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The Beatles play at The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland, UK, Europe, supported by The Alex Sutherland Quartet.Full article:
Ringo Starr (drummer, The Beatles] : Elgin was one of the strangest gigs we played. We'd got all the way to the outskirts of Scotland to find an L-shaped room – and we were playing at the wrong end. I have this vision of the audience all wearing wellies – farmers and country people. The bar was on one side and we were in the other, and you could tell which side was doing the business. In those days they were still laughing at us because we'd be out there in the leather, and stomping. Then we got in my car and slid all the way to the next gig.
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Frank Drake (bassist, Alex Sutherland Sextet) : I was Alex Sutherland's bass player and joined the band just before the Two Red Shoes opened in 1960. We backed many of the solo artists touring the North East over the following years and kept the punters happy playing their favourite hits. The band played in the ballroom three nights a week but had other regular venues at Buckie and RNAS Lossiemouth. In October 1964, the band recorded ‘The Two Red Shoes Album’ at Grampian Studios in Aberdeen and it went on sale, mainly in the north of Scotland. In the autumn of 1965, Alex Sutherland left The Two Red Shoes to work in Aberdeen as musical director at Grampian TV. However, his original band continued to play at the Shoes over the next five years, led by Jimmy Martin and laterly by Graham Nairn. Those later years were just as good as the earlier years and helped retain the popularity of The Two Red Shoes.
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Frank Drake (bassist, Alex Sutherland Sextet) : I was Alex Sutherland's bass player and joined the band just before the Two Red Shoes opened in 1960. We backed many of the solo artists touring the North East over the following years and kept the punters happy playing their favourite hits. The band played in the ballroom three nights a week but had other regular venues at Buckie and RNAS Lossiemouth. In October 1964, the band recorded ‘The Two Red Shoes Album’ at Grampian Studios in Aberdeen and it went on sale, mainly in the north of Scotland. In the autumn of 1965, Alex Sutherland left The Two Red Shoes to work in Aberdeen as musical director at Grampian TV. However, his original band continued to play at the Shoes over the next five years, led by Jimmy Martin and laterly by Graham Nairn. Those later years were just as good as the earlier years and helped retain the popularity of The Two Red Shoes.