This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Terry Poole, Mick Capewell, John H Warburg, Raymond Malik, Melody Maker, and Rainer "Rudy" Carstensen, to whom I'm most grateful.
BAKERLOO BLUES LINE #1 (FEB 1968 - NOV 2?, 1968)
BAKERLOO BLUES LINE #1 (FEB 1968 - NOV 2?, 1968)
1) Dave 'Clem' Clempson lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, harpsichord, piano
2) Terence 'Terry' Poole lead vocals, bass
3) Frederick 'John' Hinch drums
3) Frederick 'John' Hinch drums
February 11, 1968: Dungeon Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
June 16, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
June 25, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Tea & Symphony
June 16, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
June 25, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Tea & Symphony
August 6, 1968: Crown Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Tea & Symphony
August 31, 1968: Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Duster Bennett
September 13, 1968: The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, UK with The Small Faces, The Action, James Barcley Harvest, Skin, Pete Drummond, Sly & The Family Stone (cancelled), Love Sculpture, Lights by Moonlight & Sun
September 30, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Earth
October 1, 1968: The Crown Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
October 25, 1968: Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
October 20, 1968: 'Top Gear', BBC-1 Radio Show, Playhouse Theatre, London, UK with Bonzo Dog Band (broadcast date)
November 3, 1968: Boat Club, Nottingham, UK with John Peel
November 22, 1968: Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Black Cat Bones
BAKERLOO BLUES LINE #2 (NOV 2?, 1968 - JAN ?, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) Tony O'Reilly drums
November 26, 1968: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Jethro Tull "Blues Night"
November 30, 1968: RAF Base, Cranwell, UK
December 4, 1968: Exeter University, Exeter, Devon, UK (cancelled)
December 6, 1968: Derby College of Further Education, Derby, UK
December 7, 1968: Dunelm House, Durham, UK
December 9, 1968: Institute of Further Education, London, UK
December 10, 1968: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Led Zeppelin
December 14, 1968: Arnold and Carlton College of Further Education, Nottingham, UK
December 17, 1968: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
December 18, 1968: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
December 20, 1968: Athletic Club, Newport Monmouth College, Newport, UK
December 21, 1968: South Birmingham Technical College, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK (cancelled)
December 22, 1968: Ship & Rainbow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK
December 24, 1968: Town Hall, Durham, UK
December 28, 1968: Magic Village, Manchester, UK
December 31, 1968: Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Savoy Brown, John Peel, Jethro Tull
January 2, 1969: Bulls Head, Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
BAKERLOO BLUES LINE #3 (JAN ?, 1969 - JAN ??, 1969) / BAKERLOO #1 (JAN ??, 1969 - JAN 26, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) Peter 'Pete' York drums
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4) William Thomas 'Bill' Ward drums (filling in for Pete York on January 18)
January 9, 1969: Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK
January 10, 1969: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Village
January 11, 1969: Van Dyke Club, Plymouth, UK
January 16, 1969: Opposite Lock Club, Gas Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Locomotive, Earth, Tea & Symphony (Bakerloo cancelled)
January 16, 1969: Opposite Lock Club, Gas Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Locomotive, Earth, Tea & Symphony (Bakerloo cancelled)
January 16, 1969: Factory, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
January 17, 1969: High Hall, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
January 18, 1969: Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
January 19, 1969: Boat Club, Nottingham, UK
January 21, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
January 21, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
January 22, 1969: 'unknown title', BBC Radio Show, London, UK with Alexis Korner (recording date)
January 23, 1969: La Metro, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
January 24, 1969: The Lyceum, Strand, London, UK
January 25, 1969: University College, London, UK
January 26, 1969: Golden Torch, Tunstall, Stone-on-Trent, UK
BAKERLOO #2 (JAN 27, 1969 - JAN 30, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) Robert 'Bob' Lamb drums
January 27, 1969: Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
January 30, 1969: La Fayette Club, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK
BAKERLOO #3 (JAN 31, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) Bill Ward
January 31, 1969: unknown venue, Swansea, Galles
BAKERLOO #4 (FEB 1, 1969 - FEB 7, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
February 1, 1969: Marshall Hall, Sheffield, UK
February 6, 1969: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Locomotive, Earth, Roy Everett, Tea & Symphony (Bakerloo cancelled)
BAKERLOO #5 (FEB 8, 1969 - FEB 1?, 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) John Michael 'Poli' Palmer drums
February 8, 1969: Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
February 10, 1969: 'Top Gear', BBC-1 Radio Show, Playhouse Theatre, London, UK with The Strawbs, Moby Grape, Caravan (recording date.....the show was broadcasted on February 16)
The band perform: 'The Last Blues' and 'Driving Bachwards'.
The band perform: 'The Last Blues' and 'Driving Bachwards'.
BAKERLOO #6 (FEB 1?, 1969 - OCT 1969)
1) Clem Clempson
2) Terry Poole
3) Keith Baker drums
February 14, 1969: Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK
February 18, 1969: Manchester University, Manchester, UK
February 21, 1969: Cardiff University, Cardiff, Galles
February 22, 1969: Students' Union, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK
The band was still advertised as 'Bakerloo Blues Line'.
The band was still advertised as 'Bakerloo Blues Line'.
February 25, 1969: Clouds, Derby, UK
February 28, 1969: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Earth
March 1, 1969: Keele University, Keele, UK
March 8, 1969: Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK
March 9, 1969: Argus Butterfly, Peterlee, County Durham, UK
March 11, 1969: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Locomotive, Roy Everett, Earth
March 12, 1969: Beaconside Technical College, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK
March 14, 1969: Ritz Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
March 18, 1969: The Place, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
March 19, 1969: Bolton Institute Technology, Bolton, UK
March 21, 1969: Bluesville R&B Club, Manor House, Finsbury Park, north London, UK
March 22, 1969: Reading College of Further Education, Reading, UK
March 25, 1969: Exeter University, Exeter, Devon, UK
March 27, 1969: Concord Club, Southampton, UK
March 28, 1969: South Birmingham Technical College, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
April 3, 1969: Bay Hotel, Sunderland, UK
April 7, 1969: Bay Hotel, Sunderland, UK
Aprl 12-13, 1969: unknown venue, unknown city, Belgium with Earth, The Gods
April 15, 1969: The Place, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
April 20, 1969: Kimbles Ballroom, Southsea, UK
April 21, 1969: Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, UK
April 23, 1969: Athletic Club, Newport Monmouth College, Newport, UK
April 24, 1969: Penthouse Club, Scarborough, UK
April 26, 1969: Brixton School of Building, Brixton, London, UK
May 3, 1969: Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK
May 8, 1969: Cambridge University Union Society, Cambridge, UK
May 9, 1969: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with 2001
May 13, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
May 13, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
May 15, 1969: unknown blues club, Oxford, UK
May 16, 1969: The King Alfred pub, Winchester, UK
May 17, 1969: unknown venue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
May 18, 1969: unknown venue, Brownhills, Staffordshire, UK
May 20, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
May 20, 1969: Henry's Blues House, upstairs function room at The Crown pub, Hill Street at Station Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
May 28, 1969: Cat Trap Club, Norwich, UK
May 30, 1969: AC Academic Block, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
May 31, 1969: Dunelm House, Durham, UK
June 5, 1969: Blues Loft, High Wycombe, UK
June 7, 1969: Southampton University, Southampton, UK
June 8, 1969: Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey, UK
June 9, 1969: Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, UK
June 12, 1969: Concord Club, Southampton, UK
June 13, 1969: Brighton University, Brighton, UK
June 14, 1969: Farnborough College of Technology, Farnborough, UK
June 15, 1969: Wharf Hotel, Worcerster, UK
June 18, 1969: Rambling Jack's Blues Club, The Railway Hotel, Bishops Stortford, UK
June 19, 1969: Locarno Ballroom, Bristol, UK
June 20, 1969: Leeds University, Leeds, UK
June 21, 1969: Workingmen's Club, Huddersfield, UK
June 22, 1969: Boat Club, Nottingham, UK
June 23, 1969: Exeter College Technology, Exeter, Devon, UK
June 25, 1969: Civic Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
June 26, 1969: Central Hall, Kettering, UK
June 27, 1969: unknown venue, Sunderland, UK (cancelled)
June 28, 1969: Dunelm House, Durham, UK
June 29, 1969: Spot Club, Tamworth, UK with D.J. Dave Stuart
July 3, 1969: Guildhall, Cambridge, UK
July 4, 1969: Worcester Technical College, Worcester, UK
July 7, 1969: Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, South Devon, UK
July 11, 1969: unknown venue, Hull, UK
July 14, 1969: Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, UK
July 15, 1969: The Place, Hanley, UK
July 18, 1969: blues Loft, High Wycombe, UK
July 19, 1969: Winter Gardens, Malvern, UK with King Crimson, Liverpool Scene
July 23, 1969: 'Alexis Korner Show', BBC Radio Show, London, UK (recording date)
August 8, 1969: Bay Hotel, Sunderland, UK
August 15, 1969: unknown venue, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK
August 16, 1969: Roundhouse, Dangenham, east London, UK
August 18, 1969: The Showboat Club, Middlesbrough, UK
August 27, 1969: Toby Jug, Tolworth, Surrey, UK
August 29, 1969: Il Rondo, Leicester, UK
September 1, 1969: Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK with Tea & Symphony, Locomotive, Earth, Samson
September 6, 1969: The Builders Club, Wood Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
September 7, 1969: unknown venue, Godalming, Surrey, UK
September 8, 1969: Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, UK
September ??, 1969: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK with Colosseum
September 28, 1969: Epping Wake Arms, Epping, Essex, UK
unknown date, 1969: Stoke College, Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk, UK with Climax Chicago Blues Band
September ??, 1969: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK with Colosseum
September 28, 1969: Epping Wake Arms, Epping, Essex, UK
unknown date, 1969: Stoke College, Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk, UK with Climax Chicago Blues Band
BAKERLOO #7 (OCT 1969 (two weeks))
1) Clem Clempson
2) David 'Dave' Pegg bass
3) Colin Flooks (aka Cozy Powell) drums
October ?, 1969: unknown venue, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
Bakerloo's #7 first and only gig.
BAKERLOO #8 (OCT 1969 - APR 1970 (?))
1) Adrian Ingram guitar
2) Roland Alex Boyce (aka Kirk St. James) vocals
3) George Northall sax
4) Jack Griffiths bass
5) John Parkes drums
5) John Parkes drums
unknown date, 1969 or 1970: 'unknown title', TV Show, unknown venue, unknown city, Germany
BAKERLOO #9 (APR 1970 (?) - JUN 1970 (?)) / HANNIBAL #1 (JUN 1970 (?) - 1970)
1) Adrian Ingram
2) Kirk St. James
3) George Northall
4) Jack Griffiths
5) John Parkes
6) Bill Hunt Hammond organ, French horn
May 6, 1970: Stadt Rendsburg, Neumünster, Germany
May 9, 1970: aula, Nikolai-Knabenschule, Flensburg, Germany
May 14, 1970: Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, Soho, central London, UK with Black Sabbath
Re Bakerloo's gig list, I notice there is a bit of a mix up with two venues. Henry's Blues House was held in a room upstairs at the Crown Pub in Navigation St, Birmingham. There was another venue called the Crown in Brownhills (not Downhills!) which is a few miles outside Brum. Some of the entries are an amalgamation of the two!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anonymous! However, after other research, I find that The Crown pub was (and still is) located on the corners of Hill Street and Station Street (not Navigation Street) in the centre of Birmingham. By the way, I delete the wrong "Brownhills" part, thanks
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, Bruno -- well done! We'd love to have you join our "Bakerloo" fan page -- Terry Poole is one of the administrators! http://tinyurl.com/7jexnr2
ReplyDeleteThanks BBCWiHi!
ReplyDeleteBruno: According to rock journo Chris Welch, Clem played at least one gig in late October or early November 1969 (in Nottingham, I think) with Dave Pegg (b) and Cozy Powell (d) as "Bakerloo." I'm not sure it went beyond that one gig and a few rehearsals, as Clem joined Colosseum not too long after that. And good to see you included the group that was put together (by Jim Simpson?) to fulfill some contractual dates -- after all, the album had JUST come out on Harvest, and there was no group to promote it! I wish I could find footage of that late '69-early'70 "Bakerloo" TV appearance in Germany ...
ReplyDeleteI have a VCD from Suddeutscher Rundfunk of part of the televised show which we did for a program run by Werner Schretzmeier. It shows an interview where I speak in German. (In those days my German wasn't too good bit I did become fluent later!!) Additionally there's a track which I don't even remember playing that's very much in a Free Jazz vein. We spent a whole day from early morning to late evening at the TV studios and recorded a number of the tunes that appear later on the Hannibal album on Chrysalis. When I became 50 I approached Suddeutscher Rundfunk to see if they had any of the tapes for these sessions and they could only find the VCD as detailed earlier. This was disappointing for me as I believed the other material was b etter and believe it was all aired on Werner's program over a few weeks. Based on these transmissions we were apparently voted "Underground Group" of the year by viewers!I've still got to get the VCD converted to DVD and I'll be 69 in a couple of months! (Actually I worked with Werner later on that year helping to translate interviews with rock bands and convert them to German subtitles).
DeleteThe tour poster for this German tour showed the cover of the Bakerloo Blues Line album but had the "new" Bakerloo. It also had the comment in German: "Bakerloo geht jetzt erweitert" which translates as Bakerloo is now continuing (or could be "expanded") to make clear that this was a new version of the band. We were of course no longer the Blues group of before but much more jazzy and perhaps influenced by the likes of Frank Zappa. I'm happy to hear from anyone interested in more.
Oops...I forget, thanks BBCWiHi! Added!
ReplyDeleteRef. to "unknown venue, unknown city, Germany":on Wednesday, May 6th 1970 had a gig in Neumünster (north of Hamburg), as far as I remember in was in a Jazz Club/Pub called "Stadt Rendsburg", entrance fee was 4 German Marks (advance booking), 4 Marks 50 at the box office. I was very impressed, that's why I kept the ticket. Venue called "London Blues".
ReplyDeleteBakerloo ROCKS My House Hold Every Day.... my kids Sing the Entire Album by HEART.... I just found out about this ONE Album you released.... I Stumbled onto Bakerloo on Youtube... Being a Musuc FAN... I had to buy through AMAZON.... have my own PLUS 3 as gifts ... All Great Songs on it Every Tune... RockN' Mpls,MN USA... BAKERLOO
ReplyDeleteThe two entries for 16th January '69 - The Factory was actually next door to the Opposite Lock in Gas Street and run by the same people, interesting that it shows they 'cancelled' at the Lock but were on at the Factory.
ReplyDeleteI actually saw them play a number of times in Brum, one of the gigs was at the Factory (I can't remember the date though!)
I know that I saw Bakerloo Blues Line and Climax Chicago Blues Band at Stoke College in 1969? Can't see a date for this.
ReplyDeleteRe Bakerloo #9: We did a full tour of Germany in May 1970. This included the Blow Up club in Munich as I recall it was named where we supported Black Sabbath. We also played a gig supporting Free. The Flensburg gig was when we played a couple of dates at a club in Kiel. Before playing Kiel we played Hamburg at a place called Gruenspann. It was in an area right next to the infamous Reeperbahn, Hamburg's Red Light District. The club may still be open but there's an article about it on Wikipedia. We also played a club in the old university city of Goettingen. I left Bakerloo before the name change to live and play in Germany for a while. The song credits on the Hannibal album are incorrect. "Winter" was written by me and Jim Hickman who played bass with me in State Express and Little Acre and also with Robert Plant's Honey Drippers. Other titles credited to Adrian Ingram were either worked on with me or with Bill Hunt. But as I was away in Germany and then Ireland I knew nothing about the album until years later.I have a copy of the Hannibal album which is apparently quite rare. I'd be happy to share mp3s of the tracks if anyone is interested.
ReplyDeleteI remember having seen a band called Bakerloo in my hometown Kiel at a club called Spektrum. A track from the Bakerloo album was often played there by the disc jockey so I expected that band but I did not recognize any of the musicians onstage.
DeleteSorry forgot to put my name: George Northall genorthall@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI SAW AND HEARD BAKERLOO AT THE TRIANGLE CLUB LICHFIELD LATE 60'S GREAT BAND PHIIL WARD ward.phill@yahoo.fr
ReplyDelete@George Northall: I don't understand, how it happened that suddenly in october '69 a completetly new band went on with the "old" name? And would be interesting to know what these new members did before the, thanks!
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