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 [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Clubs, Music
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Also tagged Andy Summers, Beatles, Booker T, Brian Jones, Chris Welch, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Moon, Mateus Rose, Mitch Mitchell, Rolling Stones, Sam and Dave, Scotch of St James, The Animals, The Cromwellian, The Kilt, The Police, The Speakeasy, Zoot Money
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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, Flamingo Club, Georgie Fame, 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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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 [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Carnaby Street, Music
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Also tagged Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, Cream, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Eric Clapton, Flamingo Club, Graham Bond, Jack Bruce, John Mayall, John McLaughlin
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31 December, 2008 – 11:39 am
Listen to the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars’ first single, ‘Country Line Special’/’Chicago Calling’:
Critics have hailed the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars as the best British blues band of the early Sixties after the Rolling Stones. The line-up was largely poached from Screaming Lord Sutch’s Savages in 1962 by Leadbelly-inspired harp player/singer Davies after he left Blues [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Alexis Korner, Billy J. Kramer, Blues Incorporated, Cyril Davies, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Jack Bruce, Jimmy Page, Marquee, R&B All Stars, Rod Stewart, Screaming Lord Sutch
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