Club where Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie played commemorated by book
Former members still reunite a few times every year to dance and listen to music from the time.Mr Williams was there on the opening night, which was headlined by the Bo Street Runners, a London R&B band."Their claim to fame was Mick Fleetwood was their drummer," he said."He went on to play for Fleetwood Mac of course, but we never saw or heard from them again."
One of the most famous nights in the Blue Moon's two years came in February 1967, when Jimi Hendrix performed.Mr Goddard jumped the queue, which trailed back to The Promenade."I went along having heard him on the radio, he was up-and-coming," he said."We got in but it was absolutely rammed. The capacity was about 350 or 360 but there was over 700 in there."
The Blue Moon Club closed in May 1967 after the owners decided to change direction.More than 500 members of the club came forward to contribute to the book."The publisher basically said 'Stop', we were putting too much into it and he's prompted us with a few ways we could go forward, something like a second edition," Mr Goddard said."A lot of people have put a lot of effort into giving us this information."
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