20 September, 2009 – 10:00 am
The Gunnell brothers were ‘lovable rogues’, but working for them was exciting. They ran the Flamingo [in Wardour Street] and later they added the Bag O’Nails [in Kingly Street] and the Ram Jam Club in Brixton. We often used to double bands between the Ram Jam and the Flamingo.
When [manager] Chas Chandler first brought Jimi [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Clubs, Music
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Also tagged Bag O'Nails, Brixton, Chas Chandler, Colin Richardson, Cromwellian, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, John Gunnell, Kingly Street, Ram Jam Club, Rik Gunnell, Wardour Street
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19 March, 2009 – 12:27 pm
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 [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Carnaby Street, Celebrities, Clubs, Music
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Also tagged Ad Lib club, Brian Auger, Brian Auger Trinity, Cambridge Circus, Chas Chandler, Cottage Club, Cream, Cromwell Road, Cromwellian, Eric Clapton, Georgie Fame, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Julie Driscoll, Mickey Waller, Procol Harum, Regent Street, Ringo, Rod Stewart, Scotch of St James, St James, Steve Winwood, Ten Years After, The Animals, The Beatles, The Blue Flames, The Faces, The Speakeasy, Whiter Shade Of Pale, Yeh Yeh
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7 February, 2009 – 9:00 am
The Authentics were always fighting a losing battle, because of Giorgio Gomelsky’s negative attitude toward us. We even got to the point where Jackie DeShannon, whose song ‘Needles And Pins’ had just been a No. 1 hit single for the Searchers, wrote a single for us and co-produced it with Jimmy Page, but Giorgio never [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Carnaby Street, Music
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Also tagged Adrienne Posta, Andrew Oldham, Berne Williams, Big Jim Sullivan, Blues Power, Gary Farr, Giorgio Gomelsky, Immediate Records, Isle Of Wight Festival, Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Page, John Williams, Julie Felix, Maureeny Wishfull, Mike O'Neil, Needles And Pins, Nigel Reevley Mills, Ricki Farr, Rik Gunnell, The Authentics, The Searchers, The Yardbirds, Tom Jones, Vik Flic
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9 January, 2009 – 2:01 pm
Elkie Brooks is one of the finest female rock singers the UK has ever produced and in 1981, her album ‘Pearls’ became the biggest selling album by a British female singer in the history of the UK charts. (You’ll find Elkie’s bio, together with some early live footage, elsewhere on this site.) She continues to [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Carnaby Street, Clubs, Music
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Also tagged Chris Farlowe, Gaga, Georgie Fame, Jack Barrie, John Mayall, Pete Gage, Robert Palmer, Scene Club, The Animals, Vinegar Joe, Wardour Street
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