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Fact #63159

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Short story:

Steampacket play in The Redcar Jazz Club in The Windsor Ballroom of The Coatham Hotel, Redcar, England, UK, Europe. The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.

Full article:

Chris Scott Wilson (local music fan) : The Jazz Club's records read like The 60s Hall of Fame. As the popularity of trad jazz faded (the club's original recipe in the late 50s and early 60s), R'n'B, Blues and then Rock took over.

Who could imagine a small out-of-the-way seaside town could present Sonny Boy Williamson II, T-bone Walker or John Lee Hooker and then move on to offer Freddie King, Deep Purple, Rory Gallagher, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Derek And The Dominos, Robert Plant's Band Of Joy, Humble Pie, The James Gang, Spooky Tooth and Traffic among many others.

Bands often remarked in the national press how much they enjoyed playing the club, and the club's M.C. Roger Barker was sometimes consulted when name bands were seeking replacements. One such recommendation led to a big break for local Scarborough singer Robert Palmer of The Mandrakes, who joined The Alan Bown Set when Jess Roden departed to form Bronco.
(Read more about the Jazz Club in The Coatham Hotel, Redcar, by clicking here.)