Roger Sutton | Garage Hangover

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.

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)

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)

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)

20-21 December 1968 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

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

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)

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)

6-7 June 1969 – Annabel, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)

17 August 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Kensington, west London (Kensington Post)

The band changes its name to Juggernault according to an advert in Melody Maker

Gary Boyle – guitar/vocals

Roger Sutton – bass/vocals

Ray Deville – organ/vocals

Ron Foster – saxophone

Clive Thacker – drums

Lead guitarist Gary Boyle, bass player Roger Sutton, keyboard player Ray Deville, drummer Clive Thacker and sax players Dave Quincy and Ian Thomas had backed singer Brian Bentley as Brian Bentley & The Kingsmen during 1962.

In early 1963, the remaining members (minus Quincy and Thomas) became The Five Embers after ditching Brian Bentley and recruiting sax player Ron Foster. Initially, the musicians played under their own name and then in March 1964 started backing Jamaican singer Millie.

Notable gigs as The Five Embers:

22 March 1964 – Star & Garter, Windsor, Berkshire

24 March 1964 – Café Des Artistes, Fulham, London

Notable gigs with Millie Small:

25 March 1964 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent

28 March 1964 – Café Des Artistes, Fulham, London

29 March 1964 – Star & Garter, Windsor, Berkshire

31 March 1964 – Peter’s Club, High Wycombe, Bucks

5-11 April 1964 – Cavern, Liverpool

16 May 1964 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire with The Initials

17 May 1964 – Blackpool ABC, Blackpool, Lancashire

18 May 1964 – Scarborough Futurist, Scarborough with others

5 June 1964 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport, Cumbria with The Defenders

16 June 1964 – Locarno, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Soul Agents

27 August 1964 – ABC Theatre, Plymouth, Cornwall with Rolling Stones and others

After splitting with Millie, The Five Embers continued to gig into 1965 before breaking up that spring and at some point backed Barry St John.

In August 1966, Clive Thacker joined Julie Driscol, Brian Auger & The Trinity and was joined two months later by Roger Sutton.

While Thacker remained with Brian Auger and Julie Driscol throughout the late 1960s, Sutton left in May 1967 and played with several groups before briefly joining The Krew in August 1968.

Roger Sutton subsequently played with a number of notable bands, including The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Nucleus, Mark-Almond and Riff Raff.

Gary Boyle initially played with Lulu’s backing band during 1965. Then, in 1966, he worked with Dusty Springfield’s support group, The Echoes before reuniting with Roger Sutton and Clive Thacker in Julie Driscol, Brian Auger and The Trinity in January 1967.

After leaving in November of that year, Boyle subsequently played with Eclection in March 1969 and then returned to Julie Driscol and The Brian Auger Trinity that June.

Ray Deville meanwhile joined The Missing Links in February 1966 and stayed with this band when it took on the name, The All Night Workers in October 1967. He left in January 1968 and is rumoured to have worked with Dusty Springfield. Deville died in 2013.

Please note: this is a very brief overview of the band and its history. Garage Hangover would welcome any additional material and corrections.

Mike Collins’s interviews with Roger Sutton and Gary Boyle were really useful resources. Please see above links to his work.

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