Friday, 13 July 2012

weekend gig : stones at the marquee

12th July 1962 and the Rolling Stones played their first gig at The Marquee Club in Wardour St, Soho.
Jagger and Charlie Watts were interviewed by all news channels in the UK about the event. No great insights, as Jagger said it was "difficult to remember the exact gig", the Stones were to play there many times in their early days, but he thought "it was with a different drummer while they persuaded Charlie to play with the band". Charlie was up until then playing with Alexis Korner and Blues Incorporated. Of course there's no footage of them at the Marquee then but less than 10 years later they did return for one last time in 1971. Brian Jones now gone. Mick Taylor the guitarist who replaced him. The site of The Marquee is now a Santander Bank... mmm.
Here's the complete video.