The Blues Loft in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire became a notable blues venue when the UK ‘blues explosion’ took off in late 1967/early 1968. Many of the top blues-rock bands like Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown and Jethro Tull performed at the club.
I’ve started a list of acts, taken from the Bucks Free Press newspaper, which advertised gigs from 1968 onwards. Please leave comments with any memories and missing acts.
5 April 1968 – Champion Jack Dupree and Shakey Vick’s Blues Band
12 April 1968 – Savoy Brown Blues Band
19 April 1968 – Chicken Shack
26 April 1968 – Shakey Vick’s Blues Band (Chiswick group who play every Friday)
Bucks Free Press runs story on the club in its 24 April issue, page 2
24 May 1968 – Jethro Tull
31 May 1968 – Dynaflow Blues
7 June 1968 – Shakey Vick’s New Band
14 June 1968 – Doc K’s Blues Band
21 June 1968 – Black Cat Bones
28 June 1968 – Dynaflow Blues
5 July 1968 – Keef Hartley with His Good Good Band
12 July 1968 – Savoy Brown Blues Band and Wild Angels
19 July 1968 – Black Cat Bones
26 July 1968 – Doc K’s Blues Band
2 August 1968 – Bruno’s Blues Band
23 August 1968 – Pegasus
30 August 1968 – Champion Jack Dupree and Bruno’s Blues Band
6 September 1968 – Savoy Brown
13 September 1968 – Black Cat Bones
20 September 1968 – Doc K’s Blues Band
27 September 1968 – Keef Hartley
2 October 1968 – John Dummer Blues Band (Dave Kelly guest)
9 October 1968 – Ian Anderson
18 October 1968 – Steve Miller (Delivery not US band)
23 October 1968 – Doc K’s Blues Band
1 November 1968 – Duster Bennett and Smokey Rice
6 November 1968 – Pegasus (with guests)
8 November 1968 – Curtis Jones and Dynaflow Blues
15 November 1968 – Spirit of John Morgan
22 November 1968 – Bobby Parker and his band
29 November 1968 – Black Cat Bones
6 December 1968 – John Dummer Blues Band and Dave Kelly
13 December 1968 – John Lee’s Groundhogs and Tony McPhee
20 December 1968 – Duster Bennett, Killing Floor, Ian Anderson, Alexis Korner and Mike Raven
27 December 1968 – Savoy Brown
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