Spent
Brothers Productions
Gazette 113
BRIGHTON 24-27 August 2012
Views from our hotel room balcony on arrival - not the Bank Holiday weather conditions one might hope for...
...but there are a couple of surfers braving the cool weather
The old vacant grade II* listed building of the Brighton Hippodrome theatre in Middle Street opened in 1900
Derek saw Gene Vincent here 3 times in 1960, Little Richard, Sam Cooke & Gene Vincent in 1962,
Roy Orbison in 1963 (The Beatles were the opening act) & Ben E King in 1964
On Saturday the weather brightened up...
...& the beach livened up / Nice old bandstand on the promenade
Sheila at the entrance to Brighton Pavilion
Brighton Dome / Derek at the stage door
In 1964, Derek saw the American Blues and Gospel Caravan here, featuring Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee,
Blind Gary Davis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Cousin Joe Pleasants & the great
Otis Spann & Muddy Waters
The basement & main building of what was Brighton Aquarium, which in the early 1960s hosted the oddly named
Chinese Jazz Club on Friday nights. Derek saw blues legends Memphis Slim, Little Walter & Sonny Boy Williamson here
Deck chairs on the beach on Sunday morning / Brighton Pier
Popular attractions on the sea front
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