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.
Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set
RONNIE JONES & THE Q-SET:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
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
The group started working with Ronnie Jones in mid-March after they’d supported Maxine Brown on a UK tour. The group had been singer Malcolm Magaron’s backing band in mid-late 1966.
Left to right: Lloyd, Herschell and George
10 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as The Q Set so possibly just before link-up with Ronnie Jones
17 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Most likely the debut show
19 March 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
23 March 1967 – Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with Top of The Tree (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (David Allen research) Billed as The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
31 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, north west London (Melody Maker)
2 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
9 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
15 April 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 April 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
14 May 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (Melody Maker)
21 May 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Prince Buster & The Bees (Crawley Advertiser)
28 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
4 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
10 June 1967 – Faculty of Tech Union, Student Union Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester with The Water Board (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
11 June 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Gass (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
22 June 1967 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield with The Drifters, Alan Bown, The Amboy Dukes and The Pitiful (The Star)
24 June 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
25 June 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
1-16 July 1967 – Canasta Club, Biarritz, France (Photo)
There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
21 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Mayfayre (Cumberland News)
22 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Cobwebs (Cumberland News)
29 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
30 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
3 November 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with John St John and Ugly Doug (Lancashire Evening Post)
10 November 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Jackie & The Atlantics (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
11 November 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
26 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)
2 December 1967 – Taggs Island, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Melody Maker)
2 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
3 December 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
16 December 1967 – Brave New World, Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire with The Errol Bruce Soul Show (Portsmouth News) Says he’s just returned from the USA. This is the grand opening of the club
21 December 1967 – St Joseph’s Disco, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Promis (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Ronnie Jones guests with The Tonicks, Herbie Goins, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – King Mojo, City Hall Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Bonnie & Clyde and The Jamaicans and The Chicago All Stars (The Star)
29 December 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
28 January 1968 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
3 February 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Modes Mode (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with The Midlands and In Sound (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
23 February 1968 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
Tony O’Malley says Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set spent four months playing in Italy and then two months in Greece (see comments below) before returning to the UK around July 1968.
Thanks to Tony O’Malley for sharing the band photos
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)
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.
Copyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne Anton
Not sure how these dates sat alongside the ones The Q-Set played with Ronnie Jones.
Copyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne Anton
Thanks to Tony O’Malley for band line-up details. Live photos are the copyright of Lorne Anton.
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.
RONNIE JONES & THE BLUE JAYS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Tony Allen – sax/lead vocals (left in 1965)
Roger Dean – guitar (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
Tony Bell – bass
Jack Maverick – organ
Jack Massarik – alto sax
Clive Thacker – drums (ex-Five Embers)
1965
18 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
13 June 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
4 July 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
9 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
11 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
17 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Gary L Thompson & The Sidewinders (NME)
30 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
14 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 August 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey The Condors (Aldershot News)
27 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
28 August 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
30 August 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
31 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Trekkas (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
5 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
12 September 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
Photo may be subject to copyright
14 September 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The John Gummer Trio (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
1 October 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Price Set, The Graham Bond Organisation and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 November 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
11 November 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
13 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee and The Movement (Melody Maker)
14 November 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
21 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Flowerpot Men (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
27 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
27 November 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
6 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Steampacket and Tony Knight’s Chessmen (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
24 December 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Terry Lightfoot’s Jazz Band (South East London Mercury)
1966
1 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
11 January 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
30 January 1966 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey with Lee Dorsey and The Crew (aka The Krew) (David Else’s research)
30 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
6 February 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
17 April 1966 – Star Club, Hamburg, West Germany with The Silkie, Ian & The Zodiacs, The Remo 4 and The Non-Smokers (Star Club poster) Billed as Ronny Jones & The Night-Timers.
Chris Dennis, formerly of The Plebs and Lee Curtis & The All Stars, was living in Hamburg and currently without a band. He joined The Blue Jays and returned to the UK.
During May, Clive Thacker left to join The Brian Auger Trinity and Colin Davy from John Lee’s Groundhogs took his place.
In June , Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays became resident band at Papagayo in St-Tropez, France.
By this point, only Roger Dean remained from the original formation. The Blue Jays comprised:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Roger Dean – guitar
Chris Dennis – organ
Pat Donaldson – bass
Colin Davy – drums
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire with The Anzacs (Luton News)
2 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Robert Parker and Wynder K Frog (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Ronnie Jones & His Band
15 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
2 November 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
5 November 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with support (Southend Standard)
5 November 1966 – All Nighter Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)
6 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with The Coasters (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 November 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
19 November 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Blues Organisation (Port Talbot Guardian)
21 November 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
26 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Coasters, The Motivation and Heart & Soul (Lincolnshire Standard)
2 December 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
3 December 1966 – Bee-Gee Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire with The Zang Woodruff Operation (Yorkshire Evening Post)
4 December 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
7 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 December 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
11 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
16 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
17 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 December 1966 – Candlelight, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)
24 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
According to Stage magazine, the band played at the Bag O’Nails over the Christmas period with Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Brian Auger Trinity.
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ray King Soul Band, The Dynamics and The Soul Express (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
18 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Patsy Arnold from The Iketts (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
4 March 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
4 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Heretics (Cambridgeshire Times)
5 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Pipi (ex-Ikettes) (Evening Sentinel)
Around this time, Ronnie Jones split from The Blue Jays (who remained with PP Arnold) and linked with The Q-Set.
12 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s possible it was fulfilled with Jones’s next band, The Q-Set
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syn (Melody Maker) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s more likely that it was fulfilled with Jones’ next band, The Q-Set
The rhythm section from The Blue Jays became PP Arnold’s backing band (Four of a Kind) and supported her on a Roy Orbison tour with The Small Faces. The first gig was on 25 March 1967
The following gigs are billed as PP Arnold & The Blue Jays:
15 April 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
16 May 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 May 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with Western Union (Western Gazette)
The Blue Jays split shortly after this with the band members going their separate ways (see comments below).
22 June 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel) This gig was probably performed by PP Arnold & The Nice
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.
RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)
18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
11 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays
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.
RICK ‘N’ BECKERS:
I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.
Rupert Carlton
Alfonso Cahar
Eugent Stirling
Ernie Wright
Abe Strean
Clive Williamson
Reg Isidore
Selected gigs
19 April 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with The Shades of Blue, The Blue Berries and The Trends (Essex County Standard)
16 July 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
15 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
27 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
3 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
11-18 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
25 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
27 February 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
18 March 1966 – Acton Town Hall, Acton, west London with The Grenades and Count Tom (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
13 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ray Anton & The Pro-Form (Melody Maker)
30 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Blue Aces (Melody Maker)
23 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Original Dykas (Melody Maker)
24 June 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
25 June 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)
26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Felders Orioles (Melody Maker)
7 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Mickey Finn (Melody Maker)
14 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
21 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Quiet Five (Melody Maker)
28 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Phase 5 (Melody Maker)
4 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)
5 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
7 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
11 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Guests (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
14 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Zuider Lee (Melody Maker)
20 August 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Nyla & The Esoterics, Sounds from Spectre, The Astrobeats and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
25 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Eyes (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Sexion A (Hertfordshire Express)
11 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
12 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Otis Redding (Melody Maker)
18 September 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
19 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Paper says they played every Monday
24 September 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
25 September 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
1 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
2 October 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
3 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
9 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ike & Tina Turner Show and The Ike-Ettes (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
17 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
22 October 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)
31 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
7 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
12 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Youth (Melody Maker)
2 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
13 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Rick ‘N’ Beckers Show
16 December 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
17 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Artwoods and The Roll Movement (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Ray King Soul Band and The Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
1 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Majority (Melody Maker)
6 January 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
21 January 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Rebounds (Kentish Express)
22 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
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 MACABRE:
The Macabre on the steps of the Ealing Club. Peter is front and Alan is far left. Thanks to both for sharing the picture
Thanks to Peter Vernon-Kell and Chris Downing, I have been able to piece a bit of information together on this West London band, who apparently opened for The Who regularly on Friday nights at the Goldhawk Social Club. Incidentally, Vernon-Kell was an old friend of The Who’s, having been a brief member of its predecessor, The Detours. Ed Hamilton had previously worked with The Crescents with Harvey Hinsley. I would welcome any reader insights.
Peter Vernon-Kell – guitar/vocals
Ed Hamilton – guitar/vocals
Alan Oates – bass
Chris Downing – guitar/vocals (replaced Hamilton)
Carl Broadbent – drums
Downing recalls that he worked with the band for six to eight months (more likely to have been a year). Ed Hamilton, who Downing replaced and who succeeded him around July 1965 when the guitarist moved on, had left The Macabre around July 1964 to later work with Mike Berry & The Outlaws.
Downing remembers that The Macabre featured several bass players during his time with the group.
He also recalls that The Macabre opened for The Who and The Spencer Davis Group in Watford. On a separate occasion, they also played with The Rockin’ Berries in Watford.
Other dates that he recalls are a gig with The Who at Woolwich Town Hall (more likely to have been Greenwich Town Hall on 24 June 1965), several shows with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and a show with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in Forest Gate.
The band played regularly at the Goldhawk Social Club, which apparently only hosted bands on Fridays and Saturdays. Downing says that they supported The Groundhogs there, including one show where Jimmy Reed guested with The Groundhogs.
The guitarist also remembers The Macabre shared a billing with The Who (actually it was as The High Numbers) on the evening when Roger Daltry’s father-in-law turned up and fight broke up between them (Ed – this was Railway Hotel in Harrow on 11 August 1964).
When the band broke up, Peter Vernon-Kell became a member of the group that became The Hamilton Movement.
Selected gigs:
2 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
9 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
16 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
23 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
30 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
6 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
13 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
The Penetrators came from Crown Point, NY, on the west shore of Lake Champlain above Ticonderoga.
Members included Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau, Kim Joiner and Joe Dugan on bass. John Hoffman seems to have been a later member of the group.
There is a single by the Penetrators on Penstar Records 1146, “Guitar Boogie” / “Coming Home Baby”, both instrumentals. I’m not yet positive this is the same as the Crown Point group.
In March of 1968 they made what I believe to be their second record, the cool garage original “I’ll Make You Mine” by Dan Rabideau and Kim Joiner, backed with a good instrumental, “Splitter Splatter” by Dan Rabideau and Larry Rabideau.
The 45 came out on Ferus Records FR 4958. Ferus had an address of 64-12 60th Pl., Brooklyn 27, New York. Tommy Wilde produced the single, I’m not sure how the band came to find Ferus.
1971 Battle of the BandsThis is a styrene 45 with the Columbia custom pressing code ZTSP 124958/9. Both songs published by Ferus Music BMI.
As Danny and the Country Penetrators they put out a single that I haven’t heard, “She’s My Mother-In-Law” / “I’ll Be Waiting” on Delta Records in June of 1968.
The band was well known locally as as Danny and the Penetrators. They appeared on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour and continued with local bookings into the 1970s.
From a 1971 news item, it appears the Rabideau’s mother Doris managed the band.
Info on the band from a Port Henry forum. Thank you to Anthony M. for the original 45.
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 FETISH CROWD:
Ian Le Geyt – lead guitar/vocals
John Hughes – rhythm guitar/vocals
Colin Letchford – bass/vocals
Tony Richard – drums/vocals
Thanks to Tony Richard, I have the following information about the band but would welcome further insights.
The Fetish Crowd were formed in St Helier, Jersey and were resident band at the Springfield Ballroom. During the summer of 1964, the musicians supported The Rolling Stones, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Hollies at the venue.
Thanks to Paul Acton-Phillips for the photo
They soon headed for London and worked at the Crawdaddy in Richmond, the Ricky Tick and the Ad Lib Club in Leicester Square. Richard says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in the audience but did not say which venue(s).
The quartet did some recordings at Abbey Road and then opened for The Nashville Teens and The Small Faces on a showcase gig (possibly in Bournemouth, Dorset), which was promoted by Don Arden. Richard says that Arden signed both The Fetish Crowd and The Small Faces but soon forgot about his group.
Richard also remembers the band played at the Ram Jam in Brixton and the Scots of St James in Mayfair. One notable gig was opening for The Graham Bond Organisation at the Fishmongers Arms on Turnpike Lane in North London. He also says that the band shared a double bill with The Who at the Ealing Club on 26 April but didn’t specify which year.
Richard later formed a band called The Diversions, which later recorded “Fatty Boom Boom” after being introduced to the song by Pete Townsend following a trip to Jamaica. Richard subsequently went into record producing.
1965
14 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
26 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Who (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
21 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
28 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
5 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 May 1965 – Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)
12 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 May 1965 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester with The Brian Auger Trinity (Manchester Evening News)
27 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
1 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with CC Riders (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
3 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
10 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
17 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
25 June 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, northwest London with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Stratones (NME)
11 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with The Boston Dexters (NME/Melody Maker)
6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (NME)
6 November 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford, Oxfordshire with The Tonebeats (Oxford Mail) Says Decca Artist and from Channel Islands
17 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Links and Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
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.
Ray King (lead vocals)
Roger Dean (lead guitar)
Terry Leeman (keyboards)
Paul Slade (bass)
Jim Lang (tenor sax)
Ken Horton (baritone sax)
Malcolm Jenkins (drums)
1966
21 January 1966 – Westend Club, Coalville, Leicester with Zombies (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
21 January 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
5 February 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Rising Sons (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
13 March 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
18 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Cromford, Derbyshire (Poster) Billed as Ray King & The Soul Pact
3 July 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Sunday (Woking Herald) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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9 July 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ray King with The Soul Pact
13 August 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus) This seems unlikely with date below
13 August 1966 – Stamford R&B Club, Stamford Hotel, Stamford, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and The Move (Lincolnshire Standard)
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8 October 1966 – Marqee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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22 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Graham Bell & The Trend and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
Photo: Richard Goddard
29 October 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)
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29 October 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Cream and Family (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Listen (Birmingham Evening Mail)
12 November 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Gates of Eden and Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)
10 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 December 1966 – Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
23 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers, and Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)
30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Wynder K Frog and Sweet Image (Yorkshire Evening Post)
1967
9 February 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Edwin Starr and The Midnighters (Evening Sentinel)
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Flames, The Soul Express and The Dynamics (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
11 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Koobas (Lancashire Evening Post)
18 February 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Friction (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo: Richard Goddard
11 March 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester with The Riot (Richard Goddard research)
12 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)
11 July 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Shy (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
12 July 1967 – Swan Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands with Zero 5, The U Know Who, The Bobcats, The Umpteenth Time plus two others (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
15 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
22 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)
27 December 1969 – Village Hall, Liphook, Hampshire with Genevieve (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1969 – Revolution Club, Bruton Place, Mayfair, London (Time Out)
1969
16 January 1969 – BBC Radio 1 O’Clock (Melody Maker)
17 January 1969 – Chester College, Crewe, Cheshire (Melody Maker)
18 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haversfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Melody Maker)
19 January 1969 – Recording new single (Melody Maker)
20 January 1969 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)
21 January 1969 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)
26 January 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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20 February 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
25 March 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Hounslow Post)
6 April 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon (Warrington Guardian)
8 September 1969 – La Reserve, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
14 September 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Marylebone Mercury)
19 September 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with JJ Jackson & The Greatest Little Soul Band In The Land and Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
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21 September 1969 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 September 1969 – New Rainbow Suite, Co-op, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Raymond Froggatt (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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3 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
28 October 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
11 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Ben K King & The Globe Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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14 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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10 December 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
25 December 1969 – Parade Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
1970
18 January 1970 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
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 FENMEN:
Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals
Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals
Eric Wilmer – bass
Jon Povey – drums
1964
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28 July 1964 – Woodman Tuesday Club, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 September 1964 – Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
18 October 1964 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)
9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
23 January 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Twilights (Luton News)
4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 February 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
12 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)
21 March 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Kinks, Dean Prince &The Dukes, D Starr’s Predictions, The Blue-Sound, Mel Taylor & The Trek-a-Beats, Mike Starr & The Citizens, The Exiles, Danny Clarke & The Jaguars, The Road Runners and AJ & The Others (Western Scene)
26 March 1965 – Docking Shake-O-Rama, Norfolk with The Torinos (Lynn News)
27 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)
4 April 1965 – Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Untamed, Formula 5, The Southbeats and Johnny Devlin & The Act 4 (Chichester & Southern Post)
15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 April 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
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26 April 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales with Five In Hand (South Wales Argus)
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18 May 1965 – Civic Hall, Orpington, southeast London (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
5 June 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Walker Brothers and The Peasants (Lincolnshire Standard)
19 June 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The In Crowd and The Notions (Warrington Guardian)
26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
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6 July 1965 – Portpatrick Public Hall Management Committee, Portpatrick, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
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23 July 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Utopians (Lynn News)
30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)
12 August 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
15 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
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9 September 1965 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Dolphins (Mid Sussex Times)
12 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
12 September 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The Continentals and Mike Patto (North Norfolk News)
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25 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Still Waters (Cambridge News)
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15 October 1965 – Public Hall, Bedfont, Middlesex with The Penny Blacks (Middlesex Chronicle)
6 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Diane & The Sapphires, The Beat Six and The Beaucreas (Cambridge News)
12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)
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20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
18 December 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Notes (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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24 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Star Support Showname (Evening Sentinel)
31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1966
22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)
29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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4 February 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Soundtracks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)
19 February 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Relics (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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26 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Lynn News)
4 March 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)
18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)
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9 April 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
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23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
13 May 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Yes & No (East Kent Times)
21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)
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28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
29 May 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Symbols (Melody Maker)
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3 June 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (Cambridgeshire Times)
11 June 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
8 July 1966 – Tech College, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fortunes, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, The Gates of Eden, Freddie Fingers Lee, The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1966 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
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22 July 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sounds Incorporated and Trendsetters Limited (Fabulous 208/Essex County Standard)
29 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
30 July 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
4 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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6 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ketas (Lynn News)
7 August 1966 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
12-13 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with Fan Antons, Jerry Shaw and The Checkmates (Warrington Guardian)
12 August 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Coletrane Union (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)
1 September 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
5 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Regal Ballroom, Ripley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
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10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
15 September 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Action (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
17 September 1966 – All Saints Hall, Whetstone, north London (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Rochester, Kent (Fabulous 208)
1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1966 – Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
The Fenmen in Mirabelle, 8 October 1966. Image may be subject to copyright
15 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
29 October 1966 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
3 November 1966 – Enterprise Club, Eastcote, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
6 November 1966 – Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
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12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)
27 November 1966 – Drill Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Southern Valley Four (Surrey Advertiser)
1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 December 1966 – Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1966 – Colona College, West Wickham, London (Fabulous 208)
10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
16 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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31 December 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The 13th Hour (Lynn News)
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10 January 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
14 January 1967 –Norwich University, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Birkbeck College, London (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
3 February 1967 – Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)
18 March 1967 – College of Technology, Bulmershe, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with The Executives (Derby Evening Telegraph)
26 March 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France
Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers.
Andy Clark from the Big Wheel joined on keyboards and vocals.
The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights
8 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Revelations (Surrey Advertiser)
9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)
22 April 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208) Billed as Bag O’Nails
6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as New Fenmen
29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)
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3 June 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Son Set (Torquay Times/Torbay Times and South Devon Echo)
9 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Ossie Layne (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Bag O’Nails
10 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
26 June 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
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1 July 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Bag O’Nails
22 July 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Bag O’Nails
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23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)
In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede took over on drums. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness
4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness
12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Kindness
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18 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Kindness
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19 August 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Shay (Essex County Standard) Billed as The New Fenmen
27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness
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1 September 1967 – Ricky Tick Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Interns (Cityweek) Del Coverley confirmed this was Kindness from London not a US band from the west coast.
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9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)
15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness
16 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
19 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Life ‘N’ Soul (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Kindness
24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness
9 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Billed as Kindness
16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols
This site is a work in progress on 1960s garage rock bands. All entries can be updated, corrected and expanded. If you have information on a band featured here, please let me know and I will update the site and credit you accordingly.
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There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
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.
