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The Rolling Stones play at The Grand Hotel, Lowestoft, England, UK, Europe, supported by local band The Felines.Full article:
Terry Balls (bassist, The Felines) : We had done a lot of work for the agent, and he invited us to play as a support act at the Royal Hotel, which is now the East Point Pavilion in Lowestoft.
I remember on the booking that they gave us we were supposed to play until 9pm, but The Rolling Stones got lost. So we had to play for another 45 minutes after the first set. It was full – so full they had to come through the side doors to get in!
We (The Felines) were all from Lowestoft – I was the bass player, with David on drums. We first started at Colville House youth club as a skiffle group, before we turned to rock. Our lead guitarist Terry Chaston left and Gerry came in, as we changed our music and turned to the style of the day – all singing and dancing.
Bill Wyman (bassist, Rolling Stones) : It was the first time that we were actually mobbed on stage. The kids started coming on stage – there was no security in those days – and they attacked us. We got our clothes ripped off. I lost jewellery – a ring, stuff like that.
Terry Balls : Brian Jones was the only one not there, as he was in hospital at the time. Yes, we did mix with the band afterwards, but we didn’t have the foresight to have a camera.
To be honest, they all seemed a bit shy, especially Charlie Watts who was a bit embarrassed. They were all approachable though. They did come back later in January 1964 and played at the South Pier, but they had another band backing them then.
(Source : https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/how-lowestoft-helped-to-create-rock-n-roll-legends-the-rolling-stones-1-2370402)
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I remember on the booking that they gave us we were supposed to play until 9pm, but The Rolling Stones got lost. So we had to play for another 45 minutes after the first set. It was full – so full they had to come through the side doors to get in!
We (The Felines) were all from Lowestoft – I was the bass player, with David on drums. We first started at Colville House youth club as a skiffle group, before we turned to rock. Our lead guitarist Terry Chaston left and Gerry came in, as we changed our music and turned to the style of the day – all singing and dancing.
Bill Wyman (bassist, Rolling Stones) : It was the first time that we were actually mobbed on stage. The kids started coming on stage – there was no security in those days – and they attacked us. We got our clothes ripped off. I lost jewellery – a ring, stuff like that.
Terry Balls : Brian Jones was the only one not there, as he was in hospital at the time. Yes, we did mix with the band afterwards, but we didn’t have the foresight to have a camera.
To be honest, they all seemed a bit shy, especially Charlie Watts who was a bit embarrassed. They were all approachable though. They did come back later in January 1964 and played at the South Pier, but they had another band backing them then.
(Source : https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/how-lowestoft-helped-to-create-rock-n-roll-legends-the-rolling-stones-1-2370402)