Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound #1
Jimmy Cliff – lead vocals
Kevin Gammond – lead guitar, vocals (left in October 1967 to join Band of Joy)
Terry (Verden) Allen – organ, vocals
John Best – bass
Sean Jenkins – drums
26 November 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham
3 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
7 -8 January 1967 – Omnibus club, Colombes, near Paris, France (see comments section and picture below)
10 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Soul Brothers
14 January 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Jimi Hendrix Experience
19 January 1967 – Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
20 January 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Derek Savage Foundation
21 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Iveys and The Twilights
22 January 1967 – Playboy Club, Park Lane, central London
26 January 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers
2 February 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire
4 February 1967 – The New All Star Club, Liverpool Street, east London
5 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
15 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
18 February 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound
18 February 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Tonics, The Institute and Ray Bones
22 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
24 February 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with 22nd Street People
26 February 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
3 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers (billed as Jimmy Cliff & The Sound System)
5 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
11 March 1967 – The New All Star Club, Liverpool Street, London
12 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
15 March 1967 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London
17 March 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham
18 March 1967 – Club a Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Outer Limits
19 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
24 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Top of The Tree
26 March 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Show)
26 March 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London
27 March 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with C G Morris & The Reaction
27 March 1967 – Kitchners, Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
30 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Drifters, The Senate and Joe E Young & The Toniks
1 April 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester
2 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London
21 April 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with The Original Drifters
22 April 1967 – Southport Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire
24 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Jimmy Cliff special guest) with Lloyd Alexander Blues Band and Lee Hawkins Group
25 April 1967 – Black Prince, Bexley, southeast London
26 April 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Horatio Soul and Square Deals Exposure with Yvonne
28 April 1967 – Refectory, Golders Green, north London
28 April 1967 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Sugar Simone Programme and Moon Alexander Drive (all-nighter)
4-5 May 1967 – Omnibus club, Colombes, near Paris, France (see comments section)
10 May 1967 – Les Oubliettes, Rouen, France (see comments section)
13 May 1967 – Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire
13 May 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham
14 May 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Chants and The Forum
15 May 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (billed as Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
16 May 1967 – Frank Freeman’s, Kidderminster, Worcestershire with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy
18 May 1967 – Club Cedar, Birmingham with The Shakedown Sound
19 May 1967 – Frank Freeman’s, Kidderminster, Worcestershire with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy
20 May 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
23 May 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midlands (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
24 May 1967 – 1600, Hereford, Herefordshire
25 May 1967 – Kitchners, Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
27 May 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with The Creation
1 June 1967 – Palais des Sports, Paris, France
3 June 1967 – The Nite Owl, Leicester, Leicestershire
3 June 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
4 June 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham
6 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire
7 June 1967 – Hen & Chickens, Langley, West Midlands with The Stax Movement
8 June 1967 – Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
9 June 1967 – Drokiweeny, Manchester with John Evans Smash
9 June 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich
10 June 1967 – Digbeth Town Hall, Birmingham
11 June 1967– Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester
17 June 1967 – Shalimar Club, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
19 June 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
24 June 1967 – Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire
26 June 1967 – Wall City Jazz Club, Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with The Chuckles, The Wall City Jazzmen and The Hands
27 June 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midlands
July 1967 – Voom Voom Club, St Tropez, France
3 August 1967 – Kidderminster Town Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
4 August 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham
5 August 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester
6 August 1967 – Le Metro, Birmingham
7 August 1967 – Manor House Ballroom, Ipswich, Suffolk
8 August 1967 – Bolero Club, West Bromwich, West Midlands
11 August 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands
12 August 1967 – Northwich Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire with The Script
13 August 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Candy Choir
15 August 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent
16 August 1967 – Samantha’s Club, Bournemouth, Dorset
20 August 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands with Barmy Barrie
21 August 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford
24 August 1967 – Station Inn, Selly Oak, West Midlands
25 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Lucas and The Mike Cotton Sound
26 August 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham
28 August 1967 – Mackadown, Kitts Green, West Midlands with Idle Race
29 August 1967 – Nottingham Blues Festival, Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Long John Baldry and Wynder K Frog
31 August 1967 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent
1 September 1967 – Crow’s Nest, Tamworth, Staffordshire
2 September 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Oldhill, West Midlands
2 September 1967 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands
4 September 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Junction and The Sharons
7 September 1967 – Station Inn, Selly Oak, West Midlands
8 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Deacon Yeats Situation and Times Square
8 September 1967 – Chateau Impney, Droitwich, Worcestershire with Wellington Kitch Band
9 September 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands
10 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions
13 September 1967 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands
16 September 1967 – Gaiety, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Motown Trinity
18 September 1967 – The Funhouse, Worcester Co-op, Worcester
19 September 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midlands
24 September 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London
25 September 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Dual Purpose and Barmy Barry Show
26 September 1967 – Shenley Green Youth Club, Birmingham
29 September 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, West Bromwich, West Midlands
30 September 1967 – Tinned Chicken, York,North Yorkshire with The Roll Movement
1 October 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry with The Peasant Sect
3 October 1967 – Hillside Ballroom, Hereford, Herefordshire
5 October 1967 – HMS Pembroke, Chatham, Kent
6 October 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham
7-8 October 1967 – Tabenacle, Southport, Greater Manchester
11 October 1967 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands
12 October 1967 – Black Horse, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
13 October 1967 – Shalimar Club, Sparrow Park, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with Raymond with His Steel Band and Mr Johnny Walker with His Wild Bamboo Sound
14 October 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
14 October 1967 – Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax, West Yorkshire
15 October 1967 – Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, central London
16 October 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The Menders
17 October 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midlands
19 October 1967 – Black Horse, Northfield, West Midlands
Jimmy Cliff & The Shakedown Sound #2
Jimmy Cliff – lead vocals
Mick Ralphs – lead guitar, vocals
Terry (Verden) Allen – organ, vocals
John Best – bass
Sean Jenkins – drums
29 October 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall. Glastonbury, Somerset
4 November 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Jaytree Organisation
4 November 1967 – The New All Star Club, Liverpool Street, east London (billed as Jimmy Cliff)
5 November 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Jaytree Organisation
7 November 1967 – St Cuthbert’s Society, Durham
10 November 1967 – International Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire
11 November 1967 – Cambridge Hall, Southport, Lancashire
11 November 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham
12 November 1967 – Beachcomber, Nottingham
14 November 1967 – Samantha’s Club, Bournemouth, Dorset
15 November 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
23 November 1967 – Station Inn, Selly Oak, West Midlands
25 November 1967 – Golden Disc, Keighley, West Yorkshire
27 November 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park Wolverhampton, West Midlands with Varsity Rag and Barmy Barry (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
28 November 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midlands
29 November 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Mythology
1 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire
2 December 1967 – Tabernacle, Stockport, Greater Manchester
4 December 1967 – Wall City Jazz Club, Quaintways, Chester, Cheshire with The Perfumed Garden, 4 Originals and The Wall City Jazzmen
9 December 1967 – Broken Wheel, Retford, Nottinghamshire with The Funky Bunk Band (Retford Times)
10 December 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry with The Sun Trolley
13 December 1967 – Aston University, Aston, West Midlands
14 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire
16 December 1967 – Birmingham Technical College, Birmingham
17 December 1967 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands
18 December 1967 – Broadway Club, Dudley Zoo, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens and Transodisque
26 December 1967 – Bolero Club, Wednesbury, West Midland with Locomotive
30 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
5 January 1968 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby Town Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Mood and Tony ‘Big’ Fry
7 January 1968 – Nottingham Union Rowing Club, Nottingham
8 January 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk
12 January 1968 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
13 January 1968 – Wolverhampton College of Technology Student Union, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with ‘N’ Betweens (billed as The Jimmy Cliff Explosion)
15 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
17 January 1968 – Bull’s Head, Yardley, West Midlands
19 January 1968 – Public Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (see 45 Worlds)
19 January 1968 – Student’s Union, Nottingham Regional College of Technology, Nottingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and The Litter
20 January 1968 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands
21 January 1968 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry
26 January 1968 – Bal de l’École Centrale, Paris with Spooky Tooth (see comments section and photo below)
28 January 1968 – Beau Brummel Club, Nantwich with Jaytree Organisation
28 January 1968 – The Swan, Yardley, West Midlands
1 February 1968 – Station Inn, Selly Oak, West Midlands
4 February 1968 – Cat Balou Club, Grantham, Lincolnshire
4 February 1968 – The Hub, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (this was probably one of the final gigs before Wynder K Frog took over)
8 February 1968 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (this is an interesting gig as the Birmingham Evening Mail originally listed The Shakedown Sounds as backing band but nearer the time it changed to Wynder K Frog)
20 February 1968 – Bolero, Wednesbury, West Midlands (this is an interesting gig as the Express & Star originally listed The Shakedown Sounds as backing band a few weeks earlier but nearer the time it changed to Wynder K Frog)
Sources:
Many of the gigs are from Melody Maker and Fabulous 208 but also from posters advertised online
Newspapers: Birmingham Evening Mail, Cambridgeshire Times, Express & Star, Herald Express, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Kidderminster Times & Stourport News, Lincolnshire Standard, Manchester Evening News, Northwich Chronicle, Nottingham Evening Post, Somerset County Gazette, Worcester Evening News, Yorkshire Evening Post, Stafford Newsletter, Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian
California Ballroom: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/
Eel Pie Island: https://www.eelpiemuseum.co.uk/roll-call/1967-roll-call/
Halifax Heritage Trail: www.musictrailuk.com/index.php/venues/the-plebeians-jazz-club
Tamworth music scene: www.tamworthbands.com
The Bournemouth Music Scene: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/
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Another gig from the South East London Mercury:
10 February 1968 – Stockwell College, Bromley, Kent with The Decisions (this was probably with Wynder K Frog – see below)
According to the Birmingham Evening Mail, Jimmy Cliff moved from working with The Shakedown Sound to Wynder K Frog in the first week of February 1968. I found a gig at the Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with Wynder K Frog on 8 February, so it’s possible that the 4 February gig above may have been the final one with Shakedown Sound or the first with Wynder K Frog. The 10 February gig from the South East London Mercury, therefore, was probably with Wynder K Frog.
Another missing one from this great website:
http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/
Jimmy Cliff played Newcastle’s Club A Go Go on 18 March 1967 with The Outer Limits
Two gigs from the Worcester Evening News (The Shakedown Sounds home turf I believe)
22 March 1967 – 1600 Club, Hereford
25 March 1967 – Worcester Co-Op
I was at the Co-op gig, which was a great night and quite and at few others in and around Kidderminster at that time; Kev Gammond has some interesting stories of characters he met sharing the stage, including Hendrix…
There is this interesting gig in the Birmingham Evening Mail from 16 September 1966. Forgot to note the venue but Steampacket, Graham Bond Organisation, Cock a Hoops and Barmy Barry also appeared. The backing band are listed as The Sound System. Could this be an interim band between The New Generation and The Shakedown Sound?
This gig is missing from the list above: 4 June 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
sorry this one too: 11 November 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
Played with Graham Bond and Friends at Kidderminster Town hall gig mentioned above, with The Soul Party as support, did many at Frank Freemans club in Kidderminster as well around 67 / 68 / 69
I believe I saw Jimmy Cliff at Huntingdon Technical College around 1973 -1976. Would love to know if this is true.
Here are a few gigs in France missing from the above:
7 & 8 January 1967
4 & 5 May 1967
All at the Omnibus club, Colombes, near Paris.
10 May 1967 – Les Oubliettes, Rouen (2 shows)
26 January 1968 – Bal de l’École Centrale, Paris (Shakedown Sound #2). Spooky Tooth also performed that night (same Island Records stable).
I attended all these gigs as well as the one mentioned above on 1 June 1967 at the Palais des Sports, Paris – but on this particular occasion I’m pretty sure Jimmy appeared with other backing musicians. I was quite friendly with the band, especially bassist John Best, and would remember if they had been there too.
There were two shows on the same day, with many other bands – Spooky Tooth again (then calling themselves the VIPs), Cream, the Troggs, Pretty Things, Spencer David Group, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich…
A small detail: during 1967/68 John Best called himself Johnny Lee. I only discovered his real name about 3 years ago.
In 1967 i was a apprentice at the birmid in smethwick , I used to go clubbing every night of the year, The only night i stayed in was christmas day. I had a permanent year round cold, that i could not quit get rid of. I was skint. But i could find the cash for my main passion. Nightly dance sessions in Birminghams, Dance Hall & Clubs. Now to the main point. A fellow apprentice said to me . John, Jimmy Cliff & the Shakedown sound are coming to the evereds club, fancy it. Or was it the Pyramids. Its been a long time ago. Anyway i could not go. I had no car and would not have been able to get back home.
Jimmy Cliffe played the Club AGo Go Newcastle the summer of 1966
I was there .!!!!!
Sean Jenkins was my brother.
RIP Sean.
I remember Sean and the Kiddy kids-Shakedowns- from The Flamingo cafe ,Kidderminster
Great character, funny guy, typical drummer…lots of laughs travelling around in the back of the Shakes van in earlier days when Jess Roden fronted the band …