There were two sorts of clubs: the rock clubs that the public went to and the night-clubs that all the stars went to. The nice thing was the bands all lived in London then - they would have moved down from Liverpool or Manchester or Cardiff or Newcastle. Usually in the evenings, the last thing [...]
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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 [...]
Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 1
20 January, 2009 – 5:18 pm
Berne Williams was the guitarist and vocalist in the Authentics, a band that is all but forgotten now, but was very popular amongst the Marquee crowd in the early Sixties. He went on to have a career as a graphic artist and is currently setting up an Authentics website. He is on the look-out for [...]