History Of Live Performances

1965-1969

1965

1965-??-??, Las Vegas Club, Denmark

Roy's first gig.

1966

1967

1967-??-??, Student's Folk Club, University Of Birmingham, UK

The year could be also 1968.

1967-??-??, St. George's Hall, Liverpool, UK (shared bill with Alex Campbell)

1967-01-02, Little Hogs, Princess Of Wales, South Hampstead, UK (shared bill with Alex Campbell)

1967-03-03, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-03-10, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK (shared bill with Incredible String Band)

1967-04-08, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-04-15, Middle Earth, London, UK (shared bill with Tim Buckley)

1967-04-21, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-05-20, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK (shared bill with Incredible String Band)

1967-07-08, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin)

1967-07-28, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-08-??, The Phrontisery Folk Club, The Bull, Romford, UK

I co-ran this club during its short life (about 2 months) and we booked Roy, Al Stewart, The Incredible String Band, Wizz Jones and Clive Palmer, The Young Tradition and one or two others I can no longer remember. It's quite possible that I still owe Roy his £10 fee!
(David Hele)

1967-08-05, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-08-19, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1967-10-16, BBC 201 Piccadilly Studios, London, UK

Live session with Forever, Zengem, Midspring Dithering, You Don't Need Money (first broadcast 1967-10-29).

1968

1968-03-13, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK

Live session with Life Goes By, In A Beautiful Rambling Mess, Ballad Of Songwriter, All You Need Is (first broadcast 1968-03-17).

1968-06-??, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK (guest spot; main acts Ron Geesin and John Martyn)

6-minute audience recording exists with an unknown song.

1968-06-03, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK (shared bill with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stefan Grossman and David Bowie)

1968-06-29, Hyde Park, London, UK (shared bill with Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Tyrannosaurus Rex)

The first free concert ever held at Hyde Park.

1968-06-21, Loughton College, UK

1968-06-29, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

1968-07-06, Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, UK (shared bill with Jimi Hendrix, Pentangle, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayal, The Taste, Geno Washington, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Family, Al Stewart and Alexis Korner)

1968-07-26, Cambridge Folk Festival, UK

1968-07-27, Cambridge Folk Festival, UK

1968-07-28, Cambridge Folk Festival, UK

1968-08-24, Hyde Park, London, UK (shared bill with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, Fairport Convention, Family and Eclection London)

1968-09-28, Hyde Park, London, UK (shared bill with The Move, Pete Brown's Battered Ornaments and Clouds)

1968-10-17, Porchester Halls, Queensway, London, UK (shared bill with Alexis Korner Blues Band, Pete Brown, Deviants, The Action and Ron Geesin)

1968-11-01, Mothers, Erdington, Birmingham, UK

1968-11-17, St. Pancras Town Hall, London, UK

1968-11-24, Belfast Festival, Ireland (shared bill with Bert Jansch, John Renbourn)

1968-11-25, Belfast Festival, Ireland (shared bill with Bert Jansch, John Renbourn)

1968-12-10, Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, UK

1969

1969-03-03, The Resurrection, Black Bull, Whetstone, UK

1969-03-28, Lyceum Ballroom, Strand, London, UK (shared bill with Country Joe, Yes and Van Der Graaf Generator)

1969-04-06, YCND Benefit, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK (shared bill with Pete Brown, The Egg, Alexis Korner and Stray)

1969-05-02, College Of Commerce, Manchester, UK (shared bill with Pink Floyd)

I went to the gig at the Manchester College of Commerce in May 1969 (the night that Pink Floyd recorded the live part of Ummagumma). There were many other acts on including Roy playing late at night in what must have been a classroom until we were all thrown out by a janitor who said he had to get the room ready for an exam the next morning! Roy simply walked out of the room with his guitar in his hand, saying "follow me" and carried on playing in another room.
(John Gray)

1969-05-02, Mothers, Erdingtom, Birmingham, UK (shared bill with Pink Floyd)

1969-05-09, Camden Festival, Parliament Fields, Hampstead, UK (shared bill with Pink Floyd)

1969-05-23, Sir John Cass College, Aldgate, London, UK (shared bill with Al Stewart)

1969-05-25, Ware Folk Club, Brewery Tap, Ware, UK

1969-06-02, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK (with The Nice)

Roy guested The Nice's session, and sang & wrote lyrics for St. Thomas (first broadcast 1969-06-08, released on The Nice America: The BBC Sessions).

1969-06-03, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK

Live session with Francesca (*), Hell's Angels, She's The One (*), I Hate The White Man and It's Tomorrow And Tomorrow Is Yesterday (*) (first broadcast 1969-06-08).

All tracks released on The BBC Tapes, Volume I.

Tracks marked with (*) released also on some CD reissues of Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith.

1969-06-22, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, UK (shared bill with The Nice and Idle Race)

1969-06-28, Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music, UK (shared bill with Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Fleetwood Mac)

Roy did an unscheduled slot at the first Bath Festival of Blues and progressive music in a sports ground in Bath itself, performing I Hate the White Man and Hell's Angels. Same bill included Led Zeppelin, The Nice, Fleetwood Mac etc. As I remember, he got a mixed response as a lot of people weren't familiar with his music and found White Man uncomfortable.
(John Reeves)

1969-07-01, Stevenage College, Hertfordshire, UK (shared bill with Free and Vinegar Tom)

1969-07-06, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

1969-08-09, NJF Festival, Plumpton Race Track, Sussex, UK

1969-08-30, Les Cousins, Greek Street, London, UK

I Hate The White Man released on Flat Baroque And Berserk.

The whole (or at least most of it) concert released on Live At Les Cousins.

1969-09-26, Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-09-27, Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-09, Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-10, Houldsworth Hall, Manchester, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-14, Mountford Hall, Liverpool, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-15, Town Hall, Birmingham, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-17, Memorial Hall, Sheffield, UK (shared bill with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell)

1969-10-19, Farx, Northcote Arms, Southall, London, UK

1969-11-11, Klooks Kleel, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, UK

1969-12-15, BBC Playhouse Theatre, London, UK

A live session with Don't You Grieve, I Hate The White Man and North Country (first broadcast 1970-01-03).

All tracks released on The BBC Tapes, Volume I.