Nils Lofgren and Tom Petty Newcastle City Hall 1977
On a few occasions I have seen the support act clearly outshine the headliner. Lynyrd Skynyrd as support act for Golden Earring is one example. This pairing, of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers supporting Nils Lofgren in 1977 is another. We’d read a lot about this new upcoming band who combined classic rock with the energy of punk, the Byrds’ jangling guitars, and a cool blonde-haired guy singing. I’d seen them on TV, probably on the Old Grey Whistle Test, and was blown away by the song “American Girl”. I remember being a little confused by the name, as I had just seen Johnny Thunders and his Heartbreakers in concert! So we made sure we were in the City Hall early that night to see Petty and his band. They certainly didn’t disappoint, and gave the crowd a set which Nils found difficult to follow. This was one of the rare occasions that I have seen the hall full for the first band, and the support act having to return for an encore. I saw Petty again the following year supporting Jefferson Starship and Genesis at Knewborth, but haven’t managed to see him since. I had a ticket to see him at the Albert Hall last year but couldn’t make it on the day, which is a big regret for me. I hope Tom returns to the UK sometime soon so I can have another chance to catch him in concert. 
The tour programme proclaims “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is purely and simply the best mainstream rock debut by any American band this year…” and that Tom is a ” grey-eyed offspring of Speedy Keene and Mick Ronson” :). This album, the single “American Girl”, the tour, and their appearances on UK TV broke Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the UK, and enabled them to go on to success in their home country and across the world. The UK dates with Nils were so successful that Petty and the guys were back a few weeks later to headline their own series of dates. From the Melody Maker at the time: “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers end their breakthrough British tour with Nils Lofgren this week — but the band return for their own concert series next month. The band’s phenomenal rise to headlining status has taken just three weeks. They came to Britain at the beginning of this month to play as support band on the Lofgren tour. Petty and the Heartbreakers, however, are ending the tour as one of the most in-demand bands currently playing in this country.” Nils was promoting his new album “I Came to Dance” and played an excellent gig, but was simply outclassed by the young guys who preceded him on stage that night. “I’m not Bob Dylan, but I never miss a beat. I ain’t no philosopher, I dance in the street. I came to dance…..”. 
The Lofgren set list at Newcastle City Hall 24th May 1977 was: Rock ‘n’ Roll Crook; Keith Don’t Go; Like Rain; Incidentally It’s Over; Goin’ Back; Code of the Road; Cry Tough; It’s Not A Crime; You’re The Weight; Moon Tears; I Don’t Want To Talk About It; Back It Up. Encores – Beggars Day; I Came To Dance.
The Tom Petty set list was: Surrender; Jaguar And Thunderbird; American Girl; Fooled Again; Breakdown; Listen To Her Heart; Strangered In The Night; I Need To Know; Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll; Dog On The Run. Encore: Route 66.
“I Need To Know” was a big favourite of mine at the time, and brings back happy memories. This was one of those gigs that still sticks in my memory and that I would love to relive if I could.
Many thanks to Mitch for the two setlists, which helped bring back some of the memories.
27 Sep
Nils Lofgren and Tom Petty Newcastle City Hall 1977
26 Sep
Nils Lofgren Newcastle City Hall 1976
Nils Lofgren Newcastle City Hall 1976
Nils Lofgren had a serious pedigree when he appeared on the scene as a solo artist in 1976. This guy had played with Neil Young on After the Goldrush, he’d been a member of Crazy Horse, and fronted his own ban Grin. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I went to see him in 1976. I’d seen Springsteen for the first time the year before, and I thought that Nils could be of a similar musical bent, with the added attraction of his excellent guitar playing. Nils had just released his second solo album “Cry Tough”. The set featured songs from his first two records. 
I remember the song “Cry Tough” itself, a great version of Goffin and King’s “Going Back” and my own favourite, which was “Keith Don’t Go” a song about the stones’ Keith Richards and his drug bust in Toronto. Nils would wear bright Hawaiian style shirts and scarfs would be hanging from the head of his guitar. I went to see Nils a few times over those years in the late 70s, my mates and I were quite into him at the time. Support on the 1976 tour was a British band called Unicorn, whose music was reminiscent of Buffalo Springfiled, The Byrds, Poco, The Eagles and many other Country Rock bands of the 70. They released four albums with the help of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
25 Sep
Arthur Lee and Love Newcastle Opera House August 2002
Arthur Lee and Love The Forever Changes tour Newcastle Opera House August 2002
“Alone again or” is one of those songs that sits outside any standard definition of a pop or rock song. Along with many of the other tracks on the Forever Changes album, its structure, rhythms and phrasing are unlike anything else I have ever heard. I remember being simply amazed by its uniqueness the first time I came across it. I bought a beat up vinyl copy of the album many years ago, but never thought I would get to see Arthur Lee and Love live.
However, in 2002, after spending six years in prison on gun charges, Love founder and frontman Arthur Lee began performing again. He formed a new version of Love, put together from members of the band Baby Lemonade, and set out on a tour of Europe. Marie and I went to the gig at Newcastle Opera House. The show featured the 1967 Forever Changes album, and tracks drawn from the remainder of Love’s back catalogue. Arthur was joined by a string and horn ensemble and did a petty damn good job of recreating his Love masterpiece. The evening was something I thought I’d never get to see, and the songs continue to amaze me every time I hear them.
Arthur Lee passed away in 2006 after a battle with leukaemia. Kandia Crazy Horse of Vibe Magazine wrote in an obituary that “‘Forever Changes’ (was) his psychedelic masterpiece … an exhilarating mash-up of West Side freak folk with East Side mariachi and blues. Lee out-jangles his heroes the Byrds on the immortal ‘Alone Again Or’ and aims his symphonic trigger dead at the Beatles on his greatest work, ‘You Set the Scene.’ In total, a glorious song cycle exploring the dark side of hippiedom.”
Setlist will have been something like: My Little Red Book; Orange Skies; Alone Again Or; A House Is Not a Motel; Andmoreagain; The Daily Planet; Old Man; The Red Telephone; Between Clark And Hilldale; Live and Let Live; The Good Humour Man; Bummer in the Summer; You Set the Scene; Robert Montgomerey; My Flash On You; Signed DC; Everybody’s Gotta Live – Instant Karma; August; Always See Your Face; Listen To My Song; She Comes in Colors; My Anthem; Singing Cowboy; 7 & 7 Is
A review by the Opera House:”It’s always difficult to sell tickets for a show in August with everyone in holiday mode, but we did for Arthur Lee. After only a month on sale, he pulled a very large and very partisan crowd. The faithful were well rewarded for their patience, many had waited 35 years to see him. Ever the showman, he didn’t let anyone down, quite the reverse. With lots of grit, strength and enough talent to make a thousand boy bands, Arthur sang his way through his impressive back catalogue.”
24 Sep
Ronnie Lane Passing Show Newcastle Town Moor July 1974
Ronnie Lane Passing Show Newcastle Town Moor July 1974
It was the summer of ’74 and Ronnie Lane set out on one of the most ambitious tours of the decade. “A merry troupe of minstrels, travelling the country in caravans, accompanied by clowns, animals and a big top. Ronnie Lane, the beloved entertainer, was taking his music back to the people….. while the likes of Deep Purple cruised from hotels to concert halls in limousines, Lane and his band Slim Chance snailed around Britain in a raggle-taggle convoy. Wearing spotted neckerchiefs and scarves, they almost begged to be flagged down by a patrol car and asked what century they’d come from” (Uncut, 2010).
The tour concept was based on the travelling shows of the past, the circus, and the days of the troubadour. Ronnie assembled a collection of folk singers, dancing girls, and clowns to accompany himself and his band Slim Chance, and promised us “all the fun of the circus and a carnival atmosphere”. Support acts were (according to my programme, which I still have) Lucas and McCulloch, Bill Barlcay, Nicol and Marsh, and Billy Livsey. The line-up of Slim Chance was quite fluid and featured Gallagher and Lyle at one point, although I don’t recall if there were part of the band when I saw the Passing Show. My programme lists the members as Bruce Rowland, Jimmy Jewel (not the comedian) and Kevin Westlake. 
Ronnie’s lovely wife, Katie, entertained us with dance and much swirling of her long flowing skirts. Viv Stanshall, from the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, was a short-lived ringmaster, but wasn’t at the Newcastle gig.
The show took up residency on Newcastle Town Moor for 5 nights from July 10th to July 14th 1974 (according to my poster). I went along, much out of curiosity, with my mate Norm. I have a feeling that these dates may have been put back by a week, as I recall that I had been to see the Allman Brothers at Knebworth the day before, and the date of that gig was Sat 20th July, which would mean we saw the Passing Show on Sunday 21st July. I still have my ticket stub, but it doesn’t help as there is no date on it. It does show that the gig cost us all of £1.10 :).
I remember the show as being very different, good fun, quite long, and that it was pretty cold in the circus marquee. Sadly it was very poorly attended. “How Come” had been a hit for Ronnie the year before, and I remember that song was played, but don’t recall the rest of the set; I think the material was unfamiliar to us. I don’t think any Faces or Small Faces tunes were played, but I could be wrong.
Sadly, the tour was not a success and…. ‘eventually ran out of luck. It was abandoned in Newcastle, where, over three nights, Slim Chance played to a total of 30 people. Ronnie had spent thousands keeping it afloat, as had Bruce Rowland “I lost about four-and-a-half grand, a lot of money in those days,” Rowland says. “Everything was broken and we had to bring it home. I took a 40-foot caravan down the M1 with a Land Rover, then went back to Newcastle on the train and drove the Pantechnicon down. It had two gears, no reverse, back brakes only, and no starter. I drove between 5mph and 10mph most of the way. It took me three days.”’ (Uncut, 2010).
David Cavanagh’s article, ‘ONE FOR THE ROAD’, on Ronnie Lane, was published in UNCUT, July 2010.
23 Sep
Lindisfarne Farewell Carlisle Sands Centre 31st Oct 2003
Lindisfarne Farewell Carlisle Sands Centre 31st Oct 2003
Sadly Lindisfarne went off my radar from the mid-80s onwards. I’d lost faith in the band, and my concert going activities had also declined a little for work and family reasons. However, I still kept an eye on what the guys were doing and how the line-up changed over the years, but I never felt the need to go and see them in concert. Suddenly I read that they were to fold. This was announced during their Autumn 2003 tour, which was due to end with a concert on 1 November 2003 at the Newcastle Opera House. The final line up included Dave Hull-Denholm, Billy Mitchell, Rod Clements, Ian Thomson and Ray Laidlaw. The break-up was announced at quite short notice, and by the time I found out the Newcastle concert was understandably completely sold out. I realised that there weren’t going to be any more chances to see the band, and felt I had to attend a Lindisfarne concert one more time. 
At first I planned to go along to the Opera House on the night of the concert and attempt to buy a ticket outside. However, I figured that this might not be easy, and that it could also be very expensive, so when I learnt that tickets were still on sale for their concert the night before in Carlisle, I decided to take the next best (and easier and probably cheaper) option and drive across to see them in Cumbria. So, almost 20 years since I last attended a Lindisfarne concert, I saw their penultimate gig at Carlisle Sands Centre. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was excited at the prospect of seeing the band again, and hearing the old songs. I bought a copy of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle on my way across to Carlisle, as it contained a feature about the end of Lindisfarne. The Sands Centre is a medium size venue and leisure centre just outside the centre of Carlisle. There was no support act, with Lindisfarne playing the entire concert, with an interval. 
The “new” line-up of the band was much better than I had expected and vocalists Billy Mitchell and Dave Hull-Denholm managed to recreate the old tunes in a way which gave them fresh life, but also remained true to the original. The set comprised all the old favourites: ‘Lady Eleanor’, ‘Meet Me on the Corner’, ‘Winter Song’ as beautiful and haunting as ever, Run For Home’, Fog on the Tyne’ and the encore was ‘Clear White Light’, just like the old days. There were quite a few newer numbers which I didn’t recognise. It was just great, and I was so pleased that I made the effort to see the band one last time. The audience were quite subdued, which I am sure was not the case at the final Newcastle gig. On the way out the band were signing autographs, so I got them to sign my copy of the Evening Chronicle, and I bought a copy of the Lindisfarne book, Fog On The Tyne, picture here, which they also kindly signed for me. 
Their final concert was filmed and released as a DVD, ‘Time Gentlemen Please’. The track listing is: No Time To Lose; Rocking Chair; This Guitar Never Lies; Remember Tomorrow; This Too Will Pass; Freedom Square; Ghost In Blue Suede Shoes; Lady Eleanor; Under The Promenade; Rock’n’Roll Phone; Statues And Liberties; Meet Me On The Corner; Born At The Right Time; Winter Song; Can’t Do Right For Doing Wrong; January Song; One Day; Road To Kingdom Come; Unmarked Car; Jubilee Corner; Unfinished Business; Whisky Highway; Run For Home; One More Bottle Of Wine; Fog On The Tyne; Devil Of The North; Clear White Light.
That concludes my ramblings on Lindisfarne, at least for now.
22 Sep
Lindisfarne Christmas Concerts Newcastle City Hall 1978 to 1982
Lindisfarne Christmas Concerts Newcastle City Hall 1978 to 1982
The Lindisfarne Christmas concerts became annual events from 1976 onwards. I went along for several years, joining in the festive celebrations. The concerts were immensely successful with the band playing for multiple nights at the venue to satisfy demand, and fans travelling from far and wide. In total the band performed 132 shows at Newcastle City Hall. However, as time went on what started as great fun concerts started to lose their magic, at least for me. It was just getting too routine, and too much like going to the pantomime. I’m afraid I began to lose faith, and 1982 was the last year that I attended. 
Looking back through the programmes today I notice that Chas and Dave, Chris Rea, Maxie and Mitch and Mike Elliott all get mentioned as support acts. I aslo saw the band perform at the Rock on the Tyne Festival and supporting Bob Dylan at St James Park in 1984. The band were still fun to see, but over the years they seemed to lose some of the magic that was there in those early days. The Christmas concerts continued for several years, until 1990 I think.
There are of course returning to the venue this year in the form of Ray Jackson’s Lindisfarne and I plan to go along. The publicity for this year’s show tells us: “Ray Jackson, whose unique mandolin, harmonica and vocal styles helped create the original sound of Lindisfarne in 1970, is returning to the City Hall in December 2013 with Ray Jackson’s Legendary Lindisfarne Christmas Show. 
Newcastle City Hall’s audience can swing together again to Ray Jackson’s faithful recreation of the original 1970s Christmas Show…..complete with decorated stage, Santa compere…..party hats….sword dancers…..the traditional organ overture…..and nothing but songs from the band’s best selling 1970’s chart albums….Nicely Out of Tune; Dingly Dell; Fog On The Tyne and Back and Fourth…a full show of the best loved Lindisfarne music with an interval, no support and with part of the audience on the stage itself.” Sounds like this is going to be pretty authentic. Could be just like old times 🙂
21 Sep
Bill Nelson The Hepworth Wakefield 20 Sep 2013
Bill Nelson The Hepworth Wakefield 20 Sep 2013
Last night I spent a fascinating couple of hours in the company of Bill Nelson in Wakefield, the city in which he was born and grew up. This was a one off performance that showcased Bill’s instrumental soundscapes, accompanied by live projections. The location of the gig was especially apt as it was once home to Be-Bop Deluxe’s own rehearsal space. The gig took place in the Calder building of the Hepworth, an art gallery just outside the centre of Wakefield. It was a charity gig to raise money for a restoration project for Unity Hall. The venue for the concert was a new annexe to the Hepworth, situated in an old textile mill on the banks of the river Calder. Attendance was limited to 300, apparently for health and safety reasons, although the venue could have held many more, and the event sold out some weeks ago. There were some seats, although not nearly enough for everyone, with most people having to stand. 
I bought myself a badge and a signed programme from Bill’s last 2004 tour, which I missed.
The evening started with a screening of Memory Codes, a very personal film created and soundtracked by Bill which looked back at his early life and at Wakefield in the ’50s and ’60s. It was interesting, if a little like a home movie, with old photos of Bill and his family, as he grew up in Wakefield.
The concert started at 8.30pm and was a set of instrumental performances, each one played on a different guitar (I counted 10 guitars, and there were 12 songs so it wasn’t quite one per song). Bill’s guitars have to be seen to be believed. They really are beautiful, exquisite instruments, all of with tinges of 50s and 60s in their design. The music is difficult to pigeon hole, as is the man himself. You can hear the influences, which Bill discussed at one point; The Shadows, Duane Eddy, Santo and Johnny. Add to that echo, futuristic, soaring solos, some funk, and some rock. The video images of the evening included many which I recognised from my youth: Dan Dare, Rupert the Bear, Torchy the Battery Boy (my favourite TV programme when I was a kid), Amazing Worlds, Sci Fi, MarvelMan, old film of Be Bop Deluxe.
Setlist: ‘Gloria Mundae’ accompanied by images of the sonambulist from the Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and which Bill explained was first performed in Wakefield in 1990 on the Bandstand with his brother.
‘I always knew you would find me’; ‘Blue Amorini’; ‘Think and you’ll miss it’; ‘The boy who lived in the future’ a new number played on the Stratovariouse(?) guitar; ‘The girl on the fairground waltzer’; ‘Beyond these clouds the sweetest dream’; ‘Sleepwalk’ A cover of the Santo and Johnny track. This was simply astounding. It was difficult to believe that it was one guy on stage producing all those sounds. I found it just stunning. Maybe that was because it was the only song which was familiar to me. ‘Golden dream of circus horses’; ‘A dream for Ian’ dedicated to the memory of Bill’s brother. ‘Artifex’ which featured the voice of William Burroughs; and the last song ‘For Stuart’ in memory of Stuart Adamson, with tinges of Big Country running through it. Bill produced Stuart’s band The Skids.
Bill explained that he would normally perform an encore, but that the back stage area was so far away at the rear of the building, that it would seem silly walking right across their only to return; and hence For Stuart was the encore.
A great performance. It is over 30 years since I last saw Bill Nelson in concert, and his performances are rare occurrences these days. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I certainly wasn’t disappointed; the show made me realise what a tremendous guitar player Bill Nelson is.
The event was a total success and a great homecoming for Bill, with lots of family and friends present, including Bill’s mum, nephew and son and youngest daughter; and fans who had travelled from very far afield, including the USA (which makes my 100 mile drive seem nothing at all :))
Stopped off for sausage and chips at the Wetherby Whaler on the way home. Pleased to see that it is still there, and still making fine fish and chips; must be 10 years or more since I last called in; it used to be a regular calling point when David played hockey in the Yorkshire league. Got home just before midnight.
20 Sep
Lindisfarne The full reunion live 1978 – Run For Home
Lindisfarne are back! Run for Home
Spring tour 1978 Redcar Coatham Bowl 3rd June 1978 
The Newcastle City Hall Lindisfarne reunion Christmas concerts of 1976 and 1977 were so successful that the band decided to get back together on a permanent basis in early 1978. They were soon back in the UK charts with a top 10 hit “Run For Home”, which was taken from the new album Back and Fourth. The band then went on tour across the UK in spring 1978. I caught the tour when they appeared at Redcar Coatham Bowl, which came towards the end of the run of concerts. The gig was sold out, as was the rest of the tour. It seemed everyone wanted to see the reformed Lindisfarne. I went with Marie; we didn’t have tickets, but we managed to buy a couple from a guy outside. The place was packed and it was a great gig; just like old times with some serious crowd singalong. 
I can picture everyone now, standing on the tables at the end of the gig, screaming for more, and them singing along as one to the encore, which was of course “Run For Home”. The lads were well and truly back, and with renewed passion and energy. I saw them again a few months later at the Reading Festival, where they shared the bill with a curious mix of old rockers and new punks. Lindisfarne played the Saturday afternoon on a bill headlined by Status Quo. The Jam and Sham 69 headlined the night before and Patti Smith was top of the bill on the Sunday (see what I mean about the strange mix of acts that year). Oh and it was very very muddy…..
The last page of the Spring Tour ’78 tour programme featured a cute poem by Alan’s daughter, Berenice Hull, aged 9: FISH
“I pity the poor minnow, (A very small fish indeed), Sometimes bigger fish eat it, Purely out of greed”
19 Sep
Lindisfarne The reunion for Christmas Newcastle City Hall 1976 and 1977
Lindisfarne The reunion for Christmas Newcastle City Hall 1976 and 1977
You can’t keep a good Geordie down for long. We’d just recovered from the farewell concert of 1975, when rumours surfaced that our local heroes might be minded to come back for a special concert at the City Hall for Christmas. And so it was that the original line-up of Ray Jackson/Alan Hull/Ray Laidlaw/Rod Clements and Si Cowe reformed in 1976 to perform a one-off gig in Newcastle City Hall. 
The gig sold out immediately and was massively over subscribed, so much so that a second date was added. And that sold out too, so an early show was added on the second night. The Newcastle City Hall reunion shows were so acclaimed that the band repeated it and we were all back a year later in 1977. These shows, and those that followed in Christmas 1978 and 1979 featured local talent such as The Killingworth Sword Dancers, and Mike The Mouth Elliott as Santa. Rab Noakes popped up now and then and I think Chris Rea was support once or twice (or maybe that was in the early 80s?). These concerts were joyous, raucous celebrations of Geordiness. Lindisfarne were truly back, and seemed so pleased to return to the City Hall stage. There was a camaraderie, honesty and spirit about the band in those days. Their singalong, often somewhat ramshackle, folk rock guaranteed a great night out, and the Geordie lads seemed ready to take on the world.
The Christmas shows would continue for many years to come, but somewhere along the way the spirit started to dim as the years went on. These shows in 1976 and 1977 were Lindisfarne at the very best. It was like going to the pub, having a drink or two too many, and singing along with friends. Never to be matched.
Setlist from 1976 concert: No Time To Lose; All Right On The Night; Turn A Deaf Ear; Uncle Sam; Down; Road To Kingdom Come; Scotch Mist; Winter Song; January Song; Lady Eleanor; Court In The Act; Wake Up Little Sister; Train In G Major; Alan In The River With Flowers; Together Forever; Meet Me On The Corner; We Can Swing Together; Jackhammer Blues; Fog On The Tyne. Encore: Clear White Light; White Christmas.
For me the highlight was always the Winter song, with Alan standing centre stage alone with his acoustic guitar singing. “When winter’s shadowy fingers, First pursue you down the street, And your boots no longer lie, About the cold around your feet, Do you spare a thought for summer whose passage is complete?
Whose memories lie in ruins, And whose ruins lie in heat? When winter… Comes howling in.
When the wind is singing strangely, Blowing music through your head, And your rain splattered windows, Make you decide to stay in bed, Do you spare a thought for the homeless tramp who wishes he was dead? Or do you pull the bed-clothes higher, Dream of summertime instead? When winter…Comes howling in” (Hull, 1970).
Pure Magic.
18 Sep
Lindisfarne MkII live 1973 – 1975
Lindisfarne MkII live 1973 – 1975
The original Lindisfarne split in early 1973 after a tour of Australia. However, this wasn’t the end and a new version of the band soon emerged, fronted by Alan Hull and Jacka, who were joined by Kenny Craddock (keyboards/ vocals), Charlie Harcourt (guitar/ keyboard), Tommy Duffy (bass/ vocals), and Paul Nichols (drums). Si Cowe, Rod Clements and Ray Laidlaw went off to form Jack The Lad, along with Billy Mitchell, who was to feature heavily in the Lindisfarne story in the future, on vocals. I saw this version of Lindisfarne (usually referred to as Lindisfarne MkII) quite a few times, including a Christmas gig at the City Hall in 1973, and a show (which turned out to be a farewell of sorts) in 1975, where they were supported by Hutch, a singer and guitarist from Yorkshire who had played with David Bowie in his early days. Lindisfarne continued to be a favourite at festivals; I remember seeing them during this period at Reading 1973, Buxton 1974, and supporting the Who at their 1974 Charlton gig. 
They continued to go down a storm, but things just didn’t seem quite the same. The new line-up released two albums; Roll On, Ruby (1973) and Happy Daze (1974), and their live set featured several of the new songs, but it was the old favourites that I, and everyone else in the audience, wanted to hear. The new band decided to call it a day in 1975, and the City Hall concert became a farewell to Newcastle. The Newcastle gig was planned to be the last, and the tour to end there, but a few additional gigs were added around the country to satisfy demand, I remember it as a good gig and quite an emotional event. At the time we all thought this was the very last time we would ever see the band, and the Newcastle crowd gave them a fitting farewell. Ray Laidlaw and Alan White of Yes joined the band on stage for the encore. I also saw Jack The Lad at Reading 1974.
Setlist from Charlton in 1974 was: Breakfast; Steppenwolf; Dealer’s Choice; North Country Boy; In Your Head; Tonight; Lady Eleanor; Taking Care of Business; No Need to Tell Me; Fog on the Tyne; Newcastle Brown Ale; Tow the Line; We Can Swing Together.
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