I haven’t been posting much on the site. Lost my motivation, for several reasons, not least of which is U.S. support for Israel’s nihilistic genocide in Gaza.
Israel is a virulently racist society that treats native inhabitants with second-class citizenship at best (within the 1948 UN boundaries), and as “human animals” (Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant) without any rights in the occupied territories. Israel subjects Palestinians to degrading treatment including torture. Don’t take my word for it, read any of the reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, or Israel’s own B’Tselem rights group.
Before you say “October 7”, then please read one of the articles in Israeli media, among others about what happened that day.
My organization, Columbia County for Palestine, is hosting a talk next Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the Hudson, NY public library on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns with Riham Barghouti and Rebecca Vilkomerson, at 3:30 pm. One focus is to “Break the Bonds”: to have New York State wind down the $340 million it holds in risky Israel bonds. As with apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, the aim is to increase non-violent pressure to reduce the violence and force democratic change.
Whether this is appropriate for this site, my explanation is this: I cannot celebrate US and western music but ignore the damage my country is doing around the world by supplying weapons, providing diplomatic cover, spreading lies, and silencing critics. The Biden and Trump administrations are both guilty of these charges; this is not a partisan issue.
“I don’t think I ever, in my life, felt the glare of racism burn stranger and more intense than in Israel” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
Note: these are my personal views, and not necessarily those of any other contributors to this site.
Happy to be kicking off the new vinyl DJ night of my old friend, DJ $mall ¢hange, at the Half Moon at 48 S. Front St. in Hudson, NY 12534 this Friday, Jan 24, 2025.
All kinds of (old) music, including garage. Come out and say hello.
The Buck Rogers Movement, April 1968, from left: Karl Larson (Carl Larson), Beverly Rogers, Buck Rogers, Rod Trembley, Cynthia Trembley, and Bill Wanat
From Holyoke, Massachusetts, the Buck Rogers Movement cut three singles on their own 21st Century Records label in 1967 and 1968, then continued for a couple more years until tragedy struck.
The first mention of the band I can find comes from the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram on September 20, 1967, noting the group “formed only three months ago”.
The group is somewhat unusual in that it has two married couples within its membership: Roderick Trembley, lead guitarist, Mrs. Cynthia Trembley, rhythm guitar; Buck Rogers, sax; Mrs. Beverly Rogers, organ. Also members of the group are: Carl Larson, bass and William Wanat, drums.
Rod Trembley came out of a Chicopee band called the Del Vicounts, who competed in the Jaycees Western Massachusetts Regional band contest. Other members of the Del Vicounts included Tym McDowell, vocals; Pierre Provost, bass, George Barsalou, drums, and Michael Dubiel, rhythm guitar.
December 1967 shows at Mountain Park in Holyoke
The Transcript-Telegram ran a photo of the Buck Rogers Movement on April 25, 1968, with some inconsistencies in spelling from the earlier article: Buck Roger, Beverley Roger, Cindy Trembley, Rod Trembley, Carl Larsons and Bill Wanat.
It claims “Buck holds an exclusive song writer’s contract with United Artists.”
“We like the clean sounds of the Buckingham[s] and The Young Rascals,” Buck says.
… they find time for bookings like the Showboat in New York City and a two-week tour in Labrador. The group has appeared at Mountain Park, the Catacombs, and at every Hullabaloo in New England.
The article notes Carl was a student at Chicopee Comprehensive High School and Rod Trembley attended Northampton Commercial College.
signed by Buck Rogers!
Copyright registration lists Buck Rogers real name as Herman Joseph Rogers, sometimes rendered as “Bucky Rogers” or Herman J. Rogers.
Registration dates are interesting, as some are a year or two before the recordings:
June 25, 1965: “You’ve Got Me Hurting Again” Sept. 16, 1965: “Radio Station Commercial” Oct. 19, 1965: “Here I Go Again” Nov. 8, 1965: “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow?” Nov. 22, 1965: “Come on Home” Oct. 18, 1967: “Would You Believe?” Nov. 8, 1967: “Take It From Me Girl”
WHYN DJ Dick Booth informed me he produced “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow” at Audio Dynamics in 1967, but not their other records. At the time he was booking them in shows around Springfield, MA and Stafford, CT.
21st Century Records 601: “Would You Believe” / “Baby Come Home” 21st Century Records 602: “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow” / “Music to Watch Christmas Trees Grow” 21st Century Records 603: “Take It From Me Girl” / “LA”
signed by Karl Larson (not Carl Larson as news clips indicate)
H.J. Rogers wrote all six songs, publishing the first two with Trish Music, and Unart Pub. on the third.
“Baby Come Home” was issued twice, the second time with the title changed to “Baby Come On” which sounds closer to what is being sung. Note that the signature on “Would You Believe” is Karl Larson, not Carl.
There was some local radio chart action, for example, “Would You Believe” reached #8 on WHYN on November 11, 1967, and “Take It From Me” reached #9 on the WAIC top ten on April 13, 1968.
At some point, Karl Larson left and was replaced by Ray Mason, who had just graduated high school.
The Atlanta Journal had a report on February 24, 1970 headlined Sniper Suspected of Earlier Attack:
Twenty-four hours out of Albany, N.Y., the Buck Rogers Movement was awake, anticipating arrival in Atlanta where they thought they had a contract to play rock music in a midtown nightclub.
Harlan Cornelius, the bearded, 24-year-old guitarist for the group was working on a list of songs the group could do, and discussing his choices with the rest of the group.
Buck Rogers, 29, the leader, was driving his gold convertible south on I-85, and turned on the car’s interior light so Harlan could see his list.
About 60 miles out of the city, a car whipped around the group’s rented trailer and pulled alongside. A young man inside hollered, “Fink.”
“There’s your ‘Easy Rider,'” Rogers said, remembering how the two motorcyclist in the movie had been scorned and abused by people who thought long hair and beards repugnant … he turned away the insult, and held up the two-fingered peace sign to the pair in the other car.
The car, a black compact – he thinks a Falcon – with lots of chrome, and raised on its axles, slowed down and allowed the group to pass. As they went by, one of the youths gave a vulgar finger signal in return.
Later, Rogers told the Atlanta Journal Tuesday, they saw the car parked alongside the road, with its two occupants standing at its opened trunk. “When we saw them parked, we thought they were getting a jack handle or something,” the band leader said.
You’d be surprised how much aware we were that something was going to happen – we definitely knew they were looking for trouble.”
Shortly after midnight, they found it. Rogers saw the car approaching in his rear view mirror. “I heard the first shot, then as he drove past, I saw the kid with his arm out the window.” Through the glass of his rolled up window, Rogers saw the flash of the gun, apparently aimed at his face.
“Then Harlan said ‘I’ve been shot; I’ve been shot,'” Rogers recalled. His wife, Beverly, turned around and saw blood coming from the guitarists nose. “He put his hand down and said he thought they’d gotten his eye, but I looked at it and said No, it’s still there,” she said.
Rogers said the shot that hit Harlan came through the cloth top of the convertible.”
“I think the way America is today, that’s the way things happen,” Rogers said. “Those two guys started something, and they just had to finish it.”
Detective W. Tony Crook said the same sniper may have been involved in a similar incident in DeKalb Count a week ago, when a shotgun blast was fired into a car as a woman was driving on I-20 …
Meanwhile the group waiting Tuesday in Atlanta for their companion, who will be in the hospital for a while. The job they thought they had didn’t pan out, and Rogers said he may have to wash dishes or drive a truck until they get another booking.
The group had just returned from a USO show in Laborador and Greenland.
For all their concern about the future, they are still mainly concerned about Harlan.
“He’s an easy-going guy, and he wouldn’t hurt a fly,” Beverly added. “After he was hit, he kept asking if Ray (Raymond Mason, 19, the bass guitar player) was all right,” she said. Ray had been sitting on Harlan’s right.
Police are working on the theory that the sniper just didn’t like people with long hair, and the Buck Rogers Movement does, indeed wear its hair long. “It’s the style that’s in with the music,” Rogers said. “You just can’t look like Bill Haley and the Comets.”
But sometimes it’s not a good idea to look like the Buck Rogers Movement.
The Journal followed up on February 25, noting the epithet shouted at the band was either “fink” or “freak” and noting the assailants’ car was a black Ford Falcon, and the second shot “penetrated the front door of the car”:
The rock guitarist wounded on the Northeast Expressway by a sniper definitely will lose the sight of his left eye, his father said Wednesday.
Harry Cornelius, in Atlanta with his wife to visit their wounded 24-year-old son, Harlan, said surgeons at Grady Memorial Hospital have not yet removed the bullet which struck their son Sunday night.
The bullet [entered] the musician’s skull near the left temple.
Harry Cornelius said his son never lost consciousness during the ordeal, although the wound was painful.
The Corneiliuses are from Glenville, Minn., a small town in the southern part of the state that has about 700 residents.
“I can’t understand how this could have happened. We don’t have anything like that in Glenville. Do you think the ones who did it could have been on drugs?”
The Springfield Union ran an article about a benefit at the Paramount Theater tonight to help a fund being collected for Harlan Corneilius and the Buck Rogers Movement “which calls itself ‘The White Soul Group'”.
The bullet his lodged in his sinus passages, and doctors at Grady Memorial Hospital … were still undecided whether to remove the bullet.
The groups performing tonight … are The Fat, The Glass, and Sin.
On May 5, 2000, the Daily Hampshire Gazette profiled local musician Ray Mason who “spoke about the shooting: ‘I was asleep in the back, and I woke up to see our guitar player with blood all over the side of his face'”.
The Atlanta Constitution gave a summary of the events on April 4, 1970:
On the night of Feb. 23, the Buck Rogers Movement was bound for Atlanta for an engagement of a local night club.
They stopped for gas near Commerce, Ga., and as the car entered the expressway, the car containing the assailants sped around the musicians’ car.
The driver of the musician’s car, “Buck” Rogers, said he held up two fingers in a peace sign.
Closer to Atlanta, the group noticed the car again, this time parked on the side of the expressway, and the two occupants were standing beside the open trunk.
As the musicians neared the North Druid Hills exit on I-85, the other car roared up again and one of the occupants fired into the musicians’ car, hitting Cornelius in the head.
DeKalb County police said Friday they have located two prime suspects in a case in which a rock musician was shot in the head while in a car with other musicians while coming into Atlanta on the Northeast Expressway. But, the pair will probably never stand trial for the offense, officers said.
Officers said the suspects had been bragging about the incident in the Paulding County community in which they live.
Location of the suspects followed a month-long investigation by Detectives C.H. Staples and Tony Crook …
But the musicians involved couldn’t agree on the description of the car from which the night rider fired, except that it had round tail lights and that it was raised in the rear end, police said.
Identification of the suspects by the victim or witnesses is necessary in this case before any further action can be taken, police said.
The rock group, the Buck Rogers Movement, has left the metro area to fulfill other engagements. “They had to make a living,” said Smith.
The victim, Harlan Cornelius who played lead guitar has returned to Minnesota.
Although the group is noted as a sextet in these articles about the shooting, only four members are named: Buck and Beverly Rogers, Ray Mason and Harlan Cornelius. I suppose Ray Twombley and his wife had already left the group, and have not seen the drummer’s name listed.
An obituary in the Leader Press noted that Harlan Cornelius passed away at age 35 on October 6, 1981. It added that Harlan performed with the USO, managed the Carlton Stewart Music Stores in Mason City and Waterloo, and entertained with Gordon Lennevold. Harlan seems to have had the most extensive recording career of the members of the Buck Rogers Movement after the disoslution of the band.
Harlan Cornelius played guitar, co-produced, and wrote three songs for Gordon Linn’s album Wild Oats, and played guitar, lap steel and banjo on Mike Price & the Townsmen LP, I Found You Last Night (And I Lost You Today).
The Buck Rogers Movement may have broken up soon after the shooting, as there are no further notices that I have found. Despite the tragedy, the group cut a couple genuine classic songs in a short recording career.
My good friend Jim (aka DJ Small Change) interviewed me (pictured above) about politics and music for JasonCharles.net, and I made a short mix of Hudson Valley records to accompany it.
The mix features five 7″ ballads, an album cut by jazz saxophonist Nick Brignola, and an acetate – all recorded at Kennett Sound Studio. I also included both sides of 45s by the Dirty Elbows and the Teddy Boys because they’re Hudson Valley artists and sound right here.
Tracklist:
The Cleaners – How I Feel Riccardo & the Four Most – There’s a Reason The Kynds – So If Someone Sends You Flowers Babe The Dirty Elbows – I Love You Girl Teddy Boys – She’s So Sweet and Kind Teddy Boys – Don’t Mess With Me The Dirty Elbows – To Carry On The Cleaners – Walking Through the Fields The Villagers – Cry On Nick Brignola – The Mace
The Five Flys, from left: Rich Murlo, Tony Tonon, Steve Kucey, Skip Nehrig and John Gallagher. Photo courtesy of Tony Tonon
The Five Flys released their only single “Livin’ for Love” / “Dance Her By Me” in 1966. It was the last single on Samron Records S-104, and the only one with Coaldale, PA on the label.
Members included Rich Murlo, Tony Tonon, Steve Kucey, Skip Nehrig and John Gallagher. They were from the Coaldale area in Schuylkill County, like Angie and the Citations.
Five Flys and the Chevelles at Tam-Au-Go-Go Bandstand, Mahoney City, August 1965
The Five Flys played local shows in Coaldale and Mahoney City in 1965 and 1966, and further away in Allentown and Bethlehem.
A report of an August 1966 show at St. Joseph’s in Summit Hill described “music for street dancing by the Five Flys”.
Thank you to Tony Tonon for the photo. I would appreciate more info on the Five Flys.
Five Flys at Jamaican A Go-Go, Bethlehem, July 1966, days after the King’s Ransom and the Scott Bedford Four
To celebrate 20 years of Garage Hangover I will be spinning some records at Do The 45 Rock ‘n’ Soul Party at Quinns in Beacon, NY on Friday, July 12, with old friends and fellow DJs Pete Pop (garage collector extraordinaire) and Phast Phreddie (who has known everyone cool in the music world since 1973).
Photo may be subject to copyright (from Pacific Northwest Bands website). Left to right: John Simpson, Danny O’Keefe, Clyde Heaton and Paul Goldsmith.
Very little is known about Seattle rock group Calliope so Garage Hangover would welcome any additional information in the comments section below
Lead guitarist, singer and writer Paul Goldsmith formed the group after his previous band The Emergency Exit disbanded in late 1967. He also recruited Clyde James Heaton (b. 13 July 1949, Seattle; d. 2 November 2005) and drummer Paul Simpson.
Heaton had previously been a member of The Dimensions while Simpson had worked with The Bumps.
According to singer/guitarist and writer Danny O’Keefe (b. 20 May 1943, Spokane, Washington), he was the last to join (see our interview below).
O’Keefe had worked as a solo artist for several years and, like his colleagues, issued some previous recordings.
The band signed to Buddah Records around June 1968 and recorded a lone eclectic LP in Los Angeles, which was issued around November/December that year. They also opened for Cream and Iron Butterfly at the Eagles Auditorium in Seattle.
O’Keefe dropped out soon after the LP’s release to establish a prolific solo career and bass player Luther Rabb (b. 7 September 1942; d. 21 January 2006), who’d worked with Goldsmith in The Nitesounds and The Emergency Exit joined. Rabb, incidentally, had been a sax player in Jimi Hendrix’s early group, The Velvetones.
When the band fell apart in 1969, Goldsmith subsequently played with Soldier and wrote “Southern Celebration”, which was recorded by Genya Ravan.
Heaton apparently played with The Sunday Funnies while Simpson worked with Christopher. The drummer tragically died in a plane crash in 1973.
Rabb meanwhile recorded with Ballin’ Jack and West Coast Revival. He also later worked with War and Santana.
Garage Hangover would welcome any more information plus photos, which we will credit.
Nick Warburton interviewed Danny O’Keefe by email on 31 May 2024 about his time with the group.
Prior to the formation of Calliope in 1968, you’d been working as a solo artist and had recorded quite prolifically – a 1966 LP on the Panorama label and a clutch of singles for Piccadilly. Your songs had also been covered by other artists, such as “Blackstone Ferry”, which The Daily Flash recorded. Most, if not all, of these recordings subsequently appeared on The Seattle Tapes LP and tracks like “Baby” and “Graveyard Pistol” sound like they were recorded with a band. Did any of the other soon-to-be members of Calliope appear on any of these recordings?
Danny O’Keefe: No. Calliope was a band that Paul Goldsmith put together with Clyde Heaton and John Simpson. They needed a singer and I needed a gig. I hadn’t known them before I joined the band.
The LP that you did for Buddah Records only lists the four of you, but I understand that bass player Luther Rabb, who’d worked with Paul Goldsmith in his previous bands, was also involved with the group?
Danny O’Keefe: Luther Rabb joined after I left the group, and wasn’t involved in the Buddha recording.
I have read somewhere that Calliope was very well received on the local Seattle live scene. Did you play extensively in Seattle and the Washington state before landing the record deal with Buddah Records and were there any shows that stand out, perhaps opening for better known bands?
Danny O’Keefe: I think we opened for Iron Butterfly and I notably threw out a lid’s worth of joints to the audience before we started. We also opened for Cream on one of their last shows. Both shows were at the Eagles Auditorium. I think we were only together for a few months before we got the Buddha deal.
How did the deal with Buddah Records come about? It looks like the LP came out around November 1968, so I guess the recording sessions took place that summer?
Danny O’Keefe: Denny Rosencrans was a local record promoter who took an interest in the group, largely because he was Paul Goldsmith’s friend. He contacted Neil Bogart at Buddah who came out to see a performance at the Seattle Center, I believe.
What can you recall of the recording sessions? Buddah is a New York label, but I presume they didn’t fly you to the Big Apple to record? Also, it’s a very eclectic album that showcases a huge breadth of styles. Did the final product reflect what you all envisaged for it from the outset?
Danny O’Keefe: The recording sessions were produced by Lew Merenstein for Buddah. I don’t remember the name of the studio but it was a well-known studio in LA that Jimi Hendrix had recorded in. I don’t remember much about the sessions, of which there were three, I think. I had throat problems during the sessions and have always felt my vocals could have been much better. I didn’t like the recording when it came out, as it wasn’t really what I was interested in at the time, and I quit the band after I heard it. I went back to LA (from Seattle) to pursue a different route and eventually landed on Atlantic Records.
You were clearly a very prolific writer, even during this period, but only two of your original songs (and two from Paul) appear on the LP. How did you come to choose “The Rainmaker’s Daughter”, which had already been demoed and later surfaced on The Seattle Tapes, and “Atlas” and what were they about?
Danny O’Keefe: I liked “The Rainmaker’s Daughter”. It was only a demo on The Seattle Tapes, which were never intended for release except for a couple of singles. “Atlas” was a performance song and was the number we closed our sets with. “Atlas” was always assumed to have been about the Ayn Rand book. When those who uphold the world shrug their obligations the Earth becomes chaotic. “The Rainmaker’s Daughter” was from a short story by Hermann Hesse. Both early attempts to learn the craft of songwriting.
Did the band members have any say in the choice of covers, which, in themselves, are quite varied – everything from a raunchy version of “Hound Dog” to brilliant interpretations of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” and Lee Michaels’ “Hello, Hello”, the latter released as a US and Dutch single?
Danny O’Keefe: The material was picked by Paul Goldsmith. Again, I was only the vocalist in the band, which was Paul’s.
From this writer’s perspective, the production on the LP is very punchy and the arrangements are dynamic; I particularly love the horns and strings on “Atlas”. What role did Lewis Merenstein have on the final recordings?
Danny O’Keefe: He took the tapes back to Chicago and put the strings on and mixed the recordings. I had virtually no say in any of the production and, as I said, I quit the band when I heard the final recording.
By 1968, you’d already written and recorded such classics as “3.10 Smokey Thursday”. Did you record any more of your songs that were never issued at the time or perform them live? I heard rumours that a second LP was cut but subsequently shelved. Is that true?
Danny O’Keefe: I didn’t record any more songs for Buddha and asked Neil Bogart for release from my contract. He was hopeful I would stick around for another record, but I had other interests. I wasn’t involved in any recordings except those on the “Steamed” recording.
The back cover also credits your road manager. Was there any significance in listing him?
Danny O’Keefe: His name was Scott Strong, and he was a member of the band in every sense, and also a good player.
The LP came out late 1968 and one 45 was issued. Did you do much promotion of the release in Seattle or play elsewhere in the US or did the band pretty much fall apart as soon as the LP came out?
Danny O’Keefe: I left the band when the recording came out. The band persisted in the Northwest for a while, but eventually the members went their own ways.
What prompted the band’s split in early 1969 and did you keep in touch with the other band members, who all appear to have kept a relatively low profile in the aftermath?
Danny O’Keefe: John Simpson went to Alaska and worked in his grandmother’s bank. He was with his twin brothers (if I remember correctly) in a small plane that crashed in the Alaska bush. He tried to go for help but never made it. I don’t believe his body was found, but it’s a long time ago and I’m not sure of all the facts. I lost touch with the other members of the band. I’ve tried to find out what happened to Paul Goldsmith but haven’t been successful. I don’t think he’s still alive.
Fans of your music will probably be surprised that you worked with a heavy rock band in the 1960s, but when you look back at Calliope, what are your best memories of that brief period in your career?
Danny O’Keefe: A couple of shows at the Eagles Auditorium where I got to do a couple of “art rock” pieces, and smoking a joint in the stairwell with Clapton when we opened for Cream in an afternoon show. Other than that, as I mentioned, it was just a gig and I left as soon as I had other prospects.
Here’s a little-known group, the Canadian Legends, who recorded on New Orleans labels, and whose only member I know of is Ronald Buro.
Their first record contains two crude covers, “I’m a Believer” (spelled “I’m a Beleiver”) with lyrics rewritten for U. of Alabama’s Crimson Tide football (tip of the hat to Kip). This release presumably dates to shortly after Alabama’s victory in the Sugar Bowl on January 2, 1967 against Nebraska, which is mentioned in the song.
The flip a version of the Knickerbockers’ “Just One Girl” that is almost unrecognizable from the original. This version does have a lot of charm, however.
Later in 1967 came their second, “Happy” by Ray Stevens backed with an original by Ronald Buro, “One and Only”.
Their last record has two originals by Ronald Buro, “Can’t You Spare the Time” / “Where Were You When I Needed You” on Polar 102.
This Canadian Legends group is considered unrelated to the Legends, a Wisconsin group sometimes based in Miami that had been recording since 1961, including “Just in Case” / “If I Only Had Her Back” and “Alright” / “How Can I Find Her” on Parrot in 1965, and “How Can I Find Her” / “Raining in My Heart” on Thames (and Date) in 1966.
By February 1965, they were being billed in Miami as the Canadian Legends (“originally from Ontario, Canada” according to the Tampa Times), with Sam McCue on lead guitar, Larry Foster on guitar, Jerry Schils on bass and Jim Sessody on drums. Rick Jaeger from the Beau Gentry also played drums with the group from about October 1965 to early 1966. The Beau Gentry also had Wisconsin connections, recording on Ken Adamany’s Feature label.
To further the confusion, a version of “One and Only” shows up on the B-side of the Chessmen’s “The Lycra Stretch” on Suncrest, a label who had only one other release, by The Invaders, a Miami group who were good friends of the Legends.
I have heard the Chessmen version but not the Canadian Legends version yet, so I can’t tell you if it’s the same performance or not.
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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites. 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.
Photo may be subject to copyright. Clockwise from top: Wil Malone, Gary Hooper, John Bachini and Robert J Scales
Robert J Scales (aka Robb Storme) – lead vocals
Gary Hooper – keyboards/guitar
John Bachini – bass/vocals
Pete Wilson (aka Wil Malone) – drums/keyboards/vocals
In September 1967, The Robb Storme Group changed name to Orange Bicycle.
Halifax Evening Courier and Guardian, 7 September 1967, page 4
24 September 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Pandemonium (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with supporting group (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
6 October 1967 – Klik, Brighton, Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus/Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & Orange Bicycle
27 October 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
9 November 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Switch (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
20 December 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
21 December 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
23 December 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with The Beachwoods (Warrington Guardian) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
1968
6 January 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
19 January 1968 – Winter Gardens, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Good Tone and The All Jump Kangaroo Band (Morecambe Visitor)
27 January 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
10 February 1968 – Faculty of Tech Union, Students’ Union Building, Manchester University, Manchester with The Pretty Things (Manchester Evening News)
24 February 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
29 February 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Inspirations (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
Photo: Bill Wilson
15 March 1968 – Eastbourne College of Education, Eastbourne, East Sussex with The Skatalites (Poster from Bill Wilson)
29 March 1968 – Freshwater East Club & Golden Sands Restaurant, Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire, west Wales (Pembroke County & West Wales Guardian)
3 April 1968 – Grand Spa Ballroom, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
4 April 1968 – Caesar’s Discotek, Arno’s Court Country Club, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
13 April 1968 – Pier Ballroom, Hastings, East Sussex with Pete Kelly’s Solution (Melody Maker)
15 April 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Too Much (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle with The Too Much
11 May 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
26 May 1968 – Crawdaddy, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)
1 June 1968 – Rainbow Suite, Co-op, Birmingham with Ultra Sounds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
3 June 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
7 June 1968 – Georgian Club, Manchester with The Choice (Manchester Evening News)
8 June 1968 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News) Billed as Rob Storm & The Orange Bicycle
8 June 1968 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News) Billed as Rob Storm & The Orange Bicycle
Orange Bicycle featured in the Mid Sussex Times, 13 June 1968 p18
6 July 1968 – St Joseph’s College, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Reg James Explosion (Evening Sentinel)
20 July 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
1 August 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
7 August 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Brighton, East Sussex with Coloured Raisins (Brighton Evening Argus)
10 August 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
25 August 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
31 August 1968 – Isle of Wight Festival, Ford Farm near Godshill, Isle of Wight with Jefferson Airplane, The Move, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, T-Rex, Fairport Convention, The Pretty Things and others (poster)
2 September 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Orange Bicycle with Robb Storme
5 September 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Robb Storme & The Orange Bicycle
11 September 1968 – The Grand, Frome, Somerset with The Derek Jones Discotheque (Somerset Standard)
Melody Maker advert says they appear on BBC Dave Cash Show on 3 October
4 October 1968 – Sydenham Community Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset (Melody Maker)
5 October 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
6 October 1968 – Maerdy Workingmen’s Club, Maerdy, Rhondda, Wales (Melody Maker)
10 October 1968 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Billed as Orange Bicycle with Robb Storme
11 October 1968 – Owens Park College, Manchester (Melody Maker)
Melody Maker advert lists gig in Barnsley on 12 October
13 October 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar (Melody Maker)
Melody Maker advert lists gig in Newport, Wales on 16 October
17 October 1968 – RAF St Athan, Wales (Melody Maker)
Melody Maker advert lists gig at East Club, Freshwater on 18 October and a gig in Crewe on 19 October
20 October 1968 – Dugout Club, Bristol (Melody Maker)
23 October 1968 – Grand Spa Ballroom, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
24 October 1968 – RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset (Melody Maker)
25 October 1968 – Woolaston Memorial Hall, Woolaston, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)
26 October 1968 – Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Melody Maker)
27 October 1968 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Melody Maker)
28 October 1968 – Exeter College, Exeter, Devon (Melody Maker) This cannot be correct
6 March 1969 – Red Balloon, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
15 March 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (needs source)
10 April 1969 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Orange Bicycle with Robb Storme
31 May 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Says ex-Robb Storme
2 June 1969 – Regal Cinema, Ringwood, Hampshire with Wedgewood Wing (needs source)
7 June 1969 – Room at the Top Club, Redruth, Cornwall with Hopscotch (West Briton)
27 June 1969 – Exeter University, Exeter, Devon with The Moody Blues, Colosseum, The Pyramids, Alex Walsh, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and others (Melody Maker)
28 June 1969 – Room at the Top Club, Redruth, Cornwall (West Briton)
3 August 1969 – Sunday Club, Top Rank, Bristol (Bristol Evening News)
14 August 1969 – In Place, Newport, south Wales with Electric Circus (South Wales Argus)
16 August 1969 –Room at the Top Club, Redruth, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
31 August 1969 – Top Rank, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
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 and, where possible, I have added the sources used, whether they are newspapers or websites. 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.
Robb Storme – lead vocals
Tony Ollard – lead guitar
Jim St Pier – saxophone, keyboards
Gary Hooper (aka Garry Peterson) – bass
Pete Wilson – drums, keyboards
Previously known as Robb Storme & The Whispers, this north London band changed name around June 1966 but was billed under its former name from time to time.
1 July 1966 – Gig in Rushton, Northamptonshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
3 July 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and Billie Davis (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
9 July 1966 – Gig in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
10 July 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
10 July 1966 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Sandbach, Warmingham, Cheshire (Evening Sentinel) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan (not listed as backing them on Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
14 July 1966 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
16 July 1966 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
17 July 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick &Tich, The Emeralds and Kim Davis & The Del Five (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
20 July 1966 – Gig in Hemel Hempstead, Herts (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
22 July 1966 – Gig in Bath (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
23 July 1966 – Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Action, The Ferry Boys and The James Royal Set (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
24 July 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, The Koobas, Billie Davis & The End (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
27 July 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
30 July 1966 – New Century, Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
31 July 1966 – Olympia Ballroom, Cromer, Norfolk with The Barry Lee Show (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
6 August 1966 – Victoria Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
7 August 1966 – Gigs in Sandown and Shanklin, Isle of Wight (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
8 August 1966 – Gig in Cardiff, Wales (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
12 August 1966 – City Hall, Perth, Scotland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
13 August 1966 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
14 August 1966 – Top Rank, Preston, Lancashire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
19 August 1966 – Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Sussex with Weston Gavin, Graham Bond Organisation, The Mike Stuart Span and The Mercats (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
20 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Leicester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
21 August 1966 – ABC, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
Photo may be subject to copyright. Left to right: Lewis Collins, Pete Wilson (aka Wil Malone), Robb Storme, Jim St Pier, Tony Ollard
This is the most likely point that Lewis Collins from The Mojos started on bass, taking over from Gary Hooper. The Lancashire Evening Telegraph’s 27 August issue, has a photo of him and mentions him as the newest member
24 August 1966 – Fiesta Ballroom, Stockton-On-Tees, Teesside (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
25 August 1966 – Astoria, Oldham, Greater Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
26 August 1966 – Floral Hall, Hornsea, Humberside with The Strollers (Hull Daily Mail) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan (not listed on Jim St Pier’s gig listing as backing them)
27 August 1966 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, Wales (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
28 August 1966 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
Photo: Mid Sussex Times
14 September 1966 – One week doubling at the Cavendish Club in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Wetheralls in Sunderland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
14 September 1966 – Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
15 September 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Burnley, Lancashire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
17 September 1966 – Oasis, Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
17 September 1966 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
18 September 1966 – One week doubling at La Bamba in Darlington and Marimba in Middlesbrough (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan (Ed. I have Flamingo Club in Darlington and with Johnny Kidd & The Pirates). Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
30 September 1966 – Strand Ballroom, Port Stewart, Northern Ireland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
1 October 1966 – Arcadia, Bray, Republic of Ireland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
2 October 1966 – Abbey, Drogheda, Republic of Ireland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
2 October 1966 – TV show, Dublin, Republic of Ireland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
6 October 1966 – Palais, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
7 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Lincolnshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
8 October 1966 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
10 October 1966 – Silver Blades, Streatham, southwest London (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
15 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Hollies, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
16 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Romford, Essex with The Hollies, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
18 October 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
19 October 1966 – Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
20 October 1966 – Gaumont, Taunton, Somerset with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
21 October 1966 – Gaumont Cinema, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
22 October 1966 – ABC Theatre, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
23 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Kingston upon Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
24 October 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
26 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Northampton with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
27 October 1966 – Regal Cinema, Cambridge with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
28 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Lincoln, Lincolnshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
29 October 1966 – ABC Cinema, Chester, Cheshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
30 October 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Coventry with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
1 November 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Worcester with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
2 November 1966 – ABC Cinema, Wigan, Lancashire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
3 November 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Manchester with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
4 November 1966 – Odeon Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
5 November 1966 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
6 November 1966 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Hollies, The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Peter Jay & The New Jayhawks and The Nashville Teens (various sources) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan and billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
18 November 1966 – Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
19 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsay, Cambridgeshire with The Original Dyaks (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
20 November 1966 – Clifton Hall, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
25 November 1966 – High Wycombe College, High Wycombe, Bucks (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
26 November 1966 – Plaza Handsworth, Birmingham (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
27 November 1966 – One week doubling Dolce Vita, Newcastle upon Tyne and Latino, South Shields (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
9 December 1966 – Grand Ballroom, Coalville, Leicestershire with Ignition (Leicester Mercury/Hinckley Times) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan (Jim St Pier’s gig diary does not list them backing them)
10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
11 December 1966 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
13 December 1966 – Clarence Pier, Southampton, Hampshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
16 December 1966 – Gig in Shrewsbury (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
17 December 1966 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Bristol Evening Post) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan (Jim St Pier’s gig diary does not list backing them)
18 December 1966 – Belle Vue, Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
23 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Brighton, Sussex with Syd Dean and His Music (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
24 December 1966 – Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
26 December 1966 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
30 December 1966 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
31 December 1966 – Hilton, Park Lane, central London with Tom Jones (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
1967
7 January 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
14 January 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
18 January 1967 – Church Hall, Stonehaven, Scotland (Jim St Pier’s gig diary) This looks very unlikely unless it’s Stonehouse in Gloucestershire
19 January 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
20 January 1967 – Philippa Fawcett College, Streatham, southwest London (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
21 January 1967 – Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
27 January 1967 – Hereford Training College, Hereford (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
28 January 1967 – Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
4 February 1967 – Colchester University, Colchester, Essex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
5 February 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
12 February 1967 – Oasis, Manchester (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
18 February 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Bromley, southeast London (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
23 February 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
24 February 1967 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
25 February 1967 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
3 March 1967 – Astoria, Finsbury Park, north London with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Jeff Beck Group, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Hackney Gazette) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
4 March 1967 – ABC, Exeter, Devon with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
5 March 1967 – ABC, Plymouth, Devon with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
7 March 1967 – Kingsway, Hadleigh, Suffolk with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
8 March 1967 – Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Birmingham Sunday Mercury) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
9 March 1967 – Bolton Odeon, Bolton, Lancashire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Bolton Evening News) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
10 March 1967 – Odeon, Manchester with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Manchester Evening News) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
11 March 1967 – ABC Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Derbyshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
12 March 1967 – Empire Theatre, Liverpool with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
15 March 1967 – Ritz Cinema, Luton, Bedfordshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
16 March 1967 – Gaumont, Southampton, Hampshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
17 March 1967 – Tooting Granada, southwest London with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
18 March 1967 – Gaumont, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
19 March 1967 – City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, Tyne &Wear with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Newcastle Sunday Sun) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
20 March 1967 – ABC Cinema, Edinburgh, Scotland with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
21 March 1967 – Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
22 March 1967 – ABC Cinema, Carlisle, Cumbria with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
23 March 1967 – Odeon, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
24 March 1967 – Gaumont, Doncaster, South Yorkshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
25 March 1967 – Lincoln ABC, Lincoln, Lincolnshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Lincolnshire Echo) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
26 March 1967 – Coventry Theatre, Coventry with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (David Else research) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
27 March 1967 – Odeon, Blackpool, Lancashire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
29 March 1967 – Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
30 March 1967 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
31 March 1967 – Cheltenham Odeon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (Melody Maker) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
1 April 1967 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Creation, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
2 April 1967 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
5 April 1967 – Gaumont, Ipswich, Suffolk with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
6 April 1967 – Adelphi, Slough, Berkshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces and The Settlers (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
7 April 1967 – ABC Aldershot, Aldershot, Hampshire with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
9 April 1967 – ABC Cinema, Romford, east London with Roy Orbison & The Candymen, The Small Faces, Paul & Barry Ryan, PP Arnold & Four of a Kind, The Settlers and Sonny Childe & The TNT (needs source) Backing Paul & Barry Ryan
Jim St Pier thinks the shows on 7 and 9 April may have been cancelled
13 April 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with Eddie Singh & The West Indian Tornados (Mid Sussex Times)
15 April 1967 – Town Hall, Lewes, East Sussex with Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers featuring Terry Reid and The Beachcombers (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
16 April 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
19 April 1967 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
20 April 1967 – RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
21 April 1967 – Discotheque, Bristol (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
22 April 1967 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
23 April 1967 – Khyber Club, Taunton, Somerset (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
29 April 1967 – St Mark and St John, Chelsea, southwest London (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
5 May 1967 – Top Rank, Brighton, Sussex (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
6 May 1967 – Hereford Teaching Training College, Hereford (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
Melody Maker’s 13 May issue, page 14, features an advert for the band looking for a new bass player/singer so this must be when Lewis Collins departed and John Bachini from The Symbols took over bass.
25 May 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times) Jim St Pier’s gig diary says this was cancelled and the band Camp replaced them
1 June 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with support (Mid Sussex Times)
3 June 1967 – St George’s College, Winchester, Hampshire (Jim St Pier’s gig diary)
Jim St Pier departed at this point
8 July 1967 – Hatchetts Playground, Piccadilly, central London (Evening Standard)
20 July 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (Mid Sussex Times)
29 July 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with The Amboy Dukes (South East London Mercury)
24 August 1967 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with Precisely This (Mid Sussex Times)
28 August 1967 – Festival of Music, Hastings Stadium, Hastings, East Sussex with The Kinks, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Winston’s Fumbs and The Hip Hooray Band (Melody Maker) Billed as Robb Storme & The Whispers
9 September 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with The Fireballs (South East London Mercury)
Sometime around now Tony Ollard left, subsequently to work with The Creation and The Warren Davis Monday Band among others and was replaced by former bass player Gary Hooper on guitar. The group changed name to Orange Bicycle.
29 September 1967 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London with The Outrage (South East London Mercury) Billed under the old name but this would have been Orange Bicycle
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