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.

THE Q-SET:

 Arthur Pereira – guitar

Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ

Chester Simon – bass

George Lee – tenor sax

Lloyd Smith – tenor sax

Herschell Holder – trumpet

Byron Ly-fook – drums

1967

14 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

20 January 1967 – Newbury Plaza, Newbury, Berkshire (Newbury Weekly News)

22 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)

Maxine Brown – lead vocals joined The Q-Set for a British tour

31 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Knack and Malcolm Margaron (Melody Maker)

1-2 February 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

4 February 1967 – Califonia Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Disc & Music Echo)

5 February 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

8 February 1967 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)

8 February 1967 – Blaises, Mayfair, central London (Disc & Music Echo)

10 February 1967 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, west London (Disc & Music Echo)

10 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)

11 February 1967 – Tofts, Folketstone, Kent (Disc & Music Echo)

11 February 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, central London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)

12 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

17 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

17 February 1967 – Gaiety, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

18 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Wishful Thinking (East Kent Times & Mail)

18 February 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage,  east London (Melody Maker)

19 February 1967 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, central London (Fabulous 208)

20 February 1967 – Palais, Leicester (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with the Warren Davies Monday Band (Melody Maker)

25 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London with The Links Band (Melody Maker)

26 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

5 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set so not clear if Maxine Brown was with them

In mid March, The Q-Set linked up with singer Ronnie Jones who split with The Blue Jays. However, they returned to work with Maxine Brown for a second British tour starting in September 1967

22 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band

23 September 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker) No mention of Q-Set but most likely

24 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)

25 September 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)

26 September 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Melody Maker)

30 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show

30 September 1967 – The Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, central London with The Decision (Melody Maker)

4 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel)

7 October 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with Family (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show

8 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)

According to Lorne Anton, who very kindly shared the following photos taken at the Central R&B Club at the Central Hotel in Gillingham, Kent on 3 December 1967, Maxine Brown’s second tour extended into February 1968 and involved around 30 odd dates.

Not sure how these dates sat alongside the ones The Q-Set played with Ronnie Jones.

Thanks to Tony O’Malley for band line-up details. Live photos are the copyright of Lorne Anton.

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