1962
620000A late 1961: LITTLE BOY BLUE AND THE BLUE BOYS.
Bexleyheath, England,
Bob Beckwith's home or Dartford, England, Dick Taylor's home.
Reel-to-reel home recordings, incl.
- Around And Around (Chuck Berry)
- Little Queenie 1 (Chuck Berry)
- Beautiful Delilah 1 (Chuck Berry)
- La Bamba (Trad. arr.: Richie Valens)
- Go On To School (Jimmy Reed)
- I Ain’t Got You 1 (Billy Boy Arnold)
- I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (Stanley Kesler/William Taylor)
- Down The Road Apiece (Don Raye)
- Don't Stay Out All Night (Billy Boy Arnold)
- I Ain’t Got You 2 (Billy Boy Arnold) -unverified
- Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
- Little Queenie 2 (Chuck Berry)
- Beautiful Delilah 2 (Chuck Berry)
Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/Dick Taylor (bass, gtr; some dr)/Alan
Etherington
(maracas, dr)/Bob Beckwith (gtr; some harm)
620000B 1961 - spring 1962: THE CLIFTONS. London and
Essex. Various gigs.
Line-up: BW (bass)/Steve Carroll (gtr)/Cliff Starkey (gtr)/Dave Harvey
(voc)/
Tony Chapman (dr)
Note: Early on BW also played guitar.
620000C late 1961 and/or early 1962: JOHN KEEN JAZZ BAND. Cheltenham,
Club 66,
Wheatsheaf Pub. Some gigs.
Line-up: BJ (gtr)/John Keen (tp)/&John Keen Jazz Band
620000D late 1961 and/or early 1962: BRIAN JONES BLUES BAND. Cheltenham,
Club 66,
Wheatsheaf Pub. Some gigs.
Line-up: BJ (gtr)/John Keen (tp)/Graham Ride (sax)/Dick Pond (bass or
dr)
620100A early 1962: THUNDER ODIN'S BIG SECRET. Oxford,
Brian Jones plays some gigs on guitar with Paul Jones' group.
620300A early March: THUNDER ODIN'S BIG SECRET. Oxford,
home
recordings (demotape for Alexis Korner). Incl.
- Dust My Blues (Elmore James) -unverified
+ two more songs (both unverified)
Line-up: BJ (gtr)/Paul Jones (voc, harm)/Ben Palmer (p)/Roger Jones
(bass)/
Chris Elkington (dr)/George Khan (sax)
620317A 17th March: BLUES INCORPORATED. London, Ealing
Club
Line-up: CW (dr)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Cyril Davies (voc, harm)/Keith
Scott (p)/
Andy Hoogenboom (string bass)
Note: First gig of Blues Inc. at Ealing Club (with many more to
come).
620324A 24th March: BLUES INCORPORATED. London, Ealing
Club
BJ plays guitar on one song with Alexis Korner's band:
- Dust My Blues (Elmore James) -unverified
Line-up: see 620317A.
620331A 31st March: BLUES INCORPORATED. London, Ealing
Club.
BJ guests on guitar again (probably only one or a few songs).
Line-up: CW (dr)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Cyril Davies (voc, harm)/Keith
Scott (p)/
Andy Hoogenboom (string bass)
620407A 7th April: BLUES INCORPORATED FEAT. ELMO LEWIS AND
PAUL POND.
London, Ealing Club
- Dust My Blues (Elmore James)
-unverified
Line-up: BJ (gtr)/CW (dr)/Paul Pond (voc)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Cyril
Davies (voc,
harm)/Keith Scott (p)/Art Wood (voc)/Andy Hoogenboom (string bass)
Note: Elmo Lewis was an often used pseudonym for Brian Jones early in
his career
(as Paul Pond was for Paul Jones).
This night BJ meets Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys at Ealing Club.
620400A mid-April: LITTLE BOY BLUE AND THE BLUE BOYS.
Dartford,
home recording of demotape for Alexis Korner (all songs unverified):
- Around And Around (Chuck Berry)
- Bright Lights, Big City (Jimmy Reed/Mary Lee Reed)
- La Bamba (Trad., arr.: Richie Valens)
- Reelin' And Rockin' (Chuck Berry)
Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/Dick Taylor (dr and/or gtr)/Allen
Etherington
(maracas)/Bob Beckwith (gtr, bass or dr)
6204021A 21st April: London, Ealing Club. Jam-session. Incl.
- Around And Around (Chuck Berry) -unverified
Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/CW (dr)/Dick Taylor (bass)/Cyril Davies
(harm)
620400B late April or May: BLUES INCORPORATED. London,
Marquee
International Jazz Club or Ealing Club (all songs unverified):
- Bad Boy (Eddie Taylor)
- Ride 'Em On Down (Eddie Taylor)
- Don't Stay Out All Night (Billy Boy Arnold)
- Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) -with Paul Jones & John
Baldry
on vocals
Line-up: MJ (voc)/CW (dr)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Dick Heckstall-Smith
(sax)/
Andy
Hoogenboom (string bass)/Keith Scott (p)/Cyril Davies
(harm)
Note: Paul Jones, Cyril Davies and John Baldry shared vocals with MJ
during Got My Mojo Working.
620500A May: London, White Bear Pub
BJ (gtr), STU (p), and Andy Wren (voc, p) rehearse together.
620500B May: London, Bricklayer’s Arms Pub
BJ (gtr), STU (p), Geoff Bradford (gtr) and Brian Knight (voc, harm)
rehearse together.
620525A 25th May: London, Bricklayer’s Arms Pub
BJ (gtr), STU (p), Geoff Bradford (gtr, harm), Brian Knight (voc,
harm), Andy Wren
(voc) and Dick Hattrell (bass) rehearse together.
620500C late May onwards: BLUES INCORPORATED. London,
Marquee International
Jazz Club (on Thursdays) & Ealing Club (on Saturdays)
MJ guests on four songs for three times a week until some time in
August,
incl.
- Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) -unverified
- Ride ‘Em On Down (Eddie Taylor) -unverified
Line-up: MJ (voc, harm)/CW (dr)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Cyril Davies (voc,
harm)/
Keith Scott or Dave Stevens
(p)/Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)/Andy Hoogenboom
(string bass)
620600C June/July: London, Bricklayer's Arms Pub and Wetherby
Arms.
Rehearsals.
Musicians: MJ (voc, harm), BJ (gtr), KR (gtr), STU (p), Geoff Bradford
(gtr),
Dick Taylor (bass), Tony Chapman (dr), Mick Avory (dr)
Note: Mick Avory claims that he only rehearsed twice with them at
Bricklayer's Arms.
620712A 12th July: THE ROLLIN’ STONES.
London, Marquee International Jazz
Club (without BW & CW)
- Kansas City (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
- Baby What's Wrong (Willie Dixon)
- Confessin' The Blues (Walter Brown/Jay McShann)
- Bright Lights, Big City (Jimmy Reed/Mary Lee Reed)
- Dust My Blues (Elmore James)
- Down The Road Apiece (Don Raye)
- I’m A Love You (Jimmy Reed)
- Bad Boy (Eddie Taylor)
- I Ain't Got You (Billy
Boy Arnold)
- Hush-Hush (Jimmy Reed)
- Ride 'Em On Down (Eddie Taylor)
- Back In The USA (Chuck Berry)
- Kind Of Lonesome (Jimmy Reed)
- Blues Before Sunrise (Elmore James)
- Big Boss Man (Luther Dixon/Al Smith)
- Don't Stay Out All Night (Billy Boy Arnold)
- Tell Me That You Love Me (Jimmy Reed)
- Happy Home (Elmore James)
Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/BJ (gtr)/STU (p)/Dick Taylor (bass)/Tony
Chapman
(dr)
Note: Contrary to common believe Mick Avory didn’t play this gig as
drummer.
The Stones most
probably did not play all of these (unverified) songs.
620712B 12th July: BLUES INCORPORATED. UK radio (BBC
Light)
‘Jazz Club’, London,
Paris Theatre. Producer: Terry Henebery. Host: Humphrey Lyttelton. Incl.
- Hey Hey (Alexis Korner)
-
Band introduction
- Spooky But
Nice (Cyril Davies)
- Hoochie Coochie Man
(Willie Dixon)
- Chicago Calling (Major Merriweather) -unverified
- Finkle's Café (Alexis Korner)
-unverified
- Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) -unverified
Line-up: CW (dr)/Alexis Korner (gtr, voc)/Cyril Davies (voc, harm)/Dave
Stevens
(p)/Jack Bruce (string bass)/Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)
Note: Hoochie Coochie Man was officially released in July 1972 on the
Alexis
Korner-album 'Bootleg Him!' (see 720700C).
620700A mid-July: BLUES
INCORPORATED. London, Mayfair, Londonderry House
Line-up: CW (dr)/MJ (voc)/Alexis Korner (gtr, voc)/Cyril Davies (voc,
harm)/Dave
Stevens (p)/Jack Bruce (string bass)/Dick Heckstall-Smith (sax)
Note: With special guest Benny Goodman (clarinette) sitting in on a
couple of tracks.
620700B July: BLUES INCORPORATED. UK radio (BBC) ‘Band
Beat’, London.
- Built For Comfort (Willie Dixon)
Line-up: CW (dr; unconfirmed)/Alexis Korner (gtr)/Long John Baldry
(voc)/
Ronnie Jones (voc)/Jack Bruce (bass)/Keith Scott (p)/Dick
Heckstall-
Smith (sax)/Cyril Davies (harm)
Note: Released on the CD Alexis Korner ‘The BBC Sessions’ in 1994 (see
941100A). Built
For Comfort is misnamed as Everything She Needs.
The liner notes of
this album list CW, but it is possible that the
drummer is in fact Graham
Burbidge!
620700C July - September: THE CLIFTONS. London and
Essex. Various gigs.
Line-up: BW (bass, voc)/Steve Carroll (gtr, voc)/Brian Cade (gtr)/Tony
Chapman (dr)/unidentified (sax)
Note: Brian Cade replaced Cliff Starkey (in spring).
620728A 28th July: London, Ealing Club
(without BW & CW)
620801A 1st August: BLUES INCORPORATED.
Sussex, Lord Rothschild's estate
Note: With MJ guesting on vocals on a couple of tracks. Ginger Baker on
drums.
620804A 4th August: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without BW
& CW)
620908A 8th September: London, Ealing Club (without
MJ, BW & CW)
Note: Paul Jones substitutes for MJ on vocals (and maybe harmonica)
620913A 13th September: London, Marquee Jazz Club (without BW
& CW)
620915A 15th September: London, Ealing Club (without BW
& CW)
Note: It is possible that Steve Harris substituted for Tony Chapman on
drums.
620922A 22nd September: London, Ealing Club (without BW
& CW)
620927A 27th September: London, Marquee Jazz Club (without BW
& CW)
620929A 29th September: London, Ealing Club (without BW
& CW)
621004A 4th October: London, Marquee Jazz Club (without BW &
CW)
621005A 5th October: North Cheam, Woodstock Hotel (without BW
& CW)
621006A 6th October: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
621013A 13th October: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
621027A 27th October: London, Curly Clayton Sound Studio.
Producer & sound engineer:
Curly Clayton.
- Soon Forgotten (James Oden) -unverified
- Close Together (Jimmy Reed) -unverified
- You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (Willie Dixon)
Line-up: MJ (voc)/KR (gtr)/BJ (gtr)/STU (p)/Dick Taylor (bass)/Tony
Chapman (dr)
621027B 27th October: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
621106A 6th November: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
Note: Ricky Fenson replaced Dick Taylor on bass.
621107A 7th November: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without
BW & CW)
621113A 13th November: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
621114A 14th November: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without
BW & CW)
621118A 18th November: London, Studio 51 (without BW & CW)
Note: Probably without a bass-player onwards.
621120A 20th November: London, Ealing Club (without
BW & CW)
621121A 21st November: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without
BW & CW)
621123A 23rd November: Sutton, Red Lion Pub (without BW & CW)
Note: With Colin Golding on bass.
621125A 25th November: London, Studio 51 (without BW & CW)
Note: Probably without a bass-player again.
621127A 27th November: London, Ealing Club (without
BW & CW)
Note: With Colin Golding on bass.
621128A 28th November: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without
BW & CW)
Note: No bass-player again. It is possible that Steve Harris
substituted for
Tony Chapman on drums.
621130A 30th November: London, Piccadilly Jazz Club (without BW
& CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass.
621202A 2nd December: London, Studio 51 (without BW & CW)
Note: No bass-player again.
621204A 4th December: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
Note: With Colin Golding on bass.
621205A 5th December: South Oxhey, William Morris Hall (without
BW & CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass.
621207A 7th December: Sutton, Red Lion Pub (without BW & CW)
Note: With Colin Golding on bass.
621208A 8th December: London, Wetherby Arms Pub (without
CW)
Audition of BW.
Note: Date in doubt, might have been on December 7, 9 or 10 as well.
621209A 9th December: London, Studio 51 (without BW &
CW)
Note: No bass-player again.
621211A 11th December: London, Ealing Club (without BW &
CW)
Note: No bass-player.
621212A 12th December: Sidcup, Sidcup Art College (without BW
& CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass.
621214A 14th December: Windsor, Ricky Tick Club, Star And
Garter Pub (without CW)
Note: First gig with BW on bass.
621215A 15th December: Richmond, Sandover Hall (without CW)
621218A 18th December: London, Ealing Club (without CW)
621219A 19th or 20th December?: London, Hornsey College Of
Arts And Crafts, 'Christmas
Dance'
621221A 21st December: Sutton, Red Lion Pub (without BW & CW)
Note: With Colin Golding on bass for BW who couldn’t make it.
621222A 22nd December: Richmond, Sandover Hall (1st show)
(without BW & CW)
621222B 22nd December: Richmond, Sandover Hall (2nd show)
(without BW & CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass substititing for BW and maybe Steve
Harris
substituting for Tony Chapman on drums.
621226A 26th December: London, Piccadilly Jazz Club (without BW
& CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass and Carlo Little on drums.
621229A 29th December: London, Ealing Club (without CW)
621200A late December: Blackheath, The Green Man (without BW
& CW)
Note: With Ricky Fenson on bass.