tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993499717184568859.post7295370856429461887..comments2024-03-22T03:21:22.984-04:00Comments on Anorak Thing: Down at the Flamingo.....Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729368054301220738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993499717184568859.post-39334276539995842272011-10-04T08:30:39.082-04:002011-10-04T08:30:39.082-04:00Well it's all a bit of a blur now, of course, ...Well it's all a bit of a blur now, of course, but pretty much on the money I'd say - I certainly remember a lot of black guys in the audience. What I mostly remember is the trouble Mayall's mob had keeping up with Hooker's sometimes 10-bar, sometimes 14-bar blues! I also remember us being shooed by a plod into an all-night cafe on stilts on a bombsite in Old Compton St, on the grounds that we'd be safer there than on the streets. Even then, that seemed unlikely...MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589363260977274335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993499717184568859.post-6021137640562862302011-10-04T07:37:38.801-04:002011-10-04T07:37:38.801-04:00Mike, that must have been some experience! So was...Mike, that must have been some experience! So was my description (of course only based on what I've read) of the clientele accurate?Wilthomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310808241428717740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993499717184568859.post-57312981924014622832011-10-04T04:35:20.687-04:002011-10-04T04:35:20.687-04:00'The Flamingo audience was a curious mix of So...'The Flamingo audience was a curious mix of Soho figures, U.S. servicemen (they can be heard shouting in between tracks on the album), West Indians, mods and seedy underworld types.'<br />...and wide-eyed schoolboys from Southend whose parents had no idea of the company they were keeping! Went there a few times, caught the milk train home. Saw John Lee Hooker once I remember, backed by John Mayall - 1964, Google tells me.MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589363260977274335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993499717184568859.post-90431943662395891672011-10-03T13:23:37.515-04:002011-10-03T13:23:37.515-04:00Fantastic post!
Love Georgie.Fantastic post!<br />Love Georgie.Tarkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630389230749113953noreply@blogger.com