11 September, 2009 – 11:59 am
Listen to Ronnie Jones performing ‘I Need Your Loving’ with the Nightimers here:
Ronnie Jones was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1937, but a career in the US Air Force brought him over to the UK in 1961. He was discovered by Alexis Korner, although Jones himself credits Georgie Fame with giving him his first taste [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Music
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Also tagged Alexis Korner, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, Blue Jays, Blues Incorporated, Flamingo, Georgie Fame, Hair, I Need Your Loving, John McLaughlin, Long John Baldry, Mick Jagger, Nightimers, Q-Set, Ronnie Jones, Steve Lukather, Toto
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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, Marquee, Reg Dwight, Shotgun Express, Steam Packet
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See Memphis Slim performing ‘Every Day I Have The Blues’ in 1962 here:
Memphis Slim (real name: John Chatman) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest blues pianists of all time. Originally starting out as a band leader and the accompanist for Big Bill Broonzy in the early Forties, he established his reputation when he [...]
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, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Julie Driscoll, Mickey Waller, Procol Harum, Regent Street, Ringo, 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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