The Authentics were always fighting a losing battle, because of Giorgio Gomelsky’s negative attitude toward us. We even got to the point where Jackie DeShannon, whose song ‘Needles And Pins’ had just been a No. 1 hit single for the Searchers, wrote a single for us and co-produced it with Jimmy Page, but Giorgio never [...]
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Berne Williams’ (The Authentics) Memories, Part 4
30 January, 2009 – 4:39 pm
1964/5 was an amazing time and Soho was a great place to be. There was a little Italian café just off Wardour Street where they did a mushroom omelette for 3 shillings and 9 pence [approximately 19p] and we were all broke, so you could go in there on a lunchtime and you’d see Rod [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]