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The Roadrunners
Cavern gigs
The following list is taken from "The Best Of Cellars" by Phil
Thompson, published by the Bluecoat Press, 1994, ISBN 1 872568
16 5 (£9.95) - a superb reference book for anyone interested in the
history of the Cavern Club.
The Roadrunners appeared in the Cavern Club on each of the dates
listed, together with other bands, as indicated. (There were other
gigs, but this is what's recorded in the book.)
February 1963
Sunday 3rd
8-hour marathon - with The Beatles, The Fourmost, The
Dominoes, The Hollies, Earl Preston & The TTs, The
Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Genes.
Saturday 16th
with The Saints Jazz Band, Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four, Vic
& The Spidermen.
April 1963
Friday 12th
R&B marathon - with The Beatles, The Fourmost, The
Dennisons, The Nomads, The Panthers, Faron's Flamingoes, The
Flintstones, Group One.
May 1963
Saturday 11th
with Group One, The Easybeats, The Rainy City Jazz Band.
June 1963
Sunday 23rd
with The Fourmost, The Delrenas.
July 1963
Wednesday 17th
with The Big Three, The Chants, Johnny Sandon & The Remo
Four.
Wednesday 24th
with The Dennisons, The Connoisseurs, The Georgians.
August 1963
Saturday 3rd
with The Beatles, The Merseybeats, Johnny Ringo & The Colts,
The Escorts, The Sapphires.
September 1963
Wednesday 4th
with Tommy Quickley & The Challengers, Sons of the
Piltdownmen, Gary & Lee, The Escorts.
Friday 20th
with Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds, Mike & The
Thunderbirds, The Mark Four.
October 1963
Tuesday 8th
with The Escorts, The Paladins, The Cracksmen.
Friday 18th
with Faron's Flamingoes, The Mojos, The Victors.
Saturday 26th
with The Escorts, The Mark Four, The Black Knights.
November 1963
Tuesday 5th
with The Master Sounds, The Rolling Stones, The Escorts.
Saturday 16th
with The Classics, Bobby & The Bachelors, Bobby Laine & The
Confederates.
Saturday 23rd
with Vic & The Spidermen, The Kinsmen, The Paladins.
Sunday 24th
R&B marathon - with The Big Three, The Merseybeats, The
Escorts, The Astrals, The Panthers, The Notions, Derry & The
Pressmen.
Wednesday 27th
with The Escorts, Earl Preston & The TTs, The Chandels.
December 1963
Tuesday 3rd
with Chick Graham & The Coasters, The Mighty Avengers, Roy &
The Dions.
Wednesday 4th
Lunchtime solo spot
Wednesday 11th
with The Big Three, The Notions, The Mafia.
Tuesday 17th
Lunchtime solo spot
January 1964
Friday 24th
Lunchtime solo spot
Tuesday 28th
with Lee Castle & The Barons, The Inmates, The Panthers.
February 1964
Wednesday 5th
with The Undertakers,The Panthers,The Page Boys.
Tuesday 18th
with The Spidermen,The Ivan D Juniors,The Vibrators.
Saturday 22nd
with The Astrals,The Georgians,The Spidermen.
Wednesday 26th
with Sonny Boy Williamson,The Yardbirds,The Mersey Blue Beats,The Valkyries,
The St Louis Checks.
March 1964
Tuesday 3rd
Roadrunners feature in first recording for Radio Luxembourg's
"Sunday Night At The Cavern" - with Bobby Sampson & The
Giants, The Dions, The Rockin' Rivals.
Friday 13th
Lunchtime solo spot, plus evening session with The Notions,
The Mersey Blue Beats, The Concords, The Georgians.
Friday 20th
with The Mersey Blue Beats, The Motifs, The Vigilantes.
Sunday 22nd
with Lorraine Gray & The Chaperones, The Cordes, The
Megatones.
April 1964
Thursday 2nd
Evening solo spot
Saturday 4th
Junior Cavern Club - with The Green Beats, Evening, The
Feelgoods, The Hideaways, The Black Velvets, Deek's Weirdos.
Sunday 12th
with The Kirbys, The Hideaways, The Clayton Squares, The
Escorts.
May 1964
Monday 18th
All day session - with The Clayton Squares, Billy Kinsley's New
Group, The Centremen, The Mastersounds, The Hideaways, The
Nashpool Four, Freddy Starr & The Flamingoes, The Spidermen,
The St Louis Checks, The Georgians, The Blackwells, The
Coins, The Schatz.
Wednesday 20th
Lunchtime solo spot
Friday 22nd
with The Escorts, The Easybeats, The Notions, The Cordes.
June 1964
Tuesday 2nd
with The Notions, Herman's Hermits.
Tuesday 16th
with The Kirbys, The Mersey Blue Beats, The Interludes.
Sunday 21st
with The Plebs, The Notions, The St Louis Checks.
Tuesday 30th
with The Redcaps, The Vikings, The Pilgrims, The Mark Four.
July 1964
Sunday 5th
with The Spidermen, The Cheetahs, Them Grimbles
September 1964
Tuesday 1st
with The Hideaways, The Kinsleys
November 1964
Friday 6th
lunchtime session with Kris Ryan & The Questions, evening
session with The Clayton Squares, The Notions
December 1964
Saturday 26th
Boxing Day Big Show - with The Chants, The Hideaways, The
Kirbys, The Cordes, The Pretenders.
January 1965
Tuesday 5th
with Earl Preston's Realms
Tuesday 12th
with The Notions
Saturday 16th
All Night Session - with The St Louis Checks, The Clayton
Squares, The Victor Brox Blues Train, The TTs with Amos
Bonny, The TL's Bluesicians, The Jensons, The Gibsons.
Tuesday 19th
with The Michael Allen Group.
Tuesday 26th
with Earl Preston's Realms
February 1965
Tuesday 2nd
with The Notions
Sunday 7th
with The Undertakers
Tuesday 9th
with The Clayton Squares
Friday 12th
with The Notions, Johnny Ringo & The Colts.
Saturday 20th
All Night Session - with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, The
Hideaways, The Notions, The Excerts, The Spidermen, The St
Louis Checks.
Tuesday 23rd
with The Victor Brox Blues Train.
Sunday 28th
with The St Louis Checks.
March 1965
Saturday 13th
All Night Session - with Kris Ryan & The Questions, The Clayton
Squares, Earl Preston's Realms, The Black Knights, The
Factotums, The Hideaways, The Notions, The St Louis Checks.
Wednesday 17th
with Earl Preston's Realms.
Sunday 27th
with The Clayton Squares, The Michael Allen Group.
April 1965
Sunday 11th
with The Pretenders.
Friday 16th
8-hour Session - with Kris Ryan & The Questions, The Notions,
The St Louis Checks, The Runaways, The Richmond Group, Earl
Preston's Realms, The Seftons.
Tuesday 20th
with The Richmond Group, The Michael Allen Group.
May 1965
Friday 7th
with The Warriors (Jon Anderson on vocals), The Richmond
Group.
Saturday 22nd
All Night Session - with The Johnny Gus Set, The Hideaways,
Amos Bonny & The TTs, The St Louis Checks, The Richmond
Group, The Experts, The Blues Pentagon, Billy Butler & The
Tuxedos.
June 1965
Saturday 5th
with Earl Preston's Realms, The Feelgoods.
July 1965
Sunday 11th
with The Hideaways, The Richmond Group.
September 1965
Saturday 18th
with The Easybeats, The Aztecs.
October 1965
Saturday 9th
All Night Session - with Cliff Bennet & The Rebel Rousers, The
Clayton Squares, David John & The Mood, The Hideaways, The
Klubs, The Blue Angels, The Richmond Group.
January 1966
Saturday 22nd
with The Almost Blues, Karl Terry & The TTs.
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