Ferris Wheel’s gigs 1967-1969

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.

Diane Ferraz – lead vocals

Michael Liston (aka Snow) – keyboards/guitar/lead vocals

Keith Field – guitar

Dave Sweetnam-Ford – saxophone/lead vocals

George Sweetnam-Ford – keyboards

Barry Reeves – drums

1967

22 April 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas’ Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review & Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

27 April 1967 – RAF Leuchars, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

28 April 1967 – Palladium, Greenock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

29 April 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

30 April 1967 – Top 10 Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

 

5 May 1967 – Slipper, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

20 May 1967 – Bluesville ’67, St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Brentwood Review and Romford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

20 May 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Billed as formerly Diane Ferraz and The Checkmates

24 May 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)

30 May 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

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31 May 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The J J Preston Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo) Billed as Diane Ferris & The Ferris Wheel (formerly The Checkmates)

 

1 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

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3 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Symbols and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Diane Ferraz with The Checkmates 

4 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

10 June 1967 – RAF Coningsby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

11 June 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

12 June 1967 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

14-15 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, London (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The New Checkmates

15 June 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

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18 June 1967– Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Nite People and Neil Diamond (North Norfolk News) Billed as Ferris Wheels

21 June 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

29 June 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

30 June 1967 – Town Hall, Alloa, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

 

1 July 1967 – Town Hall, Kilmarnock, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates (Birmingham Evening Mail also has the band playing at the Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham with The Peasant Sec on this day but this seems very unlikely).

2 July 1967 – Palais, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208) Billed as Diane Ferraz & The Checkmates

The band started to use the Ferris Wheel name from this point

2 July 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Original Checkmates and The Raynes (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

3 July 1967 – Adam & Eve Club, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

4 July 1967 – Savoy Hotel, Strand, London (Fabulous 208)

6 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)

7 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

8 July 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

9 July 1967 – Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

According to Michael Snow’s website and blog, the band’s debut as Ferris Wheel took place at the Bag O’Nails club in August 1967 but earlier dates suggest this wasn’t the case.

Fabulous 208 notes that the group went to south of France in mid-July

1 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

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2 August 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Wrong Direction (Portsmouth News)

3 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

5 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Electric Circus and Chunks Jump Band (Melody Maker) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

6 August 1967 – John’s Children’s Club, Leatherhead, Surrey (Fabulous 208) This is The Bluesette Club

7 August 1967 – Wheels Discotheque, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

8 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

11 August 1967 – Solihull Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands with Idle Race and The Brand (Birmingham Evening Mail)

12 August 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

14 August 1967 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

19 August 1967 – RAF Coningsby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)

20 August 1967 – Dolphin Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

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22 August 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

24 August 1967 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

25 August 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

26 August 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)

26 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

27 August 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Fabulous 208)

28 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous)

30 August 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

31 August 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

 

1 September 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1967 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)

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3 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

4 September 1967 – Bamboo Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)

9 September 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with James and Bobby Purify and Big Maybelle and The Senate (Lincolnshire Standard)

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13 September 1967 – Big Beat Cruise, Solent, South Parade Pier, Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head with The Blackout (Portsmouth News)

15 September 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1967 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)

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16 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Mike Stuart Span and The Workshop (Melody Maker)

19 September 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Fabulous 208)

20 September 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

21 September 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

22 September 1967 – G Ranch, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

23 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Fabulous 208/Melody Maker)

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24 September 1967 – Foseco Sports and Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208/Tamworth Herald)

 

2 October 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Clubs, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

6 October 1967 – Boulevard Club, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

7 October 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)

8 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

9 October 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

10 October 1967 – Queen Mary Social Club, Ocean Terminal, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)

11 October 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

13 October 1967 – Oak Leaf Hotel, South Bank, Middlesbrough with Mike Stevens & The Shevelles (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

14 October 1967 – Club A Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

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15 October 1967 – Civic Centre, Corby with Geno Washington & His Ram Jam Band and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

16 October 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

25 October 1967 – Adam & Eve, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Echo) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

26 October 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Bristol (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

28 October 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Drifters, The Soul Survivors and The Purple Barrier (Lincolnshire Standard)

 

2 November 1967 – Clouds, Derby, Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph)

2 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1967 – Beaconsfield Youth Centre, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)

4 November 1967 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)

6 November 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

7 November 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)

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10 November 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

11 November 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Dyaks (East Kent Times & Mail)

14 November 1967 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, London (Melody Maker)

17 November 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

19 November 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

22 November 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Fabulous 208)

23 November 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, London (Fabulous 208)

24 November 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)

25 November 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Traffic and Six Across (Lincolnshire Standard)

26 November 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London (Melody Maker)

 

1 December 1967 – G Range, Maidstone, Kent (Fabulous 208)

2 December 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1967 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

6 December 1967 – Big Beat ’67 concert, Royal Albert Hall, London with Joe Tex, Alan Price Set, Steve Hammond and Jan Kimbell (Melody Maker) Disc &  Music Echo says that this was cancelled

8 December 1967 – Burton Constable Hall, Hull, Humberside with The Amboy Dukes, Joe E Young & The Toniks, Roger Bloom’s Hammer, Gospel Garden and The Mandrakes (Scarborough Evening News)

9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede and Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Melody Maker)

9 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)

19 December 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

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23 December 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Six Across, The Rubber Band and Ray Bones (Lincolnshire Standard)

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29 December 1967 – Foseco Sports & Social Club, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Tamworth Herald)

1968

9 January 1968 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

11 January 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly, London (Poster at Jonathan Marks’ website: https://imgur.com/a/sWtBd#0)

12 January 1968 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)

14 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

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15 January 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

19 January 1968 – Big C Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hamphshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferris Wheel

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26 January 1968 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

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2 February 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as featuring Diane Ferraz

2 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

4 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury and Winchester Journal)

6 February 1968 – Public Hall, Witham, Essex (Essex Chronicle)

8 February 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

9 February 1968 – North West Leicestershire Technical College Students Union Dance, The Grand, Coalville, Leicestershire with Magazine (Leicester Mercury)

11 February 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

 

3 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

4 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday) Billed as with Diane Ferraz

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10 March 1968 – Cat-Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Melody Maker/Grantham Journal)

11 March 1968 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Bakersville Blues Band (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

12 March 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

14 March 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

17 March 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

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24 March 1968 – Frolicking Kneecap Discotheque, Market Harborough, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph/Leicester Mercury) Marmalade did not appear

 

4 April 1968 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Express & Echo)

5 April 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)

6 April 1968 – Evington Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

17 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

18 April 1968 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Camberley News & Bagshot Observer)

25 April 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

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25 May 1968 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Barrier (Cambridgeshire Times)

30 May 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

 

1 June 1968 – Brave New World, Eastney, Hampshire (website: http://michaelcooper.org.uk/C/birdcage.htm) Billed as Diane Ferraz and The Ferrez Wheel

22 June 1968 – Hervines Park, Amersham, Bucks with The Rebel Rousers (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

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29 June 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

30 June 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

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5 July 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Delroy Good Good Band and Spangles Maldoon (Express & Star)

6 July 1968 – The College, Digby Avenue, Nottingham with The Redhouse Blues Band (Nottingham Evening Post)

7 July 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

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8 July 1968 – Bluesville ’68, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)

10 July 1968 – Summerhill House Hotel, Kingswinford, West Midlands (Express & Star)

According to Michael Snow’s book Mersey Me! A Liverpool Lad on the Loose in the Swingin’ ‘60s, Diane Ferraz left on the eve of a month’s residency at the Voom Voom club in St-Tropez that summer (most likely around now). She was exhausted from European tours. They undertook the French dates without a female singer and briefly added singer Marsha Hunt on their return to London

19 July 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

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20 July 1968 – Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire with Shock Treatment (Derbyshire Times)

21 July 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Marsha Hunt with Ferris Wheel

22 July 1968 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes with Happy Magazine and Glass Showband (Grimsby Daily Telegraph)

25 July 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

 

1 September 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)

7 September 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Blossom Toes (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

24 September 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)

28 September 1968 – Coventry College of Education, Coventry (Fabulous 208)

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29 September 1968 – Beat Centre Discotheque Club, Co-Op Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

30 September 1968 – Manor House, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)

 

2 October 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, west London (Fabulous 208)

3 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

5 October 1968 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with Technicolour Dream (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

9 October 1968 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, central London (Time Out)

Singer Linda Lewis joins from White Rabbit around mid-October 1968. As she lived in Hampstead, it’s possible her first gig was there. Around the same time Barry Reeves was replaced by Dennis Elliott on drums

10 October 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 October 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)

19 October 1968 – Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Derbyshire Times)

19 October 1968 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)

27 October 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Nepenthe (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Evening Post)

 

1 November 1968 – College of Education, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

2 November 1968 – Bin Lid, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

3 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, south London (Melody Maker)

10 November 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

16 November 1968 – College Hall, Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire with The Gods (Aldershot News)

16 November 1968 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Poster)

22 November 1968 – Rag Ball, Avery Hill College, Eltham, southeast London with Ace Kefford, Jigsaw Band and Keith Sine (South East London Mercury)

23 November 1968 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Sons and Lovers (Lincolnshire Standard)

24 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Nepenthe (Melody Maker)

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1 December 1968 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ferris Wheel featuring Linda Lewis

5 December 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

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27 December 1968 – Bridge Place Country Club, near Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

29 December 1968 – Yorkshire Grey Ballroom, Eltham, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

1969

2 January 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

In early 1969, Keith Field left and was succeeded by Terry Edmunds

8 February 1969 – The Barn Ballroom, Little Bardfield Hall, Little Bardfield, Essex (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

20 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

21 February 1969 – Bay Hotel, Sunderland (website: www.45worlds.com/live)

 

6 April 1969 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Melody Maker)

13 April 1969 – John D’Milton’s Discotheque, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)

 

10 May 1969 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Kiss (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

23 May 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

 

15 June 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (gig poster on website: http://www.donpowellofficial.com/)

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10 August 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with The Misunderstood, Reflection and Andromeda (Melody Maker)

20 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

24 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)

27 August 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

 

7 September 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)

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14 September 1969 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Edgar Broughton, Grail and Daddy Long Legs (Melody Maker)

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27 September 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)

 

30 October 1969 – Rasputin’s, Oxford Street, London (Time Out)

 

21 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

24 December 1969 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, London (Time Out)

27 December 1969 – Bridge Place Country Club, Canterbury, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe District Herald)

28 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Time Out)

According to Michael Snow’s blog (https://michaelsnowpresents.wordpress.com), they went to Geneva to play at the Black Bird club in December 1969 and, judging by newspaper clippings, were still playing there in the first week of January 1970, due to popular demand.

1970

17 January 1970 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)

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7 thoughts on “Ferris Wheel’s gigs 1967-1969”

  1. Melody Maker 13/05/67 has an ad for The Ram Jam Club which lists –
    “Saturday May 13th – Zoot Money plus Ferris Wheel (formerley Diane Feraz & The Checkmates)” so they were obviously gigging long before August with the new name.
    Feraz is spelt with only on ‘r’ in the ad.

  2. Fabulous 208 says Ferris Wheel went to the South of France in mid-late July

    Fabulous 208 lists the band’s line up as the following in late October:

    Diane Ferraz – lead vocals
    Mike Liston – organ
    Dave Ford – sax
    George Ford – bass and lead vocals
    Keith Anthony – guitar and vocals
    Harry Reeves – drums

  3. I saw Ferris Wheel at the University College (London, England) Christmas Ball in December 1968. Also playing were Georgie Fame & Band, Cliff Bennett & Band, Zuess and Eric Silk’s Southern Jazz Band

  4. This takes me back. I was their bookerat the Gunnell Agency and when they wanted to change their name from Diane Ferraz & the Checkmates, I came up with ‘Ferris Wheel’, as Diane’s surname kind of triggered it in my mind. They were a very good band who were always well-received. I left the Gunnell Agency at the end of ’67m so lost touch with all bar one member, Keith Field, who became a personal friend, until our ways parted when I joined Charisma Records in ’72. Good memories though.

  5. I saw them as Ferrez Wheel at Farnborough Technical College in November 1968. They were supported by a band called Genesis – MikeRutherford was a student at Farnborough Tech – who were awful. I remember the occasion as I took a newly acquired girlfriend and had my first kiss in the interval.
    NB the list above says they were supported by the Gods . I think this is wrong as I have no recollection of them

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