Fact #147324
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Short story:
The Nighthawks play at The 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, England, UK, Europe.
Full article:
Mel Wright (drummer) : I was playing with The Nighthawks – UK blues band 1969 – 72. We got quite a bit of work accompanying American blues players through the British Blues Federation including Texas blues singer guitarist, harp player Juke Boy Bonner. We did several gigs on his UK tour including 100 Club, The Wake Arms – Epping , Kings Head Fulham etc.
Like all the American players we only got to meet him first just before a gig and we travelled separately to engagements. Most of the chat was on stage or at the bar during the break where he’d get enthusiasts clambering for his autograph or checking out a long ago record date. He was a nice man though, liked British beer and he had a quiet soft Texas spoken way about him. Always very respectful to everyone.
With Juke Boy, we recorded some tracks at Regent Sound in London for his album Things Aint Right, released by Liberty Records. On piano was John Lewis (he later had hits under his name Jona Lewie) and who we knew from our Studio 51 club sessions. Most of the tracks were solo Juke Boy but we did an instrumental, Texas Turnpike and Mr Downchild a slow blues. Juke Boy turned up at the studio straight from his hotel but he had lost his socks! As it was cold the tour manager, Ron Watts had to go out and buy him some new ones.
That evening after the session we all played at a club at The Bluesscene in Fulham. It was a great evening and Jo Ann Kelly turned up and joined us on stage singing a few numbers too.
(Source : http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/brit-author-and-musician-mel-wright-talks-about-british-blues)
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Like all the American players we only got to meet him first just before a gig and we travelled separately to engagements. Most of the chat was on stage or at the bar during the break where he’d get enthusiasts clambering for his autograph or checking out a long ago record date. He was a nice man though, liked British beer and he had a quiet soft Texas spoken way about him. Always very respectful to everyone.
With Juke Boy, we recorded some tracks at Regent Sound in London for his album Things Aint Right, released by Liberty Records. On piano was John Lewis (he later had hits under his name Jona Lewie) and who we knew from our Studio 51 club sessions. Most of the tracks were solo Juke Boy but we did an instrumental, Texas Turnpike and Mr Downchild a slow blues. Juke Boy turned up at the studio straight from his hotel but he had lost his socks! As it was cold the tour manager, Ron Watts had to go out and buy him some new ones.
That evening after the session we all played at a club at The Bluesscene in Fulham. It was a great evening and Jo Ann Kelly turned up and joined us on stage singing a few numbers too.
(Source : http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/brit-author-and-musician-mel-wright-talks-about-british-blues)