From 1964 to 1965, the Authentics played the Marquee every Friday night for about 12 months. During that time, the big crowd pullers were Long John Baldry with Rod Stewart, at the Marquee on Wednesday nights I think, and Georgie Fame and Chris Farlowe at the Flamingo on a Thursday and Saturday. That seemed to [...]
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Brian Auger
28 January, 2009 – 10:25 am
A jazz pianist who worked his way up through the clubs, Brian Auger won the Melody Maker jazz poll in 1964 and established his reputation as a creative session keyboard player with his contribution to recordings like the Yardbirds’ ‘For Your Love’. At Long John Baldry’s request, he helped the vocalist to form Steampacket, which [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 2
21 January, 2009 – 5:19 pm
We arrived at the Marquee about lunchtime to set up and soundcheck, and were met by John Gee, the club manager, who showed us around. The club looked a bit seedy and shabby with all the lights on and daylight streaming through the doors.
We set up our gear and while we ran through some of [...]
Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars
31 December, 2008 – 11:39 am
Listen to the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars’ first single, ‘Country Line Special’/’Chicago Calling’:
Critics have hailed the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars as the best British blues band of the early Sixties after the Rolling Stones. The line-up was largely poached from Screaming Lord Sutch’s Savages in 1962 by Leadbelly-inspired harp player/singer Davies after he left Blues [...]