Crawdaddy Club Friday 2 March th 7.30 – 11.00 p.m. Richmond 50 Tickets £8.00 in Anniversary advance from: WeGotTickets.com visitrichmond.co.uk or £10.00 on the door. Tel: 0787 9473848 crawdaddyclubrichmond Relaunching with one of UK’s @gmail.com premiere rhythm & blues rock bands, Richmond Athletic The Blue Bishops. Line-up includes Ground, Twickenham musicians who have played alongside Road, TW9 2SF such illustrious names as Bill Wyman, the Kinks, the Animals, the Zombies Free Parking and Argent to name just a few. Their latest CD ‘In the Red’ received critical acclaim and they recently featured ‘live’ on the Radio 2 Paul Jones show 7 minute walk from Richmond Station and Jo Whiley’s ‘In Concert. A little bit of Crawdaddy history. Established in 1962 The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond was, alongside The Eel Pie Hotel in Twickenham, on the forefront of Britain’s R&B music scene. On a par with The Cavern Club in Liverpool, the home of The Beatles and the Liverpool sound, The Crawdaddy was The Rolling Stones first residency and helped to launch the early careers of such musical legends as Eric Clapton with The Yardbirds , Paul Jones with Manfred Mann, Rod Stewart, Long john Baldry , Ray Davies before he started The Kinks amongst many others. It was originally located at the Station Hotel opposite Richmond Station, but by 1963 demand outgrew the size of the venue and moved across to the Richmond Athletic Ground where it continued with the Yardbirds as the house band and many other great acts of that fabulous era. We are proud to revive this historic club and plan to run regular live gigs with some of the best bands of today to keep the rich musical heritage of Richmond alive. .