The Bag O'Nails

The Bag O'Nails

The Bag
The Bag O'Nails Club in its second incarnation as a private members' club, 2017
Address	Kingly Street London, W1 United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°30′44″N0°08′20″W / 51.512361°N 0.13889°W / 51.512361; -0.13889
Public transit	Oxford Circus; Piccadilly Circus
Type	Private members nightclub, live music venue
Capacity	100
Opened	1965 (1965)
Closed	1968 (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]

History

Doorway plaque commemorating Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue

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

1. 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.
2. Warburton, Nick. "British rock music from the mid 60s onwards. Mike Pigott/Gass". thestrangebrew.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. Leslie, Fran (October 2009). Interview with Bobby Tench, founder member Gass. Blues In Britain. p. 18 Vol 1 issue 94.
4. "The Bag O'Nails". bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
5. Vickers, Graham (2010). Rock music landmarks of London (E-book). omnibus.com. ISBN   9780857123091 . Retrieved 28 November 2014.
6. "Abracadabra!". bbc.co.uk. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2006.
7. Miles, Barry. Many Years From Now. Vintage (1998). p. 141.
8. JUSTIN HAYWARD-THIS IS YOUR LIFE-BBC 1-10.MAR.1997, archived from the original on 15 March 2017, retrieved 26 June 2021
9. Evan, Mal. "Mal Evans' Diaries". beatlesnumber9.com. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
10. Hasted, Nick (22 February 2013). "'A social club for The Beatles': return to rock'n'roll clubland". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
11. "Inside the Court, Soho's newest private member's club, with founder Harry Mead". www.spearswms.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

Bibliography

• 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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