One of the things that helped me in my early days was becoming a night manager at the Marquee. Up to this time, it had been a jazz club and its manager, John Gee, was a jazzer.
When it started to get round to booking bands like Long John Baldry, Shotgun Express and all the up-and-coming [...]
Tag Archives: Harold Pendleton
Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 4
28 August, 2009 – 11:51 am
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Barbara Pendleton, Colin Richardson, Elton John, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Gee, Long John Baldry, Marquee, Reg Dwight, Rod Stewart, Shotgun Express, Steam Packet
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 6
7 March, 2009 – 9:00 am
[In 1963] the owner of the Academy Cinema said to Harold Pendleton, “I have to get you out, I’m afraid, because I need to convert this from being one cinema into being three screens on three floors, so I want the basement back.” We said, “But we wouldn’t know where to find anywhere else!” and [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Academy Cinema, Chris Barber, Giorgio Gomelsky, Great Universal Stores, Jeff Beck Group, Jimi Hendrix, Marquee, Mickey Waller, Richmond Jazz & Blues Festival, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Wardour Street, Yardbirds
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 5
5 March, 2009 – 9:00 am
After the first Newport and Monterey jazz festivals took place in America, Harold Pendleton and I thought, ‘This is great - we should be doing this.’ The difficulty for us was finding somewhere big enough where they would allow you to do it.
The first National Jazz & Blues Festival was held at Twickenham, the seat [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Events, Music
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Also tagged Chris Barber, Cream, Eddie Condon, Leeds Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, National Jazz & Blues Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Reading Festival, Richmond, Rolling Stones, Trad Boom
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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 3
27 February, 2009 – 10:27 am
The Marquee gradually got bigger, as live music of that nature became more popular, and then we wanted to do more blues and so on, not just traditional jazz, so we brought some American blues artists over to Britain, because we thought that the way to get hold of this music better was to have [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Alexis Korner, Blues Incorporated, Chicago blues, Chris Barber, Cyril Davies, Guild Of Variety Artists, Marquee, Muddy Waters, Musicians Union, Traditional jazz
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