The Delta Five |
  |
Buddy Britten & the Regents |
|
Johnny Kidd & the New Pirates |
| 1966 |
|
|
May 14th |
Bromley |
|
May 20th |
Walton On the Naze |
|
May 21st |
Odeon Cinema, Kingsbury |
|
May 26th |
Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone |
|
May 27th |
Abergavenny |
|
June 2nd |
Wantage |
|
June 3rd |
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.
|
The Flowerpot Men |
| This list is in progress.... thanks to Kononow Alex 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 |
|
|
| 1st-6th October |
1967 BBC SESSIONS (1st,
Happening Sunday-2nd-6th, Pete Brady) |
|
1st October* |
Manchester Mr Smiths |
|
|
6th October* |
Rugby Benn Memorial Hall |
|
| 4th October* |
Finsbury Park Astoria |
*Traffic headline a package tour bill that includes The Flowerpot
Men, Tomorrow, Art, The Mindbenders and Vanilla Fudge.
|
|
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 |
|
|
4th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
|
4th November |
Imperial Ballroom, Nelson |
|
|
15th November |
Stevenage Locarno |
|
|
17th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
|
17th November |
BBC1 TV Crackerjack |
|
|
18th November |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
|
18th November |
Birmingham Flowerpot |
|
| 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.
|
|
20th November |
Stokley S&S Club |
|
25th November |
German TV Beat Club |
|
2nd December |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
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 |
|
| 1968 |
|
|
|
3rd February |
California Ballroom, Dunstable |
|
|
5th-9th February |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
Deep Purple Mk I |
|
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 |
|
| Aug 68 |
Ramsgate, UK |
|
| Aug 68 |
London Roundhouse, UK |
|
| 10.08.68 |
Sunbury National Jazz Festival Kempton Park
Racecourse, UK |
|
| Aug 68 |
Berne, Switzerland |
|
| Sept 68 |
Battersea ILEA College, UK |
|
| 27.09.68 |
Birmingham Mother's Club, UK |
|
| 28.09.68 |
Plymouth Van Dyke Club, UK |
|
| 17.10.68 |
Dating Game TV Show, USA |
|
| 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 |
|
| 06.12.68 |
Chicago Electric Theatre, USA |
|
| 07.12.68 |
Chicago Electric Theatre, USA |
|
| 11.12.68 |
Evansville ABC Shopping Centre, Indiana,
USA |
|
| 13.12.68 |
Kentucky Grand Ballroom, USA |
|
| 14.12.68 |
Dearborn Michigan, USA |
|
| 16.12.68 |
Merv Griffin TV Show |
|
| 18.12.68 |
Oswego Lee Hall New York, USA |
|
| 20.12.68 |
New York Filmore East, USA |
|
| 21.12.68 |
New York Filmore East, USA |
|
| 22.12.68 |
New York The Rock Pile, USA |
|
| 24-31.12.68 |
New York Electric Circus, USA |
|
| 18.01.69 |
Crewe, UK |
|
| 06.02.69 |
Radio One Club, Birmingham Top Rank Suite |
|
| 07.02.69 |
Sheffield, UK |
|
| 08.02.69 |
Wolverhampton, UK |
|
| 12.02.69 |
Cardiff Wales, UK |
|
| 15.02.69 |
London University College, UK
- Grand Valentine's Day Rag Ball |
| 22.02.69 |
Newcastle, UK |
|
| 23.02.69 |
Argus Butterfly, UK |
|
| 01.03.69 |
Kay Club, Wales, UK |
|
| 07.03.69 |
London Goldsmith's College, UK |
|
| 13.03.69 |
Newcastle City Hall, UK |
|
| 14.03.69 |
Redditch, UK |
|
| 15.03.69 |
Rutherford, UK |
|
| 20.03.69 |
London Speakeasy, UK |
|
| 21.03.69 |
Swansea, UK |
|
| 22.03.69 |
Brighton, UK |
|
| 01.04.69 |
Tacoma Eastern Washington State College,
Washington, USA |
|
| 02.04.69 |
Olympia Evergreen Ballroom, Washington, USA |
|
| 03.04.69 |
Seattle Arena, Washington, USA |
|
| 04.04.69 |
Vancouver Agradome, Canada |
|
| 05.04.69 |
Salem Armory Oregon, USA |
|
| 05.04.69 |
Eugene Armory Oregon, USA |
|
| 06.04.69 |
Edmonton Fieldhouse, Alberta |
|
| 11.04.69 |
San Jose Santa Clara Fair California, USA |
|
| 12.04.69 |
Astoria Armory Oregon, USA |
|
| 13.04.69 |
Portland Temple Oregon, USA |
|
| 14.04.69 |
Billington Western Washington State College
Washington, USA |
| 15.04.69 |
Cheney Eastern Washington State College
Washington, USA |
|
| 18.04.69 |
Pasadena Rose Palace California, USA |
|
| 25.04.69 |
Fresno Convention Centre California, USA |
|
| 26.04.69 |
San Diego Community Concourse, California, USA |
|
| 28.04.69 |
Redding Shasta College California, USA |
|
| 29.04.69 |
Ashland South Oregon College Oregon, USA |
|
| 30.04.69 |
Chico State College California, USA |
|
| 03.05.69 |
Pittsburgh Carnegie/Mellon University
Pennsylvania, USA |
|
| 04.05.69 |
Providence Warehouse Rhode Island, USA |
|
| 09.05.69 |
Melbourne Civic Auditorium Florida, USA |
|
| 10.05.69 |
Long Island Hangar Nassau Community College New
York, USA |
| 15.05.69 |
Cedar Rapids Coe College Florida, USA |
|
| 16.05.69 |
West Point Blue Village Illinois, USA |
|
| 18.05.69 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
|
| 23.05.69 |
New York Forum, USA |
|
| 25.05.69 |
Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
|
| 29.05.69 |
Gilligan's, Buffalo, New York, USA |
|
| 10.06.69 |
Cambridge, UK |
|
| 14.06.69 |
Birmingham Mother's Club, UK |
|
| 20.06.69 |
Brussels Revolution Club, Belgium |
|
| 23.06.69 |
Christchurch College |
|
| 27.06.69 |
Swansea, UK |
|
| 28.06.69 |
London Revolution Club, UK |
|
| 04.07.69 |
Cardiff Top Rank, Wales, UK |
|
|
Marsha Hunt Band |
| 1969 |
|
|
| 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!
|
| 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.
|
|
Warhorse |
This list is in progress.... thanks to Kononow Alex for supplying some
1970/71 gigs from the Marmalade
Skies web site.
| 1970 |
|
|
| 17th March |
Dacorum College, Hemel Hempstead |
debut gig
supporting Mott The Hoople |
|
22nd May |
Glasgow Green's Playhouse |
|
|
12th October |
London Marquee |
|
|
27th November |
London Temple Club |
|
|
19th November |
Boston Gliderdrome |
|
|
22nd December |
BBC SESSIONS |
|
|
24th December |
London Temple Club |
|
| 1971 |
|
|
|
6th January |
Harlow Aquarius
|
|
|
10th
February |
Tunbridge
Wells Civic Hall |
|
|
16th
February |
Wisbech
Burlesque |
|
|
25th
February |
London
Temple Club |
|
|
26th
February |
Penarth
Paget Room |
|
|
27th
February |
Coventry
College |
|
|
12th March |
Penarth, Stanwell School |
|
|
13th March |
Birmingham, Hall Green Tech College |
|
|
14th March |
Stevenage, Bowes Lyon House |
|
|
17th March |
Harlow Birdcage |
|
|
18th March |
Birkenhead, Golden Primrose |
|
|
19th March |
Maidstone College Of Art |
|
|
26th March |
East Herts Tech College |
|
|
28th March |
Hull City Hall |
|
|
29th March |
London, Marquee |
|
| 30th March |
The Fickle Pickle Club, Alexandra Hotel,
Southend |
|
|
31st March |
Western Super Mare Winter Gardens |
|
|
30th April |
London Sisters Club |
|
|
2nd May |
London Lyceum |
|
|
13th May |
BBC2 TV |
|
| June 4th
|
London City University
|
|
| 13th June |
Locarno Ballroom, Blackpool |
|
|
June 22nd
|
Oxford Town Hall
|
|
|
June 24th
|
Cambridge, Dorothy Ballroom
|
|
|
26th July |
Princess Theatre, Clacton on Sea |
|
|
August 1st |
London Marquee |
|
|
October 8th |
Hornsea Floral Hall |
|
|
October 14th |
Maldon Jubilee Hall |
|
|
October 16th |
London Temple Club |
|
| 28th November |
Marquee, London |
|
| 1972 |
|
|
| 16th January |
Windrush Twynight Club, High Wycombe |
|
|
28th April |
London Fulham Greyhound |
|
|
29th May |
Lincoln, Great Western Express Festival |
|
|
21st June |
Sheffield University |
|
|
21st October |
Workington West Cumberland College |
|
| 1973 |
|
|
| 31st March |
Westminster Technical College |
|
| 18th May |
Mary Ward College, Nottingham |
|
|
22nd June |
Mayfair, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
|
| 1974 |
|
|
| 25th January |
Friday 1974 Westfield College, London |
|
|
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 |
(?) |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends |
|
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 |
| 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. |
Wee Willie Harris & the Alabama Slammers |
|
2006
| Saturday 14th
January |
Cressex
Club, High Wycombe |
|
Saturday 11th February
|
The
Horns, Watford
|
|
Saturday 18th March
|
Sportsman, Croxley Green
|
|
Saturday 29th April
|
Crown
& Treaty, Uxbridge
|
| Friday 5th May
|
The
Red Lion, Wycombe Marsh
|
|
Saturday 13th May |
The
Horns, Watford
|
|
Saturday 24th June |
Crown
& Treaty, Uxbridge
|
|
Friday, 25th August |
The Red
Lion, Isleworth
|
|
Saturday 26th August |
The
Ley Hill Blues Festival (afternoon)
|
|
Saturday 26th August |
The Horns, Watford
|
| Saturday 16th September |
Crown
& Treaty, Uxbridge
|
|
Saturday 30th September
|
Esquires,
Bedford
"If music is the food of life then these guys must
eat plenty to perform! THE GOOD OLD BOYS with age old
well practiced mix of 50's rock n roll style, blues,
galloping guitars along with slow numbers and music that
taps in to the emotions. With their guitarist of Jimmy
Saville like appearance, creating some good sounds for
the people up front enjoying their set. From various
bands, including Deep Purple being mentioned in their
introductions they caught the attention of the onlookers
and feet were tapping all round. A great party like
swing made this a memorable tribute gig that went
through past the usual throw out time, no one could deny
they were the boys, good and with the experience of many
winters." Review by Keith P, Bedford Metal
|
|
Saturday 21st October
|
Hayes
Working Mens Club |
|
Saturday 25th November
|
The Horns, Watford
|
| Wednesday
29th November
|
Dusty's
HGSA Music Club, High Wycombe |
| Saturday 16th December
|
The
Gordon Arms, High Wycombe
|
| Sunday 31st
December
|
The White Hart,
Godmanchester
|
2007
|
Saturday 3rd February
|
The
Weaver's Bar, Barnet
|
| Saturday 17th February |
The
Union Inn, Market Harborough, Leicester |
|
Friday 9th March
|
The Angel,
Bedford
|
|
Bedford Times &
Citizen, March 1st 2007 |
|
|
Friday 25th May
|
Music Club
"Reigen", Vienna (Austria)
A review of this gig (in German) can be seen here.
Roughly translated, it reads:"After
some to'ing and fro'ing the long-waited concert of Deep
Purple initial member Nick Simper and the Good Old Boys
took place on 25.05.2007 in Vienna. It was their
first concert outside of England for 30 years and I met
fans that had come specially from Munich, Cottbus, even
from the Rhine country to Vienna. With guitarist Pete
Parks, who had previously played with Nick in
Warhorse, the Good Old Boys also included Simon Bishop
(g), Alan Barratt (voc) and Richard Hudson (dr). All
musicians radiated great friendliness, conversing before
the concert with the fans and patiently fulfilling all
their requests for autographs. In contrast to Rod Evans,
who fell flat on his face with his New Deep Purple project
in the 80's, Nick Simper had no truck with Deep Purple
nostalgia but instead played strong Rock 'n' Roll numbers
including a short session with the support band Nasty
Habits, crackling with Viennese charm. Together they
played a memorable version of "Hush". It may be
that Nick Simper & The Good old Boys don't conquer the
arenas of the world, but tonight they conquered the hearts
of the fans with their charm and their music in the
Reigen." Ralph Grille
|
|
Saturday 2nd June
|
The Horns,
Watford
|
|
Friday 3rd August
|
The
Angel, Bedford
|
|
Saturday
4th August
|
Ace Café, London
|
|
Wednesday
8th August
|
Eel
Pie Club, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham
|
|
Friday 23rd November
|
The
Woodman, Eastcote
|
2008
|
Saturday 5th January
|
Sportsman,
Croxley Green
|
| Saturday, 15th
March |
Stewart Hall, Little Kimble |
| Friday, 11th April |
The Woodman, Eastcote |
| Friday, 25th April |
The "Orpheum", Graz, Austria |
| Sunday, 27th April |
The "Reigen", Vienna, Austria |
|
Friday May 2nd |
Wellington
Arms, Hook |
|
Saturday, May 3rd |
Esquires, Bedford
(afternoon) |
|
Saturday, May 3rd |
Liberal Club, High Wycombe (evening) |
| Monday 5th May |
The
Red Lion Isleworth |
| Friday, 9th May |
The Woodman, Eastcote |
| Saturday, 17th May |
The
Duke of Cambridge, Marlow |
| Saturday, May 24th |
Sportsman, Croxley Green |
|
Saturday, June 14th |
Lakeside Country Club
(with PATTI BOULAYE) |
|
Friday, June 20th |
Ace Cafe, London |
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