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The 1964
National Jazz and Blues Festival.
Richmond Athletic Grounds
Richmond. Surrey. UK.
August 7-9th 1964.
  • MOSE ALLISON
  • THE AUTHENTICS
  • KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN
  • CHRIS BARBER
  • GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION
  • ERIC CLAPTON
  • MIKE COTTON JAZZMEN
  • GEORGIE FAME
  • THE GREBBLES
  • TUBBY HAYES QUINTET
  • HOOCHIE COOCHIE MEN
  • COLIN KINGSWELLS JAZZ BANDITS
  • LONG JOHN BALDRY
  • HUMPHREY LYTTELTON
  • MANFRED MAN
  • MEMPHIS SLIM
  • DICK MORRISEY QUINTET
  • THE ROLLING STONES
  • JOHNNY SCOTT QUARTET
  • THE T. BONES
  • ALEX WELSH & HIS BAND
  • JIMMIE WITHERSPOON
  • THE YARDBIRDS ( WITH CLAPTON )

The last appearance of the Stones, who more or less had the Friday evening given over to themselves and a few other lesser known names ( apart from the T Bones )

The Stones thereafter became too big an act for the festival to afford them . Part of their performance was filmed on 8mm and is featured in the video

"The Continuing Adventures Of The Rolling Stones "

Setlist ( partial )

  • Walking The Dog
  • Hi-Heel Sneakers
  • It’s All Over Now
  • I’m Alright .

Timeline

Friday, 7th Aug

  • The Rolling Stones,
  • The T-Bones
  • The Authentics
  • The Grebbels

Saturday, 8-Aug .Afternoon session.

  • Ronnie Scott Quartet
  • Johnny Scott Quintet
  • Dick Morrisey Quartet
  • Tubby Hayes Big Band.

Saturday, 8-Aug . Evening session.

  • Chris Barber Band
  • Ottilie Patterson
  • Alex Welsh Band
  • Colin Kingwell
  • Long John Baldry & the Hoochie Coochie Men
  • Manfred Mann
  • Memphis Slim
  • Jimmy Witherspoon.

Sunday 9th August .Afternoon session.

  • National amateur jazz contest featuring 14 best jazz bands chosen from contests held nationwide.

Sunday 9th August .Evening session.

  • Kenny Ball Band
  • The African Messengers,
  • Graham Bond Organisation
  • Humphrey Lyttelton Band
  • Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
  • The Yardbirds
  • Mose Allison.

There was a jam session at the end of the Yardbirds set involving Georgie Fame ,Jack Bruce ,Graham Bond, Ginger Baker and Mike Vernon . The BBC filmed hour long sessions on both Saturday and Sunday nights which were broadcast , are these still in existence ?

Phil Bird has this to say about the festival.


A whole bunch of us went to the festival. We had been in Brighton i.e. mods and rockers, and we came up to Richmond for the concerts. I am from Kingston in Surrey so we used to go the Eel Pie, the Crawdaddy and everywhere else with live music.We supported the Yardbirds because we knew them (from school etc) and also went to see the Stones every week at the Station before the Crawdaddy moved to the Athletic ground.

The festival was really good...everyone really came to see Mose Allison but my main memory was playing football with a golf ball with Rod Stewart who was with our crowd who had come up from Brighton. He was not famous then but had a terrific presence and was a brilliant banjo player (he used to busk for (old) pennies under the pier at Brighton). He had also come up to see Mose Allison and was wearing an edwardian suit.

Everyone also wore Beatle boots as they were called but these boots came from Annello and Davide who had a shop in Dury Lane and also one in Charring Cross Road.The crowd were wearing these way before the Beatles and everyone called them "Annellos ".
I hope this is interesting for you...I still have all the Club Eel Pie cards
etc.
All the best....phil bird

 

The early festivals.

You can find out the complete line ups of the first festivals if you follow the links below, but otherwise information is fairly limited.
 
  1961
1962
1963
1964

Festivals 65-83

Most of these have fairly complete documentation .

 
Richmond 1965
Windsor 1966
 Windsor 1967
Sunbury 1968
Plumpton 1969
Plumpton 1970
Reading 1971
Reading 1972
Reading 1973
Reading 1974
 


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