Hey,Drummer - ah, the Shades - I also did a trip back some years ago, it was still standing (morphed into an Indian restaurant);oh yeah, Derek Hall - master guitarist, should have been up there with Davy Graham et al (I still have the Kennet-label EP he did with M Cooper, somewhere), best ragtime player I ever heard, waay better than the likes of R McTell, would love to know what became of him - The Elephant (located in the Market Place), that's the club that MC ran, got to see JoAnn & Dave Kelly, Jug trust, Tony (TS) McPhee & many others; other remembered clubs; the Crown, & later on, the White Horse (down on Caversham Road) where I first overcame my nerves enough to get onstage with a guitar - many fond memories..
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