After the first Newport and Monterey jazz festivals took place in America, Harold Pendleton and I thought, ‘This is great - we should be doing this.’ The difficulty for us was finding somewhere big enough where they would allow you to do it.
The first National Jazz & Blues Festival was held at Twickenham, the seat [...]
Tag Archives: Rolling Stones
The Steampacket
26 February, 2009 – 10:55 am
Listen to the Steampacket performing ‘Holy Smoke’ here:
The Steampacket first started performing gigs in 1962, but was not officially ‘formed’, by vocalist Long John Baldry after his backing band the Hoochie Coochie Men split up, until mid-1965. Baldry’s concept was for a soul-style revue and the line-up featured many musicians who went on to become [...]
The Rolling Stones
5 February, 2009 – 11:41 am
Watch the Rolling Stones perform at a New Musical Express Poll Winners show in 1964 here:
On 12th July 1962, the Marquee was the venue for the Rolling Stones’ first ever live show. Formed by former schoolmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards with fellow R&B enthusiast Brian Jones and named after a Muddy Waters song, the [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 3
29 January, 2009 – 10:50 am
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 [...]