Club Creole - Rex Ballroom
Wilmslow

"Kirk Daniels and The Deltas (Graham Nash and Allan Clarke). Country Gents, Johnny Martin and The Tremors , Frankenstien & His Monsters, John Mayall's Powerhouse Five - All popular there!

I saw Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men with Rod Stewart on 2nd vocals! there! My band Big City Blues played there too!"

David Bowker

Club known as "The Pop Inn" circa 1968 - with resident DJ "Dave"


The Rex in 2004
(pic courtesy Alan Faulkner)
   

"The Fourtones had a regular Sunday night gig at the Club Creole, my hobby at the time was electronics, and I was asked to build a PA system and a twin turntable DJ desk (complete with pre-amps) which I did, trouble
was because I did it as a favour, I didn't charge enough for it, still you live and learn!"

Butch Mepham

30 Jan 1965
30 Jan 1965 18 December 1964  
     
3 Dec 1965
3 Dec 1965   Dec 1964
     


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