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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