Fact #33790
When:
Short story:
The Cream [including Eric Clapton] play at the New Yorker Discotheque, Milton Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK.
Full article:
Ian Titcombe : Very little is ever mentioned about The New Yorker Discotheque in Swindon which was at the top of Milton Road and was converted from the original Justice Court and cells. This place became the main music venue for Swindon Mods to congregate in the early 60's and to catch most of the top London Soul/R and B groups of the early sixties.
The list is pretty comprehensive. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Zoot Money (always a favourite of mine), Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and one of the earliest appearances outside London of Cream, all appeared there plus many others whose names are lost in the annals of time.
As there was no licenced bar (the Council would not give the place one) then the "back bar" of the Rolleston pub directly across the road was where everyone headed to during the break. Most of the groups would amble across as well and I can distinctly remember Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce drinking at the bar with absolutely no fuss from the people there.
(Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2008/02/26/sixties_bands_in_wiltshire_feature.shtml)
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The list is pretty comprehensive. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Zoot Money (always a favourite of mine), Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and one of the earliest appearances outside London of Cream, all appeared there plus many others whose names are lost in the annals of time.
As there was no licenced bar (the Council would not give the place one) then the "back bar" of the Rolleston pub directly across the road was where everyone headed to during the break. Most of the groups would amble across as well and I can distinctly remember Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce drinking at the bar with absolutely no fuss from the people there.
(Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2008/02/26/sixties_bands_in_wiltshire_feature.shtml)