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Sonny Boy Williamson II

21 March, 2009 – 9:00 am

Watch Sonny Boy Williamson performing in Europe in 1963 here:

Sonny Boy Williamson II’s life story is convoluted and full of contradictions - even his real name and date of birth are debatable! - but he became one of the world’s most influential blues artists. A songwriter, vocalist and harmonica player, his career break came through [...]

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Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 1

13 March, 2009 – 11:45 am

One of the UK’s foremost keyboard players, Brian Auger has played with a number of British blues and jazz greats, including the Yardbirds and Long John Baldry, both as a session musician and a band leader. He enjoyed a massive hit single in 1966 with ‘This Wheel’s On Fire’ featuring Julie Driscoll on vocals and [...]

By Valerie Potter | Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Carnaby Street, Clubs, Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

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 [...]

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Chris Barber’s Memories, Part 4

28 February, 2009 – 10:30 am

Watch a (rather overwrought!) American trailer for ‘Look Back In Anger’, featuring the music of Chris Barber’s band, here:

The Marquee became enormously popular. We took part in a film called ‘Look Back In Anger’ where Richard Burton as the ‘Angry Young Man’ hero plays the trumpet and sits in with my band in the club. [...]

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