Leicester Oral History Trail. 12 - Il Rondo 

Wow. Just found this by accident. Loads of memories of the groups that played there. Worked there as a DJ in the early to mid sixties.

loved the Il Rondo, I went regularly from 19 60 to late 64, saw the Stones, Johnny Kid and the Pirates, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, Brook Brothers, Long john Baldry, Freddie and the Dreamers, Freddie Starr, who came and shook everyone's hand in the queue waiting to go in, he said 'my name is Freddie Starr, remember my name because one day I'll be famous' ........ of course the first band I remember down there, and I only recently learned their name, was Tony Bart and the ReVels who were the first live band to play there on a Sunday night !!!!!!! When Tony left the band they became the Farinas, and later became Family!

How many times did Howlin' Wolf play the Rondo? When I saw him play there, it wasn't the Black Cat Blues Band that accompanied him, it was Steamhammer.

i wish i wasn't old enough to remember the place and great times i had in there, haha

at 2.44 the Wstminster/Churchill pub was mentioned, the accompanying image is of the Globe, further up Silver St. the pub reffered to is now called the Lamplighters.