The revamped Ballerina Ballroom site (remember the blog for the Rock Exhib that was meant to go ahead alongside the Cinema of Dreams) gives the last gig as August the 7th 1970. I went over to that blog for a look after the following comment came in on the other Quo post.
'Flower Power said...
Elton John, Rod Stewart, Status Quo all wrinkly rockers what next
in the highlands LADY SAGA.
*****
Saw The Quo twice in The Ballerina
& also would you believe in The
Town Hall, Cullen when i had hair.'
Just wondering where the bands used to stay after the gigs. B&Bs in Nairn? Did the Quo stay somewhere in Nairn?
A PINK Voltswagen type van comes to mind.Can remember it sitting outside
ReplyDeletethe Ballerina unloading the gear.(No Double Yellow Lines in these days)
Remember some of the small touring
ReplyDeletebands used to sleep in their vans,
the bigger known acts used to sometimes stay in The Royal Hotel
where i once had a pint with members of Hot Chocolate,often bands would go for a drink in The
Vic & walk down The High Street
to "The Ballers" you had to be out
of the pubs just after 10oclock,
when Marmalade played the were
NO 1 in the charts & before the gig
were drinking in The Waverley Hotel, Slade when they were here
stayed in I think it was called Duncraig a small B&B on the corner
across from The United Reformed
Church, Fleetwood Mac stayed in
The Newton Hotel.
Nairn a wee town can boast thats
its attracted the likes of CREAM,
The WHO,PINK FLOYD,SLADE,BAY CITY
ROLLERS, STATUS QUO,FLEETWOOD MAC,
GENO WASHINGTON, THE HERD,JUICY LUCY,HOT CHOCOLATE,MARMALADE,
PICKETY WITCH, THE BEATLES,
to name just a few.
Chance here for a wee headbanger heritage trail?
ReplyDeleteI also remember a group staying in the Royal Hotel, and getting my hockey stick autographed on a Saturday morning - wonder what I did with it, it would have been worth a fortune now!
ReplyDeleteI suppose once every 29 years isn't too bad to put up with
ReplyDeleteGeno Washington and the Ram Jam Band stayed at the Highland Hotel. I was a waiter on their table.
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