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.

Davey Sands – lead vocals

Howard Alexander (aka Shaffer) – lead guitar

Peter James – bass (replaced by Len Hawkes)

Chris Daryl – keyboards

Ian Barry – drums (replaced by Ian Warner after first single)

1965

Davey Sands & The Essex were featured in the Surrey Comet’s 12 June 1965 issue (see above)

4 July 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

9 July 1965 – Cheltenham Festival, Cheltenham Town Football Ground, Whaddon, Gloucestershire with Sonny Childe & The Elders, The Magic Moments, The Mirage, The Talismen and The Woodlanders (Gloucester Citizen)

9 July 1965 – Swindon Athletic Ground, Swindon, Wiltshire with Sonny Childe & The Elders, The Magic Moments, The Mirage, The Talismen and The Woodlanders (Swindon Evening Advertiser)

9 August 1965 – Drill Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire (Cambridge News)

5 September 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

9 September 1965 – Rocky Rivers Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Times)

17 September 1965 – Manor Lounge, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Stockport County Express)

18 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Preachers (Cambridge News)

25 September 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Invaders (Lynn News)

2 October 1965 – Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London with the Eastsiders (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)

13 November 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Defiants (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

31 December 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Lonely Ones (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

1966

1 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Curtis & Co and The Mark Four (Essex County Standard)

15 January 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

22 January 1966 – Whitehall, East Grinstead, West Sussex with The Just Five (Sussex Express)

24 January 1966 – Co-Op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Cyclons (Birmingham Evening Mail)

29 January 1966 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich with Yes and No (Eastern Evening News)

30 January 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Roulettes (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

12 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Poor Boys (Maidstone Gazette/Kent Messenger)

20 February 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Ye Kingwaymen (Eastern Evening News)

27 February 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

11 March 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

12 March 1966 – Mecca Dancing, Ashton Palais (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Fenmen and The Fuzz-Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

19 March 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with The Original Dyaks (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

20 March 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

26 March 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Clockwork Oranges (Maidstone Gazette)

3 April 1966 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The News (North Norfolk News)

19 April 1966 – Co-Op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Cellarmen (Birmingham Evening Mail)

15 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Hi-Jacks (Eastern Evening News)

21 May 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours (East Kent Times)

22 May 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

28 May 1966 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)

29 May 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

30 May 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Lynn News)

1 June 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

20 June 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

2 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

9 July 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

10 July 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

14 July 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Kinks (East Kent Times)

15 July 1966 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

16 July 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Brian Poole & The Tremeloes (East Kent Times) This might be the gig where Len Hawks met The Tremeloes and jumped ship 

24 July 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Barons (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

There is a great story and picture on the band in Wellingborough News from 12 August 1966, page 8

13 August 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)

15 August 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

20 August 1966 – Oakham with The Kinks, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes and The Applejacks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

21 August 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Moody Blues (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

27 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with support (Maidstone Gazette)

29 August 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

3 September 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

13 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)

15 September 1966 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Grantham Journal)

24 September 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Lynn News)

26 September 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

1 October 1966 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

12 October 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

22 October 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Applejacks (East Kent Times)

23 October 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

31 October 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

6 November 1966 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

11 November 1966 – Victoria Hall, Oakham, Lincolnshire with The Hornets (Grantham Journal)

23 November 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

26 November 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

27 November 1966 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Fortunes (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

3 December 1966 – El Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

15 December 1966 – Flying Fox Club, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland with Marmalade, The Tribe and The Nemkons (Grantham Journal)

16 December 1966 – Dancing Slipper Ballroom, West Bridgeford, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

17 December 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band (East Kent Times)

18 December 1966 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

19 December 1966 – Eltham Baths, Eltham, southeast London (PACE magazine)

30 December 1966 – Victoria Hall, Oakham, Lincolnshire with The Kobalts (Grantham Journal)

31 December 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

1967

1 January 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Versions (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

7 January 1967 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with supporting group (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

29 January 1967 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (North Norfolk News)

1 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

12 February 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

4 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury)

11 March 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

11 March 1967 – Rave, Irchester, Northamptonshire with The Ironsides (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

12 March 1967 – The Cavern, Liverpool (Phil Thompson’s Story of the Cavern book)

17 March 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with Cryan Shames with Paul and Ritchie (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

19 March 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

20 March 1967 – Kettering Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Aces Wild (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

23 March 1967 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

31 March 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

1 April 1967 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with Irvin John Jump Band (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

19 May 1967 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

3 June 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with supporting group (South East London Mercury) The band was billed as Just Too Much (ex-Davey Sands & The Essex) 

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