Johnny Kidd & the New Pirates
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| 1966 |
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| May 14th |
Bromley |
| May 20th |
Walton On the Naze |
| May 21st |
Odeon Cinema, Kingsbury |
| May 26th |
Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone |
| May 27th |
Abergavenny |
| June 17th |
Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage |
| June 19th |
Plaza Ballroom, Newbury |
| June 25th |
Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone |
| July |
Oxford
Prestatyn, Clwyd
Seaton, Devon |
| August 19th |
Caird Hall, Dundee …. first date of a Scottish tour |
| August 26th |
Clacton, Essex |
| August |
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Ripley, Surrey
Nantwich, Cheshire |
| September 3rd |
Orpington, Kent |
| September 19th-25th |
cabaret dates in Darlington (the Flamingo Club) and Middlesbrough |
| October 1st |
Raven Club, R.A.F. Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Nick described the Raven Club as “a tremendous gig, Johnny was in top form.” A keen and excited Kidd was looking forward to the next gig at Bolton on Friday 7th October. They arrived late and although Kidd was willing to perform free the manager cancelled the show. Instead, they visited the Nelson Imperial looking for bookings as they got on well with the manager there. It was just after midnight and while travelling back, the car in which Kidd and Nick were passengers was involved in a collision three miles south of Bury, Lancashire. Traffic had to be diverted while firemen cut the injured out of the wreckage. Nick was hospitalised at Bolton Royal Infirmary with lacerations, plus head, back and arm injuries, but Johnny Kidd was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Bobby Hebb
| 1966 |
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| December 1st |
Streatham Locarno Ballroom |
| December 5th |
Pavilion Ballroom, Bath |
| December 9th |
Gaiety Theatre, Rhyl, Wales |
| December 10th |
Imperial Ballroom, Nelson |
| December 10th |
Dungeon Club, Nottingham |
| December 11th |
Ram Jam Club, Brixton |
| December 13th |
Palais de Danse, Leicester |
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Tiles, London |
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Cavern Club, Liverpool |
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Pirates
| 1967 |
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| February 23rd |
Royal Naval Air Station, Helston |
| February 24th |
Penzance |
| February 25th |
Plaza Ballroom, Newquay |
| March 3rd |
Welwyn Garden City |
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The Flowerpot Men / Sundial
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| This list is in progress…. thanks to Alex Kononow for supplying some gigs from the Marmalade Skies web site.
Carter-Lewis, the songwriters behind The Flowerpot Men hit “Let’s Go To San Francisco”, lease the group name to Ivy League singer Tony Burrows so that he can put together a touring group to cash-in on the hit. The group includes future Deep Purple members Jon Lord and Nick Simper, Ged Peck who eventually becomes guitarist with Simper’s post-Purple group Warhorse, and future Fat Mattress singer Neil Landon. They tour constantly through until the following February.
| 1967 |
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| 1st-6th October |
1967 BBC SESSIONS (1st, Happening Sunday-2nd-6th, Pete Brady) |
| 1st October* |
Manchester Mr Smiths |
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| 6th October* |
Rugby Benn Memorial Hall |
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| 4th October* |
Finsbury Park Astoria |
*Traffic headline a package tour bill that includes The Flowerpot Men, Tomorrow, Art, The Mindbenders and Vanilla Fudge.
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| 6th October* |
ABC, Chesterfield |
| 7th October * |
City Hall, Newcastle |
| 8th October * |
Empire, Liverpool |
| 10th October* |
ABC, Croydon |
| 11th October* |
Birmingham Town Hall |
| 13th October* |
Colston Hall, Bristol |
| 14th October* |
Gaumont, Wolverhampton |
| 15th October* |
De Montfort Hall, Leicester |
| 17th October* |
Gaumont, Ipswich |
| 28th October |
Hinckley St George’s Ballroom |
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| 4th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
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| 4th November |
Imperial Ballroom, Nelson |
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| 15th November |
Stevenage Locarno |
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| 17th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
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| 17th November |
BBC1 TV Crackerjack |
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| 18th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
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| 18th November |
Birmingham Flowerpot |
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| 19th November* |
Saville Theatre |
*Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees has a lucky escape when the train on which he is travelling crashes at Hither Green in South East London (5th). Forty-nine people are killed but Gibb emerges from an overturned carriage suffering shock. A fortnight later the group play a special show in aid of the disaster fund followed by a concert at the Saville Theatre (19th), supported by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Flowerpot Men.
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| 20th November |
Stokley S&S Club |
| 25th November |
German TV Beat Club |
| 26th November – 2nd December |
Latino, South Shields (Cabaret) |
| 2nd December |
BBC SESSIONS |
| 3rd – 7th December |
Wetherall’s, Sunderland (Cabaret) |
| 8th December |
California Ballroom, Dunstable |
| 9th December |
Nottingham University |
| 12th December |
Keele University |
| 16th December |
Hinckley St George |
| 19th December |
Southport Kingsway |
| 23rd December |
Nantwich Civic Hall |
| 30th December |
German TV Beat Club |
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| 1968 |
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| 3rd February |
California Ballroom, Dunstable |
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| 5th-9th February |
BBC SESSIONS |
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Deep Purple Mk I
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| 20.04.68 |
Tastrup Vestpoppen Parkskolen, Denmark |
(11 Scandinavian concerts in 17 days also including Copenhagen Nimb Club, Gothenburg and Roskid and a TV appearance) |
| 15.07.68 |
Dutch TV |
| 03.08.68 |
Warrington The Lion, UK |
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| Aug 68 |
Ramsgate, UK |
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| Aug 68 |
London Roundhouse, UK |
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| 10.08.68 |
Sunbury National Jazz Festival Kempton Park Racecourse, UK |
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| Aug 68 |
Berne, Switzerland |
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| Sept 68 |
Battersea ILEA College, UK |
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| 27.09.68 |
Birmingham Mother’s Club, UK |
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| 28.09.68 |
Plymouth Van Dyke Club, UK |
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| 17.10.68 |
Dating Game TV Show, USA |
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| 18.10.68 |
Los Angeles Inglewood Forum California, USA |
(support to Cream) |
| 19.10.68 |
Los Angeles Inglewood Forum California, USA |
(support to Cream) |
| 26/27.10.68 |
San Francisco International Pop Festival, USA |
(support to Cream) |
| November 68 |
California, Washington, Oregon, Vancouver |
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| 06.12.68 |
Chicago Electric Theatre, USA |
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| 07.12.68 |
Chicago Electric Theatre, USA |
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| 11.12.68 |
Evansville ABC Shopping Centre, Indiana, USA |
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| 13.12.68 |
Kentucky Grand Ballroom, USA |
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| 14.12.68 |
Dearborn Michigan, USA |
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| 16.12.68 |
Merv Griffin TV Show |
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| 18.12.68 |
Oswego Lee Hall New York, USA |
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| 20.12.68 |
New York Filmore East, USA |
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| 21.12.68 |
New York Filmore East, USA |
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| 22.12.68 |
New York The Rock Pile, USA |
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| 24-31.12.68 |
New York Electric Circus, USA |
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| 18.01.69 |
Crewe, UK |
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| 06.02.69 |
Radio One Club, Birmingham Top Rank Suite |
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| 07.02.69 |
Sheffield, UK |
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| 08.02.69 |
Wolverhampton, UK |
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| 12.02.69 |
Cardiff Wales, UK |
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| 15.02.69 |
London University College, UK – Grand Valentine’s Day Rag Ball |
| 22.02.69 |
Newcastle, UK |
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| 23.02.69 |
Argus Butterfly, UK |
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| 01.03.69 |
Kay Club, Wales, UK |
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| 07.03.69 |
London Goldsmith’s College, UK |
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| 13.03.69 |
Newcastle City Hall, UK |
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| 14.03.69 |
Redditch, UK |
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| 15.03.69 |
Rutherford, UK |
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| 20.03.69 |
London Speakeasy, UK |
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| 21.03.69 |
Swansea, UK |
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| 22.03.69 |
Brighton, UK |
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| 01.04.69 |
Tacoma Eastern Washington State College, Washington, USA |
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| 02.04.69 |
Olympia Evergreen Ballroom, Washington, USA |
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| 03.04.69 |
Seattle Arena, Washington, USA |
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| 04.04.69 |
Vancouver Agradome, Canada |
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| 05.04.69 |
Salem Armory Oregon, USA |
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| 05.04.69 |
Eugene Armory Oregon, USA |
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| 06.04.69 |
Edmonton Fieldhouse, Alberta |
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| 11.04.69 |
San Jose Santa Clara Fair California, USA |
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| 12.04.69 |
Astoria Armory Oregon, USA |
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| 13.04.69 |
Portland Temple Oregon, USA |
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| 14.04.69 |
Billington Western Washington State College Washington, USA |
| 15.04.69 |
Cheney Eastern Washington State College Washington, USA |
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| 18.04.69 |
Pasadena Rose Palace California, USA |
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| 25.04.69 |
Fresno Convention Centre California, USA |
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| 26.04.69 |
San Diego Community Concourse, California, USA |
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| 28.04.69 |
Redding Shasta College California, USA |
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| 29.04.69 |
Ashland South Oregon College Oregon, USA |
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| 30.04.69 |
Chico State College California, USA |
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| 03.05.69 |
Pittsburgh Carnegie/Mellon University Pennsylvania, USA |
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| 04.05.69 |
Providence Warehouse Rhode Island, USA |
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| 09.05.69 |
Melbourne Civic Auditorium Florida, USA |
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| 10.05.69 |
Long Island Hangar Nassau Community College New York, USA |
| 15.05.69 |
Cedar Rapids Coe College Florida, USA |
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| 16.05.69 |
West Point Blue Village Illinois, USA |
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| 18.05.69 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
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| 23.05.69 |
New York Forum, USA |
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| 25.05.69 |
Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
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| 29.05.69 |
Gilligan’s, Buffalo, New York, USA |
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| 10.06.69 |
Cambridge, UK |
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| 14.06.69 |
Birmingham Mother’s Club, UK |
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| 20.06.69 |
Brussels Revolution Club, Belgium |
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| 23.06.69 |
Christchurch College |
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| 27.06.69 |
Swansea, UK |
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| 28.06.69 |
London Revolution Club, UK |
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| 04.07.69 |
Cardiff Top Rank, Wales, UK |
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Marsha Hunt Band
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| 1969 |
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| 22nd August |
Bilzen Jazz Festival, Bilzen, Belgium |
a clip of this show, including an interview with Marsha, can be found on YouTube. By some perverse quirk of fate, Deep Purple Mk II were apparently also on the bill!
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| 30th August |
Isle of Wight Festival |
They were billed as “Marsha Hunt and White Trash”, that being the name of Marsha’s previous backing band. The estimated attendance was 100,000, and they were on before the Who. However Ged Peck does not have fond memories of the gig, as you can find out at the Isle Of Wight Festivals web site here.
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Warhorse
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This list is in progress…. thanks to Kononow Alex for supplying some 1970/71 gigs from the Marmalade Skies web site.
| 1970 |
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| 17th March |
Dacorum College, Hemel Hempstead |
debut gig supporting Mott The Hoople |
| 22nd May |
Glasgow Green’s Playhouse |
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| 12th October |
London Marquee |
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| 22nd November |
Perry Barr Old Crown & Cushion |
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| 27th November |
London Temple Club |
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| 19th December |
Boston Gliderdrome |
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| 22nd December |
BBC SESSIONS |
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| 24th December |
London Temple Club |
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| 1971 |
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| 6th January |
Harlow Aquarius |
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| 10th February |
Tunbridge Wells Civic Hall |
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| 16th February |
Wisbech Burlesque |
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| 25th February |
London Temple Club |
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| 26th February |
Penarth Paget Room |
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| 27th February |
Coventry College |
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| 2nd March |
Birmingham Crown Hotel |
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| 5th March |
Woolaston Nag’s Head |
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| 9th March |
Ashton Birdcage |
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| 12th March |
Penarth, Stanwell School |
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| 13th March |
Birmingham, Hall Green Tech College |
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| 14th March |
Stevenage, Bowes Lyon House |
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| 17th March |
Harlow Birdcage |
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| 18th March |
Birkenhead, Golden Primrose |
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| 19th March |
Maidstone College Of Art |
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| 26th March |
East Herts Tech College |
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| 27th March |
Wells Bishop’s Barn |
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| 28th March |
Hull City Hall |
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| 29th March |
London, Marquee |
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| 30th March |
The Fickle Pickle Club, Alexandra Hotel, Southend |
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| 31st March |
Western Super Mare Winter Gardens |
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| 15th April |
Leek Blues Club |
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| 30th April |
London Sisters Club |
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| 1st May |
Halifax Clarence’s |
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| 2nd May |
London Lyceum |
Warhorse did not play as advertised due to “inaccurate and misleading information from an Agency” |
| 13th May |
BBC2 TV |
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| June 4th |
London City University |
| 13th June |
Locarno Ballroom, Blackpool |
| June 22nd |
Oxford Town Hall |
| June 24th |
Cambridge, Dorothy Ballroom |
| 15th July |
Liverpool Grosvenor |
| 26th July |
Princess Theatre, Clacton on Sea |
| August 1st |
London Marquee |
| August 13th |
London Temple Club |
| October 8th |
Hornsea Floral Hall |
| October 14th |
Maldon Jubilee Hall |
| October 16th |
London Temple Club |
| October 23rd |
Canterbury St Thomas’ Hall |
| 20th November |
High Wycombe College |
| 28th November |
Marquee, London |
| 1972 |
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| 16th January |
Windrush Twynight Club, High Wycombe |
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| 28th April |
London Fulham Greyhound |
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| 20th May |
Waltham Forest Polytechnic, Walthamstow |
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| 29th May |
Lincoln, Great Western Express Festival |
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| 21st June |
Sheffield University |
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| 21st October |
Workington West Cumberland College |
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| 28th October |
Chester College |
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| 1973 |
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| 31st March |
Westminster Technical College |
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| 4th May |
Ilkeston Regency |
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| 18th May |
Mary Ward College, Nottingham |
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| 1st June |
Hereford College |
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| 18th June |
Sutton In Ashfield Golden Diamond |
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| 22nd June |
Mayfair, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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| 23rd June |
Warrington Padgate College |
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| 27th June |
Bath Pavilion |
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| 8th July |
Bletchley Football Ground |
(open-air festival) |
| 12th August |
Swansea Pandora’s |
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| 16th August |
Birmingham Bogart’s |
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| 21st September |
Cheltenham Pavilion Club |
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| 1974 |
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| 25th January |
Friday 1974 Westfield College, London |
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| 29th March |
Technical College, Isle Of Wight |
(?) to be confirmed |
| 5th April |
Country Bumpkin, Andover |
(?) |
| 6th- 26th April |
Holland, Belgium and Germany |
(?) |
| April 28th |
Birmingham College |
(?) |
| 20th November |
Art College, Oakwood Park |
(?) |
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Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends
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October 9th 1976 – Nick Simper and Roger Truth take part in the “Johnny Kidd Memorial Show” at the Edwardian Club at the Loughborough Hotel in Brixton. Carlo Little guests on drums, along with Screaming Lord Sutch and Wee Willie Harris on vocals.
Rosco Gordon
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| It was while he was with Flying Fox, in 1978, that Carlo Little was asked by the owner of the 100 Club in London to perform a special gig. “One day I got a phone call from the 100 Club in London asking me if I would get a band together to back Roscoe Gordon. I asked Pete Parks on guitar, Nick Simper on bass, and Sid Philips on sax. We rehearsed with Roscoe the afternoon of the gig. At around 11pm, while we were on-stage, there was suddenly a buzz in the club. In had walked a big guy who knew Roscoe from way back, they were great buddies. He walked on to the stage asking Pete if he could use his guitar, then he the proceeded to go into a blues song. It was the great B. B. King! He had been in town and had just finished a gig at the Hammersmith Odeon. We performed about four numbers with him, slow blues numbers, and I briefly told him how good it had been before he left as quickly as he had arrived. The show was recorded and released on album without our knowledge. There is a photo on the wall of the 100 Club still today of B. B. King when he performed there and you can see me drumming in the background!” B. B. King’s support, the Bobby Bland band, were also there, and Wayne Bennett their guitarist also played that night. |
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