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Unlike the earlier versions, I have found very little information on Freddie Mack’s groups post-February/March 1969 when he split with the previous version. I would love to hear from anyone who can fill in the blanks.
Billed mainly as ‘The Freddie Mac Extravanganza’, an entirely new version debuted on 11 April 1969 at the New Market Hotel in Bristol. A few weeks later, they played at the New Rainbow Suite Co-op in Birmingham on 24 April.
According to the Nantwich Chronicle, the 13-piece band performed at the Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with Rubber Soul on 26 April.
The Freddie Mac Road Show played at the Royal Hotel, Walsall on 4 May 1969, according to the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle. The Birmingham Evening Mail lists the band playing at Club Cedar with Passion Forest the next day.
According to Melody Maker, the new line up then toured West Germany in June.
Drummer Maurice McElroy remembers playing in a seven-nine piece band with Freddie Mack called the Freddie Mac Extravaganza II, which featured a female singer, a male singer, a female dancer plus two other dancers. However, it only lasted a few months.
McElroy confirms that his version played from late June (just after the West German tour above) but he himself left around October 1969.
McElroy says that the band’s roadie Roy Truman left soon after joining Freddie Mack to form a band called Swegas (alongside trumpet player Chris Dawe who worked with Mack in 1967-1968) in which he played bass.
Swegas appears to have been formed in mid-1969 and McElroy joined them later that year. Noel Norris appears to have played with Freddie Mack again in 1970 (see later line up below).
The drummer remembers the following musicians in Mack’s band:
Terry Jenkins – lead guitar
Buddy Bounds – trumpet (replaced by Noel Norris)
Nick Judd – keyboards
Maurice McElroy – drums have found the following gigs, which would cover McElroy’s time with the group:
23 June 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
14 July 1969 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with Shady Lane and Wall City Jazzmen
19 July 1969 – Raven Club, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire with Stonewall Jackson and Dusk Soul featuring Clive Bond (billed as Freddie Mack Show)
21 July 1969 – Thomas A Beckett, Old Kent Road, south London (pictures of the group playing here on this date can be found at Getty) The same photo appeared in the Evening Standard, 22 July 1969, page 30
28 July 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
9 August 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Heatwave
14 August 1969 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Lee Harmer’s Popcorn (billed as Freddie Mac Extravaganza)
25 August 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (billed as Freddie Mac Extravaganza)
30 August 1969 – Kent Pop Festival with Deep Purple
5 September 1969 – The Factory, Birmingham
20 September 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with First Back from Heaven and Respect (billed as Freddie Mack Extravaganza)
26 October 1969 – Le Metro, Birmingham
According to singer Bob Mundy (see comments section below), his group, The International Road Show from Southend-on-Sea joined Freddie Mack around November 1969.
Bob Mundy – vocals
Erline ? – vocals
Yudell Anderson – vocals
Steve Sallis – guitar
Brian Williams – bass
John Walsh – Hammond organ
Pat Green – drums
Jeff Bridges – tenor sax
Phil Presland – baritone sax
+
Kenny Baxter – saxophone
Digby Fairweather – trumpet
I have found the following gigs for this formation:
13 December 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (billed as Freddie Mack & The Mack Sound)
24 December 1969 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Lloyd Williams Soul Caravan
27 December 1969 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Earthquakes (billed as Freddie Mack Extravaganza)
21-22 March 1970 – Tamla Village, D’Arblay Street, London with Freddie Notes & The Rudies and The Tonics
Lead guitarist Mick Clarke played with Freddie Mack from around mid-to-late 1970 (and possibly in the April-May 1969 line up too). Clarke was with a band called Hunter when he met Mack and this same band recorded under the name Orang-utan after he left the singer in late 1970.
Clarke says that the band was fluid, in as much as it would have different horn players on each gig. However, the rhythm section was pretty stable. The guitarist adds that the typical line-up would feature Freddie Mack, a go-go-dancer, lead guitar, bass, drums, organ and three to five horn players (but sometimes nine).
Noel Norris, who had played with an earlier line up, left in October 1970 to form the band Marriage. Norris and Geoff Peach both went on to play with Pacific Gas & Electric in the United States. They then reunited again in a version of The Foundations in the early 1970s.
Clarke also says that singer Carl Douglas sat with the band at times, which would have been after September 1970 when he returned from Spain.
Mick Clarke lists the following musicians who played alongside him:
Mick Clarke – lead guitar
Jeffrey Jai Seopardi – drums
Steve Humphries – bass
Eddie Thornton – trumpet
Noel Norris – trumpet
Geoff Peach – saxophone
Around 1971/1972, former members of the band Sonority joined forces with Freddie Mack. Bobby Morris got in touch and I’ve included his email details in the comments section below.
I have found the following gigs which may cover different line-ups:
25 April 1970 – Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire with Cloud Nine, Freddie Notes & The Dynamic Rudies and Maggie & Sharon
The Torbay Express & South Devon Echo lists a group called Tenderness (ex-Freddie Mac Show) performing at the Madison Club in Torquay on 2-3 October 1970, which suggests this band backed Freddie Mac at some point in 1970.
21 November 1970 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Carl Edwards Roadshow
25 October 1971 – Wall City, Quaintways, Chester Cheshire with Aquarius (billed as Freddie Mack Sounds)
28 October 1971 – Beau Brummell Club, Royal Hotel, Crewe, Cheshire (billed as Freddie Mack Road Show)
6 November 1971 – Aquarius Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (billed as Freddie Mack Sounds)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)
18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
11 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
HERBIE GOINS & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
John McLaughlin – lead guitar
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Nigel Stanger – Hammond organ/saxophone
Dave Price – bass
Bill Stevens – drums
1965
23 March 1965 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book) This might have been before the link-up with The Night-Timers who were working with Ronnie Jones
6 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
7 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Group Survival (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
8 August 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
28 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME) Billed as The Night-timers with Herbie Goins
Sometime in late August/early September 1965, Nigel Stanger returned to Newcastle upon Tyne and worked with Alan Price. Former member Dave Morse returned on Hammond organ
4 September 1965 – Zambesi Club, Hounslow, west London (Middlesex Chronicle)
12 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
16 September 1965 – Ritz Club, Skewen, Wales with The Kingpins and The Iveys (Port Talbot Guardian)
17 September 1965 – Archer Hall, Billericay, Essex (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
18 September 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (Melody Maker)
22 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 January 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
4 February 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
5 February 1966 – Winter Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and Phase II (Brackley Advertiser) Is this possible with the gig below?
5 February 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
19 March 1966 – Mod Place, Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol with Elkie Brooks, The Marionettes and The Reasons (Western Scene) Is this possible with Swiss dates above
1 April 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Melody Maker)
4 April 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
9 April 1966 – Jigsaw, Manchester with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Graham Bond Organisation (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
10 April 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth West Midlands with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Birmingham Evening Mail)
16 April 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire with Screaming J Hawkins (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
18 April 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey with support (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
23 April 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Plain & Fancy and The Tykes (Lincolnshire Standard)
27 May 1966 – Carousel Club, 1 Camp Road, Farnbrough, Hampshire (Aldershot News/Camberley News) David Else also has the band playing at the Camberley Ricky Tick at the Cambridge Hotel on this date with The Blues Syndicate
28 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
Around late May/early June John McLaughlin left and first Mick Barker and then John Smith came in on guitar (Ed: would welcome any insights from readers)
4 June 1966 – Zambesi, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
Sometime in early October, Speedy Acquaye joined on congas from Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames, having appeared on the sessions for “Number One in Your Heart” earlier in the year
1 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Broodly-Hoo (Nottingham Evening Post)
2 October 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
8 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 October 1966 – The New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Dereham Tavern Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Sullivan James (North Norfolk News)
22 October 1966 – The Location, Woolwich, southeast London with The Images (Melody Maker)
23 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
26 October 1966 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 October 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
28 October 1966 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
29 October 1966 – Plebians, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)
31 October 1966 – The Village, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
13 January 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Satin Dolls and The All Night Workers (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
15 January 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
20 January 1967 – Mod Ball, Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset with Teak and Smokey and The Nite People (Western Gazette)
21 January 1967 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Satin Dolls, Timebox with Richard Henry, Triads and Ray Bones (Spalding Standard)
26 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
27 January 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Knak (Gloucester Citizen)
28 January 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
28 January 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
1 February 1967 – Elbow Room, Aston, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
2 February 1967 – Bowes-Lyon-House, Stevenage, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Avalons and The Mack Sound (Melody Maker)
5 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
6 February 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
7-8 February 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Fabulous 208)
9 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Satin Dolls and The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
10 February 1967 – Hereford College (presumably Hereford but could be Oxford college) (Fabulous 208) They may have played the Stage Club on this date too (Cherwell)
11 February 1967 – Durham University, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Fabulous 208)
14 February 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
16 February 1967 – Cadenas Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford with The Jeremiah Thing (David Else’s research)
17 February 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, West London (David Else’s research)
19 February 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London with Chuck Berry and The Canadians (Fabulous 208)
21 February 1967 – Pavilion, Bournemouth Colleges Student’s Union, Landsdowne, Dorset with The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 February 1967– Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The In Crowd (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
24 February 1967 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales with The Yardbirds (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with John L Watson and The Web (Derby Evening Telegraph)
According to the Guardian Journal’s 18 March issue, page 5, Mike Carr departed in early March. His replacement was Jamaican musician Junior Kerr.
Kerr came in via backing singers and dancers Cassie and Candy (aka The Satin Dolls) who were part of the Ready Steady Go dancing troupe. They joined around in late 1966 (Ed: would welcome any reader insights)
4 March 1967 – Royal Lido Ballroom, Prestatyn, Wales with The Raynes (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
16 March 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Fabulous 208)
17 March 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 March 1967 – Cosmo Ballroom, Carlisle, Cumbria with 22nd Street People (Cumberland News/Fabulous 208)
22 March 1967 – College of Tech, Nottingham with Unit 4 Plus 2 (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Palace Hotel, Southport, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
24 March 1967 – Top Ten, Manchester with Candy Choir (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
24 March 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, London (Melody Maker)
25 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Legay (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 March 1967 – Belle Vue, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
9 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
16 April 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
18 April 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Bossmen (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
23 April 1967 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
26 April 1967 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent (Melody Maker)
28 April 1967 – Steering Wheel Club, Dorchester, Dorset with Adge Cutler & The Wurzels and The Gordon Riots (Western Gazette)
29 April 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Executive (Melody Maker)
30 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent with Satin Dolls (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Sometime around this period, Linda Lewis also sang with the group briefly having worked with The Q-Set in late 1966. She didn’t stay long and cut a solo single for Polydor that summer. She would reunite though with Kerr soon after in White Rabbit
6 May 1967 – Shoreline Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The In Crowd (Dave Allen research)
9 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
12 May 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
12 May 1967 – Mr Smith’s, Manchester with The Satin Dolls (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
16 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London with The Web (Melody Maker)
23 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker)
27 May 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
27 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
29 May 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Is this possible with the gig below?
29 May 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with The Satin Dolls and Len Marshall Sound (Melody Maker/East Kent Times & Mail)
30 May 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, London (Melody Maker/Record Mirror)
2 June 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with The Satin Dolls (Melody Maker)
This large gap in June suggests they may have been overseas
30 June 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
1 July 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
8 July 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
10 July 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
29 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Fraternity and The Army (Melody Maker)
I would welcome any further insights from readers but I believe that in late July/early August, the group headed to Italy for a short tour. John Smith and Bill Stevens left on the eve of the tour and former Pack/Flowers of Wisdom members Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard joined. Stannard had recently worked with Freddie Mack.
The tour was a disaster and all of the equipment was stolen. Most of the group returned home and Junior Kerr, Andy Rickell and Terry Stannard formed White Rabbit with former member Linda Lewis
A new formation was formed on Goins’ return:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Alan Roskams – guitar (ex-Gass)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Harry Beckett – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
John Carroll – Hammond organ
Dave Price – bass
Ian Hague – drums (ex-Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds/The Nice)
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
19 August 1967 – Wellington Club, Dereham, Norfolk with The Midnight Times (North Norfolk News)
20 August 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Satin Dolls (Nottingham Evening Post)
25 August 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset with The Cellar Rats (Dorset Evening Echo)
26 August 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Maraccas (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle/Formby Times)
27 August 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Bluecaps (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
30 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire with Mike Stuart’s Span (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
3 September 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
6 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
8 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)
9 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, central London with The Paper Blitz Tissue and Geranium Pond (Melody Maker)
10 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
11 September 1967 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
12 September 1967 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, west London (Melody Maker)
13 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
20 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
22 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Wild Flowers (Leicester Mercury)
27 September 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with The Safety Catch (Somerset County Gazette)
3 October 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Granny’s Intentions and The Palmer James Group (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 October 1967 – Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales with The Searchers, Lucas with The Mike Cotton Sound and The Zombies (South Wales Echo)
15 October 1967 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Tamla Express (Cumberland News)
20 October 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
21 October 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
29 October 1967 – South Bank Jazz Club, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
This large gap in November suggests they may have been overseas
2 December 1967 – Pearce Hall, Maidenhead, Berkshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch and The Echoes (Bucks Free Press)
3 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
8 December 1967 – Students’ Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Precious Few (Eastern Evening News)
9 December 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ferris Wheel and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)
12 December 1967 – New Century Hall, Manchester with Kibbus (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)
14 December 1967 – Student’s Union, University of East Anglia, Norwich with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Reasons (Eastern Evening News)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Guest with The Tonicks, Ronnie Jones, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Portsmouth News)
1968
This large gap in January suggests they may have been overseas
4 February 1968 – Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – New Regis Club, Bognor Regis, West Sussex (Brighton Evening Argus)
23 February 1968 – Shades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
1 March 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Scarlet Religion (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
2 March 1968 – Sheffield University Student’s Union, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)
10 March 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
18 March 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Time and Mr Showbiz (Express & Star)
25 March 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria (Cumberland News)
29 March 1968 – Poole College Rag, Poole College Main Hall, Poole, Dorset with The Nite People (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
30 March 1968 – Ewell College, Ewell, Surrey with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy (Melody Maker)
1 April 1968 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
John Carroll left about this time to join The Flowerpot Men’s backing band. Former member Junior Kerr may have briefly returned as footage from French TV show Bouton Rouge dated 4 April reveals; however, this may have been a recording from the previous year. In the first week of April 1968, Kerr played with his new band Junior’s Conquests
Eddie Thornton, who’d worked with Georgie Fame (and more recently The Amboy Dukes) also joined in time for the French tour on trumpet, taking over from Harry Beckett
10 April 1968 – Cellar Discotheque, Hartlepool (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
13 April 1968 – St George’s Ballroom, Hinckley, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
15 April 1968 – The Shrubbery Hotel, Ilminister, Somerset (Somerset County Gazette)
19 April 1968 – Scene, Cambridge YMCA, Cambridge (Cambridge News)
20 April 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Howling Robin (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
21 April 1968 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
26 April 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
27 April 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, near Stratford, Warwickshire (Birmingham Evening Mail) Could this have been the date below or did they play again a few weeks later?
4 May 1968 – Wolverhampton College of Technology, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Soul Seekers (Express & Star)
11 May 1968 – Ettington Park Hotel, Alderminster, Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon Herald)
12 May 1968 – Excel Blue Angel, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
19 May 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
23 May 1968 – Liberal Hall, Yeovil, Somerset with The Klick (Western Gazette)
31 May 1968 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
6 June 1968 – James Finegan Hall, Eston, Middlesbrough with Rivers Invitation and The Tramline (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
8 June 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham Junction, London with The Shiralee (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
16 June 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London with The Satin Dolls (Poster)
23 June 1968 – Cosmopolitan, Carlisle, Cumbria with Junco Partners (Cumberland News)
31 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Strange Brew (Surrey Advertiser)
2 September 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with Lot 39 with Mel Taylor (Gloucester Citizen)
Around September 1968, Dave Price and Alan Roskams left.
Would welcome insights from readers but I think a new formation featured the following:
Herbie Goins – lead vocals
Kelvin Bullen – lead guitar (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Hugh Bullen – bass (ex-Joe E Young & The Tonicks)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Eddie Thornton – trumpet
Speedy Acquaye – congas
Ian Hague – drums
+ Satin Dolls backing singers/dancers Cassie and Candy
7 September 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury Journal/Western Gazette)
20 September 1968 – CLCE Scraptoft, Leicester with The Shevelles and The Decoys (Leicester Mercury)
21 September 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
7 October 1968 – Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with Perfumed Garden, The Hands and Wall City Jazzmen (website: www.45worlds.com/live)
13 October 1968 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
19 October 1968 – Students Union UEA, Norwich, Norfolk with Bumbly Hum (Eastern Evening News)
3 November 1968 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
7 December 1968 – Stage Club, Oxford (Oxford Mail)
10 December 1968 – King’s College, Strand, London with The Nice and The Circus (Melody Maker)
14 December 1968 – Mid-Herts College, Welwyn Garden City, Herts with The Herbal Remedy (Welwyn and Hatfield Advertiser)
18 December 1968 – Candlelight, Scarborough, North Yorkshire with The Satin Dolls and Free (Scarborough Evening News)
21 December 1968 – The Catacombs, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
1969
Sometime in early 1969, Ian Hague left to join J J Jackson’s backing band
21 February 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
23 February 1969 – Pantiles, Bagshot, Surrey (Melody Maker)
1 March 1969 – Cue Club, Paddington, London (Melody Maker)
30 March 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
13 April 1969 – Blaises, London (Hounslow Post)
27 April 1969 – Le Metro, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 May 1969 – Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London with Alan Bown, Spooky Tooth, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum and Portrait (Melody Maker)
3 May 1969 – New Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
24 May 1969 – Farnborough Technical College Students’ Union, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
14 June 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
28 July 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
28 September 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
Soon after the above gig, the band landed a part-time residency in Rome, Italy
I would welcome any insights from readers on what happened next with the band’s formation
I’d like to thank David Else for generously sharing his own history on the band and helping to cross check timelines and facts. Also, thanks to Mick Eve for his insights.
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