detroit teen nightclubs that prevailed at that time, primarily those operated by Ed “Punch” Andrews, in partnership with Suzi Quatro’s brother, Mike, such as the Crows Nest—both east and west—and the Silverbell, which was a former ski lodge near Oakland University, and the Birmingham Palladium. We also appeared twice at the infamous Grande Ballroom, along with Something Different located on Northwestern Highway, Wamplers Pavilion, and a few H.S. dances.
I left Good Tuesday in 1968 when I started my first year at Oakland University, but fell into a small music clique that included Tom Weschler and we became friends. I had a short stint with Bob Seger’s band—in between Tom Schultz and Dan Watson—before joining Madrigal.
When Madrigal’s music moved more toward the theatrical rather than rock ’n’ roll—and became more non-danceable, concert-type songs—I left. In retrospect, it seemed odd that a band with that type of product would have been hired to play at the Roostertail, a popular Detroit nightclub, on one of its “Sunday Night at the Roostertail” events, which were non-alcoholic, 18 to 21 years old only. Madrigal performed at all of the same clubs that my previous band, Good Tuesday, played.
Ironically, that was on a warm, late-summer-like evening in September during that Madrigal gig at the Roostertail when I met my future wife [and still married 50 years later]. For that, I am grateful. I recall that may have been one of my last gigs with Madrigal, as my “priorities” changed shortly afterward. At the very end, Ted Pearson, who fronted Madrigal, out of the blue decided the band’s new name was now Walpurgis, this on the eve of our first Grande Ballroom show. They, of course, eventually recorded what became the Phantom’s Divine Comedy project. As for me: my last professional band was Fancy Colors, in the early ’70s.
As it turns out, I gave keyboard lessons to Russ Klatt, a saxophone player. He got a gig in a band called Downtown Clergy as result—and eventually played the Hammond on Phantom’s Divine Comedy.
Paul Cervanek on keyboards with Madrigal, 1968 to 1969.
Good Tuesday, Madrigal and Fancy Colors recorded no singles (though Madrigal, at some point and not during Cervanek’s tenure, it’s rumored, did; but they were never released).
Many thanks to Steve Sheldon for providing the information below and all of the photos
Formed in Worthing, West Sussex in early 1965, the original line up comprised:
Ian Gander – lead vocals
Pete Wadeson – lead guitar
Steve Sheldon – rhythm guitar
Pete Cushion – bass
Paul Jordan – drums
With the exception of Jordan, who had previously played with Le Bambas and Peter & The Zodiacs, and former Thunderbolts, Sabres and Zabres member Pete Cushion, the core members came from local band Pythagoras and his Theorems.
In late 1965, former Guilty Party drummer Charlie Pert replaced Paul Jordan.
Then, around July 1966, Ian Gander departed and singer (and multi-instrumentalist) Raymond Thompson, briefly joined and shared lead vocals with Sheldon.
Summer 1966. Left to right: Charlie Pert, Steve Sheldon, Pete Cushion, Raymond Thompson and Pete Wadeson
Thompson had recently moved to the south coast after his former band, west London outfit Malcolm & The Countdowns split. The Countdowns, incidentally, featured future Sweet bass player Steve Priest.
The new singer, however, didn’t stay long and soon moved to Toronto, Canada with his parents, where he subsequently formed the duo Stillwater.
Summer 1966. Left to right: Charlie Pert, Raymond Thompson, Pete Cushion, Steve Sheldon and Pete Wadeson
With Thompson gone, Sheldon assumed lead vocals and the quartet continued to gig locally and along the south coast of England. During 1965 and 1966, The Total backed national acts like The Hollies, The Kinks, The Who, Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, The Zombies and others at top Worthing venues like the Assembly Hall and Pier Pavilion.
In early 1967, the band expanded its line-up with keyboard player Jim Denyer.
With Cushion unable to get time off his work, the band – Steve Sheldon, Pete Wadeson, Charlie Pert and newcomer Jim Denyer – did an audition at Regent Sound Studios in Denmark Street in Soho, central London during 1969.
The band at Regent Sound, 1969 with new member Jim Denyer (bottom right)
Not long afterwards, The Total (with Pete Cushion joining the others) recorded three tracks at Regent Sound with producer Shel Talmy. The track “Think” appears on Ace Records’ compilation CD Planet Mod.
1969 line up
However, in 1971, The Total split up and the individual members briefly worked with local bands.
Cushion, Sheldon and Wadeson subsequently reformed The Total later that year with new drummer Quentin Allen.
The Total in 1972. Left to right: Quentin Allen, Pete Cushion, Steve Sheldon and Pete Wadeson
The band continued into the mid-1970s but underwent a number of significant changes.
The Total, 1972
Sheldon moved to South Africa in 1975 but returned to the UK in 2017. While in South Africa he formed the band Easy Street and made some recordings.
The final Total line up in the mid 1970s. Bass player is Robert Elliott (far left)
The posters below have all been supplied by Steve Sheldon
Eddie and the Upsets, with Eddie on left, and Jesus Escoto on right
Eddy and the Upsets had a number of singles beginning in 1966, sometimes as Eddie Dimas & the Upsets. Most of their singles are Mexican guitar instrumentals or ballads, but “I Got News” sounds very garage. Recorded at Audio Recorders in Phoenix, it was released on Dektr ARA-41668 in 1966 with the ballad “Cry Cry Cry” on the flip.
The band formed at Phoenix Union high school. Eddie Dimas played lead guitar and sang some lead vocals. His older brother was Benny Dimas of the Majestic Five.
Jesus Escoto is on bass in the black & white photo and wrote “So Long”.
I don’t know the names of other members of the ’60s version of the band.
Dave Rivero wrote “I Got News” and the ballad “Don’t You Ever”.
Eddie Dimas at the Id Club on South Central Ave in PhoenixFreddie Brown sings lead on “No Me Tengas Compacion”, the B-side to a single on Christy as Eddy Dimas and the K-Men. Freddie Brown had his own releases on Christy.
Arthur Castro co-arranged “El Mitote”, and Benny Dimas co-arranged “La Vieja Seca”. Ross Benavidez produced a 1970 single on the Lance label.
Johnny Collins produced the Dektr singles, while G.G. Hardin gets production credit for most of the Cristy singles. Christy collected a number of instrumentals for an album El Mosquito on Christy CR 5007.
Edward Dimas passed away on March 8, 2013, and his brother Bennie Dimas on April 12, 2018.
Thank you to Francisco Candia for suggesting this post and for providing info, photos, and scans of the singles.
According to guitarist Joe Memmer, this psych-driven single, which features Dave Gilbert on lead vocals, was recorded in 1968 at Ralph Terrana and Al Sherman’s Tera Shirma Studios. The band paid for the sessions, themselves. Carl Cisco, who managed the career of CKLW DJ Tom Shannon, earned his production credit on the single as result of his bringing in Motown’s horn section for the sessions. Shannon, in partnership with Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno—both of the Antiques, the Buena Vistas, and the LaSalles—operated the Detroit-based Marquee Records.
Carl Cisco’s production assistance resulted in “Decision for Lost Soul Blue” being issued on the Marquee label around December of 1968, with the B-side, “What Makes You.” Making the regional sales charts via airplay on CKLW Toronto and WKNR Detroit, the single went on to have a three-week run as the “Pick of the Week” on CKLW. Impressed with the sales and airplay, Atco/Atlantic picked up the record for national distribution, issuing the single in March 1969. (The label variations of the Atco version are result of different pressing plants manufacturing the record. On those releases, the A-Side title was expanded to “(Day of) Decision for Lost Soul Blue.”)
The Free remained together for about a year, until Dave Gilbert left to become the lead vocalist for Ted Nugent in January 1971. While he doesn’t appear on the album, Gilbert toured Nugent and the Dukes’ fifth release, Survival of the Fittest (1971). According to Memmer, Dave’s hard partying lifestyle conflicted with Nugent’s anti-drug stance (which caused him to dissolve the Amboy Dukes in the first place); that, in addition to Dave’s desire to start a band proper with his brother Marc, resulted in Gilbert’s departure.
Shadow signing announced in Billboard, October 9, 1971
Joe Memmer and Dave Gilbert starting writing songs again and, along with Gilbert’s brother, Marc, formed Shadow. The band recorded a pair of singles in 1972 for Clean Records, an Atlantic subsidiary operated by Robert Stigwood and Rolling Stone Records’ Earl McGrath; the label’s other signings were the commercially-successful soft-rockers America and Starbuck. According to Memmer, Gilbert’s drug use, compounded with his reluctance to work with Stigwood’s suggestions for the band (adding string orchestrations; remembering Stigwood managed-produced the Bee Gees at the time), soured the deal.
New Order with Dave Gilbert at the mic
By 1974, Gilbert moved to Los Angeles and joined the Stooges’ guitarist Ron Asheton and MC5’s drummer Dennis Thompson in New Order; the band also included KJ Knight from the Amboy Dukes. Marc Gilbert’s next band, the hard-rocking Adrenalin formed in 1977, recorded two albums issued through MCA Records in the early-to-mid ‘80s.
Joe Memmer became a non-recording member of Detroit’s Pendragon from 1977 to 1981; Pendragon eventually recorded two 7” singles with Rick “The Lion” Stahl, formerly with the Wilson Mower Pursuit and Sincerely Yours.
The late Dave Gilbert achieved national success as the frontman for the Rockets, which he joined in late 1975. Comprised of ex-members of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, the Rockets’ biggest hit was their cover of the early Fleetwood Mac tune, “Oh, Well.”
Today, Joe Memmer serves as the lead guitarist for the nationally, critically-acclaimed Doors tribute band, the Detroit Doors.
There are more photos to be discovered of all of Dave Gilbert’s bands—including rare images of Shadow (but none from the Free)—on The Rockets Singer Dave Gilbert Facebook.
Cesar’s Club in Bedford was a significant rock venue in the 1960s that hosted a number of notable bands, including early Pink Floyd, Family and Ten Years After.
This is the start of an entry on listed artists, advertised in the Ampthill News & Flintwick Record and/or Bedfordshire Times. There are lots of gaps and we would welcome any additions.
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9 June 1967 (Friday) – Freddie Mac & The Mac Sound
10 June 1967 (Saturday) – The Merseys
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16 June 1967 (Friday) – Marmalade and The Alex Read Sound
17 June 1967 (Saturday) – The Family and The Clew
23 June 1967 (Friday) – Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas with The Minor Portions Roll Band
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24 June 1967 (Saturday) – Pink Floyd (they either replaced The Skatterlights and The Contax or were replaced by them)
30 June 1967 (Friday) – The Chevells and The Peapots
1 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Dellroy Good Good Band and The Jamboree Band
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7 July 1967 (Friday) – Elkie Brooks & The Scotch & Soda
8 July 1967 (Saturday) – Amen Corner
14 July 1967 (Friday) – Bag-o-Nails (ex-The Blue Flames)
15 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Move
21 July 1967 (Friday) – Wynder K Frog
22 July 1967 (Saturday) – Sonny Childe & The TNT
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28 July 1967 (Friday) – Gass with The Niteshades or Nite Train
29 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Original Dyaks with Reaction
4 August 1967 (Friday) – TD Bachus & The Powerhouse and The Teapots
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5 August 1967 (Saturday) – John Evans Smash and Minor Portion Roll Band
6 August 1967 (Sunday) – Minor Portion Roll Band
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25 August 1967 (Friday) – Freddie Mac & The Mac Sound
26 August 1967 (Saturday) – Tiles Big Band
27 August 1967 (Sunday) – The Kontax
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8 September 1967 (Friday) – Family and Flower Children
9 September 1967 (Saturday) – Floribunda Rose and Nite Train
10 September 1967 (Sunday) – Stuart James Inspiration
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15 September 1967 (Friday) – The Kool and The 100w Carnation
16 September 1967 (Saturday) – The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band and The Courtelles
17 September 1967 (Sunday) – The Jambourie Band
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22 September 1967 (Friday) – Amorous Prawns and The Paper Blitz Tissue
23 September 1967 (Saturday) – Hamilton & The Movement and Scotch of St James
24 September 1967 (Sunday) – The Maze
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29 September 1967 (Friday) – The Soul Caravan and The Power
30 September 1967 (Saturday) – Geranium Pond and Roscoe Brown Combo
1 October 1967 (Sunday) – Craig King & The Night Train
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6 October 1967 (Friday) – The Warren Davis Monday Band and The Locomotion
7 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Trax and The Jamboree Band
8 October 1967 (Sunday) – Tony Rivers & The Castaways and Plastic Dream Boat
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13 October 1967 (Friday) – James Royal and The New Breed
14 October 1967 (Saturday) – Pink Floyd and The Tecknique
15 October 1967 (Sunday) – The Human Instinct and Modes Mode
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20 October 1967 (Friday) – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Triads
21 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Lemon Line and The Garden
22 October 1967 (Sunday) – Ten Years After and The Mead
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27 October 1967 (Friday) – The Orlons and The Paper Blitz Tissue
28 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Gods and The New Jump Band
29 October 1967 (Sunday) – The Derek Savage Foundation and The Pink Champagne
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3 November 1967 (Friday) – The Alan Price Set and The Taylor Upton Big Band
4 November 1967 (Saturday) – The Survivors (or The Healers with Spectre Powerhouse)
5 November 1967 (Sunday) – Pesky Gee
Friday (and most Sunday) gigs appear to be missing from now on
10 November 1967 (Saturday) – The New Breed (According to Graham Sclater’s diary, The Manchester Playboys played on this date)
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11 November 1967 (Sunday) – Cats Pyjamas and Geranium Pond
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17 November 1967 (Saturday) – The Skatelites with The Minor Portion Roll Band
25 November 1967 (Saturday) – Marmalade and The Vivas
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2 December 1967 (Saturday) – Milton James and the Harlem Knock Out
9 December 1967 (Saturday) – Catch 22 (aka Katch 22)
16 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Skatelites
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23 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Human Instinct
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30 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band
13 January 1968 (Saturday) – Copper Pot
20 January 1968 (Saturday) – Workshop
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27 January 1968 (Saturday) – Simon K & The Meantimers
The Bedfordshire Times stopped advertising gigs in 1968 after the above date
This is the start of an entry on a popular music venue located in Torquay’s harbour that hosted many important visiting bands during the 1960s.
The gigs below and images are all from the Herald Express newspaper
For most of the year, gigs are only on Fridays and Saturdays with occasional gigs on other days in the week, such as Mondays and Wednesdays
2 October 1964 – The Secrets
3 October 1964 – The Master Sounds
5 October 1964 – The Dictators
9 October 1964 – The Telstars
10 October 1964 – The Mon-Keys
12 October 1964 – The Hunters
16 October 1964 – The Cyclones featuring Johnny Carne
17 October 1964 – Kevin & The Kinsmen
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19 October 1964 – The Townsmen
23 October 1964 – The Fortunes
24 October 1964 – Mike Allard & The Tremors
26 October 1964 – The Buccaneers
30 October 1964 – The Tycoons
31 October 1964 – The 007
1 November 1964 – The Southbeats
2 November 1964 – The Harlequins
6 November 1964 – The Telstars
7 November 1964 – The Avengers
9 November 1964 – The Cossacks
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13 November 1964 – The Vikings
14 November 1964 – The Soul Agents
16 November 1964 – The Starfires
20 November 1964 – Steve Bradley & The Sounds Unlimited
21 November 1964 – The Impact
23 November 1964 – Tony Just & The Orbits
27 November 1964 – The Bossmen
28 November 1964 – The Chevrons
30 November 1964 – Bobby & The Blue Diamonds
3 December 1964 – The Buccaneers
4 December 1964 – The Master Sounds
7 December 1964 – The Harlequins
11 December 1964 – The Buccaneers
12 December 1964 – The Initials
14 December 1964 – The Starfires
18 December 1964 – Steve Bradley & Sounds Unlimited
19 December 1964 – The Companions
21 December 1964 – The Harlequins
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24 December 1964 – The Jellys
26 December 1964 – The Southbeats
28 December 1964 – The Ebonies
31 December 1964 – Dek Dooley & The Dominators and The Buccaneers
1 January 1965 – The Plymouth Sounds
2 January 1965 – Dek Dooley & The Dynamic Dominators
8 January 1965 – The Merry Knights
9 January 1965 – Four Hits & a Miss
15 January 1965 – The Better Days
16 January 1965 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks (future Slade guitarist/singer Noddy Holder was a member until late 1965)
22 January 1965 – The Starfires
23 January 1965 – The Master Sounds (replaced by The Impacts)
29 January 1965 – The Better Days
30 January 1965 – The Strollers
5 February 1965 – The Tycoons
6 February 1965 – The Blues Syndicate (Bass player Geoff Penn says that the group opened for The Yardbirds this evening).
12 February 1965 – The Telstars
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13 February 1965 – Les Fleur De Lys
17 February 1965 – The Montanas
19 February 1965 – The Royals
20 February 1965 – The Southbeats
26 February 1965 – The Better Days (replaced by Gary Kane & The Tornados)
27 February 1965 – Ricky Vernon & The Pathfinders
1 March 1965 – The Montanas
5 March 1965 – Four Steps Beyond
6 March 1965 – The Tallmen (replaced by The Dynacords)
8 March 1965 – The Secrets
12 March 1965 – The ‘N Betweens (this band evolved into Slade)
13 March 1965 – The Nite People
15 March 1965 – The Better Days
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19 March 1965 – The Better Days
20 March 1965 – The Soul Agents (Rod Stewart was singer at this point)
22 March 1965 – The Better Days
26 March 1965 – The Better Days
27 March 1965 – The 007s
29 March 1965 – The Buccaneers
2 April 1965 – Tony Just & The Orbits
3 April 1965 – The Freebooters (replaced by The Palmer James Group)
5 April 1965 – The Tacits
9 April 1965 – The Emeralds with Daniel Boone
10 April 1965 – The Emeralds with Daniel Boone
12 April 1965 – Clive Richie & The Couriers
17 April 1965 – Zuider Lee (could be Zuyder Zee, a popular Dutch band)
19 April 1965 – The Southbeats
23 April 1965 – The Better Days
24 April 1965 – The Hoboes
26 April 1965 – The Guild
28 April 1965 – The Emeralds
30 April 1965 – The Condors
1 May 1965 – The Big T Show
3 May 1965 – The Better Days
5 May 1965 – The Guild
7 May 1965 – The Tac Tics
8 May 1965 – The Riots
10 May 1965 – The Better Days
12 May 1965 – The Telstars
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14 May 1965 – The Undertakers
15 May 1965 – The Primitives
17 May 1965 – The Tic Tacs
19 May 1965 – Peter & The Wolves
21 May 1965 – The Applejacks
22 May 1965 – The Cougars
24 May 1965 – The Hunters
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28 May 1965 – Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
29 May 1965 – The Diplomats
30 May 1965 – Robin & The Four Hoods
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4 June 1965 – The Loose Ends and The Buccaneers
This is roughly the start of the summer season each year (the same applies for subsequent years) when certain artists play the entire the week from Saturday through to Friday. However, it’s not always clear whether they also played the Sunday
5 June 1965 – George Washington & His Congress Men
7-11 June 1965 – George Washington & His Congress Men
12 June 1965 – The ‘N Betweens
14-18 June 1965 – The ‘N Betweens
19 June 1965 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
21-22 June 1965 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
23-25 June 1965 – The Dynamos
26 June 1965 – The Emeralds
28 June-2 July 1965 – The Emeralds
3-9 July 1965 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
10-16 July 1965 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
17 July 1965 – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
19-23 July 1965 – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
23 July 1965 – The Dowlands and The Sound Tracks
25-30 July 1965 – The Dowlands and The Sound Tracks
31 July 1965 – The Marauders
1-3 August 1965 – The Marauders
4-6 August 1965 – The King Pins with Roy Grant
7 August 1965 – The Spectres (this may be the same group that evolves into Status Quo)
9-13 August 1965 – Plain & Fancy
14-20 August 1965 – The Emeralds
21-27 August 1965 – The Quiet Five
28-31 August 1965 – The Big T Show
1-3 September 1965 – The Big T Show
4-10 September 1965 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks (Noddy Holder is still a member at this point)
11-12 September 1965 – Bern Elliott & His Clan
13-14 September 1965 – The Emeralds
15-16 September 1965 – The Rock-A-Fellows
18 September 1965 – The Emeralds
20-24 September 1965 – The Emeralds
25 September 1965 – The ‘N Betweens
27-30 September 1965 – The ‘N Betweens
1 October 1965 – The ‘N Betweens
2 October 1965 – Peter Fenton & The Tasty Mob
4-6 October 1965 – The Hi-Jackers
8 October 1965 – Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four
9 October 1965 – The Alleycats
11 October 1965 – The Better Days
15 October 1965 – Sounds Incorporated
16 October 1965 – The In-Sect
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18 October 1965 – The Cherokees
22 October 1965 – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
23 October 1965 – The Condors
25 October 1965 – The Prophets
29 October 1965 – The Checkmates
30 October 1965 – The Kingpins
1 November 1965 – The Telstars
5 November 1965 – The Applejacks
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6 November 1965 – The Hellions
8 November 1965 – The Blackjacks
12 November 1965 – The Swinging Blue Jeans
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13 November 1965 – The Emeralds
15 November 1965 – Gary Kane & The Tornados
19 November 1965 – Rob Storm & The Whispers
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20 November 1965 – The Wheels
22 November 1965 – The Cordettes
26 November 1965 – Eden Kane with supporting group
27 November 1965 – Pete de Witt & The Magic Strangers (Dutch band)
29 November 1965 – The Spartans
3 December 1965 – The Dedicated Men’s Jug Band and support
4 December 1965 – The Montanas
6 December 1965 – The Telstars
10 December 1965 – The Mojos
11 December 1965 – The Montanas (replaced by Trendsetters Limited)
13 December 1965 – The Royals
17 December 1965 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs with support
18 December 1965 – Finders Keepers (replaced by The Candles)
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24 December 1965 – The Deltas
27 December 1965 – The Riots
31 December 1965 – Dave & The Diamonds
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1 January 1966 – The Mike Stuart Span
7 January 1966 – The Power House Six
8 January 1966 – Zuyder Zee (a popular Dutch band)
14 January 1966 – The Emeralds
15 January 1966 – The Symbols
21 January 1966 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
22 January 1966 – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
28 January 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks (Noddy Holder had recently left)
29 January 1966 – The Cougars
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4 February 1966 – The Nite People
5 February 1966 – The Manchester Playboys
11 February 1966 – The Quiet Five
12 February 1966 – The Trendsetters Limited
18 February 1966 – The Meddyevils
19 February 1966 – The Condors
23 February 1966 – The Maurice Price Seven
25 February 1966 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
26 February 1966 – The Vibros
2 March 1966 – The Trendsetters Limited
4 March 1966 – The Symbols
5 March 1966 – The Mike Stuart Span
9 March 1966 – The Trendsetters Limited
11 March 1966 – The Hot Springs (formerly The Riots)
12 March 1966 – The Majority
16 March 1966 – Carnaby 1 Plus 4
18 March 1966 – The Tennessee Teams
19 March 1966 – Ray Anton & The Profoma
23 March 1966 – The Couriers
25 March 1966 – Cops ‘N’ Robbers
26 March 1966 – The Vogue
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1 April 1966 – The Alan Bown Set
2 April 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
9 April 1966 – The Bystanders
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11 April 1966 – The Emeralds
15 April 1966 – Kris Ryan & The Questions
16 April 1966 – The Big Sound with Karol Keyes
22 April 1966 – The Statesmen
23 April 1966 – The Kingpins
29 April 1966 – The Couriers
30 April 1966 – The ‘N Betweens
6 May 1966 – The First Lites
7 May 1966 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
13 May 1966 – Carnaby 1 Plus 4
14 May 1966 – The Deltas
20 May 1966 – Peter Fenton with Him & The Others
21 May 1966 – George Bean & The Runners
27 May 1966 – The Silhouttes
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28 May 1966 – Davey Sands & The Essex
30 May 1966 – The Gaylords (this band became Marmalade)
3 June 1966 – The Anzaks
4 June 1966 – The ‘N Betweens (Noddy Holder may have joined by now)
6-10 June 1966 – The ‘N Betweens
11 June 1966 – The Vogue
13-17 June 1966 – The Vogue
18-24 June 1966 – The Bystanders
25-30 June 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
1 July 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
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2 July 1966 – John Bull Breed (Bass player John Lodge joined The Moody Blues in October 1966)
4-8 July 1966 – John Bull Breed
9 July 1966 – The Powerhouse Six
11-15 July 1966 – The Powerhouse Six
16 July 1966 – The Nite People
18-22 July 1966 – The Nite People
23 July 1966 – Ray Grant & The Kingpins
25-29 July 1966 – Ray Grant & The Kingpins
30 July 1966 – The Powerhouse Six
1-5 August 1966 – The Powerhouse Six
6 August 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
8-12 August 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
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13 August 1966 – The Noblemen (Guitarist Martin Barre joined Jethro Tull in late 1968)
15-19 August 1966 – The Noblemen
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20 August 1966 – Ray Anton & The Proform
21-22 August 1966 – The Symbols
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23-24 August 1966 – The Quiet Five
25-26 August 1966 – Trendsetters Limited
27 August 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
29 August-2 September 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
3 September 1966 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
4 September 1966 – Steve Brett & The Mavericks
5-9 September 1966 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
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10 September 1966 – Cops ‘n’ Robbers
12-16 September 1966 – Cops ‘n’ Robbers
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17 September 1966 – The ‘N Betweens (this Wolverhampton band later became Slade)
19-23 September 1966 – The ‘N Betweens
24 September 1966 – The Beau Oddlot
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26-27 September 1966 – The Mike Stuart Span
28 September 1966 – The ‘N Betweens
29-30 September 1966 – The Mike Stuart Span
1 October 1966 – Giorgio & Mario’s Men
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7 October 1966 – Listen (possibly Robert Plant’s band)
8 October 1966 – Blaises
14 October 1966 – The Voids
15 October 1966 – The Combine
21 October 1966 – The Anzaks
22 October 1966 – Mr Hip Soul Band
28 October 1966 – The Onyx Set
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29 October 1966 – The Palmer James Group
4 November 1966 – The Rage
5 November 1966 – The Kingpins with Ray Grant
12 November 1966 – The Lonely Ones
19 November 1966 – The Raging Storms
26 November 1966 – The Talismen
2 December 1966 – The Reason Why
3 December 1966 – The Palmer James Group
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10 December 1966 – Grand Union
16 December 1966 – Guest Group
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17 December 1966 – The ‘N Betweens
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23 December 1966 – The Onyx Set
24 December 1966 – The Mike Stuart Span
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30 December 1966 – Lord Caesar Sutch & The Roman Empire
31 December 1966 – Mr Hip Soul Band
7 January 1967 – Trendsetters Limited
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14 January 1967 – The Albert Square
20 January 1967 – The Undertakers
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21 January 1967 – The Bystanders
27 January 1967 – The Onyx Set
28 January 1967 – The Upliners
4 February 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
10 February 1967 – The Jaguars
11 February 1967 – The Ziggy Turner Combo
18 February 1967 – The Lonely Ones
25 February 1967 – The Raging Storms
4 March 1967 – Mr Hip Soul Band
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11 March 1967 – The Palmer James Group
17 March 1967 – The Last-Tik Band
18 March 1967 – The Shannons
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25 March 1967 – Paul Young’s Toggery
27 March 1967 – The Anzaks
31 March 1967 – Johnston McPhilby Five
1 April 1967 – The Measles
7 April 1967 – The Last-Tik Band
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8 April 1967 – Heart & Souls
14 April 1967 –The Jaguars
15 April 1967 – The Vogues
21 April 1967 – The Jigsaw
22 April 1967 – The Delroy Good Good Band
28 April 1967 – The Last-Tik Band
29 April 1967 – The Sunspots
5 May 1967 – The Hoboes
6 May 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
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12 May 1967 – The Onyx Set
13 May 1967 – The Outer Limits
19 May 1967 – The Last-Tik Band
20 May 1967 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
26 May 1967 – The Jaguars
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27 May 1967 – The Lemon Line
2 June 1967 – The Hoboes
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3 June 1967 – The Worrying Kynde
9 June 1967 – The Children
10 June 1967 – The Ray King Soul Band
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16 June 1967 – The Parchment People
17 June 1967 – The Five Proud Walkers
23 June 1967 – Omega Plus
24 June 1967 – Dual Purpose
30 June 1967 – Pentworth’s People
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1-7 July 1967 – The Mike Stuart Span
8 July 1967 – The Raging Storms
10-12 July 1967 – The Raging Storms
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15-21 July 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
22-28 July 1967 – Mr Hip Soul Band
29 July-4 August 1967 – Wellington Kitch Band
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5-11 August 1967 – The Heart and Souls
12-18 August 1967 – The Delroy Good Good Band
19-21 August 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
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22 August 1967 – The Tremeloes and The ‘N Betweens
23-25 August 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
26 August-1 September 1967 – The Ziggy Turner Combo
2-8 September 1967 – The Real McCoy
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9 September 1967 – The Colour Supplement
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14 September 1967 – Wynder K Frog
15 September 1967 – The Jaguars
16 September 1967 – The Strange Fruit
23 September 1967 – The Shame (Greg Lake was the band’s bass player)
30 September 1967 – The Workshop
7 October 1967 – Johnny Carr & The Cadillacs
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13 October 1967 – Scots of St James (rebooked for 17 November)
14 October 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
21 October 1967 – The Dreaded Spectres
28 October 1967 – The Omega Plus
3 November 1967 – The Last-Tik Band
4 November 1967 – Mr Hip Soul Band
11 November 1967 – The Vogues
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17 November 1967 – The Scots of St James
18 November 1967 – The Shiralee
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24 November 1967 – The Cat Soul Packet
25 November 1967 – The Shame
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1 December 1967 – The Shell Shock Show
2 December 1967 – The ‘N Betweens
8 December 1967 – The Foundations
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9 December 1967 – Robert Plant & The Band of Joy
15 December 1967 – The Lamb Bros & Co
16 December 1967 – Dual Purpose
22 December 1967 – Sounds Incorporated
23-24 December 1967 – The Mike Stuart Span
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26 December 1967 – Pinkerton’s Colours
29 December 1967 – Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
30-31 December 1967 – Mr Hip Soul Band
5 January 1968 – The Calgary Stampede
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6 January 1968 – The Maze (singer Rod Evans and drummer Ian Paice co-founded Deep Purple)
12 January 1968 – The Clockwork Orange
13 January 1968 – The Go Show
19 January 1968 – The Tremeloes
20 January 1968 – John Drevar’s Experience
26 January 1968 – The Gods
27 January 1968 – The Purple Dream
2 February 1968 – Purple Art
3 February 1968 – Heart & Souls
9 February 1968 – The Vigilantes
10 February 1968 – Blossom
16 February 1968 – The Albie
17 February 1968 – The ‘N Betweens (the band became Slade)
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23 February 1968 – Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
24 February 1968 – Cat Soul Show
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1 March 1968 – The New York Public Library
2 March 1968 – The Firestones
8 March 1968 – The Bunch
9 March 1968 – The Maze
15 March 1968 – Freddie Mack Show
16 March 1968 – Lamb Bros & Co
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22 March 1968 – Status Quo
23 March 1968 – The Shell Shock Show
29 March 1968 – The Big T Sound
30 March 1968 – The Vogues
5 April 1968 – The Onyx
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6 April 1968 – Wishful Thinking (formerly The Emeralds)
13 April 1968 – The Ebonites (no Friday artist)
15 April 1968 – Locomotive
19 April 1968 – New World
20 April 1968 – John Drevar’s Experience
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26 April 1968 – The Shy Limbs (Greg Lake on bass)
27 April 1968 – Delroy Williams & The Sugar Band
3 May 1968 – My Dear Watson
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4 May 1968 – The Mike Stuart Span
10 May 1968 – The Late
11 May 1968 – Fanny Flickers Rock ‘N’ Roll Band
17 May 1968 – The Firm
18 May 1968 – The Extreme Sound
20 May 1968 – The Mike Westbrook Band
25 May 1968 – Gerry Temple & The Storm (no Friday artist)
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31 May 1968 – The Penny Peep Show (Martin Barre joined Jethro Tull)
1 June 1968 – The Epics
3 June 1968 – The Ebonites
8 June 1968 – George Bean & The Runners (no Friday artist) (says they are Lulu’s backing band)
10 June 1968 – Breakthru
14 June 1968 – The Merseys
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15 June 1968 – Floribunda Rose (John Kongos was singer)
17 June 1968 – Locomotive
21 June 1968 – Mud
22 June 1968 – Traction
24 June 1968 – Youngblood
25 June 1968 – Marmalade
28 June 1968 – Pepper
29 June 1968 – Cat Road Show starring US Flattop
There may be missing gigs during July as it wasn’t clear if artists played for the entire week
1 July 1968 – The Ebonites
3 July 1968 – The Ebonites
5 July 1968 – The Ebonites
6 July 1968 – The Jasper Stubbs Gloryland Band
8-10 July 1968 – The Mike Stuart Span
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12 July 1968 – The Mike Stuart Span
13 July 1968 – Finders Keepers
15 July 1968 – Finders Keepers
17 July 1968 – Finders Keepers
19 July 1968 – Finders Keepers
20 July 1968 – The Shiralee
22-24 July 1968 – Lamb Bros & Co
26 July 1968 – Lamb Bros & Co
27 July 1968 – Spectrum
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29 July 1968 – Spectrum
30 July 1968 – Reperata & The Delrons, Clouds and Spectrum
31 July 1968 – Spectrum
3 August 1968 – The Californians
5-9 August 1968 – The Californians
10 August 1968 – The Light Fantastic (formerly The Vogues)
12-16 August 1968 – The Light Fantastic
17 August 1968 – Wishful Thinking
19 August 1968 – The Onyx
20-23 August 1968 – Wishful Thinking
24 August 1968 – Bubblegum
26-27 August 1968 – Bubblegum
30 August 1968 – Bubblegum
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31 August 1968 – The Gods
2 September 1968 – The Gods (they may play all week but it is not clear)
6 September 1968 – The Gods
From this point onwards, it looks like gigs only took place on Saturdays
7 September 1968 – Traction
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14 September 1968 – The ‘N Betweens
21 September 1968 – Jason Cord and First Chapter
28 September 1968 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
5 October 1968 – The Luddy Sammes Soul Packet
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12 October 1968 – Scrugg (formerly Floribunda Rose)
The Kwintels with Paul Revere and the Raiders; Jerry Zubal, standing left
According to guitarist Jerry Zubal, the Kwintels started out as the Quintels, eventually dropping the “Qu” for a “Kw” for the sound-the-same-but-spelled-differently, more “rocking” handle. Jim Baranowsky, who also managed Tom Carson’s the Lazy Eggs, served as their manager.
Ad for the Kwintels, We Who Are, the Thyme and Harmon Street Blues at the Silver Bell Hideout, April 8, 1967
The Kwintels were regulars at the Punch Andrews-managed the Silver Bell Hideout, the Clawson Hideout, and the Birmingham Palladium. Their major gigs were the Southfield Pop Festival in July 1967 alongside SRC, Bob Seger and the Last Heard, the Rationals, and the Mushrooms featuring Glenn Frey. The Kwintels also opened for, and loaned out equipment to, according to Jerry Zubal, Paul Revere and the Raiders during their Detroit stop in 1965. Around that same time, the Kwintels, when Jerry Zubal was only 15, served as Freddie Cannon’s backing band during a Detroit stop in Lake Orion. Impressed with the teens, Cannon offered the Kwintels the slot as his permanent band; they turned him down to concentrate on original tunes. As was the course of bands in those days, they recorded covers of popular songs as singles, but those acetates were never pressed for release.
Later, Zubal joined the harder-rocking Tea, which was known for a time as Poetic Justice when Joe Aramini (Bob Seger’s later road manager) managed the band. Signed to Punch Andrews’s Palladium Records, which issued Seger’s early albums, Andrews felt “Tea” carried a detrimental “drug image,” so the band became 1776. Those 1971 sessions, overseen by Pampa Studios’ Jim Bruzzese and Greg Miller, who also engineered Bob Seger’s early catalog, resulted in the band’s lone, self-titled album. Featuring the Andrews-chosen singles: covers of Dave Mason’s “Only You Know and I Know” and the Bryds’s rearrangement of the Art Reynolds’ Singers’ “Jesus Is Just Alright,” only the latter charted on Detroit radio: the limited success of 1776 was usurped by the Doobie Brothers’ version, released a year later.
After the Kwintels, and prior to Tea, Jerry Zubal and Glenn Frey, he of the recently disbanded the Mushrooms and a co-writer on Bob Seger’s early songs, formed a creatively unsuccessful band. Frey, of course, relocated to the west coast and joined the Eagles. Jerry Zubal also relocated to Los Angeles.
Upon meeting guitarist Brian Naughton, formerly of Rock Candy (who issued one, Montrose-inspired, heavy-metal progenitor on MCA Records in 1970), the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, and the Grass Roots, the duo formed the hard-rock concern Rockits. Renamed by their new management, The Toby Organization (also handled Quiet Riot and Angel), in 1974, Rockicks issued the album, Inside, on RSO Records in 1977. That album, along with later demos and unreleased RSO and MCA-era recordings, were compiled in the 2018 release: Keep on Rockin’: A Retrospective Anthology.
The Kwintel’s core members (who later became Tea): Jerry Zubal Mike Roush Bryan Barnes
Other members: Greg Ballard Bob Hinshaw
Tea of Rochester, Michigan: Left to Right: Bryan Barnes (G, V), Phillip Bliss (G, Steel Guitar), Jerry Zubal (G, V), Eggmahn (B), and Bill Doral (D).
In 2010, members of the Quintels/Kwintels held a reunion show in Detroit. You can enjoy a 12-song playlist of that show on You Tube.
Through the ’90s and 2000s, Jerry Zubal and Johnny Heaton, the latter of the West End, would later form the bands Roxius, Catching Fire, Seize, and Rock Anthem. You can enjoy an 18-song playlist of those bands on You Tube.
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