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
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Posted in Clubs, Events, Music, Television
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Also tagged Alan Price, Art Chisnall, Artwoods, Barry Dunning, Colin Richardson, Colosseum, Darrell Adams, Eel Pie Island, Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington, Georgie Fame, John Gunnell, John Mayall, Johnny Jones, London City Agency, Long John Baldry, Rik Gunnell, Twickenham
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28 August, 2009 – 11:51 am
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 [...]
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, Harold Pendleton, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Gee, Long John Baldry, Reg Dwight, Rod Stewart, Shotgun Express, Steam Packet
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Listen to David Bowie and the Lower Third performing ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ here:
Now an international star, David Bowie appeared at the Marquee in the early days of his career. Originally working under his real name of David (or Davy) Jones, in the early Sixties, he performed with a number of bands, including, in [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged David Bowie, David Jones, Davy Jones, Lower Third, Monkees, Pye Records, Shel Talmy, Space Oddity, The Kinks, The Who
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Listen to Al Stewart performing his cover of the Yardbirds’ ‘Turn Into Earth’:
Born in Scotland but brought up in Dorset, Al Stewart started his career in local bands, buying his first guitar from Andy Summers (Zoot Money, the Police) and taking guitar lessons from Robert Fripp (King Crimson). Inspired by Bob Dylan, he moved down [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Clubs, Music
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Also tagged Al Stewart, Andy Summers, Bob Dylan, Bunjie's, Charing Cross Road, Folk Album Of The Year, Folk Nights, Greek Street, Jimmy Page, King Crimson, Les Cousins, Litchfield Street, Love Chronicles, Melody Maker, Old Compton Street, Paul Simon, Robert Fripp, Soho, The Elf, The Police, The Yardbirds, Turn Into Earth, Year Of The Cat, Zoot Money
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