The Bag O'Nails

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The Bag O'Nails
The Bag
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The Bag O'Nails Club in its second incarnation as a private members' club, 2017
The Bag O'Nails
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 Underground no-text.svg Oxford Circus; Piccadilly Circus
TypePrivate members nightclub, live music venue
Capacity 100
Opened1965 (1965)
Closed1968 (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]

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History

Doorway plaque commemorating Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue Plaque in doorway of 9 Kingly Street.JPG
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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Inside the Court, Soho's newest private member's club, with founder Harry Mead". www.spearswms.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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