Snow Hill, Birmingham Le Metro, at Snow Hill, well actually, it was under the train lines at Snow Hill! I think the entrance was in Livery Street, but I stand corrected. It was a cavern type club, and if my memory, serves me well, it wasn’t open very long! I remember going there several times,… Read More »Le Metro
Aston High Street … The club was upstairs above the building, between the Hippodrome and Woolworth’s The Elbow Room next to the Hiipodrome,was a great club. When I was young, not so long ago, I always considered it ‘posher’ than the others. It was owned by a tall bald headed bloke Albert and I… Read More »Elbow Room
Spencer Davis guitar, vocal Steve Winwood lead vocal, piano, organ, guitar (left 1967) Muff Winwood bass guitar, vocal (left 1967) Pete York drums Eddie Hardin organ, vocal (joined 1967) Phil Sawyer lead guitar (joined 1967 – left 1968) Ray Fenwick lead guitar, vocal (joined 1968) Spencer Davis moved from South Wales to London as a… Read More »Spencer Davis Group
Chuck Botfield lead guitar Terry Bond drums Clive Lea lead vocal (left 1967) Geoff Turton lead vocal, guitar Roy Austin bass guitar (left 1965) Bobby Thompson bass guitar (joined 1965) Rod Clarke bass guitar (joined 1967) The Rockin’ Berries were the second Brumbeat group to have a hit record although they had been around for… Read More »Rockin Berries
Graeme Edge drums Denny Laine vocal, guitar (left 1966) Mike Pinder vocal, piano, mellotron Ray Thomas vocal, flute Clint Warwick vocal, bass guitar (left 1966) Justin Hayward vocal, guitar, sitar (joined 1966) John Lodge vocal, bass guitar, cello (joined 1966) The Moody Blues were the first of the Brum Beat bands to become internationally famous… Read More »The Moody Blues
Magnum are a British Melodic Rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin (guitar), Bob Catley (vocals), Kex Gorin (drums) and Bob Doyle (bass) in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham. Magnum have undergone several changes in personnel over the years; however,… Read More »Magnum
Chris Brown, Kevyn Gammond, John Bonham, Paul Lockey, Robert Plant This Band of Joy was originally formed in West Bromwich, near Birmingham, England by Vernon Pereira, also the lead guitar player in the Wellington Kitch Jump Band and great friend of John Hill, who was later to die in a tragic road accident when his then band’s… Read More »Band of Joy