This short-lived band was formed in Lewisham, southeast London around 1967 and featured:
Ray Marshall (guitar/vocals)
Ronnie Clayden (keyboards/harmonica)
Graham Marshall (bass)
Chris Stevens (drums)
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Sax player
The group played regularly on the club scene throughout 1968 and 1969 before Clayden left to join The Kool.
I’d welcome any more information on the group.
Thanks to Ronnie Clayden for band line-up.
Notable gigs:
27 July 1968 – Blues Scene, Crown, Twickenham, west London
30 August 1968 – Maidenhead Rugby Football Ground, Maidenhead, Berks with Pegasus
31 August 1968 – Blues Scene, Crown, Twickenham, west London
6 October 1968 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London
29 October 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London with Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
2 November 1968 – Chiltern Youth Club, Amersham, Bucks
8 December 1968 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, north London with Gun, Barclay James Harvest, Arcadium and Marie Rice
11 January 1969 – Blues Scene, Crown, Twickenham, west London
21 January 1969 – Boiler House Blues Club, Village Hall, Amersham, Bucks
21 February 1969 – Village Hall, Amersham, Bucks
29 March 1969 – Carlton Ballroom, Slough, Berks with The New Barons Show Band
15 April 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London with Blossom Toes
31 July 1969 – Chiltern Youth Club, Amersham, Bucks
A recording of “Weary Baby” was released on the “Peacock Farm” album recorded in Bracknell in June or July of 1969.
Plus November 2, 1968 and Februray 1, 1969 at Chiltern Youth Club, Amersham, Bucks
Remember them all very well!, what happened to the guy that ran the light show?, happy days
The John Thomas Blues Band appeared three times at the Blues Attic in Banbury in 1968/9. As I remember, they went down well with the crowd.