I remember going to the Adelphi Club many times around the late 60's early 70's . when I was about 20.

Dave hosted many great nights with wonderful performers .His playing the Gibson in such a relaxed style made me so jealous as I'd been trying to play since I was 13 and I loved Dylan and all the great American blues players. I guess Dave was more Bluegrass in his style, but he played so slow and easy !

Dave often did a duet with a little lady who I guess was his then girlfriend or wife at the time? They seemed very close and were running the show. Never talked much to Dave , just watched him and the music.

Often someone would come out of the crowd and "do their thing" . A young guy who got on the old "Honkey-Tonk" piano one night blew me away with his blues. The piano was an old upright over on the wall by the windows looking down on Wind Street.

I'm sure I saw Alexis Korner there on a couple of occasions .

And , if I'm not dreaming , Ian Anderson turned up one night and did a solo gig without Jethro Tull . I recall he was wearing a great-coat and very bearded . Don't think he did flute but sang and played guitar.

Anyone else who has any memories of this ? It's such a long time ago !

From Wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_City_Centre

During the Second World War, the pubs of Wind Street saw the visit of a young star-to-be. A group of American GIs stationed in Swansea entered the Adelphi pub. An Australian soldier also stationed in Swansea saw this and proceeded to taunt the young GI, who was drinking milk, that he was not strong enough to drink alcohol. Unfortunately for him he had picked on the young Rocky Marciano who went on to become one the world's greatest heavyweight boxers. Rocky floored him with one punch. Marciano himself confirmed this story.