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Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 7

22 September, 2009 – 9:00 am

My datesheets were Georgie Fame, Geno Washington, John Mayall and a few smaller bands like Capability Brown and the Eyes Of Blue, soul type bands that would play the club circuit.
We were involved in the Stax tour with Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and Wilson Pickett at the Finsbury Park Astoria, which I think may [...]

By Valerie Potter | Posted in Music | Also tagged Albert King, Capability Brown, Clifford Davis, Colin Richardson, Eyes Of Blue, Finsbury Park Astoria, Freddie King, Geno Washington, Joe Tex, John Gunnell, John Mayall, John McVie, Junior Walker, Mick Fleetwood, Otis Redding, Peter Green, Rik Gunnell, Sam & Dave, Stax tour, Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett | Comments (0)

Ronnie Jones

11 September, 2009 – 11:59 am

Listen to Ronnie Jones performing ‘I Need Your Loving’ with the Nightimers here:

Ronnie Jones was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1937, but a career in the US Air Force brought him over to the UK in 1961. He was discovered by Alexis Korner, although Jones himself credits Georgie Fame with giving him his first taste [...]

By Valerie Potter | Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music | Also tagged Alexis Korner, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, Blue Jays, Blues Incorporated, Flamingo, Hair, I Need Your Loving, John McLaughlin, Long John Baldry, Mick Jagger, Nightimers, Q-Set, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Jones, Steve Lukather, Toto | Comments (0)

Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 5

30 August, 2009 – 9:00 am

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. [...]

By Valerie Potter | Posted in Clubs, Events, Music, Television | Also tagged Alan Price, Art Chisnall, Artwoods, Barry Dunning, Colin Richardson, Colosseum, Darrell Adams, Eel Pie Island, Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington, John Gunnell, John Mayall, Johnny Jones, London City Agency, Long John Baldry, Marquee, Rik Gunnell, Twickenham | Comments (0)

Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 3

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 | Posted in Carnaby Street, Celebrities, Clubs, Music | Also tagged Ad Lib club, Brian Auger, Brian Auger Trinity, Cambridge Circus, Chas Chandler, Cottage Club, Cream, Cromwell Road, Cromwellian, Eric Clapton, Flamingo Club, 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 | Comments (0)

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