Coventry Gigs - Index - Pete Clemons
This site is run by Trev Teasdel and largely house the articles and columns of Pete Clemons who writes for the Coventry Telegraph. It forms part of Trev's Hobo Magazine sites charting the history of the Coventry Music Scene All articles are by Pete Clemons (Fred Bison) unless otherwise stated.
Welcome to Coventry Gigs - This page is an intro and provides links to other parts of the hobo suite of Coventry Music blogs - including the A to Z of Coventry bands, Folkclub Scene / Umbrella arts Club, Discos etc. This post remains on top (pinned).
http://coventrygigs.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/welcome.html
Intro Welcome to Peter Clemon's Rock of Ages (This is pinned post - stays at the top)
588 The Sorrows 1965
583 Phil McWalter with Valuable Friends - Songs That Mean Something.
582 Nigel Lomas – A Musical Journey
581 Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Just Dropped in Records
580 Nektar
579 Chevy – St Patricks Club, Leamington Spa
578 Valuable Friends
577 Coventry Theatre – Birthday and Spring Shows
576 Black Sabbath – The End
574 Jigsaw – Sky High
572 Coventry Area Folk Clubs 1969
570 The Primitives interview 1991 - at a Freshers’ Ball in Coventry
568 Pink Floyd – Valentine's Ball, Warwick University, Coventry 1969
567 Jimi Hendrix (Pink Floyd) – Warwick University 1967
566 DANDO SHAFT 1971 and 1993
565 Tony Clarke on Quad 1970
564 Stevenson's Rocket
563 The Damned – Warwick University 1976
562 Ian Dury – Road, Stratford on Avon 1987
561 Jumpin’ Jaks
560 February 1970 - Blues Fiasco - Mott the Hoople
559 Badfinger – Head First 50th anniversary release.
558 Reggie 'Rocket' Sparkes
557 The VIPs
556 Duke Ellington Orchestra - Coventry Cathedral 1966
552 Held By Trees with Martin Smith
551 Andy Nixon: The Waterline
550 The Rabid Rat Punk Club/Now Society
549 Adam and the Ants – Tiffany's
548 THE CLASH - TIFFANYS 1980
547 John Mayall at Warwick University
546 Dirt Road Band - Righteous Album Review
545 Dirt Road Band
544 THE SUPERNATURALS
543 ENS to Reluctant Stereotypes
542 Frank Ifield
539 The Ramones - Warwick University 1978
538 Rocket 88 1979 - Warwick Uni Party
537 Breaking Glass 1980
536 This Town
535 Revelation 2001
534 RAVI SHANKAR at Coventry Cathedral 1967
533 The Strawbs 1968
532 The Dirt Road Band - Birmingham
531 The Who – Warwick / Lanchester Polytechnic 1970
530 Reno
529 Bert Jansch 1966
528 Radiohead
527 Tim Bowness and The Butterfly Mind, Kidderminster.
526 Neil Kulkarni
525 RISKY CITY Belgrade Theatre 1981
524 Coventry's First Taste of the Mod Revival Era Live.
523 The Pink Umbrellas
522 The Specials – Leamington Spa 1981
521 Warwick University Xmas Party 1977
520 The Belgrade Venue
519 Squad and Gus Chambers
518 Gilly Darbey – The Albany Theatre
517 Silk Disco – The Venues, Part 2
516 Silk Disco – The Venues, Part 1
515 The Selecter at The Lanch 3rd October 1979 - Support: The X-Certs.
514 Bruce Soord Trio – Nells, London
513 Circles Club – Coventry - A History (Silk Disco)
512 Hawkwind - The Sunday People April 1972 - Why I Danced in the Nude – by pop girl.
511 Sex Pistols and The Clash Lanch 1976
510 Yesterday and Today. No-man Coventry 1992, The Pineapple Thief Now.
509 Welcome to Sleep Town.....Vance Anderson
508 The Session – 21 years
506 Incredible String Band - Coventry Cathedral 1970 (Cancelled)
505 Waterfall - Gilly Darbey, Keith Donnelly, Martyn Oram.
504 10 years of Freedom to Glide
502 Steven Wilson – The Harmony Codex
500 The Pineapple Thief - 'How Did We Find Our Way' : 1999 – 2006’
498 Coventry Automatics / The Specials 1978
497 Dance Craze
496 The Session – 2TC
495 Warwick University Folk Club
494 Cliff Richard and the Drifters 1959 - Coventry Theatre.
493 May 1981 – Tiffany's Last Stand
492 Guy Evans – Warwick University and Van der Graaf Generator
491 Kristy Gallagher – Benn Hall
490 The Skabilly Rebels & The Neville Staple Band at the Rialto.
489 Guy Surtees – English Country Boy
488 Fresh Maggots
487 Punk at the Universities
486 Coventry Music Museum - The Primitives
485 Pop Goes to Warwick University
484 Don Fardon
483 The Sorrows 1965
482 The Pink Floyd 1966
481 Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - 1966
480 Polly Bolton
479 Dando Shaft 1970 - 71
478 Coventry Music 2022 Review
477 The Milano Coffee Bar – The Midlands 2 I's.......
476 The King Size Kings 1964 / 65
475 Shel Naylor
474 The Ray King Soul Band - Live at the Playboy Club 1968.
473 Kansas Smitty's – Drapers Hall
472 ShadowCV
471 Asgard in London
470 Just For You - 1964 Sam Costa Film - Coventry Connections.
469 The Wine Lodge – The Yardbird Club
468 Callum Pickard – Tarragon at The Tin Angel
467 The Leofric Hotel Jazz Club
466 Abracadabra Jazz Club – The Mercers Arms
465 Stagflation hits pop music.
464 Bill Haley in Coventry 1974
463 The Queen and Coventry
462 A Million Things – Shiloh Clarke and friends
461 Reg Calvert and the School of Rock - Update.
460 Alan Poole Interview
458 Coventry's Own Dance – The Twang
457 Screamin' Jay Hawkins Leofric Jazz Club – April 1966
456 The Beatles 1962 to 1964
455 UB40
454 The Choir of Man
453 Ade Taylor - Wandering John Bassist
452 Rock Goes to College
451 All Night Jazz Session, Coventry Locarno 1961
450 Dando Shaft Reunion
449 Jerry Lee Lewis – 1964 Coventry Matrix Hall
448 Moonbears - Four Sides For Red
(Coventry band)
(Coventry band)
447 Blue Beat comes to Coventry 1964
446 The Beatles 1964 'Jugglers and Acrobats' film
445 The Sorrows Movie Period Italy 1967
444 Porcupine Tree - Talking to Richard Allen
443 Ronnie Spector
442 Steven Wilson – Limited Edition of One
441 The New Walker Brothers - CIU Clubs
440 Reggae Chesford Grange 1969
439 Tangerine Dream, Coventry Cathedral - March 2022
438 The Dirt Road Band - Albany Club 5 March 2022
437 T. Rex is born in Leeds Not Coventry
436 Tyrannosaurus Rex in Coventry
435 Mandy's Club
434 Weary City Stompers
432 Albatross
431 Jill Hanson Record Shop
430 2021 Music Roundup
429 Two Whole Quails – Dropped in Records
428 The Skabilly Rebels at the Arches December 2021
427 Jethro Tull Coventry Cathedral Dec 2021
426 The Boll Weevils / The Bo-Weevils / The Soul Sect / 3AM Blues Band.
425 Mouldy Old Music
424 The Pineapple Thief – Bristol - November 2021
423 Urge (Part 1)
422 Urge (Part 2)
421 The Rise of Two Tone 1979
420 Chris Smith - The Sorrows
419 Planet Ice – Skydome Complex
418 Lee Perry
417 Barnabus - album launch Gig October 2021
416 Warwick University: The Final Fling, Coombe Abbey Country Park and Hotel.
415 The Edwin Hawkins Singers – Coventry 1970
414 The Specials - Coventry Building Society Arena 11 September 2021.
412 Moon
411 Chuck Berry - Coventry Theatre 1975.
410 How Rock 'n' Roll Grew in Coventry During 1950s
409 Post lock-down Coventry
408 Tarragon
407 Spandau Ballet – Coventry Theatre
406 Incredible Kidda Band
405 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Coventry, and our small part in their success.
404 Frankie Lymon 1957
403 City Arms Folk Club (Earlsdon)
402 Ska'd for Life - Two Tone Mural, Pool Meadow Coventry.
401 The Platters Gaumont Coventry 1957
400 Dando Shaft – Shadows Across the Moon
399 Reluctant Stereotypes
398 Lynyrd Skynyrd
397 The Dodgers - Love on the Rebound
396 2-Tone Lives and Legacies.
395 Jigsaw - 1969
394 Liquid Light Shows.
393 The Pink Floyd 1967.
392 Kraftwerk in Coventry and Birmingham
391 Christopher Sidwell 2021
390 Tom Long and Tony Clarke's memories of Pinkerton's Assorted Colours.
389 Johnny Goodison and The Quotations - March 1966.
388 The Session at 20
387 Roy Butterfield
386 Octave
385 The Perfumed Garden and The Acme Patent Electric Band.
384 Malcolm Harker (Ex Indian Summer) - Musical Adventures in Coventry and Teesside.
383 Big John's Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus.
382 Trev Teasdel - Jazz Town -A New Bandcamp Album.
381 Pete Plucks Out Twanging Times of City Dances.
380 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Years – Coventry 1960-1963.
379 Ike and Tina Turner - Coventry
378 Porcupine Tree - An Empty Box
377 When Mothers Club Came to Coventry
375 2020 - An Overview
374 Alternative Sounds
373 Hoi Polloi - Crokodile Tears
372 Porcupine Tree in Coventry 1993
370 THE SHADOWS
369 The Orphan Clyde
368 The Jones's
367 The Future Bites – Steven Wilson
366 Crokodile Tears – Momus Boulevard
365 Blues2Go – Arches Music Venue October 2020
364 Stone Foundation - Queens Hall, Nuneaton 18 Sept 2020
363 Dyble Longdon
362 Nuneaton During the 1960s
361 Steve Walwyn – The Lockdown days
360 The Pineapple Thief – Versions of the Truth
359 Cov Aid 1985 - Colourfield
357 Peter Green - A Tribute
356 Coventry Ring Road A4053 - And the Music.
355 Ready Steady Go – Aug 1963 to Dec 1966
354 Judy Dyble - Tribute
353 Mud - Canley College March 1974
352 Wizzard - Canley College June 1973
351 Creating Music During the Pandemic.
350 The Umbrella Club – a 10 year celebration January 1966
349 Memories of David Owen and the Music Scene Coventry in the Early Sixties.
348 David Owen – Part 1 His Role on the Coventry Music Scene.
347 The Stormbreakers / The Establishment
346 Top of the Pops
345 FROM THE ALBERT HALL TO 'NOTHING' AT ALL!!'
344 Bruce Soord – Requests gig part 1, from the studio 23 May 2020
343 Neol Davies of The Selecter
342 The Searchers , Dusty Springfield - Coventry Theatre - August 1964
341 The Beatles vs Cliff Richard - Coventry 1964
340 Flashback: Coventry mods cause Bank Holiday trouble.
357 Peter Green - A Tribute
356 Coventry Ring Road A4053 - And the Music.
355 Ready Steady Go – Aug 1963 to Dec 1966
354 Judy Dyble - Tribute
353 Mud - Canley College March 1974
352 Wizzard - Canley College June 1973
351 Creating Music During the Pandemic.
350 The Umbrella Club – a 10 year celebration January 1966
349 Memories of David Owen and the Music Scene Coventry in the Early Sixties.
348 David Owen – Part 1 His Role on the Coventry Music Scene.
347 The Stormbreakers / The Establishment
346 Top of the Pops
345 FROM THE ALBERT HALL TO 'NOTHING' AT ALL!!'
344 Bruce Soord – Requests gig part 1, from the studio 23 May 2020
343 Neol Davies of The Selecter
342 The Searchers , Dusty Springfield - Coventry Theatre - August 1964
341 The Beatles vs Cliff Richard - Coventry 1964
340 Flashback: Coventry mods cause Bank Holiday trouble.