Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Manchester
Pubs – Manchester – The Nags Head and The Rising Sun were both close to the Brazennose Street Twisted Wheel and many people would get a pass out (an ink stamp on your wrist) to go out for a pint during early Saturday night and weekly sessions. In these days of wine bars and brasseries … Read more
Palace Theatre Manchester The Spring of 1967 saw the arrival in Manchester of the Stax European tour 1967. Held at the Palace Theatre Oxford Road Manchester, the line up was:- The show was opened by Booker T and The MGs, who were then joined by The Mar-Keys (Last Night, Grab This Thing, Philly Dog). Then … Read more
Lloyd Street, Manchester beat club in the Sixties In the early 60’s Manchester had a warren of back alleys, interconnecting ‘ginals’ and side streets. The Oasis Club was between several. These connected the Twisted Wheel with favourite haunts such as the two pubs, the Nags Head and The Rising Sun. They were also at the … Read more
Mr Smiths was a Manchester 60’s Night Club that had live soul and blues artists amongst the acts that appeared. Ben E King, Edwin Starr, Clyde McPhatter, Georgie Fame, Champion Jack Dupree all appeared there. Unlike the Manchester soul clubs Mr Smiths was licensed and a genuine nightclub with the usual assortment of dodgy looking … Read more
Manchester – home to Soul Music – Northern Soul as it is termed now began here in Manchester in the mid nineteen sixties at clubs such as the Twisted Wheel and Blue Note. The Jigsaw, Rowntrees and Bolton’s Boneyard etc in fact most ‘Beat’ Clubs favoured soul music at that time. Today artists such as … Read more
Manchester Then – in the Sixties – Matchstick figures, dirt and grim, black, black buildings, smoking chimneys and more smoking chimneys, and two football teams, the Reds and the Blues. John Mayall was living in Cheetham Hill, soon he would have Alexis Korner staying with him whilst appearing at the Twisted Wheel in Brazennose street. … Read more
Wimoweh The Twisted Wheel opened on Saturday 27th January 1963 and Karl Denver opened it officially (honestly!). A Scot who lived in Blackley ,Manchester, (Pinfold Road) Manchester, his biggest hit was ‘Wimoweh’ or The Lion Sleeps tonight. Karl was a Catholic and went to our Church and it was my Mother that told me he … Read more
The Jungfrau Club , Cathedral Street, Manchester The most famous place in Manchester as far as my friends and I were concerned was Harry Hall’s bike shop. Harry had managed the British team in the Tour de France, and helped, but failed to save the life of Tom Simpson. A few doors along was the … Read more
Life is Just a Slow Train Crocodile Walk Crucial to the early 1960’s Blues Revival and still doin’ it. John Mayall was born on the 29th November 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and later lived in Burnage/Longsight in Manchester (same area that Oasis came from). When we last saw him he was still touring at over … Read more
WHEN LOVE SLIPS AWAY – Mercury UK WE’RE DOING FINE – Blue Rock (4027) 1965 You’re No Good – The Original Suspicious Minds Dee Dee Warwick recorded two massive soul hits which were played regularly at the Blue Note Club in Manchester. They may also have been played at the Twisted Wheel but I never … Read more