Yoko’s and John’s Flat

In 2010, Yoko Ono unveiled a blue marker plaque at the site of this flat, where she and John Lennon lived for about three months (from the 21st of June 1968) and took the photograph that would become the cover of their Two Virgins album. Many things happened here…

Speakeasy

Opened on 15 December 1966, the Speakeasy Club hosted the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Pink Floyd (who first appeared on 19 September 1967), Love, King Crimson, Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention (October 1967), Yes, Jimi Hendrix (1966), The Beatles, David Bowie, Deep Purple (10 July 1969), and Bob Marley (May 1973, Catch a Fire Tour). Thin Lizzy made their England debut here.

The Scotch of St. James

On the 24th of September 1966 Jimi Hendrix arrived in England for the first time and joined the house band for an impromptu session on stage at The Scotch of St. James. At the the height of 1960s swinging London the venue served as a historically significant meeting place for London’s rock elite.

Bag O’ Nails

In the 60s the Bag O’ Nails hosted an early gig by the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi’s second official gig in London, on the 25th of November 1966), among many others, but it’s also the place where Paul McCartney met his future wife Linda Eastman on the 15th of May 1967.

De Lane Lea Studios

Major artists such as The Animals, The Beatles, Soft Machine, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple recorded songs at the De Lane Lea Studios, but not here in their current location in Soho!

Saville Theatre

The Saville Theatre was leased by The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein for use as a music venue in 1965. Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jeff Beck, Traffic, Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band and The Bee Gees are amongst those who performed here.

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club

Ronnie Scott’s is the jazz club Jimi Hendrix played his guitar in public for the last time, on the 16th of September 1970.

But this is not the only fact that connects it to rock and roll!

His Master’s Voice

The first dedicated HMV shop opened in 1921 and remained there until 2000, to move and come back again in 2013. Hendrix was a customer. A 78rpm demo of The Beatles was cut in the store’s recording studio in 1962!

Marquee Club – Part #2

In March 1964 the Marquee Club moved to its most famous venue at 90 Wardour Street, possibly becoming the most important venue in the history of pop music.

Chislehurst Caves

A maze of about 22 miles of man-made underground tunnels, a cave, a shelter during the German blitz, but also a music venue where the likes of David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and the Pink Floyd performed.