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.

WINSTON’S FUMBS

Jimmy Winston – lead vocals/guitar

Tony Kaye – keyboards

Alex Dmochowski (aka Paris) – bass

Ray Stock – drums

15 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Boardwalkers (Melody Maker)

29 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Wishful Thinking (Melody Maker)

10 December 1966 – Alex, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian) Says direct from Locomotive Club, Paris

31 December 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Mode and St Willie Cool School (Melody Maker)

8 January 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

9 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

13 January 1967 – Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

3 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate with Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)

14 February 1967 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

16 February 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fingers (Melody Maker)

17 February 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

10 March 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

11 March 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Nobles (Western Gazette)

18 March 1967 – Co-op, Chesham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

25 March 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)

26 March 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)

31 March 1967 – Municipal Hall, Pontypridd, south Wales with The National Soul Board (Glamorgan County Times)

1 April 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Night Shift (Gloucester Citizen)

15 April 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Provokers (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

9 June 1967 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)

10 June 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)

8 July 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Disc & Music Echo)

11 July 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Move (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

29 July 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Click (Gloucester Citizen)

4 August 1967 – The New Trades Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

6 August 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Geranium Pond (Crawley Advertiser)

There is a great article and pic on the band in Record Mirror, 12 August 1967, page 10

1 September 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

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