The Bag O'Nails
The Bag | |
 The Bag O'Nails Club in its second incarnation as a private members' club, 2017 | |
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| Address | Kingly Street London, W1 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′44″N 0°08′20″W / 51.512361°N 0.13889°W |
| Public transit |  Oxford Circus; Piccadilly Circus |
| Type | Private members nightclub, live music venue |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Closed | 1968 (re-opened 2013) |
The Bag O'Nails was a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, England.[1]
Bands and other musicians who played and socialised there included Georgie Fame, Jimi Hendrix, Bobby Tench, The Gass[2] and Eric Burdon.[3] The venue also hosted an early gig by the Jimi Hendrix Experience,[4] and others who frequented the venue include Tom Jones, the Who and the Animals.[5]
After the Beatles' recording sessions in London, their roadie Mal Evans, personal assistant Neil Aspinall and Paul McCartney would eat at The Bag O'Nails[6] and it was one of their favourite venues.[7] McCartney met his future wife Linda Eastman at the club on 15 May 1967;[4] Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues met his future wife Ann Marie Guirron there as well.[8] Another event is recorded in Mal Evans's memoirs: "January 19 and 20: I ended up drunk in The Bag O'Nails with McCartney and Aspinall".[9] Mireille Strasser met Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) at The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967. They married on November 5, 1968.
The Bag O'Nails re-opened as a private members' club in March 2013,[10] before closing in 2018.[11] It is now the site of a members' club called The Court.[11]
Notes
- ^ Roby, Steven (2010). Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, The Untold Story of A Musical Genius. Da Capo Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-306-81910-0.
- ^ Warburton, Nick. "British rock music from the mid 60s onwards. Mike Pigott/Gass". thestrangebrew.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Leslie, Fran (October 2009). Interview with Bobby Tench, founder member Gass. Blues In Britain. p. 18 Vol 1 issue 94.
- ^ a b "The Bag O'Nails". bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ Vickers, Graham (2010). Rock music landmarks of London (E-book). omnibus.com. ISBN 9780857123091. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Abracadabra!". bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
- ^ Miles, Barry. Many Years From Now. Vintage (1998). p. 141.
- ^ JUSTIN HAYWARD-THIS IS YOUR LIFE-BBC 1-10.MAR.1997, archived from the original on 15 March 2017, retrieved 26 June 2021
- ^ Evan, Mal. "Mal Evans' Diaries". beatlesnumber9.com. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- ^ Hasted, Nick (22 February 2013). "'A social club for The Beatles': return to rock'n'roll clubland". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Inside the Court, Soho's newest private member's club, with founder Harry Mead". www.spearswms.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
References
- Miles, Barry (1998). Many Years From Now. Vintage-Random House. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4.
- Spitz, Bob (2006). The Beatles: The Biography. Little, Brown and Company (New York). ISBN 1-84513-160-6.
- Roby, Steven (2010). Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, The Untold Story of A Musical Genius. Da Capo Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-306-81910-0.
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