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.
Photo: Courtesy John Wiggins
PAUL WILLIAMS SET
Paul Williams – lead vocals
Jimmy Crawford – lead guitar
John A Wiggins – keyboards
Roger Sutton – bass
Jeff Condon – trumpet/flugelhorn
Johnny Almond – sax/flute
Alan White – drums
Left to right: Johnny Almond, John Wiggins, Roger Sutton, Alan White, Jimmy Crawford, Jeff Condon and Paul Williams. Photo may be subject to copyright
1968
10 November 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Evening Post)
15 November 1968 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham with Charlie Brown Show (Down at the Boat book)
Photo: Geoffrey Mason
16 November 1968 – Leeds University, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Bruce Chanel, Yes and The Delivery (Poster from Geoffrey Mason)
17 November 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south London (Melody Maker)
23 November 1968 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with The Complex (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 November 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, south London (South East London Mercury)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 November 1968 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
14 December 1968 – Rotherham Baths, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1968 – Surrey Rooms, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208/South East London Mercury)
22 December 1968 – City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Animals, Grapefruit, Happy Magazine, Barry St John, Long John Baldy, Kim Davis & The Beginning, Noble Fforde and The Tempo Set (Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Original Animals reunion gig/Geno Washington was billed but cancelled
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 December 1968 – Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminster, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)
1969
5 January 1969 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 January 1969 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with Cliff Bennett & His Band and The Sect (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
17 January 1969 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
19 January 1969 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Happy Magazine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
20 January 1969 – Park Hall Hotel, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
24 January 1969 – Bishop Varsey Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 January 1969 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Doughnut Ring (Southend Standard)
26 January 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
30 January 1969 – Revolution, London (Fabulous 208)
31 January 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 February 1969 – Reading University, Reading, Berkshire with Yes (Melody Maker) Reading Evening Post lists Van der Graaf Generator not Yes
2 February 1969 – Surrey Rooms, Oval, Kennington, London (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1969 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
6 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
7 February 1969 – Brunel University, Uxbridge, London with Honeybus and The Idle Race (Melody Maker)
9 March 1969 – Mercer’s Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
26 March 1969 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 March 1969 – University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
29 March 1969 – Civic Hall, Solihull, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
30 March 1969 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
9 April 1969 – Hemel Hempstead Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Gods (Time Out)
23 April 1969 – Armour House, Gresham Street, EC2, London (Time Out)
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.
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
The band featured in Fabulous 208, circa August 1965 before Clive Burrows (second left) departed. Photo may be subject to copyright
Zoot Money – Hammond organ/vocals
Andy Somers – lead guitar
Paul Williams – bass/vocals
Nick Newall – tenor saxophone
Colin Allen – drums
25 November 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group
23 December 1963 – Marquee, Oxford Street, central London with Manfred Mann (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live) Billed as Zoot Money R&B Group
1964
1 January 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Nix and The Nomads and The Nite Sect (Essex County Standard)
16 May 1964 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News)
Around this time Clive Burrows joins on baritone saxophone
13 June 1964 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Evergreens (Essex Chronicle)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1964 – Jumbo Club, King George’s Hall, Esher, Surrey (Woking Herald) Opens the club
Woking Herald, 26 June 1964. Photo may be subject to copyright
3 July 1964 – Ricky Tick, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Tridents (David Else research)
4 July 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Russ Sainty & The Nu Notes and Terry Judge & The Barristers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
12 July 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with support (Aldershot News)
27 March 1965 – Royal Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Lonely Ones (Maidstone Gazette)
28 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
29 March 1965 – Bluesville, Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
Photo may be subject to copyright
2 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Mal Ryder & The Spirits and The Ricochets (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
Photo may be subject to copyright
7 April 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 April 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Goldie & The Gingerbreads and Mal Ryder & The Spirits (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 May 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
26 May 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 May 1965 – The Downs, Hassocks, West Sussex with The Jades (Mid Sussex Times)
7 June 1965 – Redcar Mini Festival, Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Long John Baldry with Hoochie Coochie Men, Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
10 June 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with The Mastersounds (Hertfordshire Express)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1965 – Jazz & Blues Festival, Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with The Dutch Swing College, Solomon Burke, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Spencer Davis Group, The Downliners Sect, Alan Elsdon’s Jazzband, Brian Green New-O-Stompers, The Loose Ends and The Epitaph Soul Band (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
Photo may be subject to copyright
19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
23 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
18 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
21 July 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
22 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire with Charlie and Inez Foxx (Dave Allen research) They may have replaced The Ram Jam Band
6 August 1965 – Mayfair Club, the Belfry, Wishaw, near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands with Johnny Gibbins Modern Jazz Quartet (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Bern Elliott & The Klan and The Tribe (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
14 August 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Peddlars and The Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)
15 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Greg Burman’s Soul Band (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
20 August 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford, Surrey (David Else’s research)
22 August 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
24 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Vince Everett & The Orchids (East Kent Times)
29 August 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)
Around this time Clive Burrows leaves to join The Alan Price Set. Johnny Almond takes his place. Trumpet player Geoff Condon joined around the same time.
1 September 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
3 September 1965 – New Fender Club, Kenton, northwest London (Greenford Weekly Post)
12 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
13 September 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
18 September 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Dave & The Strollers (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
21 September 1965 – Bristol Chinese R&B Club, Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
26 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
30 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Saracens (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 October 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
2 October 1965 – The House of Aden, Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with Cole Train Union (Essex Chronicle)
10 October 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
13 October 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
15 October 1965 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey (Boyfriend magazine) David Else also has the band at the Ricky Tick, Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex on this date
16 October 1965 – Bristol University, Bristol (Boyfriend magazine)
17 October 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Boyfriend magazine)
18 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Boyfriend magazine)
31 December 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
1966
1 January 1966 – Coronation Hall, Ramsgate, Kent (Beat Instrumental)
2 January 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
3 January 1966 – Star Hotel, Croydon, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
4 January 1966 – KD Club, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside (Beat Instrumental)
7 January 1966 – Iron Club, Sidcup, Kent (Beat Instrumental)
8 January 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 January 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
10 January 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
14 January 1966 – Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
15 January 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
16 January 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
17 January 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental)
18 January 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
19 January 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
21 January 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
26 April 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
28 April 1966 – Warwick University, Warwick (Beat Instrumental)
29 April 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)
30 April 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Beat Instrumental)
1 May 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
2 May 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 May 1966 – Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 May 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham News)
12 May 1966 – Brays Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
13 May 1966 – Oxford Town Hall, Oxford (Beat Instrumental)
14 May 1966 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1966 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Melody Maker)
18 May 1966 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
19 May 1966 – Burton Manor, Stafford, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
20 May 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Beat Instrumental)
21 May 1966 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
22 May 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
26 May 1966 – Locarno, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
27 May 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
28 May 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
30 May 1966 – Blues Festival, Quebec Park, East Dereham, Norfolk with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, The Sullivan James Band and Sounds Reformed (North Norfolk News) Beat Instrumental says this took place at the Tavern Club
31 May 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
1 June 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
2 June 1966 – Jazz Club, Ross-on-Wye (Beat Instrumental)
3 June 1966 – Porchester Hall, Bayswater, central London and Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 June 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
4 June 1966 – South East Jazz and Blues Festival, Blackheath with Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Roy C and The Loose Ends, Blackheath, southeast London (Melody Maker) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
5 June 1966 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)
6 June 1966 – The Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
7 June 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bristol (Beat Instrumental)
Photo may be subject to copyright
8 June 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, south London (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
10 June 1966 – Devonshire House, Exeter, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
11 June 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
5 August 1966 – Corn Exchange, Newbury, Berkshire (Fabulous 208) David Else has the band at the Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts on this date
6 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
7 August 1966 – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)
8 August 1966 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Beat Instrumental)
9 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Southsea, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
11 August 1966 – Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay, Kent (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
14 August 1966 – Hastings Pier, Hastings, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
15 August 1966 – Royal Albion Hotel, Walton-on-Naze, Essex (Essex County Standard)
16 August 1966 – Fishmonger’s Arms, Wood Green, north London (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1966 – Discoblue Club, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
18 August 1966 – RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London with The Tea Set (Melody Maker)
20 August 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
24 August 1966 – Pavilion, Bournmouth, Dorset (Beat Instrumental)
25 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Manor House, north London (Beat Instrumental)
27 August 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
28 August 1966 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Down at the Boat book)
29 August 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Tony Knight’s Chessmen, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
1 September 1966 – Ricky Tick, Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts (David Else research/Welwyn Advertiser)
3 September 1966 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208/Beat Instrumental)
3 September 1966 – St George’s Hall, Exeter, Devon with The Bunch and The Spectres (Express & Echo) This must have been cancelled or moved unless gig above is incorrect
4 September 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Alley Cats (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
5 September 1966 – Manor House, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 September 1966 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Beat Instrumental)
7 September 1966 – Orford Jazz Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
9 September 1966 – Scunthorpe FC, Scunthorpe with others (Beat Instrumental)
10 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Vibrations & The Noblemen and The Little People (Lincolnshire Standard)
11 September 1966 – Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
12 September 1966 – Colston Hall, Bristol with Otis Redding and St Louis Union (Fabulous 208) Beat Instrumental has Top Rank Ballroom in Wolverhampton on this date
14 September 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Alan Bown Set (Fabulous 208)
15 September 1966 – Public Hall, Epping, northeast London (Beat Instrumental)
16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
17 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex (Beat Instrumental)
18 September 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
20 September 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
21 September 1966 – Top Rank Ballroom, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
22 September 1966 – McKilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Grantham Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with The Small Faces, The Delcounts and Breed (Nottingham Evening Post/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
25 September 1966 – Sunshine Ballroom, East Dereham, Norfolk with The Style (Fabulous 208)
27 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
28 September 1966 – Scene Club, Cardiff, Wales (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1966 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
5 October 1966 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
6 October 1966 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue (South Wales Evening Post)
7 October 1966 – Freshers Dance, Stratford Town Hall, Stratford, east London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express)
8 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
9 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
10 October 1966 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
11 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Windsor, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
13 October 1966 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
14 October 1966 – Mark Altman Ballroom, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
15 October 1966 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
16 October 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 October 1966 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
20 October 1966 – Dorothy’s Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
21 October 1966 – Aston University, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
22 October 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)
25 October 1966 – Rag Ball, Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Ivy League with The Jaybirds, Lee Dorsey and Our Young (Nottingham Evening Post)
26 October 1966 – City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Bedford, Bedfordshire (Fabulous 208)
28 October 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
29 October 1966 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, southwest London (Fabulous 208)
30 October 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Melody Maker)
31 October 1966 – Shakespeare Hotel, Woolwich, south London (Fabulous 208)
2 November 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Stevenage, Herts (Fabulous 208)
3 November 1966 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Market Hall, St Albans, Herts (Luton News)
5 November 1966 – Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
6 November 1966 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
8 November 1966 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
9 November 1966 – New Addington Hotel, New Addington, Surrey (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser)
11 November 1966 – Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with The Spencer Davis Group (Fabulous 208)
12 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with New York Public Library (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 November 1966 – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
15 November 1966 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
The Hillingdon Mirror ran a picture of the band in its 15 November 1966 issue, page 20 (see above)
17 November 1966 – West Park Pavilion, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1966 – Jazz Club, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 November 1966 – Bluesette, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press/Melody Maker) Advert says the club reopens
21 November 1966 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1966 – Links International Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
25 November 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Situation and Clem Dalton Show (Melody Maker)
26 November 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 November 1966 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
1 December 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire with David Essex & The Mood Indigo (Cambridge News/Fabulous 208)
3 December 1966 – Morley Town Hall, Morley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
3 December 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1966 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1966 – Liverpool University, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
8 December 1966 – York University, York, North Yorkshire with The Brian Auger Trinity (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
10 December 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
11 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Bobby Hebb (Melody Maker)
12 December 1966 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Fabulous 208)
13 December 1966 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
14 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
15 December 1966 – Great Hall, Reading, Berkshire with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (Fabulous 208)
17 December 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Davey Sands & The Essex (East Kent Times)
18 December 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
19 December 1966 – Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1966 – Bray’s Grove Youth Centre, Harlow, Essex (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1966 – College of Technology, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1966 – De Montfont Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire (Fabulous 208)
24 December 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Coletraine Union (Southend Standard)
29 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Connah’s Quay, Wales (Fabulous 208)
30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)
30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Ray King Soul Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1967
1 January 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Zephrons (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
4 January 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley, southeast London (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
5 January 1967 – White Bicycle, Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208/Northampton Chronicle)
6 January 1967 – Dancing Slipper, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
9 January 1967 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 January 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
13 January 1967 – Market Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire with The Invasion (Evening Sentinel)
14 January 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
17 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Syn (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
21 January 967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fireflies (Cambridgeshire Times)
22 January 1967 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Rubber Band (North Norfolk News)
24 January 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
27 January 1967 – Civic and Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Zombies, The ‘N’ Betweens, The Savoy Jazz band and Ken Ingram’s Jazz band (Express & Star)
9 February 1967 – Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
10 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
11 February 1967 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 February 1967 – Bluesville Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
18 February 1967 – Faculty of Tech, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
Photo may be subject to copyright
20 February 1967 – Belfry, Wishaw, West Midlands with Sonny Childe & The Explosive TNT and The Monopoly (Birmingham Evening Mail)
22 February 1967 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – Nicholas Youth Centre, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Leicester University, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Baths Hall, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Northgate Hall, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Queen Mary’s College, Mile End, east London (Fabulous 208)
5 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
10 March 1967 – Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Palmer James and Trend 67 (Western Gazette)
11 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
13 March 1967 – Granby Halls, Leicester with The Who, Dick Morrisey and The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208/Leicester Mercury)
15 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hants (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
18 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Syn and The Exception (Evening Sentinel/Fabulous 208)
19 March 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
20 March 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – College of Commerce, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with First Lites (Frogg Moody and Richard Nash’s book Hold Tight!)
25 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
26 March 1967 – Troutbeck Hotel, IIkley, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
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27 March 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Real McCoy and T D Backus & The Powerhouse and The Frame (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
31 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
31 March 1967 – Cadillac Ballroom, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire (Fabulous 208)
28 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Fabulous 208)
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29 May 1967 – Barbeque 67, Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Move and Pink Floyd (Spalding Guardian)
31 May 1967 – Scotch Club Discotheque, Torquay Devon (Fabulous 208)
1 June 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
2 June 1967 – Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple, Devon (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1967 – Purple Fez Club, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon (Fabulous 208)
6 June 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Fingers (Bournemouth Echo)
8 June 1967 – RAF Wyton, Wyton, Cambridgeshire (Fabulous 208)
9 June 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 June 1967 – Baths, Matlock, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
13 June 1967 – Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
15 June 1967 – RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (Fabulous 208)
16 June 1967 – University College, Gower Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
25 June 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
28 June 1967 – Cellar Jazz Club, South Shields, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Edgehill Training College, Liverpool, Merseyside (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire with The Jeff Beck Group (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 July 1967 – Belfry Hotel, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Seagull Ballroom, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – McGoo’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Victoria Ballroom, Dunbar, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
22 July 1967 – Community Centre, Auchinleck, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
Disc & Music Echo, 22 July issue, says that The Big Roll Band is splitting up but that they will fulfil contracted bookings. Jeff Condon (trumpet) and Johnny Almond are joining The Alan Price Set
23 July 1967 – Top Ten Club, Dundee, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
27 July 1967 – Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1967 – Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Market Hall, Carlisle, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
3 August 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1967 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with The Passion (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
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7 August 1967 – Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with Root and Jenny Jackson with The High-Timers (Fabulous 208/Herald Express) This could be the first gig by the remaining members who were soon billed as Dantalion’s Chariot
11 August 1967 – Doncaster Top Rank, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) Just says Zoot Money
The horn section left around this time
August 1967 – This month, they play Le Papagayo, Saint Tropez, France (Melody Maker) Record Mirror says the residency starts on 14 August. This could be where Dantalion’s Chariot debut
Around this time, the group changes name to Dantalion’s Chariot. In early September Paul Williams replaces John McVie in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
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