As the Sixties progressed, the National Jazz and Blues Festival started featuring more and more rock bands. I’d seen Cream doing their very first rehearsal in a church hall and then I went to see them at Klooks Kleek at the Station Hotel in West Hampstead, and they were fantastic. The big premiere for the [...]
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Chris Welch’s Memories, Part 4
26 April, 2009 – 3:09 pm
Originally, there was no licensed bar in the Marquee and during the intermission or before their set, all the bands would rush out and have a drink at the Ship, which was just down the road. So if you wanted an interview, you’d just go into the Ship and I’d find, say, Jeff Beck standing [...]