I was with the London City Agency for about 18 months. I was a new face, but I very quickly got to know all the other agents around the scene.
We booked a lot of bands into Eel Pie Island [in Twickenham] and I used to go down there, especially when the American acts came in. [...]
Journal entries about Clubs
Sixties Happenings - The Stones return to Regent Sound
The Rolling Stones will return to Regent Sound in Denmark Street - the studio where they recorded their first album - when Philip Townsend’s exhibition, ‘Sorry You Missed The Sixties’, opens on 28th August. Featuring an intimate collection of early photographs of the band, the exhibition will be housed in Peter Parker’s Rock ‘n’ [...]
Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 2
The Blackheath club was pretty successful. Their policy was to have the house band which was the Ian Bird Quintet or Sextet that played the first set and then they brought in a name jazz musician, like Tubby Hayes or Ronnie Scott, to play the second half and if they were amenable, the night would [...]