All the bands knew one another and we would hang out together. It was like a big pool of musicians. We would all assemble in these different places and there would be jams going on. We would go to clubs like the Cromwellian club in the Cromwell Road and Scotch of St James, which was [...]
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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 [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 3
29 January, 2009 – 10:50 am
From 1964 to 1965, the Authentics played the Marquee every Friday night for about 12 months. During that time, the big crowd pullers were Long John Baldry with Rod Stewart, at the Marquee on Wednesday nights I think, and Georgie Fame and Chris Farlowe at the Flamingo on a Thursday and Saturday. That seemed to [...]
The Graham Bond Organization
5 January, 2009 – 3:02 pm
Listen to the Graham Bond Organization play their 1964 single ‘Long Tall Shorty’:
Along with Alexis Korner and John Mayall, vocalist and keyboard player Graham Bond is considered to be one of the godfathers of early British R&B. An innovative performer, he mixed jazz influences with R&B and is credited as one of the first musicians [...]