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.
John Salisbury, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead, Bobby Gee and Peter Buckner
MISTON TUAC
Guitarist Terry Munro got in touch and said that Miston Tuac started life as Clive Sheridan & The Bluestars who were formed in the Hounslow area around 1961.
The band comprised Clive Sheridan (real name Clive Dowling) on lead vocals; Terry Munro on lead and rhythm guitar; Andy Allsup on lead and rhythm guitar; Joe Miller on lead and rhythm guitar; Phil Wallington on bass; and John Salisbury on drums.
As Munro explains, the three lead and rhythm guitars would play different lead sets then revert to rhythm.
The band played pop covers, which the musicians would learn and perform the following week. However, the group also wrote some original material but it was mainly instrumentals.
Munro says that after he left in 1964, Stuart Mead joined as lead guitarist (from Jeff & The Dreamers) and they changed name to Miston Tuac.
However, Mead wasn’t photographed with the band when they were featured in the Middlesex Chronicle in early 1965 (see below).
Jeff & The Dreamers, circa 1962/1963 with Stuart Mead on guitar. Photo: Peter Buckner
Munro recalls that it was John Salisbury who came up with the name. Confusingly, during the band’s tenure, Salisbury changed his name to John Roberts.
Barry Allmark, who previously worked with The Downliners Sect, also joined as new lead singer.
Photo: Middlesex Chronicle, February 1965
The Middlesex Chronicle ran an article and photo on the band in its 26 February 1965, page 3, with the following line-up:
Barry Allmark – lead vocals
Andy Allsup – lead/rhythm guitar
Joe Miller – rhythm/lead guitar
Phil Wallington – bass
John Roberts – drums (real name: John Salisbury)
Miston Tuac, February 1965
Other members were:
Stuart Mead – lead/rhythm guitar
Peter Buckner – bass
Bobby Gee – lead vocals
Andrew Perry – drums
The band’s manager Roy Harris, who had left a message on the Ealing Club entry, and has since been in touch, confirmed that Miston Tuac were a Hounslow band.
Peter Buckner, who later replaced Phil Wallington, added that the band may have rehearsed in the Lord Palmerston in Hounslow. By this point Joe Miller had departed and the band carried on as a quintet. It seems that Barry Allmark left when Miller did.
Buckner confirms that the line-up he worked with was Bobby Gee, Andy Allsup, Stuart Mead and John Salisbury (see photo at the top).
According to the message that drummer John Salisbury left on the Ealing Club entry, Gee later died in France in a road accident.
At some point, John Salisbury (who worked under the name John Roberts) left and Andrew Perry joined on drums.
Manager Roy Harris says another group billed as Mistral-Tuac appeared on the scene but bore no relation to this band.
Photo: Boyfriend magazine, December 1964. Mistral Tuak
However, I’ve listed any gigs I have found by this band below. This other band may also have gigged as Miston Tuac (see comments below).
Selected gigs:
13 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough New
23 June 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Faires (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough News
4 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Blues By Six (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
14 July 1964 – Attic Club, Hounslow, Middlesex with Alex Harvey Soul Band (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
Advert: Kingston and Malden Borough News. Supporting Alexis Korner on 25 July 1964
25 August 1964 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, Middlesex with The Tramps (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette/Middlesex Chronicle)
30 October 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Berries (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
30 October 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) May have played other Fridays around this time
5 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Penny Blacks (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
2 January 1965 – Egham Hythe Social Centre, Egham, Surrey (Staines and Egham News) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
16 January 1965 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Brokers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
12 February 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
6 March 1965 – Graven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Primitives (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
20 March 1965 – Carfax Ballroom, Oxford with The Trolls (Oxford Mail) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
22 April 1965 – Byron Hotel, Greenford, west London with Great Expectations (Middlesex Chronicle)
29 October 1965 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Quantum (http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/) By other group, billed as Mistral Tuac
18 January 1966 – Nurses Club, Jolly Gardners, Isleworth, west London with The In-Tacks (Middlesex Chronicle)
10 July 1966 – Byron, Greenford, Middlesex with Group One (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
Thanks to Peter Buckner for the band photo at the top
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.
TONY KNIGHT’S CHESSMEN:
Tony Knight (aka Tony Brown) – drums/lead vocals
Lol Coxhill – tenor/soprano saxophone
John Gummer – baritone saxophone/trumpet
Terry Martin – bass/vocals
Jeff Reed – organ
Formed in 1964 by Tony Knight and Terry Martin, who were from Wolverhampton. Lol Coxhill was a seasoned jazzer
1964
2 May 1964 – Hazell’s Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks (Bucks Advertiser) Billed as The Chessmen
23 May 1964 – Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Redcaps and The Telstars (Bucks Advertiser) Billed as The Chessmen featuring Jeff Read on organ
3 October 1964 – Central Club, Farnham, Surrey (Farnham Herald)
15 November 1964 – North Warnborough Village Hall, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
16 November 1964 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen
15 December 1964 – Ricky Tick, Aylesbury Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, Bucks with Rufus Thomas (Bucks Advertiser)
19 December 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with Rufus Thomas (Essex Chronicle)
26 December 1964 – Ricky Ticky Club, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey with The Cheynes (Surrey Advertiser)
24 April 1965 – Twin Town Youth Ball, Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
1 May 1965 – New Georgian Club, Uxbridge, northwest London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
8 May 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Melody Maker)
15 May 1965 – Victoria Hotel, Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
29 May 1965 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge with The Dyaks (Cambridge News)
30 May 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
7 June 1965 – Redcar Mini Festival, Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men, Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band, The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
15 June 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) Billed as The Chessmen
2 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
2 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (All-nighter) (Melody Maker)
4 July 1965 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
7 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Goldie & The Gingerbreads (Melody Maker)
9 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
9 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Inez & Charlie Foxx and Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (All-nighter) (Melody Maker)
10 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (All-nighter) (Melody Maker)
1 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, south west London with The Fetish Crowd (NME)
7 August 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with Soul 5 (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
13 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sugar Pie Desanto and The Shevells (two sessions including an all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
Around this time, Terry Martin and John Reed departed
Former London Beats members Peter Carney (bass) and John Carroll (Hammond organ) filled the vacant spots. Terry Edmunds also joined on lead guitar
18 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
22 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
28 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ralph Denyer’s Ragmen and Women (Melody Maker)
28 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
30 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long Joh Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger Trinity, The Mike Cotton Sound and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
19 September 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
8 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with T-Bone Walker (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
10 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
14 October 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Jimmy Brown Sound (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
15 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rockhouse Band (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
16 October 1965 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
22 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rockhouse Band (Melody Maker)
22 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ben E King (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
23 October 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
24 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
29 October 1965 – Penthouse Club, Bromley South, southeast London with The Penthouse Sound System (Melody Maker)
30 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Beryl Marsden & The Crew (Melody Maker)
30 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
5 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Artwoods, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
13 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Peter B’s Looners (Melody Maker)
13 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Shevells (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
14 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 November 1965 – Hermitage Halls, Hitchin, Herts with Alan Wade & The Hawkers and The Rising Sons (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
26 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
27 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Peter B’s Looners (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
28 November 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Around this time, Johnny Almond left to join Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band and John Gummer reverted to baritone trumpet
4 December 1965 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Middlesex Chronicle)
5 December 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Chants (Melody Maker)
10 December 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and Steampacket (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
18 December 1965 – The Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
19 December 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Major Lance (Melody Maker)
24 December 1965 – King Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers (Melody Maker)
27 December 1965 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
1966
2 January 1966 – Ricky Tick, Guildford Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Ricky Tick website: https://www.rickytick.com/) Billed as The Chessmen
9 January 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
16 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Fontella Bass (Melody Maker)
28 May 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
29 May 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
24 June 1966 – Latin Quarter, Leicester with Five Minus One (Leicester Mercury)
2 July 1966 – New Spot, Gosport, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
9 July 1966 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire with The Shevells (Welwyn Times)
16 July 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex with King Bees (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
24 July 1966 – Disco Blue, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight County Press) Wonder if this was August
24 July 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
29 July 1966 – Latin Quarter, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
31 July 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hall, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
In late July Peter Carney left to join Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and Liverpudlian Steve Lucas, who’d also worked with Bluesology, came in on bass briefly before Rick Eagles joined permanently
5 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen
Eagles, who had played with west London band, The Legends, debuted at the Witchdoctor in Catford on 6 August.
6 August 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, south east London (South East London Mercury/Fabulous 208)
6 August 1966 – Flamingo, Soho, Wardour Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen
7 August 1966 – Casino Ballroom, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen
18 August 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire (Poster) Billed as The Chessmen
Future Procol Harum keyboard player Matthew Fisher briefly stepped in for John Carroll in time for the gig below. Fisher’s most recent band was The Hi-Fi Sounds, who’d played at Butlin’s Holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset.
29 August 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
Fisher departed after this and briefly joined The Downliners Sect and John Carroll returned.
2 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen
About this time, Lol Coxhill departed to join The Gass. John Gummer also left and former Mike Rabin Band/Rockhouse members Dave Coxhill (no relation to Lol) and Stan Sulzmann came in on saxophones.
Record Mirror’s 10 September issue noted that Dave Coxhill had joined but no mention of Stan Sulzmann.
23 September 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
23 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Chessmen
24 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
2 October 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
3 October 1966 – Aylesbury Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks with Patterson’s People (Ric Eagles’ gig card)
8 October 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Verdict (Essex Chronicle)
24 October 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Voids (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
During November, the band opened the Bag O’Nails in Kingley Street, Soho.
17 December 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Cheatin’ Hearts (Port Talbot Guardian)
According to the Stage magazine, the band played the Bag O’Nails over the Christmas period with The Brian Auger Trinity and Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays
1967
5 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
7 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
22 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Later this month, John Carroll landed a job with The New Pirates after Rick Eagles told his old friend Nick Simper about the keyboard player.
4 February 1967 – Roaring ‘60s, Leicester (Leicester Mercury) This was the club’s opening night
11 February 1967 – Cartrefle Training College, Wrexham, Wales (Galaxy Entertainments Ltd performing contract)
15 February 1967 – Waltham Forest Technical College and School of Art, Waltham Forest, London with The Washington DCs (Poster)
18 February 1967 – Manhole, Redhill, Surrey (Crawley Advertiser)
Soon after Rick Eagles departed and later played with The Good Earth, which later became Mungo Jerry
Starting in early March, Tony Knight’s Chessmen started working with Jamaican singer Owen Gray who’d worked with The Krew in France during 1966. Not all the shows below are billed as with Owen Gray but he was with the band until about early September 1967.
9 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
11 March 1967 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
11 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
18 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Friction (Cambridgeshire Times)
19 March 1967 – Roaring 20’s, Carnaby Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
25 March 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as with Owen Gary
27 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
2 April 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as with Owen Gray
3 April 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Herd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
8 April 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as with Owen Gray
8 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as with Owen Gray
15 April 1967 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo) Billed as with Owen Gray
29 April 1967 – The Thing-a-me-jig Club, Reading, Berkshire (Reading Evening Post)
6 May 1967 – Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire with The Escorts and The Beechwoods (Warrington Guardian)
7 May 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
8 May 1967 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
20 May 1967 – The Embassy, Colchester, Essex with Mind Excursion (Essex County Standard)
21 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
26 May 1967 – Stoke Hole Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Advert says they are an eight-piece
2 June 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with The Raynes (Cheshire Observer) Billed as with Owen Gray
4 June 1967 – Hobmoor Carnaby Club, Yardley, West Midlands with The Monopoly and The Exception (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as with Owen Gray
In mid-June Terry Edmunds left to briefly work with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers but it only lasted a few weeks. Fred D’Albert joined on lead guitar. Around the same time, Stan Sulzmann left
17 June 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Apex R&B All Stars and The Gods (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
The group undertook some dates in Cornwall (late June) and played at the Piper Club in Viareggio, Italy (July).
Tenor sax player Terry Ede (ex-Jeff Elroy & The Blue Boys) remembers both and was a member during this time with Tony Knight, bass player Keith Tillman (ex-Stone’s Masonry), guitarist Fred D’Albert and Dave Coxhill. He says that Owen Gray was with them.
28 June 1967 – Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, Cornwall with Time, Soul & Motion (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
29 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Crestas (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
30 June-1 July 1967 – Winter Gardens Ballroom, Penzance, Cornwall with support (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
Photo: Fred D’Albert. Left to right: Terry Ede, Dave Coxhill (hidden), Owen Gray, Tony Brown (hidden), Keith Tillman and Fred D’Albert in Italy.Photo: Terry Ede. Left to right: Terry Ede, Tony Brown (hidden) and Dave Coxhill in Italy.
Keith Tillman leaves after Italian dates and subsequently joins John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers after playing with Aynsley Dunbar. Alan Rowell from several East Anglian bands takes his place.
6 August 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
12 August 1967 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
14 August 1967 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
19 August 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
9 September 1967 – 007 Sun Valley Club, Dalston, north London with Sir Dees Sound (Melody Maker)
In September, Tony Knight, Fred D’Albert, Alan Rowell and Dave Coxhill joined The Cat Soul Packet and worked with the group until November.
By early 1968, the following line-up performed as The Magicians who cut a lone single for MCA ‘Painting on Wood’ c/w ‘Slow Motion’
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 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
27 March 1967 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (David Allen research) Billed as The Q-Set (double check)
31 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, north west London (Melody Maker)
2 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
7 April 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
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 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Rhythm Unlimited and John St John (Lancashire Evening Post/Morecambe Visitor)
4 November 1967 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Konch (Morecambe Visitor)
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)
16 February 1968 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with The Fantastic Velours and The Atlantics (Morecambe Visitor)
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 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Melody Maker)
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 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire (Melody Maker)
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)
19 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)
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 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (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 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Melody Maker)
22 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
23 September 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Secrets (Whitstable Times)
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)
5 October 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Studio Six (Melody Maker)
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)
14 July 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central 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)
20 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker)
20 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
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)
1 September 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)
26 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Rockhouse Band (Melody Maker)
26 November 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
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)
10 December 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Alex Lane Group (Melody Maker)
10 December 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Peter B’s Looners (all-nighter) (Melody Maker)
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)
14 February 1967 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band, The Zombies, The Dollys, The Corncrackers and The NMO (South Wales Evening Post)
14 February 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue and Lott 13 (South Wales Evening Post)
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 Hereticks (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)
2 June 1967 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Doodlebugs and The Road Runners (Morecambe Visitor)
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:
Formed in July 1964
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)
12 March 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (all-nighter) with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Melody Maker) Billed as just The Night-Timers
13 March 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (all-nighter) with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds (Melody Maker)
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
Richard James (lead guitar)
Clive Williamson (keyboards)
Reg Isidore (drums)
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)
27 August 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)
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)
5 November 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, East Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
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)
8 June 1968 – Club La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent & Sussex Courier)
8 June 1968 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde Pier Head, Ryde, Isle of Wight with Pinkerton’s Colours, Blossom Toes and Helycon Order (Isle of Wight County Press)
13 July 1968 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
20 July 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Dr K’s Big Blues Band (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
10 August 1968 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Time & Motion (Morecambe Visitor)
24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Embers (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Rupert & The Rick ‘N’ Beckers
5 October 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
11 October 1968 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Marmalade (Morecambe Visitor)
12 October 1968 – Marine Ballroom, Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with Ohio Springs (Morecambe Visitor)
23 October 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
25-26 October 1968 – Bamboo Club, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
2 November 1968 – Brookfield Hall, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
7 November 1968 – Penny Farthing, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
17 November 1968 – King Alfred, Bellingham, south London (South East London Mercury)
22 November 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Who and Phonic Sounds Soul Band (Berkamsted Gazette)
30 November 1968 – Corn Exchange, Bedford with Scotts Plague (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
8 December 1968 – Byron, Greenford, London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
21 December 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
24 December 1968 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with US Flattop and Ray Williams & The Grenades (West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser)
24 December 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald) Is this likely with gig above?
5 January 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
15 January 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)
12 April 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Nashville Teens (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
3 May 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)
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)
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6 August 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as with Owen Gray
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.
