This thread ties so many other threads, both of my life and of Mudcat. I used to see Alexis at Les Cousins in the 60s, along with other great blues players. Moxie a great blues harp player mentioned in another thread also used to play there. I lived in Richmond upon Thames in those days, and of course went to Eel Pie Island, where I saw and heard Cyril Davies. His recording of Country Line special was on the juke-box in a great cafe hangout in Richmond called L'Auberge, and it was there until it wore out, along with Cream discs, and the great John Mayall et al.
Link to site with Eel Pie memories Here is another link to people and faces from Richmond in the 60s Richmond