Thanks to Russel Leadbetter for his write up in the Herald recently about Beggars Opera in 70’s Glasgow.
“BACK in the November of 1969, the discerning music fan in Glasgow had lots of intriguing concerts to choose from.
David Bowie, Deep Purple, and Fat Mattress – the latter featuring Noel Redding, former bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience – all played the Electric Garden on Sauchiehall Street. Such shows were billed as ‘Electric Garden goes Underground every Monday night’.
Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum were at the Maryland Club, in Scott Street, across the road from the Glasgow School of Art. And, down at Burns Howff on West Regent Street, a progressive rock band called Beggars Opera was about to start a residency.
The quintet took over the slot from the popular rock band Stone the Crows (who themselves included Maggie Bell, Jimmy Dewar, and Les Harvey), and were an immediate success. At one point in 1970, a city newspaper reported that there was an hour-long queue outside the venue on a Saturday morning, prior to a Beggars Opera appearance.”
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