I had the pleasure of seeing The Climax Blues Band a few times in the 70s. They guaranteed a good night of quality blues, with front men Colin Cooper on vocals, saxophone, harmonica, and guitar, and Pete Haycock on vocals and guitar. The rest of the line-up in those days was Derek Holt on bass, John Cuffley on drums, and Richard Jones on keyboards. A group of us went to see the band at Durham Students Union in Dunelm House and at Redcar Coatham Bowl. 
The band hit the charts in 1976 with “Couldn’t Get It Right” which got to No 10 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for 9 weeks. The programme below was for a tour promoting the “Gold Plated” lp which was released in 1976. Incredibly, this was their 9th lp. They have released 18 albums to date, the first dating from 1969 when they were known as The Climax Blues Band. A recent live CD was recorded at a gig at Nottingham University in 1976, on the Gold Plated tour. I would guess the set that we saw at Durham and Redcar would be similar. In that case it may have consisted of: Together And Free/Amerita/Sense of Direction; Running Out of TIme/Good TIme Blues; Mighty Fire; Country Hat/Come On In My Kitchen; Seventh Son; Couldn’t Get It Right; Chasing Change; Using The Power; Goin’ To New York; All The Time In The World/Get Back. Encore Medley: Hey Mama/Let The Good Times Roll/Who Killed McSwiggin/Get Into That Rock ‘n’ Roll. 
CLimax Blues Band are still playing to this day, although the line up has changed many times over the years, and has no original members. From their website: “Founded in the 60’s, by Colin Cooper, Climax Blues Band has always focused on its roots, a unique combination of jazz and blues. After 18 albums and the classic world-wide hit “Couldn’t Get It Right” and tours of the UK, Europe and the US, Climax Blues Band is back on the road again and still playing the blues in a creative way that has always been synonymous with their name.”
PS. Writing this post made me realise that I didn’t have any Climax Blues Band lps, so I went online and bought a copy of the “Gold Plated” album for £2!. It arrived this morning and I played straight away. It still sounds great after all these years. Now do I go and buy the other 17 albums?……
12 Jun
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Posted by Richard Jones on June 26, 2012 at 5:37 pm
It would have been Richard Jones on keyboards on that tour
Posted by vintagerock on June 26, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Thanks Richard. Sorry if I got that wrong; will correct it now 🙂 Peter