There were two sorts of clubs: the rock clubs that the public went to and the night-clubs that all the stars went to. The nice thing was the bands all lived in London then - they would have moved down from Liverpool or Manchester or Cardiff or Newcastle. Usually in the evenings, the last thing [...]
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The Rolling Stones
5 February, 2009 – 11:41 am
Watch the Rolling Stones perform at a New Musical Express Poll Winners show in 1964 here:
On 12th July 1962, the Marquee was the venue for the Rolling Stones’ first ever live show. Formed by former schoolmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards with fellow R&B enthusiast Brian Jones and named after a Muddy Waters song, the [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 4
30 January, 2009 – 4:39 pm
1964/5 was an amazing time and Soho was a great place to be. There was a little Italian café just off Wardour Street where they did a mushroom omelette for 3 shillings and 9 pence [approximately 19p] and we were all broke, so you could go in there on a lunchtime and you’d see Rod [...]