1966.
🉑 Gerry Stickells joins the JHE as a roadie (actually, Gerry was planning to take up a job as a barman in Spain around this time, but changed his mind when he ran into Noel who told him that the group had no van to travel around in). The JHE (plus Chas Chandler and Gerry Stickells) fly from London to Munich, West Germany.
↪ Munich, “Big Apple” Rehearsals and concerts (two shows of 45 minutes each)
Finally, the JHE were support act to, according to Mitch:
“We supported some kind of a soul review and actually went down very well. It was only a small place, full of G.I.’s, but it was okay, a good gig.”
Noel: “…and the Harold Davidson Agency, a proper, respected booker, booked us into the Big Apple Club in Munich. A few weeks earlier knowing (hoping) we’d need a road manager, I’d sent Gerry Stickells, a drinking mate, into the office with orders to ‘hype’ his way in. I knew that nothing was more important than having a mechanic with the group. Vans are always breaking down. And he was a good driver which would be helpful on those long hauls. He was hired. What luxury!
Our standard two forty five minute shows per night drove the Munich crowd wild. To them, we were real freaks, perhaps the first Anglo-American group to play there.”
1967.
🉑 Manchester 13, "The Union", Oxford Road, Lancashire
(see Debbie’s post for details)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109564805347348145270/posts/YmHxjSra8z4
↪ "The Union Guest Room"
Interviews conducted by Jill Nicholls for the Manchester Independent (published 5 December 1967) and Steve Barker for Unit (published February 1968)
Photocall for Fabulous 208 (unpublished material).
1968.
🉑 Peter Goodman interviews Hendrix for an upcoming issue of Beat Instrumental.
1969.
🉑 No News…
🉑 Born on this day
♡ 1949, Bonnie Raitt
John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt play "I'm In The Mood": https://youtu.be/rT-FoZt95D4
🉑 Gone to Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven
♡ James Carroll Booker III
(Dec 17, 1939 – Nov 8, 1983)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street: https://youtu.be/fK8NBBnpb1Q
