– Ricky Tick Club, Civic Hall, Guildford, Surreyħ June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Whoġ2 June 1965 – Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucksġ3 June 1965 – Galaxy Club, Woburn Park Hotel, Addlestone, Surreyġ4 June 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Solomon Burkeġ7 June 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire – Haymarket Lounge, Basingstoke, Hampshire – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Mark Leeman Five Photo may be subject to copyright – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London with The Spencer Davis Group In mid-1965 Coleson Chen returned to Jamaica and his brother Phil moved on to bass.Ģ0 November 1964 – Kilburn State Ballroom, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Night-Timers and Dixieland Steel Band (billed as The Jamaican Vagabonds)ġ8 March 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London (billed as The Vagabonds)ģ0 April 1965 – Ricky Tick Club, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey with Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds Soon after, Winston Martin left and Rupert Balgobin took over drums and Phil Chen became a permanent member.Īttracting the attention of manager Pete Meaden, who’d discovered The Who, the group landed a month-long residency at the Scene in March 1965. This formation recorded The Vagabonds LP. The musicians relocated to London in May 1964 with Chen’s younger brother Phil guesting on second guitar and initially they played at parties and social functions. The Vagabonds had been formed in 1961 by Count Prince Miller, Coleson Chen and Wallace Wilson with other musicians, who were gradually replaced with the line-up above. Photo shows line-up in late 1965īorn on 13 September 1940 in the United States, Jimmy James moved to Jamaica in the mid-1940s and joined The Vagabonds in 1964 after recording solo singles. Left to right: Carl Noel, Wallace Wilson, Phil Chen, Jimmy James, Carl Griffiths, Count Prince Miller and Rupert Balgobin.

Vagabonds in France by Michael A. Barry