Originally Posted by Gobbiner17 (Post 913458)

Weren't teenagers lucky in those days? I didn't appreciate just how lucky I was at the time. I went to Lock St Ossy and the one in Accy for music. West End youth club and Stanhill pub for pool and cards, Rhyddings Park most summer nights were thriving, either football, crazy golf or musicians like Jinx, Ian Alveston and Phil Kubilius would be there jamming away. There was the Derby for local R & B and blues sessions, the Cavern, Arts. And those are just what I went to. Many others were mentioned. Then there was the Mecca and I also saw the Searchers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Hollies and may be some others one night at King George's Hall. It was Beatlemania time and all the girls were screaming all the way through. Mass hysteria all night. I even joined in myself, making all my mates totally embarrassed to be with me :)

What do you reckon? Was it really better in those days or is it because we are no longer young and just aren't "down with the kids" anymore?

Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin (Post 913551)

I saw jack dupree at the jazz club and also at Bold st club where the jazz & folk club moved after stanley closed down. I remember Tony Susan, used to catch Blackburn bus home with him from Burnley Mecca on a monday night, I got off in Clayton , Tony in Rishton a very nice bloke, think he went in the army, was he an old flame of yours ?. Correct me boys if Im wrong abut bold st it was one of those WMC s it was a long time ago. We talked about the Beatles on the accy pop groups thread. but I remember L J baldry, julie Driscol, at the Cav. Blues incorporated as well, it was a hot summer night, we had to go to the Bull to quench our thirst.

Originally Posted by sm_counsell (Post 913643)

No Alan we were just friends although he took me to see a James Bond film. He really was a very nice lad and I just wondered what happened to him
Alan do you remember Clarence Frogman Henry at the Cavern and John Mayall or am I getting mixed up. I remember that the stage was on the left as you went in , or no??

Originally Posted by sm_counsell (Post 913643)

No Alan we were just friends although he took me to see a James Bond film. He really was a very nice lad and I just wondered what happened to him
Alan do you remember Clarence Frogman Henry at the Cavern and John Mayall or am I getting mixed up. Also I remember that the stage was on the left as you went in , or no??

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 913693)

Are you sure you aren't getting confused with the Wheel?

Originally Posted by sm_counsell (Post 913812)

No Wynonie, because when I used to go the Wheel, I never saw anyone particularly interesting.
I don't know why I remember Mayall but I also remember seeing The Cream,
or am I hallucinating?!!

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 913814)

Susan, the reason I suggested the Wheel is that Cream played their first ever date there and Mayall played both the Brazennose Street Wheel and the Whitworth Street Wheel on numerous occasions. Pretty sure neither of them ever played anywhere in Accy. Maybe you're thinking of another club altogether?

Originally Posted by Gobbiner17 (Post 913851)

Do you know which year the Cavern shut?

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 913843)

Thats interesting to note wyn, i can remember distinctly reading once the cream never did any gigs up north, that fact they actually did the Wheel, leaves me to conclude it musta been some reporter wi either a "Sun" or L.e.t. background.:D;)

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 914358)

Something just occurred to me about this...although Cream never played in Accy, did Eric Clapton? I remember somebody on Accyweb saying that they saw the Yardbirds at the Con. So the question is, was Clapton in their line-up or had he been replaced by Jeff Beck by then? Either way it'd be another name to add to the select roll-call of stars who have appeared in the town...Jon Anderson (of course), Paul Simon, Rod Stewart, Kiki Dee, Van Morrison. Anybody recall seeing the Yardbirds at the Con?

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 914361)

Well, I think I saw nearly all the top line groups that played at the con Wyn, but cant recall the Yardbirds at all with or without Clapton, and seeing they were one of my favourite bands of that era I think I would have been there