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 [...]
Tag Archives: Jimi Hendrix
Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 6
20 September, 2009 – 10:00 am
Sixties Happenings - Beatles To Bowie
7 September, 2009 – 9:16 am
London’s National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the 50th anniversary since the start of the Sixties with ‘Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’, an exhibition of 150 photographs of the personalities and groups who made the Sixties swing.
The exhibition, which runs from 15th October 2009 to 24th January 2010 and features over 100 images that [...]
Chris Welch’s Memories, Part 3
24 April, 2009 – 3:08 pm
I joined ‘Melody Maker’ in 1964, but before that I used to go to the old Marquee when it was in Oxford Street, which had a bit of a plush jazz vibe, to see people like Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine. Then the club moved round the corner into Wardour Street and it became much [...]
T-Bone Walker
23 April, 2009 – 10:49 am
Watch T-Bone Walker perform ‘Call It Stormy Monday’:
Born in Texas in 1920, T-Bone (Aaron Thibeaux) Walker is considered to be the godfather of electric blues guitar, influencing countless players from B.B. King to Eric Clapton and Gary Moore. A showman as well as a unique artist, his stunts such as plucking the strings with his [...]