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Adge Cutler
& The Wurzels Gig Archive 1966-1974
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Cutler (1950s-1960s) | Adge Cutler & The Wurzels 1966
to 1974
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We
have virtually no information about details for Adge Cutler and
The Wurzels gigs. Adge Cutler And The Wurzels played their first
gig around June 1966, prior to this all his appearances would probably
have been as a solo artist.
To
start with, we have the dates of concerts which were recorded -
and of course, the final gigs Adge Cutler played.
If
you have any dates and venues please let us know so we can start
building this archive. Dig out those old ticket stubs, plough through
those old diaries - let's see what comes up!
2 November 1966 |
Royal
Oak, Nailsea, North Somerset
A
live concert in front of an invited audience - a various locals
who forced their way in! All the songs on the first album
Adge Cutler &
The Wurzels were recorded at this concert. |
Saturday
18 February 1967 |
Ashton
Gate Stadium, Bristol
Adge
Cutler & The Wurzels played on the pitch at half-time
in the FA Cup 4th Round tie Bristol City against Southampton
(Bristol City won 1–0). |
3 May 1967 |
Royal
Oak, Nailsea, North Somerset
A live concert recorded to produce Adge Cutler's second Family
Album, The audience were treated to cider 'on the
house' - this must have helped with the atmosphere! The
pub could only hold around 100 people, but around 500 turned
up hoping to get in to see the band (and maybe get some of
that free scrumpy?!). There was a riot outside the pub and
a brick was thrown through the window! |
3 September 1967 |
Odeon
Cinema, Weston Super Mare |
1967
(exact date unknown) |
Tiverton
Motel, Tiverton, Devon
Mervyn
Hancock, author of the book Wurzels World, records booking
Adge Cutler & The Wurzels with Fred Wedlock and Joan O'Brien
for a concert in his home town. It cost him £125 to
book the acts from The John Miles Organisation - a small fortune
to risk for a junior journalist in those days. Luckily the
place was packed and he made a small profit! |
1968 (exact date unknown) |
Webbington
Country Club, Loxton, Somerset
The
live concert which provided the material for the Cutler
of the West album. By this time Adge's popularity
was such that a bigger venue than the Royal Oak was needed.
The band was preceded on the record by an announcement from
the Webbington compere Mike Reasons and a play-on Drink
Up Thy Zider from the house band. |
1968
(exact date unknown) |
Butlins
Holiday Camp,
Minehead
Mervyn
Hancock, author of the book Wurzels World, records the Radio
One Club with DJ Alan Freeman, The Wurzels and 10,000 fans! |
1969 (exact date unknown) |
Webbington
Country Club, Loxton, Somerset
A
return to the Webbington saw material recorded for the Carry
On Cutler! album; the rest was recorded at the White
Buck Inn in Hampshire.
|
1969 (exact date unknown) |
White
Buck Inn, Burley, New Forest, Hampshire
The rest of the material used on the Carry
On Cutler! album was recorded at this concert. |
1970
(exact date unknown) |
Colston
Hall, Bristol
'A
concert at the Bristol Colston Hall featuring local heroes
Adge Cutler and the Wurzels. There were about
eight acts on the bill of varying types - comedians, singers
etc. and among them were The Strawbs who closed the first
half.' [Geoff Gilborson writing in StrawbsWeb
website] |
26th
& 27th August 1972 |
Bank
Holiday Festival at Essex Agricultural Showground,
Chelmsford.
Line-up
was The Strawbs, Steeleye Span, Al Stewart, Sandy Denny, Gallagher
& Lyle, Watersons, Stefan Grossman, Harvey Andrews, Jo
Ann Kelly's Spare Rib, Mike Cooper & Machine Gun Co.,
Magic Carpet, Bridget St. John, Gary Farr, Steve Benbow, Adge
Cutler & The Wurzels, Matt McGinn, Pigsty
Hill Light Orchestra, John Pearse, Brownsville Banned,
Bic Jones, Bob Davenport & the Rakes, Claire Hamill, Dave
Cartwright, Hocket, Tight Like That, Pisces, Hunter Muskett,
Margaret Barry, Frogmorton, Dave Calderhead & Friends,
Urban Clearway, Eranga & Pryangar, Ken Wells, Niti Das
Gupta & Group, Madu Patel, Miss Surya Kumari
[from
the Jonathan
Kelly gig archive compiled by Christophe Simplex.] |
early
1970s (1973 or 1974?) |
Severn
Salmon pub, Severn Beach
Adge
& The Wurzels played their in the early 1970s (see I
Remember Adge entry)
|
1974 |
Tour
of Germany
In
Mervyn Hancock's Wurzels World book, Pete Budd talks
about his first gigs being entertaining the British troops
in Germany. This would be the first time the band had played
without Reg Quantrill. |
29 April (?) - 4 May 1974 |
The
Crystal Rooms, Hereford
Adge Cutler & The Wurzels played their last ever gigs
as a week-long residency at the Crystal Rooms in Hereford;
Adge died on his way back from the concert. I am guessing
that the show ran from the Monday to the Saturday, and that
Adge's death is recorded on the morning of Sunday May 5th. |
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