(1) supplied by Mick Mepham, (2) & (3) supplied by Roger Carey
Yvonne Cleland….Great gig, and with the legendary beer can on head routine………
Chris Meachen….Remember this one particularly fondly;- After the gig, I asked Ray Davies about harmonica playing; He made me a present of two blues harps,( which I still have) then sat down & gave me a half-hour lesson in blues harmonica.. Thoroughly nice bloke!
Martyn Baker….Victoria! Victoria!! (I think they opened with that). Knocked me out too.
Graham How….I had the honour of introducing them on stage. They were a very friendly band and the roadies were great too! Fabulous night. They came down to Hastings on a chartered National Express coach. Hastings was the only gig they had done for ages and not part of a tour. Ray said they did it because they fancied playing on a pier!
Gary Kinch….Remember it well……First wage packet I bought 2 singles, Ape Man being one of them. I seem to remember Ray throwing beer into the audience.
Andre Palfrey-martin….Kinks first played Hasting Pier in July 1964- HCFE Summer Dance.
John Alexander Wilde….Wonderful!
Peter Fairless… …and, yes, the pier gig will have been the one where Ray Davies helped Jo Brand get her No.6 out of the machine!
Robert Searle… March Hare, Peter Skellern on lead vocals.
Jim Breeds… Ah yes! I was there, but I don’t remember the support band – not that I remember the support bands from many of the gigs. I think we always stayed in the pubs until just before the main act.
Yvonne Cleland… Huh! That was for posh people. The rest of us stayed in the pier bar!
Sally Blackman… This was the very first gig i went to.
Phil Thornton… another great gig ! – the audience was at least 1.5K over capacity !! (I guess Health and Safety must have been somewhere else !)
Jane Hartley… I was there
Terry Haddon… And so was i.