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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 2, 2012 19:25:50 GMT
Photographic evidence of the early venues that Jethro Tull/John Evan Blues Band/Candy Colored Rain/Bag O' Blues et al played in are hard to come by as many of the buildings have been demolished, refurbished and had name changes. This image purports to be a photo of The Queens, Cleveleys, Blackpool where, acording to the Ministry Of Information, the John Evan Blues Band played on the 12 and 17 February 1966  |
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 3, 2012 17:08:58 GMT
 The Railway Hotel, Bishops Stortford. The band played at this venue on 11 April 1968 From www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide11/station_road.htmlTwo town-based music clubs notable for the promotion of Blues music during the late 1950s and early 60s had been the Mitre Club (See Guide 14) and the Bluesday Club (See Guide 13). They closed when tastes in 'popular' music changed, but fans of Blues music still wanted to be entertained and when the opportunity to open a new venue devoted entirely to Blues music arose, a young promoter named Steve Miller (1943–1998) seized the opportunity.
A professional pianist, he had briefly run a small club in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, but joined with the Railway Hotel’s landlord, Gary Lane, to open Rambling Jack’s Blues Club on 10 January 1968. Every Wednesday evening, for almost two years, both new and established bands would play here, the most noteworthy names being Dr K’s Blues Band (playing on the opening night), Jack Dupree, Chicken Shack, Jethro Tull, Free, and Alexis Korner (1929–1984) – arguably once the most well known patron of Blues music in this country.
It was Alexis Korner who had encouraged the Rolling Stones in their early days and also helped countless other musicians on the road to success. His popularity was such that in August 1968, on the third of his five appearances here, he played to an audience of 300 people. It was the pinnacle of the club’s success story |
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 26, 2015 8:48:13 GMT
www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/3-Chords-Festival-Punks-pasties/story-27478138-detail/story.html3 Chords Festival: Punks and pastiesBy Western Morning News | Posted: July 24, 2015 By Simon Parker Ask anyone with a reasonable knowledge of music to name the key players in the UK and US punk movement and the chances are they’ll head that list with The Ramones, Sex Pistols and The Damned. What they may not be aware of, however, is that these A-listers – along with many more – played live at a small venue in Penzance during the heady days of 1977.
The Winter Gardens – or “Wints” as it was better known – on the town’s promenade played host to some of the monsters of prog-rock in the early part of the decade. Among those squeezing into a tiny sweat-stained cupboard that passed for a dressing room were Status Quo, Queen, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Genesis, Yes, Hawkwind, Fleetwood Mac, Fairport Convention and others. A bit more about The Winter Gardens in Penzance: Opened in November 1926 by the Corporation.
In 1880, the site was simply a collection of eleven tiny cottages,
with a gap between them and the building which became the Alexandra Inn,
shown then as a private house, as it was not a pub until the 1970s.
In 1927 the building was described as being commodious and facing the sea.
Open to visitors at all times of the year at a nominal charge.
The large Concert Hall has a sloping floor, and is most comfortably seated.
Adjoining is a well-appointed cafe and there is ample cloak room accommodation.
Both Winter and Summer, first class variety entertainments, concerts and theatrical performances are given here.
A fine roof-garden and promenade crowns the building, from which a magnificent view of the full sweep of the Bay can be obtained.More at www.picturepenzance.com/photos/showimage.php?i=17349&c=398The Winter Gardens in 1927 kernowbeat.co.uk/wintergardens.html A recent image of The Winter Gardens courtesy of google maps  |
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 28, 2015 12:41:09 GMT
www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/Jethro Tull star calls closure of Dagenham iconic pub a ‘crying shame’14:57 27 July 2015, Iain BurnsLink to article The Roundhouse pub will close next monthThe lead singer of rock giants Jethro Tull has said he hopes The Roundhouse pub can be saved from closure.  Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull Pic: Martin WebbIan Anderson, who played at the Lodge Avenue venue in 1969, said it would be a “crying shame” if the historic building was demolished or used for any other purpose. “Buildings of this classic Art Deco-influenced period will never come again,” he said. “Once gone, gone forever – along with the heritage of serving the community and providing a music venue over the years.” Enterprise Inns, which owns the pub, announced last week that it will be closing the building on August 29 and that no decision has been made about its future. Last year, the former Conservative Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller, approved an application by the company to guarantee the building would not be protected from development, fuelling fears it will never reopen as a pub. The decision to close hit Ken Ansted, the organiser of The Roundhouse nostalgia group, especially hard. “It’s very sad it’s closing,” the 61-year-old said. “We booked it for September for the seventh reunion – but now we have to go to Dagenham Trades Hall, which isn’t quite the same.” He says he can vividly remember “sweat dripping off the ceiling” during a packed Roundhouse performance by Status Quo and mourned the cultural loss to the borough. “It’s getting really bad nowadays – there just aren’t the same number of venues. “Live music is not as easy to see as it was when I was young. “The industry has completely changed – and Simon Cowell has a lot to answer for.” His sentiments were echoed by Anderson, who looks back on playing The Roundhouse fondly. “It is an honour to have played there,” he said. “Let’s hope it can be saved for the benefit of another generation of music fans.” + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Addendum: From www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/7/6/69 Roundhouse, Dagenham, UK - Support: The Further.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 28, 2015 14:05:46 GMT
www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/Jethro Tull star calls closure of Dagenham iconic pub a ‘crying shame’14:57 27 July 2015, Iain Burns Link to articleThe Roundhouse pub will close next monthThe lead singer of rock giants Jethro Tull has said he hopes The Roundhouse pub can be saved from closure.
Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding, Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman..."
Hopefully someone will have the means to keep this place from being demolished.  |
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 29, 2015 8:59:49 GMT
"Get up to the roundhouse on the cliff-top standing, Take women and children and bed them down... Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding, Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman..." That's a great link (lyrics) Jim well done  This is an absolute travesty - beautiful building with such a musical legacy. This was on my "places to be" list on my first visit to London on my own back in early 70's ...and I went. |
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 29, 2015 9:42:02 GMT
"Get up to the roundhouse on the cliff-top standing, Take women and children and bed them down... Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding, Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman..." That's a great link (lyrics) Jim well done This is an absolute travesty - beautiful building with such a musical legacy. This was on my "places to be" list on my first visit to London on my own back in early 70's ...and I went. A better view of The Roundhouse from google maps  And it's also a pleasure to report that it appears the home of The Star Club in Croydon escaped the riots in 2011 as this is a photo of the pub, now called the Broadgreen Tavern, also from google maps from 2012. I wonder if the two guys in the bottom right hand corner realise the significance of the building ?    |
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Post by steelmonkey on Jul 29, 2015 17:21:39 GMT
Well, the main political group of the Tamil people is called 'The Tamil Tigers'...so they probably use 'Tiger Toon' as an anthem, right ?
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 1, 2015 9:58:27 GMT
 8/3/69 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Wa. USA Supporting MC5. My Sunday Feeling, Bourée, Back To The Family, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Blues Jam, Dharma For One, Nothing Is Easy This setlist may be that of the 3/8/69 show. 9/3/69 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Wa. USA Supporting MC5. 2/8/69 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Wa. USA 3/8/69 Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, Wa. USA My Sunday Feeling, Bourée, Back To The Family, A New Day Yesterday, Fat Man, Instumental, Dharma For One, Nothing Is Easy This setlist may be that of the 8/3/69 show. www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/Seattle History: Landmark where top ’60s bands playedPosted on August 18, 2011 | By Casey McNerthney blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/08/18/seattle-history-landmark-where-top-60s-bands-played/#638101=0Seattle's Big Blog Covering Seattle news, weather, arts and conversation. Seattle History: Landmark where top ’60s bands played Posted on August 18, 2011 | By Casey McNerthney Today, the Eagles Auditorium Building at 416 Seventh Ave. is home to ACT – A Contemporary Theatre. But decades ago, it was one of the Northwest’s top rock venues, and the place where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an overflow crowd in 1961. The Eagles started in 1898 when a group of theater managers organized the “Seattle Order of Good Things,” later renamed the “Fraternal Order of Eagles.” According to the National Park Service, which has listed the Eagles Auditorium on the National Register of Historic Places, the organization had 1,800 lodges throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico within a decade. The historic Eagles Auditorium Building began construction in 1924, designed by architect and engineer Henry Bittman with a Renaissance-revival styling. It opened the following year. King was scheduled to speak at First Presbyterian Church in November 1961, which would hold a larger crowd than Mt. Zion Baptist Church. But the the P-I reported he was considered a troublemaker at the time, and the commitment for him to speak there evaporated by the time he arrived. The Rev. Dr. Samuel McKinney, his former classmate living in Seattle, arranged for his Nov. 10 speech at Eagles Auditorium instead. In the late 1950s, it also served as home to the Unity Church of Truth. The best list of performances at Eagles is at Historylink.org and in “Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle,” by the late Walt Crowley. Here’s an abridged list of performances from those sources: Richard Berry (who brought “Louie Louie” to Seattle), Sept. 21, 1957 Country Joe and the Fish, April 8, 1967 The Grateful Dead play their first Seattle concert at Eagles, July 14, 1967 The Doors, July 23, 1967 Cream, featuring Eric Clapton, May 29, 1968 Iron Butterfly, June 21, 1968 Vanilla Fudge, July 19, 1968 Steppenwolf, July 26, 1968 Pink Floyd, Aug. 9, 1968 Steve Miller Band, Jan. 25, 1969 Muddy Waters and Otis Spann, Feb. 28, 1969 MC-5, March 7, 1969 Taj Mahal, May 16, 1969 Big Mama Thornton, June 6, 1969 Joe Cocker, June 21, 1969 Jethro Tull, Aug. 2, 1969Chicago, March 13, 1970 Rock memorial for Jimi Hendrix, Jan. 22, 1971 |
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 2, 2015 17:28:16 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 2, 2015 18:23:35 GMT
The ABC Stockton where I first saw Jethro Tull on 17th March 1972. A fantastic and memorable night.  Recently given a face-lift showing some of the artists that played there in the early years. No mention of Tull though!   A list of the tours from March 1972 here in the North East of England............ North east gigs 2/3/72 Roy Harper appear at Newcastle City Hall 1/3/72 Hookfoot appear at Top Deck, Redcar 2/3/72 Slade appear at Locarno, Sunderland 3/3/72 Quintessence appear at Mayfair, Newcastle 3/3/72 Humble Pie appear at Durham University 4/3/72 Groundhogs, Man and Help Yourself appear at Longscar Hall, Hartlepool 5/3/72 Rod Stewart & The Faces and Byzantium appear at Top Rank, Sunderland 7/3/72 Jethro Tull and Tir Na Nog appear at Newcastle City Hall 9/3/72 Incredible String Band appear at Middlesbrough Town Hall 9/3/72 Procul Harum appear at Mayfair, Newcastle 12/3/72 Jackson Heights appear at Peterlee Jazz Club (Argus Butterfly) 16/3/72 Mungo Jerry appear at Newcastle City Hall 17/3/72 Gallagher & Lyle appear at Kirklevington Country Club 17/3/72 Morgan appear at Middlesbrough Polytech 17/3/72 Jethro Tull appear at ABC, Stockton 23/3/72 Barclay James Harvest, Tree and Matthew Ellis appear at Newcastle City Hall 23/3/72 Chicken Shack and Groundhogs appear at Mayfair, Newcastle 24/3/72 David Bowie, Armada and Patch appear at Mayfair, Newcastle 25/3/72 Head Hands & Feet and Patto appear at Newcastle City Hall 26/3/72 Rory Gallagher and Byzantium appear at Newcastle City Hall 26/3/72 Armada appear at Peterlee Jazz Club (Argus Butterfly) |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 3, 2015 9:32:50 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 4, 2015 9:01:44 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 4, 2015 10:11:29 GMT
And just to think, Tull once played in a cow shed  Croeso '69 Blues Festival That's the one where I read that Ian played a musical saw - he doesn't talk about that much nowadays. "... can remember going to this festival with a mate of mine >>>>> We went on his scooter from Cardiff and can remember Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull playing a musical saw." "...I was at this overnight festival. It was a huge barn, jammed to the rafters. I walked the 9 miles from Abergavenny to Grosmont with half a dozen mates. The support bands were all brilliant in their own right, although I'm sure Savoy Brown and the Climax Blues Band were there too - could be wrong - there was a lot of live music around Abergavenny at the time, the Town Hall had bands on as well as the Tithe Barn. I managed to get right down the front and sat at the base of the stage for the main two bands. Jethro Tull came on and were very entertaining, you have to remember there weren't many people around who looked like Ian Anderson, standing on one leg and playing the flute, brilliant musicians. They'd just had a huge hit record with Living In The Past as well..." www.ukrockfestivals.com/croeso-festival-1969.html |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 7, 2015 8:05:41 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 7, 2015 13:09:29 GMT
Love the cool architecture on this one. Looks like a building for TULL Management.
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Post by 10cars on Aug 7, 2015 18:12:42 GMT
Bourée, Sweet Dream and For 1000 Mothers were filmed there in October 1969 for the "Swing In" documentary. |
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Post by 10cars on Aug 8, 2015 5:44:07 GMT
Bourée, Sweet Dream and For 1000 Mothers were filmed there in October 1969 for the "Swing In" documentary. Oooops, sorry, Mistake! They were not filmed in the Guildhall in Portsmouth but in the Guildhall in Southampton:   |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 13, 2015 15:46:10 GMT
www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle/During the mid sixties, Newcastle’s Club A’Gogo was one of the top music venues in the North East. The ‘Gogo’ was to Newcastle what the Marquee club was to London. It is fondly remembered by club goers and musicians alike – people like Eric Burdon, Brian Ferry and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson. But unlike the Marquee, there is very little information about the Club A’Gogo on the internet. There are, of course, many references to the Animals being the resident band at the club in the early sixties. The Animals also recorded a live album at the Gogo and even wrote a song about the place.
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 13, 2015 19:03:47 GMT
www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle/During the mid sixties, Newcastle’s Club A’Gogo was one of the top music venues in the North East. The ‘Gogo’ was to Newcastle what the Marquee club was to London. It is fondly remembered by club goers and musicians alike – people like Eric Burdon, Brian Ferry and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson. But unlike the Marquee, there is very little information about the Club A’Gogo on the internet. There are, of course, many references to the Animals being the resident band at the club in the early sixties. The Animals also recorded a live album at the Gogo and even wrote a song about the place. The Animals at the club A GoGo 1965. They knew how to dance in those day! |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 15, 2015 14:32:46 GMT
www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/17/12/67 ? Birmingham, UK This may have been at Henry's Blues House, The Station Hotel, and the band may have performed as 'Jethro Tull'. However, this is unconfirmed, and is from the period before they were using that name permanently. www.libraryofbirmingham.com/musicvenuesgallery The Crown, 65 Station St (corner of Hill St and Station St), B5 4DA. The ornate looking building was the home to Henry's Blues House.
"Started by Jim Simpson in January 1968. It ran on Tuesday nights and included American blues legends like Duster Bennett and Big Boy Crudup. Led Zeppelin played here as well. It aimed to be primarily a Blues music venue, but progressively became host to hard rock and progressive acts during the early 1970s. Thin Lizzy, Status Quo, Stackridge, UFO, Judas Priest and Supertramp have played there amongst others.
The Crown's real claim to fame is that this is the venue where a local band called Earth played. Jim Simpson saw them here and offered to manage them. Earth then went on to change their name to Black Sabbath and played their very first gig under that name at the pub.
The club seems to have finished in early 1973. However, the pub does continue to host the occasional local act with punk, rock and indie bands."
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 19, 2015 9:02:59 GMT
www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Demolition work for new Hilton hotel in Hull underwayBy Hull Daily Mail | Posted: October 19, 2015 www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Work-new-Hilton-hotel-Hull-set-begin-weeks/story-28007964-detail/story.html"Former Locarno ballroom site
The site of the new Hilton hotel started life as the Locarno ballroom in the early 1960s.
Originally hosting big jazz bands, it later embraced pop and rock groups, attracting diverse acts such as Jethro Tull and The Sweet.
A name change to Tiffany's in the 1970s coincided with the disco revolution and another change in musical direction.
In the late 1980s, the name changed again after a fresh makeover, this time to Lexington Avenue – or LAs.
The good times finally came to end in 2005 when the venue closed after its owners went into receivership."
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 21, 2015 11:38:56 GMT
8 March 1968
Jazz and Folk Club, Argus Butterfly, Peterlee, UK vintagerock.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/julie-tippetts-julie-driscoll-the-argus-butterfly-peterlee-march-1976/"The Argus was, of course, a legendary venue having hosted many bands in the late 60s, when it was the home of the Peterlee Jazz and Folk Club, including an early show by Led Zeppelin, and gigs by Family, Jethro Tull, Free, Deep Purple, Man and others."
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 23, 2015 15:38:24 GMT
26 February 1968
Cromwellian Club
LondonThe only contemporary image of the outside of the club I can find, sourced from thecromwellian.wordpress.com/
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 25, 2015 9:52:07 GMT
26 February 1971, Gaumont State Theatre, London, UKTwo shows - 18:30 & 21:00. Support: Steeleye Span My God (w. flute solo), Aqualung, With You There To Help Me, By Kind Permission Of..., Sossity: You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting, Cross-Eyed Mary, Drum Solo, Nothing Is Easy, Wind Up/Guitar Solo/Locomotive Breath, Instrumental, Wind-Up (reprise) 28 February 1971, Gaumont State Theatre, London, UKTwo shows - 16:00 & 19:30. Support: Steeleye Span. www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/ and www.electrocutas.co.uk/dates/td04.htmThere seems to have been two distinct entrances to the venue and it's not clear which one concert goers used. It's in "old webby land" so he may be able to shed some light on this.  
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 25, 2015 17:07:23 GMT
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 25, 2015 19:55:43 GMT
In a quirky twist of fate, I saw The Karl Denver Trio at Barrow in Furness in 1973 when I was working in the area but I'm not sure if it was still called The '99' Club. I thought karl Denver was great and a boyhood hero of mine.  Here they are 2 years later. Some great audience shots!  |
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 26, 2015 19:50:43 GMT
In a quirky twist of fate, I saw The Karl Denver Trio at Barrow in Furness in 1973 when I was working in the area but I'm not sure if it was still called The '99' Club. I remember getting a lift to Barrow in Furness from Millom where I was staying and you could see Barrow across the bay which was only a few miles away but, the only way to get there was about 20 odd miles by road. On the plus side it took us through Ulverston the birthplace of Stan Laurel and home of a very good brewery.   |
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 1, 2015 9:12:00 GMT
24 April, 1970
Swing Auditorium,
San Bernardino, California
Support: Ballin' Jack, Clouds From wikipedia: Swing Auditorium was an indoor arena located on E Street in San Bernardino, California. It had a capacity of 10,000 patrons.
Named for Senator Ralph E. Swing, the arena was constructed at the grounds of the National Orange Show in 1949.
Many musicians and other artists performed at the venue, including Jack Benny, George Burns, Louis Armstrong, Grateful Dead, Ike and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley and (for 13 consecutive years) Bob Hope.
Sammy Davis, Jr. hosted a benefit concert at the venue in 1958, featuring performances by Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, Tony Curtis, Danny Thomas and Shirley MacLaine. Davis hosted the event to demonstrate his appreciation to the San Bernardino Community Hospital for treating him following an automobile accident in 1954. Davis lost his left eye as a result.
The venue altered in the 1960s, becoming a prominent rock arena for the West Coast.
In 1964, it was the launching point of the first American tour of The Rolling Stones.
On September 11, 1981, the auditorium was irreparably damaged when it was struck by a small plane, following which the building had to be destroyed.
Concert details from: www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/setlist/70.htm
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 2, 2015 15:28:49 GMT
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