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Silvia Bluejay Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Um, the acoustics there must have been interesting... And there was I thinking you had started a thread about places such as, say, The Red Lion in Brentford, the London Astoria or similar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 The Marquee, in any of its incarnations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) Edited April 19, 2022 by Dad3353 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, Muzz said: The Marquee I played at the Charing Cross Road version 3 times, once supporting Carter the Unstoppables, and twice as headline... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Happy Jack said: Wow, remember that….. the Windsock in Dunstable. So called presumably due to it’s proximity to the gliding club. The site is just up the hill from where I live now. As you say, long gone. Did they have bands there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeystrange Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 CBGB. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Would have been my answer too, Joey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 My dad was a teenage dance band drummer in the early years of WW2*. They sound like they were wild gigs. Bomber crews dancing with easily impressed local girls. Wouldn’t it have been fantastic to play walking basslines to that audience? *eventually he was conscripted and hit the beach as a Green Howard on D-Day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Um, the acoustics there must have been interesting... And there was I thinking you had started a thread about places such as, say, The Red Lion in Brentford, the London Astoria or similar... Oh yes... many, many good memories there. I can still remember the thrill of seeing SOLD OUT written across the billboard for the first time. Such a nostalgia rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPJ Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: I played at the Charing Cross Road version 3 times, once supporting Carter the Unstoppables, and twice as headline... I remember seeing them (and PWEI) play there in the late '80s. Cracking venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 59 minutes ago, Len_derby said: *eventually he was conscripted and hit the beach as a Green Howard on D-Day. An old boy who is a good friend of mine was a Green Howard in the 50's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 24 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: An old boy who is a good friend of mine was a Green Howard in the 50's. They have a great regimental museum in Richmond, Yorkshire. I was able to take my old man both there, and back to the Normandy beaches. The latter trip, in 2000 was brilliant. Through visiting the actual sites and local museums I was able to appreciate that what I, and my brothers, thought were tall tales where, in fact, the way it really happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyk Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Eal Pie Island Twickenham iconic venue that must have been back in the 60s https://www.greatdays.co.uk/tour/eel-pie-musical-highs/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyk Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mickyk said: Eal Pie Island Twickenham iconic venue that must have been back in the 60s https://www.greatdays.co.uk/tour/eel-pie-musical-highs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Len_derby said: My dad was a teenage dance band drummer in the early years of WW2*. They sound like they were wild gigs. Bomber crews dancing with easily impressed local girls. Wouldn’t it have been fantastic to play walking basslines to that audience? *eventually he was conscripted and hit the beach as a Green Howard on D-Day. There's a fantastic local band down here in Cornwall called Company B. They play lively jump jive music and wear American GI uniforms. Always a great night out. I'd imagine those gigs your dad played were a hoot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 The UFO Club. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb24 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Currently living about 500 yards from Mother's in Erdington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I never went to Eel Pie Island. Last buses running at around 11 pm made getting home pretty difficult, but I saw Fleetwood Mac, Cream, John Mayall, Jeff Beck Group, Hendrix etc etc many times at gigs including the Ricky Tick, The Starlight Ballroom, The Manor House, UFO, The Flamingo, Middle Earth and the Blue Moon in Hayes. Never played at any of those though. I did get to play the Marquee, Ealing Club, 100 Club, Cavern, Tiles, Reading Festival and both Whiskey A Go-Go's, but the one gig I wished I had played was Woodstock, and maybe also the Fillmore's, East and West. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I missed all those early clubs (bit of a long trip from NZ!) but have played later versions of these clubs…and Fillmore West….where the ‘smoke’ off the audience went totally against the huge lettering on the wall saying ‘No Smoking’ ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Atlantis. Never played there, think we'd have gone down well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 16 hours ago, joeystrange said: CBGB. Whilst I haven't actually played there myself, I was lucky enough to be in the audience at CBGBs just before it closed for good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: The UFO Club. That, and possibly Middle Earth, would have been my first picks 👍 Or the Cromwell. Or the Bag Of Nails. Or Ally Pally ‘67... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) I've never actually played at The Boat Club in Nottingham, although I have seen loads of bands there including YMG, U2, Comsat Angels, Bow Wow Wow and Orange Juice. OtOH I have played on the main stage at Rock City. Edited April 20, 2022 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 6 hours ago, BigRedX said: I've never actually played at The Boat Club in Nottingham, although I have seen loads of bands there including YMG, U2, Comsat Angels, Bow Wow Wow and Orange Juice. OtOH I have played on the main stage at Rock City. I have played at the Boat Club, our guitarist photoshopped the sign with a list of bands to include us 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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