Fact #32563
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The Who continue their 'Maximum R'n'B' residency at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, UK. Support band is Jimmy James And The Vagabonds.Full article:
Jimmy James : I came over to England from Jamaica in 1964 and started off by playing to the West Indian community.
We used to play a mix of old dance band music – Moon River and ska – but the music scene was mving towards US soul and r'n'b, so we went with that.
We then met up with a guy called Pete Meaden who in turn introduced us to Harold Pendleton, the owner of The Marquee. He put us on as support for a gig there one Tuesday night and it turned out to be for The Who.
We went down a storm with their fans and earned a regular slot. The mods picked up on us because we played with energy. We pitched our sound more and more to this new scene that had sprung up, so much so that when we put out our first album, it was called The New Religion.
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We used to play a mix of old dance band music – Moon River and ska – but the music scene was mving towards US soul and r'n'b, so we went with that.
We then met up with a guy called Pete Meaden who in turn introduced us to Harold Pendleton, the owner of The Marquee. He put us on as support for a gig there one Tuesday night and it turned out to be for The Who.
We went down a storm with their fans and earned a regular slot. The mods picked up on us because we played with energy. We pitched our sound more and more to this new scene that had sprung up, so much so that when we put out our first album, it was called The New Religion.
(Source : not known)