The Boat Club. West Bridgford rock history. By Stephen Howard.
The Boat is a rowing club by the banks of the river Trent next to Nottingham Forest F.C. on the West Bridgford side of Trent Bridge with a long and proud history. It opened its doors to live music in 1962 and became a favourite among bands and fans alike.
The Boat is one of the three boat clubs (middle of the three) situated next to each other, the other two being the Brit and the Union. Both the Brit and the Union had live music, particularly in the sixties and the Brit can boast having both Pink Floyd and The Who play there but it is the Boat that is best remembered having kept the live music night going throughout the sixties, seventies and into the eighties. It had, pass through it’s doors, some of the great 60’s and 70’s rock bands, local groups and some pioneering punk and new wave bands too. It looks like a who’s who of the late sixties rock explosion with legends like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and a decade later The Sex Pistols and U2 strutting their stuff on the tiny stage to a couple of hundred fans. Being a Bridgford lad, I went to many a gig there. A hot and sweaty, loud evening of beer and live music. Now just a memory, it is another reminder of when live music was cheap, plentiful and still the preserve of the youth generation.
For a list of gigs, I am using, as reference, the book “Down at the Boat” by Keith and Juliet Atkinson & Tony James. Foreword by Andy Smart (Evening Post). Going through the local newspapers can help but most of that work was already done for the book, I’m sure.
This great book does have some spelling mistakes, a few inaccuracies, some missing gigs and probably some gaps that it would be difficult to fill in but it is still an important document. Through my own research I have been able to rectify some gigs and comments, and add a few too. In particular, my knowledge on Notts bands can help to uncover and illuminate some of the unknown or forgotten groups.
The letter at the back of the book by Eggy is gold. I knew Eggy, is he still around?, as I’m sure many others did. As much as this website is about the groups and musicians who made the music, the fans reflect back the energy and joy and Eggy is a perfect example of a “rock fan” of old.
History
Keith Atkinson came to Nottingham from Durham University and at the turn of the sixties took up a teaching post at Toot Hill School in Bingham, Notts. He was also a member of the rowing club at the Boat. At the school he met fellow teacher, Skegness born Ray Crane who was a jazz trumpeter. The rowing club was struggling financially and Ray, who was raised in Nottingham, suggested to Keith that some live music might help bring in some revenue. Keith, who later married Celia, set to work with other club members preparing the room and the first night was launched on 4th November 1962 when Ray Crane’s Jazz Band took to the stage. Ray who also played with the local Mercia Jazz Band, Mick Gill’s Imperial Jazzmen and the Leen Valley Jazzmen and had recently formed his own group. In a time when jazz was still a force in live entertainment Ray’s band held residence at the Boat until he was spotted by Bruce Turner and he left to take up full time musicianship with Bruce Turner’s Jump Band. Ray went on to have a life long career in music. A recording of Ray Cranes Jazz Band was made in early 1963,possibly at the Boat, by Alan Gilmour and in theory still exists possibly at Nottingham University. See more about that here.
In the early sixties, if waning elsewhere, jazz still had a strong following in Nottingham. Bill Kinnell’s Jazz Club was thriving at the Dancing Slipper in West Bridgford, Ken Allsop’s Rhythm Club held their nights at the T.B.I. on Trent Bridge and the Town Arms also had Riverside Jazz nights on the other side of the bridge so it was fairly natural for the Boat to keep this trend going. When, after Ray Crane left for pastures new, Richard Hallam, who had been in Ray’s group, took over the residency over with his own “Richard Hallam Blues Band” in late February 1963 and played regularly through most of that year. This use of “Blues” in the name was more in keeping with a jazz group rather than the purist use that would come to the fore in a couple of years. Other jazz acts appeared that year including Sandy Brown, Arthur Coyne (Kevin Coyne’s older brother), Tony Jackson, Cecille and Bob Wison.
It was in the spring of 1964 when a change of direction in the musical landscape took hold and Rhythm and Blues became the new sound in the clubs of Britain. Local Nottingham group Blues and Roots became the house band at the Boat for three years. In those three years, now celebrated national groups started to appear, Steve Windwood, John Lee Hooker and the Groundhogs, Alexis Korner, The Artwoods with a young Jon Lord, Alex Harvey, John Mayall, Brian Auger and the Trinity, Geno Washington, Chris Farlowe and Rod Stewart with the Shotgun Express. All these and more entertained the lucky punters who could get in. There were two other rowing clubs next to the Boat in the mid sixties, and the Union and the Brit soon started to put on entertainment of their own.
As the British mid sixties scene blossomed, Leeds group The Dawnbreakers became regulars at the Boat during 1967 playing almost every week. Local soul act Tiny Davis A Go Go Show also had regular weekend slots and the national bands kept on coming. It was around this time that Keith Symons booked the groups for the Boat as well as the Beachcomber Club in town. He also managed Nottingham soul group Robert Hirst and The Big Taste. The Beachcomber had Jimi Hendrix, Cream, John Mayall and many soul acts and at the Boat Keith managed to move from the soul acts to the new blues and rock names that were to be the future and for five years or more he attracted many classic bands. The Action, Family, Long John Baldry, The Move, Graham Bond and local heroes The Jaybirds appeared after changing their name to Ten Years After, keeping the fans in touch with the changing times. Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week there was something to see and hear. By 1968 the sixties revolution was in full swing and, the soon to be, huge names started to appear. Jeff Beck, Captain Beefheart, Jethro Tull, Eric Clapton, King Crimson, Tyrannosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan and in April 1969 a fast rising Led Zeppelin made their first appearance at the Boat. By the end of the sixties the Boat was well established as a rock club and it kept this identity for the next decade. You can hear broadcaster John Holmes talk about the “Beach” and the “Boat” and hear an archival interview with Keith Symons at Fragments of Rock.
A steady mix of local groups, national acts and a rock disco kept the sounds rolling and by the time, the now world famous, Led Zeppelin came back to do a thank you gig in 1971 it was impossible for the crowds to get in. Lined up to Trent Bridge, many hundreds sat on the banks of the river Trent to savour the atmosphere and listen to the band through the night air. In their early days Supertramp and Dire Straights, who would both become giant supergroups of the seventies and eighties, passed through their doors, such was the calibre of bands that the Boat would attract. Leaving school in 1974 it was a natural destination for me, I only lived twenty minutes walk away, and I would find myself watching such rock bands as Nutz, UFO, Sassafras, Motorhead, Strife, Stray and Trapeze plus a host of local groups like Gaffa, Limelight, Zacariah and Art Fairlure. The still relatively unknown Sex Pistols played there in 1976 and during the punk and new wave era a few bands of note played there but by the early eighties the heyday of the Boat was over and it closed in 1982.
1975. Trapeze, the rock band now remembered for featuring Glen Hughes who later joined Deep Purple, were regular visitors and featured as one of Radio Trent’s first recordings and broadcasts from the Boat. It was later released on CD.
Recorded on 13 September 1975 live at the Boat Club in Nottingham for a UK live radio broadcast featuring tracks from their four mid-1970s albums Medusa (1970), You Are the Music…We’re Just the Band (1972), Hot Wire (1974), and Trapeze (1976). The CD includes a 12-page booklet with rare photos, biography and liner notes from lead guitarist Mel Galley.
“We were playing large 10-20,000 seater venues in the southern states where we had a strong following. One of the highlights I guess, was playing the Cotton Bowl in Dallas with The Stones, The Eagles and Montrose. Although we played smaller venues when returning back home, it was good to play venues like The Marquee and The Boat Club where there was always a great noisy crowd and good rocking atmosphere. This recording was made just before we decided to take a break. Our record contract had finished and we wanted time to write new material. It was one of the last gigs by the four piece of Dave, Pete, Rob and myself. Hope you like it”. Mel Galley 2003
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1976. Strife were very regular visitors to the Boat from 1975 to 1978. Here is a list of their appearances.
Saturday February 22nd 1975 – Strife (first visit)
Saturday June 7th 1975 – Strife
Saturday September 20th 1975 – Strife
Saturday January 10th 1976 – Strife
Saturday April 3rd 1976 – Strife
Saturday July 31st 1976 – Strife
Saturday December 18th 1976 – Strife
Saturday March 26th 1977 – Strife
Friday June 17th 1977 – Strife
Friday June 24th 1977 – Strife
Saturday August 20th 1977 – Strife
Saturday November 5th 1977 – Strife
Saturday October 7th 1978 – Strife
Saturday December 30th 1978 – Strife
From a Strife website come the following photos by Keith Scarrott of the band playing the Boat circa 1976.
Three more photos of Strife from the same website by Colin Rowe are circa 1976.
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1976. Local heavy rock band “Zachariah” played a few times at the Boat and were recorded by Radio Trent on May 2nd 1976. Read about them here. Hear the recording here. Photos from Rob Whitelock.
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1977. Liverpool hard rock group “Nutz” were regular visitors to the Boat Club. They enjoyed their visits so much they decided to record a live album at the Boat called Live Cutz. Using the Island Mobile unit, the band booked two shows at the Boat recording what would be the final Nutz album. Hear the album on YouTube.
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Although it may true to say it never recovered its previous glory, and by that I mean that great 60’s and 70’s first wave of live amplified pop and rock music, the Boat opened its doors intermittently and again in the 21st century. Opening for a short period between 1999 and 2002 it attracted a new range of groups and today it still has occasional gigs.
In 2025, there is still much discussion about whether the boat clubs will be demolished to make way for a new stand at the Forest football ground. This decision seems to sway from one outcome to another. Football has it’s heroes, and I saw many, but the Boat had many too and it sits nicely in the memory. Now, however, although still operating it is in danger of becoming a forgotten relic of rock’s golden hour. In my list of “Nottingham music blue plaques” the Boat is assured of it’s place.
A LIST OF GIGS AT THE BOAT CLUB
I am using the aforementioned book “Down at the Boat” and listing like so: Day, Month, Date, Year, Artist.
Some comments were made in hindsight to describe some of the groups. I will add new comments where applicable and give links to the bands where I can (The first time they are listed).
Some reference marks: DATB – “Down at the Boat” book.
1962
Sunday November 4th 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band (Nottingham jazz band)
Sunday November 11th 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band
Sunday November 18th 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band
Sunday November 25th 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band
Sunday December 2nd 1962 – Ray Crane’s Wailin’ Blues Band, Blues shouts by Tony Jackson (Hucknall singer)
Sunday December 9th 1962 –The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday December 16th 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday December 23rd 1962 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson. Folk songs from Jack Archer plus The Apex Jazz Band (Nottingham Jazz band). 7.30 – 11. Free buffet, beer drinking competition, L.P.’s to be won, jiving contest.
1963
Sunday January 6th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday January 13th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday January 20th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday January 27th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday February 3rd 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday February 10th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday February 17th 1963 – The Ray Crane Jazz Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday February 24th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band (Nottingham jazz band) with Tony Jackson
Sunday March 3rd 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday March 10th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson (Gig not mentioned in DATB)
Sunday March 17th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday March 24th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday March 31st 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday April 7th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday April 14th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday April 21st 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday April 28th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday May 5th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Mel Thorpe (tenor sax) & Tony Jackson
Sunday May 12th 1963 – Dilly and Tony Jackson with The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday May 19th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band featuring Ralph Lang (piano)
Sunday May 26th 1963 – Danny Moss (tenor sax) from Humphrey Lyttleton’s Band with The Richard Hallam Blues Band & Tony Jackson
Sunday June 2nd 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday June 9th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday June 16th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday June 23rd 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday June 30th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Friday July 5th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday August 2nd 1963 – Arthur Coyne’s Jazz Band. Breakfast served at dawn.
Sunday August 18th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday August 25th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Danny Moss
Sunday September 1st 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band and the Rhythm & Blues Messengers with Tony Jackson
Sunday September 8th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday September 15th 1963 – Arthur Coyne’s Jazz Band
Sunday September 22nd 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday September 29th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Friday October 11th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Friday October 18th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Friday October 25th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Friday November 1st 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Sunday November 10th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Friday November 15th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Sunday November 17th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday November 22nd 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile. John Spooner on drums.
Friday November 29th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band and Dilly
Sunday December 8th 1963 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Friday December 13th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile. Guest spot by the Rhythm & Blues Messengers
Friday December 20th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band with Tony Jackson and Cecile
Friday December 27th 1963 – The Bob Wilson Jazz Band. Rhythm and Blues with Tony Jackson and Cecile. Plus surprise guests.
1964
Friday January 3rd 1964 – The Swinging Bob Wilson Band with Tony Jackson’s R&B
Friday January 10th 1964 – The Bob Wilson Band with Tony Jackson
Friday January 17th 1964 – Bob Wilson with guest clarinettist/organist Sandy Brown
Friday January 24th 1964 – Sandy Brown (clarinet, bass clarinet and organ) with The Bob Wilson Jazz Band
Friday February 21st 1964 – From The Bruce Turner Band, Ray Crane with The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday February 23rd 1964 – Richard Hallam Blues Band with Ray Crane (Not in DATB)
Friday March 20th 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday March 29th 1964 – “Grand Easter Session” Danny Moss & Jeannie Lamb
Sunday April 5th 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday April 10th 1964 – R&B by Blues and Roots – (Nottingham RnB group)
Friday April 17th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 3rd 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band with Tony Jackson
Sunday May 17th 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday May 24th 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday May 29th 1964 – Attention Hoochie Coochies!! It’s another ravin’ roarin’ Rhythm & Blues session at the Boat Club. Tonight! Tonight! Featuring The Somethin’ Wise Group, Blues and Roots. Come early and don’t miss this knockout steamin’ session. Tonight THE BOAT CLUB and every Friday.
Friday June 5th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday June 12th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 14th 1964 – “A grand Jazz Party!” Humphrey Lytteton and his band, The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday June 19th 1964 – Blues and Roots, Spencer Davis “make sure you find out about this Saturday night’s rave at the Whisky A Go Go in Birmingham”. – paper cutting
Sunday June 21st 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday June 26th 1964 – A double R&B attraction. The Litter (From Meir, Stoke-On-Trent and not the later Nottingham group.) (Blues and Roots played the Whiskie A’gogo in Birmingham)
Saturday June 27th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday July 3rd 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday July 10th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday July 24th 1964 – Blue Sounds ‘Bluesville! Oh Yeah!’ (Blue Sounds were a Bradford based group)
Friday July 31st 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday August 7th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday August 14th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday August 21st 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday August 28th 1964 – The Bluebottles (Norwich RnB group featuring Mike Patto) (Blues and Roots were playing at big jazz night at the Nottingham Jazz Club)
Friday September 4th 1964 – Falling Leaves (Oxford RnB group)
Friday October 2nd 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday October 9th 1964 – Straight from ‘The Place’, Stoke, R&B and gospel from The Hipster Image
Friday October 16th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday October 23rd 1964 – Blues and Roots (this week new longer session)
Saturday October 24th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday October 30th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday November 6th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday November 13th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday November 20th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday November 27th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday December 4th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Saturday December 6th 1964 – The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday December 11th 1964 – Blues and Roots
Friday December 18th 1964 – Blues and Roots
1965
Friday January 1st 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday January 8th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday January 15th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday January 29th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday January 31st 1965 – Ray Crane and Archie Semple as guests of The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Sunday February 7th 1965 – AND EVERY SUNDAY The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Thursday February 11th 1965 – Honour bass player Mike Stocks, The Richard Hallam Blues Band, The Riverside House Band, Arthur Coyne and his Band.
Friday February 12th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday February 19th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday February 26th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday February 28th 1965 – Bruce Turner with The Richard Hallam Blues Band
Friday March 5th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday March 12th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday March 19th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday March 26th 1965 – Blues and Roots (Friday 26th Britannia now advertising blues, a different group every Friday)
Friday April 2nd 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday April 9th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday April 11th 1965 – The Mojos
Friday April 23rd 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday April 25th 1965 – “The man who started it all” Alexis Korner’s Blues Inc
Friday April 30th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday May 7th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 9th 1965 – The Chessmen
Friday May 14th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Friday May 21st 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 23rd 1965 – The Hipster Image
Friday May 28th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 30th 1965 – John Lee Hooker and the Groundhogs
Friday June 4th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 6th 1965 – Alexis Korner and Blues Inc
Friday June 11th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 13th 1965 – Sheffields
Friday June 18th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 20th 1965 – Ronnie Jones and the Blue Jays
Friday June 25th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 27th 1965 – The Artwoods
Friday July 2nd 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 4th 1965 – The Brian Auger Trinity
Friday July 9th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 11th 1965 – Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds
Friday July 16th 1965 – The Hipster Image
Sunday July 18th 1965 – Alex Harvey Soul Band
Friday July 23rd 1965 – Jimmy Powell and The 5 Dimensions
Sunday July 25th 1965 – The Shevelles
Sunday August 1st 1965 – John Mayall’s Blues Breakers
Friday August 6th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday August 8th 1965 – “Another First” Wynder K Frog
Friday August 13th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday August 15th 1965 – Rapids Blue Roll Band – Derby group I think
Friday August 20th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday August 22nd 1965 – Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds
Friday August 27th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday August 29th 1965 – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
Friday September 10th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday September 12th 1965 – Ronnie Jones and the Blue Jays
Friday September 17th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday September 19th 1965 – Alexis Korner and Blues Inc
Friday September 24th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday September 26th 1965 – Wynder K Frog
Friday October 1st 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 3rd 1965 – The Hipster Image
Friday October 8th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 10th 1965 – Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band
Friday October 15th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 17th 1965 – Rapids Blue Roll Band – Derby group I think
Friday October 22nd 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 24th 1965 – Dedicated Men Jug Band
Friday October 29th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 31st 1965 – The Artwoods
Friday November 5th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 7th 1965 – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
Friday November 12th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 14th 1965 – Juke’s Blues Big Roll Band
Friday November 19th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 21st 1965 – Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds
Friday December 2nd 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday December 4th 1965 – Alexis Korner
Friday December 9th 1965 – Blues and Roots (much larger adverts inc both Fri and Sun)
Sunday December 11th 1965 – The John Evans Band
Friday December 17th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday December 19th 1965 – John Mayall’s Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton
Friday December 24th 1965 – Blues and Roots
Sunday December 26th 1965 – Wynder K Frog
Friday December 31st 1965 – Blues and Roots
1966
Sunday January 2nd 1966 – “From the Marquee” The Action
Friday January 7th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday January 9th 1966 – Tony Knight’s Chessmen
Friday January 14th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday January 16th 1966 – The Mike Cotton Band
Friday January 21st 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday January 23rd 1966 – Jimmy James and The Vagabonds
Friday January 28th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday January 30th 1966 – Godfrey’s Grit and Soul Band – Derby group
Friday February 4th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday February 6th 1966 – Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds
Friday February 11th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday February 13th 1966 – Jimmy Cliff & The New Generation
Monday February 14th 1966 – The Gass, The Dawnbreakers
Friday February 18th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday February 20th 1966 – Peter B’s and the Looners
Friday February 25th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday February 27th 1966 – Wynder K Frog
Friday March 4th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday March 6th 1966 – Ram Jam Band
Friday March 11th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday March 13th 1966 – John Mayall’s Blues Breakers
Friday March 18th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday March 20th 1966 – Rockhouse Band
Friday March 25th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday March 27th 1966 – Godfrey’s Grit and Soul Band – Derby group
Friday April 1st 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday April 3rd 1966 – Victor Brox Blues Train
Friday April 14th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday April 16th 1966 – Cops ‘n’ Robbers
Friday April 22nd 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday April 24th 1966 – The Shevelles
Friday April 29th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 1st 1966 – Godfrey’s Grit and Soul Band – Derby group
Friday May 6th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 8th 1966 – The Artwoods
Friday May 13th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 15th 1966 – Gary Farr and the T-Bones
Friday May 20th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 22nd 1966 – The Gass
Friday May 27th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday May 29th 1966 – Tony Knight’s Chessmen
Friday June 3rd 1966 – “All Change” Godfrey’s Grit and Soul Band – Derby group
Sunday June 5th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Friday June 10th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 12th 1966 – Wynder K Frog
Friday June 17th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 19th 1966 – Herbie Goins & the Nightimers
Friday June 24th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday June 26th 1966 – Crawdaddies
Friday July 1st 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 3rd 1966 – Victor Brox Blues Train
Friday July 8th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 10th 1966 – Rod Stewart with Shotgun Express
Friday July 15th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 17th 1966 – Stormsville Shakers – (Phillip Goodhand-Tait) (also played Oct 16th Brittania club, Nottingham).
Friday July 22nd 1966 – Blues Roots
Sunday July 24th 1966 – Tony Knight’s Chessmen
Friday July 29th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday July 31st 1966 – The Gass
Friday August 5th 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday August 7th 1966 – John Evans Big Soul Band
Friday August 12th 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday August 14th 1966 – The Uptown Band
Friday August 19th 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday August 21st 1966 – Wynder K Frog
Friday August 26th 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday August 28th 1966 – Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band
Friday September 2nd 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday September 4th 1966 – The Crawdaddies
Friday September 9th 1966 – Blues and Roots featuring Vic Johnson
Sunday September 11th 1966 – The Move
Friday September 19th 1966 – Toggery 5 – Manchester group
Friday September 23rd 1966 – Good Time Band
Sunday September 25th 1966 – Blue Monks
Friday September 30th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 2nd 1966 – Tony Knight’s Chessmen
Friday October 7th 1966 – Blues and Roots (Mel, Jef, Vic, Paddy, Tom & Leg)
Sunday October 9th 1966 – Alan Bown Set
Friday October 14th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 16th 1966 – The Shevelles
Friday October 21st 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 23rd 1966 – Victor Brox Blues Train
Friday October 28th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday October 30th 1966 – The Family – Leicester group
Friday November 4th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 6th 1966 – The Brian Auger Trinity with Julie Driscoll
Friday November 11th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 13th 1966 – Graham Bond Organisation
Friday November 18th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 20th 1966 – John Mayall and The Blues Breakers
Friday November 25th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday November 27th 1966 – Shotgun Express
Friday December 9th 1966 – Blues and Roots
Sunday December 11th 1966 – The John Evans Band, Female DJ “Norma“
Friday December 16th 1966 – The John Evans Band
Sunday December 18th 1966 – The Dawnbreakers
Friday December 23rd 1966 – The Toggery 5 – Manchester group
Friday December 30th 1966 – The Cock-A-Hoops – Birmingham group
1967
Sunday January 1st 1967 – The Artwoods
Friday January 13th 1967 – The Sisyn – Possibly “The Syn“. The Syn played the Brit Club the following night so this gig at the Boat might be a misspelling. I have not come across a group called “The Sisyn”.
Sunday January 15th 1967 – The John Evans Band
Friday January 20th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday January 22nd 1967 – Victor Brox Blues Train
Friday January 27th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday January 29th 1967 – The Family – Leicester group
Friday February 3rd 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday February 5th 1967 – Long John Baldry
Friday February 10th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday February 12th 1967 – Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede
Friday February 17th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday February 19th 1967 – Graham Bond Organisation – ((It seems that the Graham Bond Organisation couldn’t make it and the Stormsville Shakers took their place. This gig is referenced on Phillip Goodhand-Tait’s website)
Friday February 24th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday February 26th 1967 – The Shevelles – Cardiff
Friday March 3rd 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday March 5th 1967 – Carl King & The Projection – Kent/London group
Friday March 10th 1967 – John Evans Smash
Sunday March 12th 1967 – One Step Beyond
Friday March 17th 1967 – John Evans Smash
Sunday March 19th 1967 – The Action
Friday March 31st 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday April 2nd 1967 – Wynder K Frog
Friday April 7th 1967 – John Evans Smash
Sunday April 9th 1967 – Victor Brox & The Blues Train (beginning of longer term advance advertisements e.g. Sunday 30th Sounds Incorporated)
Friday April 14th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday April 16th 1967 – The Family – Leicester
Friday April 21st 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday April 23rd 1967 – Herbie Goins & The Nightimers
Friday April 28th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday April 30th 1967 – Sounds Incorporated
Friday May 5th 1967 – John Evans Smash
Sunday May 7th 1967 – Long John Baldry
Friday May 19th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday May 21st 1967 – The Rumble Band
Friday May 26th 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday May 28th 1967 – T D Backus & The Powerhouse
Friday June 2nd 1967 – The Dawnbreakers
Sunday June 4th 1967 – Simon Dupre & The Big Sound
Friday June 9th 1967 – The Milton James Band
Sunday June 11th 1967 – The Shevelles
Friday June 16th 1967 – The John Evans Band
Sunday June 18th 1967 – Wynder K Frog
Friday June 23rd 1967 – The John Evans Smash
Sunday June 25th 1967 – The Family
Friday June 30th 1967 – The John Evans Band
Sunday July 2nd 1967 – The Tropical Boot Co
Friday July 7th 1967 – The Rumble Band
Sunday July 9th 1967 – The Cock-A-Hoops – Birmingham group
Friday July 14th 1967 – Chicken Shack
Sunday July 16th 1967 – Ten Years After – Nottingham group
Friday July 21st 1967 – Legay – Leicester group
Sunday July 23rd 1967 – The Brian Auger Trinity with Julie Driscoll
Friday July 28th 1967 – The Rumble Band
Sunday July 30th 1967 – Rik & Jenny Johnson and The Nighttimers
Friday August 11th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday August 13th 1967 – Ten Years After – Nottingham group
Friday August 18th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday August 20th 1967 – Stax Finger Pop Band
Friday August 25th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday August 27th 1967 – Simon Dupre & The Big Sound
Friday September 1st 1967 – The Third of Nine
Friday September 8th 1967 – Cock-A-Hoops – Birmingham group
Sunday September 10th 1967 – The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday September 15th 1967 – Mandy’s Movement
Sunday September 17th 1967 – The Artwoods
Friday September 22nd 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday September 24th 1967 – The Shevelles
Friday September 29th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday October 1st 1967 – John Evans Smash
Friday October 6th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday October 8th 1967 – T D Backus & The Powerhouse – Manchester group
Friday October 13th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday October 15th 1967 – Boat Disco Show
Friday October 27th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday October 29th 1967 – Ten Years After – Nottingham group
Friday November 10th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Sunday November 12th 1967 – The Rainy Day Women – Dylan song?
Friday November 24th 1967 – The Tiny Davis A Go Go Show – Nottingham group
Friday December 1st 1967 – Derek’s Disco Time Show
Sunday December 3rd 1967 – Bob Wallace & His Jazzmen
Friday December 8th 1967 – The Screen – Ilkeston group
Friday December 15th 1967 – The Hoodoos – Nottingham group
Sunday December 17th 1967 – The Red Onions
Friday December 29th 1967 – The Hoodoos – Nottingham group
Sunday December 31st 1967 – The Red Onions
1968
Friday January 5th 1968 – The Group With No Name
Saturday January 6th 1968 – The Mike Stuart Span
Sunday January 7th 1968 – Ten Years After – Nottingham group
Friday January 12th 1968 – Virginia Wolfe
Saturday January 13th 1968 – The Calgary Stampede
Sunday January 14th 1968 – Root and Jenny Jackson
Friday January 19th 1968 – Virginia Wolfe
Saturday January 20th 1968 – John L Watson and The Web
Sunday January 21st 1968 – Zoot Money, Dantalions Chariot, The Psychedelic Lights
Friday January 26th 1968 – Virginia Wolfe
Saturday January 27th 1968 – The Captive Eight
Sunday January 28th 1968 – Jethro Tull
Friday February 2nd 1968 – Riverside Disco Party, Virginia Wolfe
Saturday February 3rd 1968 – The Ebonites
Sunday February 4th 1968 – Ten Years After – Nottingham group
Friday February 9th 1968 – The Penny Peep Show
Saturday February 10th 1968 – Pandoras Box
Sunday February 11th 1968 – The Band of Joy with Robert A Plant
Friday February 16th 1968 – Lou Prinze and The Bedrock
Saturday February 17th 1968 – The Raynes
Sunday February 18th 1968 – Jethro Tull. Raffles for Holidays courtesy of Horizon.
Friday February 23rd 1968 – Cornelius Jones & The Cat
Saturday February 24th 1968 – Whiskey Mac
Sunday February 25th 1968 – The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday March 8th 1968 – The Penny Peeps
Saturday March 9th 1968 – Triad Soul Caravan featuring Lloyd Williams and King James
Sunday March 10th 1968 – Tim Rose with Aynsley Dunbar and Victor Brox
Friday March 15th 1968 – Lou Prinze and The Bedrock
Saturday March 16th 1968 – The Chicago Hush Band
Sunday March 17th 1968 – Jethro Tull
Friday March 22nd 1968 – The Locomotive – Birmingham group
Saturday March 23rd 1968 – Impressions
Sunday March 24th 1968 – Jeff Beck Rod Stewart
Friday March 29th 1968 – Impressions
Saturday March 30th 1968 – Supreme Sound
Sunday March 31st 1968 – Blues What Am! – Nottm blues mob I think
Friday April 5th 1968 – The Midnight Train
Saturday April 6th 1968 – Peter London’s Rock and Soul Orchestra
Sunday April 7th 1968 – Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation and Victor Brox
Friday April 19th 1968 – Lou Prinze and The Bedrock
Saturday April 20th 1968 – The Minor Portion Roll Band
Sunday April 21st 1968 – Jethro Tull
Friday April 26th 1968 – JJ Bender
Saturday April 27th 1968 – The Clayton Hayes
Sunday April 28th 1968 – John Mayall’s Blues Breakers
Friday May 3rd 1968 – The Penny Peeps
Saturday May 4th 1968 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday May 5th 1968 – Ray “Sugar” Dixon, Peter “Soul” Jones Soul Committee
Friday May 10th 1968 – Gloryland Band, Clockwork Toys
Saturday May 11th 1968 – “Sugar Robinson” backed by Lawless Breed
Sunday May 12th 1968 – The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday May 17th 1968 – The Toby Jug Band
Saturday May 18th 1968 – Shell Invaders
Sunday May 19th 1968 – Spirit of John Morgan
Friday May 24th 1968 – The Village Green Soul Show
Saturday May 25th 1968 – Imaginations
Sunday May 26th 1968 – The Family
Friday May 31st 1968 – The Locomotive
Saturday June 1st 1968 – JJ Bender & The SOS
Sunday June 2nd 1968 – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band with Rory Gallagher & Taste
Friday June 7th 1968 – Jimmy Cliff, Wynder K Frog
Saturday June 8th 1968 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday June 9th 1968 – Ten Years After – Nottingham
Friday June 14th 1968 – Blue Rhubarb Tree
Saturday June 15th 1968 – Andreas Hofner & The Atlantic
Sunday June 16th 1968 – Baker Street Ltd
Friday June 1st 1968 – The Paradise Tree
Saturday June 22nd 1968 – The Sharrons
Sunday June 23rd 1968 – Chicken Shack with Christine Perfect
Friday June 28th 1968 – State Express
Saturday June 29th 1968 – Si’s Reaction
Sunday June 30th 1968 – The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday July 5th 1968 – Tiger T Brown & Soul Stars
Saturday July 6th 1968 – Paul Perry Set
Sunday July 7th 1968 – Tyrannosaurus Rex
Friday July 12th 1968 – Journey Within
Saturday July 13th 1968 – Southbank Discoteque
Sunday July 14th 1968 – Jethro Tull
Friday July 19th 1968 – The Soul Express
Saturday July 20th 1968 – The Entertainers, Tim Rose
Sunday July 21st 1968 – King Biscuit
Friday July 26th 1968 – Charlie Brown Hot 100, The Stax Men
Saturday July 27th 1968 – Garnett Mimms, Wellington Kitch Jump Band
Sunday July 28th 1968 – Harlem Speakeasy
Friday August 2nd 1968 – The Motion, Charlie Brown Record Show
Saturday August 3rd 1968 – Count “Prince” Miller, Tony Gregory
Sunday August 4th 1968 – Chicken Shack
Friday August 16th 1968 – Six Across – Derby group
Saturday August 17th 1968 – Samantha Jane, The State Express
Sunday August 18th 1968 – Charlie Brown Show
Friday August 23rd 1968 – Jimmy Cliff, Wynder K Frog
Saturday August 24th 1968 – Sugar Gordon, John Bender, The Soul Committee
Sunday August 25th 1968 – The Family
Friday August 30th 1968 – The Buzz Band
Saturday August 31st 1968 – The Decoy Soul Show
Sunday September 1st 1968 – Woody Kern – Nottingham
Friday September 6th 1968 – Bubblegum, Charlie Brown
Saturday September 7th 1968 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday September 7th 1968 – Sweet Soul Bedrock
Friday September 13th 1968 – The Freeholders
Saturday September 14th 1968 – THE Coasters
Sunday September 15th 1968 – Jeff Beck Group featuring Rod Stewart
Friday September 20th 1968 – The Detroit Soul Band
Saturday September 21st 1968 – The Cherry Blossom Clinic
Sunday September 22nd 1968 – Ten Years After – Nottingham
Friday September 27th 1968 – The Memphis Express
Saturday September 28th 1968 – Harlem Speakeasy, Charlie Brown’s Record Show
Sunday September 29th 1968 – Tim Rose, July
Friday October 4th 1968 – The Soul Syndicate
Saturday October 5th 1968 – Dictionary of Soul, Charlie Brown’s Record Show
Sunday October 6th 1968 – Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera
Friday October 11th 1968 – The Fantastics
Saturday October 12th 1968 – The Big Stax Show, Little Baby May, The Maze – Not The Maze who featured Ian Paice and Rod Evans as they had left and formed Deep Purple in March 1968. Maybe the remnants of the group or another group that were based in North England.
Sunday October 13th 1968 – Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday October 18th 1968 – The Crew
Saturday October 18th 1968 – The Family
Friday October 25th 1968 – Soul Brothers
Saturday October 26th 1968 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham group
Sunday October 27th 1968 – Black Cat Bones
Friday November 1st 1968 – Spirit of John Morgan
Saturday November 2nd 1968 – Jeff Conley Roadshow plus Conley Go-Go Dancers
Sunday November 3rd 1968 – John Peel with guest artist, Bakerloo Blues Line
Saturday November 9th 1968 – William Bell
Sunday November 10th 1968 – John Lee Hooker, The Groundhogs
Friday November 15th 1968 – The Set featuring Paul Williams
Saturday November 16th 1968 – William Bell, The Toyshop
Sunday November 17th 1968 – Southbank Blues, Muddy Waters Blues Band featuring Otis Spann
Friday November 22nd 1968 – Charlie Brown’s Record Show, Dictionary of Soul
Saturday November 23rd 1968 – The Fantastic Johnny C, JB White & The Funky Fever
Sunday November 24th 1968 – Jimmy Witherspoon, Mad Dogs Blues Band (ex John Mayall), Stanley Barnes, Derek Holloway
Friday November 29th 1968 – The Locomotive, Charlie Brown’s Record Show
Saturday November 30th 1968 – JB White & The Funky Fever
Sunday December 1st 1968 – Jethro Tull, Brigitte St John
Friday December 6th 1968 – William Bell, Charlie Brown Show
Saturday December 7th 1968 – Sons and Lovers
Sunday December 8th 1968 – Southbank Blues, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation featuring Victor Brox
Tuesday December 10th 1968 – Charlie Brown Show
1969
Friday January 3rd 1969 – The Fantastics (Motown)
Saturday January 4th 1969 – Shades (soul)
Sunday January 5th 1969 – Jethro Tull (Martyn Barre), Cream on Film
Friday January 10th 1969 – The Magoos
Saturday January 11th 1969 – Disco
Sunday January 12th 1969 – The Family
Friday January 17th 1969 – Ebony Blush
Saturday January 18th 1969 – The Bedrocks (Obladi)
Sunday January 19th 1969 – Bakerloo Blues Line
Friday January 24th 1969 – Glenroy Oakley & The Oracles
Saturday January 25th 1969 – The Captives
Sunday January 26th 1969 – Mackenna Mendelson’s Mainline
Friday January 31st 1969 – Village Green Soul Show
Saturday February 1st 1969 – The Firestones
Sunday February 2nd 1969 – Chicken Shack and Christine Perfect
Friday February 7th 1969 – The Fantastics (Motown)
Saturday February 8th 1969 – Errol Daniels & The Garments
Sunday February 9th 1969 – Fairport Convention, Harlem John’s Re-Shuffle
Friday February 15th 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Saturday February 16th 1969 – Rory Gallagher & The Taste
Friday February 21st 1969 – Decoy Big Band
Saturday February 22nd 1969 – The Peaceful Souls
Sunday February 23rd 1969 – Ten Years After – Nottingham
Friday February 28th 1969 – Cindy Starr & The Mopeds
Saturday March 1st 1969 – Errol Daniels & The Garments
Sunday March 2nd 1969 – John Lee Hooker & The Groundhogs
Friday March 7th 1969 – The Ignition
Saturday March 8th 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday March 9th 1969 – Freddie King & Steamhammer
Friday March 14th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday March 15th 1969 – John Macintyre Collection
Sunday March 16th 1969 – Duster Bennett
Friday March 21st 1969 – Bubblegum
Saturday March 22nd 1969 – Ellison’s Hogline
Sunday March 23rd 1969 – Chicken Shack
Friday March 28th 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Saturday March 29th 1969 – The Influx
Sunday March 30th 1969 – Mackenna Mendelson’s Mainline
Saturday April 5th 1969 – Billy Cambell & The Mighty Sparrows – Nottingham
Sunday April 6th 1969 – Led Zeppelin
Friday April 11th 1969 – Juniors Eyes
Saturday April 12th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Sunday April 13th 1969 – Spooky Tooth
Friday April 18th 1969 – Life Without Mother – Nottingham
Saturday April 19th 1969 – The Peppermint Circus
Sunday April 20th 1969 – Fairport Convention
Friday April 25th 1969 – The Fantastics
Saturday April 26th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Sunday April 27th 1969 – The Taste
Friday May 2nd 1969 – Bubblegum
Saturday May 3rd 1969 – Eddie Thornton
Sunday May 4th 1969 – Aynsley Dunbar’s Retailiation
Friday May 9th 1969 – Life Without Mother – Nottingham
Saturday May 10th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Sunday May 11th 1969 – John Hiseman’s Colosseum
Friday May 16th 1969 – Black Cat Bones (2 members later formed Free. The rest formed Leaf Hound)
Saturday May 17th 1969 – Sky
Sunday May 18th 1969 – Man
Friday May 23rd 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday May 24th 1969 – The Campbell Bros – Nottingham
Sunday May 25th 1969 – The Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday May 30th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday May 31st 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday June 1st 1969 – Howlin’ Wolf
Friday June 6th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday June 7th 1969 – Brain Child
Sunday June 8th 1969 – Chicken Shack
Friday June 13th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday June 14th 1969 – Carl’s Fables – Nottingham
Sunday June 15th 1969 – Freddie King
Friday June 20th 1969 – Riverside Discoteque
Saturday June 21st 1969 – Campbell Brothers & Mighty Sparrow – Nottingham
Sunday June 22nd 1969 – Bakerloo
Friday June 27th 1969 – Disco
Saturday June 28th 1969 – Disco
Sunday June 29th 1969 – Duster Bennett
Friday August 1st 1969 – Disco
Saturday August 2nd 1969 – Mosaic Sunset – Nottingham
Sunday August 3rd 1969 – Spirit of John Morgan
Friday August 4th 1969 – Disco
Saturday August 5th 1969 – Disco
Sunday August 6th 1969 – Juniors Eyes
Friday August 15th 1969 – Disco
Saturday August 16th 1969 – The Precinct
Sunday August 17th 1969 – Eclection
Friday August 22nd 1969 – Disco
Saturday August 23rd 1969 – Disco
Sunday August 24th 1969 – Liverpool Scene
Friday August 28th 1969 – Disco
Saturday August 29th 1969 – Clockwork Toys – Nottingham
Sunday August 30th 1969 – One Inch Of Rock
Friday September 5th 1969 – Cider Disco
Saturday September 6th 1969 – Sam & Dave Show, Pete & Billy Campbell & The Mighty Sparrows – Nottingham
Sunday September 7th 1969 – Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
Friday September 12th 1969 – Disco
Saturday September 13th 1969 – Carl’s Fables – Nottingham
Sunday September 14th 1969 – King Crimson
Friday September 19th 1969 – Disco
Saturday September 20th 1969 – Disco
Sunday September 21st 1969 – Noel Redding’s Fat Mattress
Friday September 26th 1969 – Disco
Saturday September 27th 1969 – Sky
Sunday September 28th 1969 – Keith Relf (ex Yardbirds) Renaissance
Friday October 3rd 1969 – Disco
Saturday October 4th 1969 – Disco
Sunday October 5th 1969 – Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
Friday October 10th 1969 – Disco
Saturday October 11th 1969 – Pete & Billy Campbell & The Mighty Sparrows – Nottingham
Sunday October 12th 1969 – Duster Bennett & Steel Cradle
Friday October 17th 1969 – Disco
Saturday October 18th 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday October 19th 1969 – The Taste
Friday October 24th 1969 – Grapevine
Saturday October 25th 1969 – Treacle
Sunday October 26th 1969 – Howlin’ Wolf & Junco Partners
Friday October 31st 1969 – Stone Fox
Saturday November 1st 1969 – Don Covay
Sunday November 2nd 1969 – Man
Friday November 7th 1969 – Disco
Saturday November 8th 1969 – Disco
Sunday November 9th 1969 – Freddie King & Killing Floor
Friday November 14th 1969 – Disco
Saturday November 15th 1969 – Colours of Love – Nottingham
Sunday November 16th 1969 – Savoy Brown Blues Band
Friday November 21st 1969 – Disco
Saturday November 22nd 1969 – Disco
Sunday November 23rd 1969 – Clouds (replaced Eclection)
Friday November 28th 1969 – Disco
Saturday November 29th 1969 – Disco
Sunday November 30th 1969 – Christine Perfect (ex Chicken Shack)
Friday December 5th 1969 – Disco
Saturday December 6th 1969 – Disco
Sunday December 7th 1969 – John Hiseman’s Colosseum
Friday December 12th 1969 – Stone Wall Jackson
Saturday December 13th 1969 – Disco
Sunday December 14th 1969 – Keith Relf’s Renaissance
Friday December 19th 1969 – Disco
Saturday December 20th 1969 – Sons and Lovers – Nottingham
Sunday December 21st 1969 – Liverpool Scene
Friday December 24th 1969 – Disco
Sunday December 26th 1969 – The Jaffa Band – Mansfield
Monday December 27th 1969 – Carl’s Fables – Nottingham
Tuesday December 28th 1969 – J.I.B.M & S
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