TORONTONY Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Chris Farlowe came to mind straight away with me. I was there twice when he played there. Yes indeed and another I can think of in that timeframe is Amen Corner's vocalist Andy Fairweather Low who went solo. No idea if he played the mojo though, but he fits the description offered by Edmund H . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmundH Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) gfhgfhfghghf Edited February 3, 2018 by EdmundH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Actually, I still can't help thinking it was Eric Burdon. I know the Animals split up in 1966 but Eric did a lot of solo work after that and I got the impression he was doing a favour for Peter Stringfellow, I heard them talking together in the club afterwards and the singer spoke with a really thick geordie accent... You could be dead right as a lot of performers jobbed all over the place in those days, but in your original post you said people were raving about his performance. Well he was already a world famous vocalist by 1966, and after Alan Price left he formed the New Animals, but that could have been them you saw. He joined War in 1969 and went solo for the first time in 1971, according to Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) Actually, I still can't help thinking it was Eric Burdon. I know the Animals split up in 1966 but Eric did a lot of solo work after that and I got the impression he was doing a favour for Peter Stringfellow, I heard them talking together in the club afterwards and the singer spoke with a really thick geordie accent... Well 'Geordie' accent, can't argue with that as they're weren't too many Blues singers from the Newcastle area around then ! And the 'Mojo' closed in mid 1967. Edited November 29, 2016 by stpetre Add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdmundH Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) hgfhgfhgfhgf Edited February 3, 2018 by EdmundH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 That's right, and that's also something that I never really understood, why did the place close down in mid '67? Was it because Stringfellow wanted to go to London? The neighbours got it closed down. Stringy didn't open up in London until he'd tried Leeds and Manchester first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stpetre Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) The neighbours got it closed down. Stringy didn't open up in London until he'd tried Leeds and Manchester first. Yes Jim, after the 'Mojo' Pete opened up 'Down Broadway' (High Street) and later 'The Penthouse' (Haymarket/Dixon Lane the first of his ventures to sell alcohol). Then as you say, Leeds ('Cinderalla Rockefeller ???) and Manchester (Millionaires). Went to both of them early '70s. After those when 'Josephine's' (not a Stringfellow place) opened in 1976 , I realised that they (Josie's), had not invented 'Ten Bob millionaires' ! Edited December 1, 2016 by stpetre add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Yes Jim, after the 'Mojo' Pete opened up 'Down Broadway' (High Street) and later 'The Penthouse' (Haymarket/Dixon Lane the first of his ventures to sell alcohol). Then as you say, Leeds ('Cinderalla Rockefeller ???) and Manchester (Millionaires). Went to both of them early '70s and after I knew that when 'Josephine's' (not a Stringfellow place) opened in 1976 that they (Josie's) hadn't invented 'Ten Bob millionaires' ! Oh Boy, the Penthouse and those 10p a drink nights on Mondays and Wednesdays in the 70's. Lol, I sometimes wonder how I got down those stairs at the end of the night, I am sure I must have got helped a time or two, if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsAll Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Oh Boy, the Penthouse and those 10p a drink nights on Mondays and Wednesdays in the 70's. Lol, I sometimes wonder how I got down those stairs at the end of the night, I am sure I must have got helped a time or two, if you know what I mean. There was a manager at the Penthouse who used to park his E type in the loading bay downstairs, He had a rather quaint turn of phrase at closing time at the Penthouse, it went something like this ' You've had a good time, we've had a good time, now <removed> off ' Ah the good old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaci Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 No, it was the Mojo but it's conjecture as to which WMC it was as, two were in ten minutes walk away. They being Pitsmoor WMC on Pitsmoor Road and the Limes WMC in the other direction on the downward slope of Barnsley Road. In the book Club 60 &The Esquire, the owner of the Esquire Terry Thornton, tells the same story about the Small Faces turning up at the Esquire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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