http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk Gigging in the North East 1965-1972 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:50:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Blue Note Club at 174a Roker Avenue, Sunderland was a popular venue in the mid sixties but it was fairly short lived. Although some of the top touring bands of the era appeared there in the twelve months or so that it was open, the club became more famous ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/blue-note/ I've included this page so I could mention some of the musicians and bands that were around in Sunderland while I was still at school. A couple of noteworthy ex-pupils from my own school, Bede Grammar School for Boys, are Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and Don Airey. Don has ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/early-stuff/ One of my most enjoyable periods in North East bands was the stint with Jazzboard between 1965 and 1967. Jazzboard was fronted by the talented Bruce Lowes, a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who continues to perform in several North East bands today with the same enthusiasm as he had back in ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/bruce-macdonald-lowes/ DateVenueAppearing withFri05/02/1965Blue Note, SunderlandBlack KnightsSat06/02/1965Ashington WelfareLectronesSun07/02/1965El Cubana / Rainbow Club, Seaton Thu11/02/1965The Scene, Middlesbrough   Sat13/02/1965El Cubana, Sunderland Thu18/02/1965The Scene, MiddlesbroughSun21/02/1965DoncasterBlue JaysThu25/02/1965County Hotel Fri26/02/1965Blue Note, Sunderland Sat27/02/1965 Murton Democratic Club Wed03/03/1965Morton Sound (recording) Fri 05/03/1965Kendal Town Hall Sat06/03/1965Palais, WorksopMal ParkerSun07/03/1965Rotherham BathsFuturesMon08/03/1965Abourthorne Hotel, ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/kylastron-gig-diary/ The Cellar Club in South Shields is probably best remembered as the venue that on 1 February 1967 hosted one of Jim Hendrix's few performances in the North East of England. This was the New Cellar Club. A purpose built three storey building on Thomas Street (without a cellar), which ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/cellar-south-shields/ If you have any comments about the north east music scene in the sixties and early seventies or about this site, please contact me: novamute@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/contact/ Jimmy Hall (1948 - 2005) I learned of the death of ex-Jazzboard organist, Jimmy Hall just after Christmas 2005. A news article on Sky News reported that a 57 year old Sunderland businessman named James Hall had been murdered on Christmas Eve in Thailand. At the time I wondered if this ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/jimmy-hall/ In the early sixties, before Screaming Lord Sutch became a politician and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony party, he was a fairly successful UK rock horror performer. He was famous for his weird antics on stage, which at one time involved him leaping out of a coffin at ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/kylastrons/ DateVenueSat01/05/1965Horder Labour ClubTue04/05/1965 The Queens, HartlepoolSun09/05/1965Dawdon ClubSun16/05/1965Hordon ComradesFri21/05/1965Houghton Dance Sat22/05/1965 Blackhouse ClubSun23/05/1965 Hordon Comrades Sat 12/06/1965Hordon Labour ClubSun13/06/1965Durham ClubSun 20/06/1965Silksworth WMCSun27/06/1965WestLea ClubThu01/07/1965The Queens, HartlepoolFri02/07/1965South Shields British LegionTue06/07/1965York House, SeahamSat10/07/1965Silksworth BuffsSun11/07/1965Glendale, HoughtonMon12/07/1965York House, SeahamFri16/07/1965Aero Club, SunderlandMon19/07/1965York House, SeahamSat31/07/1965Rainton ClubWed04/08/1965NewbottleSun08/08/1965Haswell PloughMon09/08/1965Seaham HarbourWed 11/08/1965Horden Labour ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/six-leaves-gig-diary/ One of the most gifted young drummers on the scene in Newcastle in the late sixties and early seventies was Keith Fisher. I got to know Keith in1969 when I was a member of Sneeze but regrettably never got to play in a band with him. Tom Hill, Sneeze’s bass ... http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/keith-fisher/