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Maybe Someday, 1973

January 1973

26th: Clive Palmer COB - The Half Moon, Putney.

February 1973

14th: Exeter University supporting Genesis.
17^th: University, Southampton.

Set list from Paul Bryant:

Cousin Caterpillar
Log Cabin Home in the Sky
Dumb Kate
Raga
Circus Girl
At the Lighthouse Dance
Second Fiddle
Cold Days of February
Elite Syncopations (Scott Joplin)
Maker of Islands
Saturday Maybe
Tear the Silk
Medley: Douglas Traherne Harding/You Get Brighter/Dust be Diamonds/White Bird/Ducks on a Pond/Sleepers Awake

18^th: Bristol University.
21^st: Stirling University.
22^nd: Warwick University.
23^rd: Bolton College of Technology.
23rd: Release of At the Lighthouse Dance / Jigs

25^th: Playhouse, Nottingham.

March 1973

1^st: Sussex University, Brighton.
2^nd: Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge.
3^rd: Kingston Polytechnic.
5^th: Oxford Polytechnic.
7^th: Swansea University.
9^th: Leicester University.
10^th: Brunel University, Uxbridge.
17^th: Royal Festival Hall, London.
18th: Clive Palmer COB - Candlelight, Battersea.
19th: Clive Palmer COB - The Derby Arms, Upper Richmond Road West, London.
20^th: State Theatre, Dublin. (Live bootleg available?)
21^st: Savoy Theatre, Limerick.
22^nd: Pavilion Theatre, Dublin.
23^rd: Savoy Theatre, Cork.

April 1973

3rd: The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA.
5th: Cellar Door, Washington DC.
7th: The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA.
12th: Old Town Theater, Los Gatos California.
12th: Clive Palmer COB, White Bear, Hounslow. (With Chalice)
13th: Clive Palmer COB - Half Moon, Putney. (With Pageant)
13-14th: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco.
15th: Old Town Theater, Los Gatos California. (2 shows)
22^nd: Philharmonic Hall, New York.
23rd: Clive Palmer COB - Down River 1, King William IV, Leyton.
28th: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY.
29^th: Tampa, Florida.

Also in April but dates unknown:

Monroe Community Center, Rochester, New York; Boston.

I saw the ISB in (I think April or May of 1972 or 1973) in Los Angeles at UCLA in what was probably a small lecture hall or theater within the university. I wasn't much of a fan then. My friend, who took me with him, was. He'd somehow heard about what was an unadvertised appearance, several hours before it took place. The only song I remember was their signature crowd-pleasing tune, Black Jack Davy. I curse myself to think of it now, but most of my interest was directed to a tall, lithe, but well endowed blonde shaking a tambourine in her tight sweater. Alas.

May 1973

3rd: Clive Palmer COB - Shakespeare's Head, Carnaby Street, London.
4th: Clive Palmer COB - Folk at the Oak, Royal Oak, Dulwich.
12^th: North West University, Cahn Auditorium, Chicago IL.
19th: Melody Maker reported that John Bidwell and Mick Bennett have left COB to be replaced by Chris Newman and Henry Bartlett.
25th: Palau de la Musica, Barcelona.

Set list:

Cousin Caterpillar
Antoine
Old Buccaneer
Everything's Fine Right Now
Piano Solo
Turquoise Blue
My Father Was a Lighthouse Keeper
At the Lighthouse Dance
Circus Girl
Log Cabin Home in the Sky / Sleepers Awake
Instrumental / Saturday Maybe
Black Jack Davy

27th: Clive Palmer COB - Cabbage Patch, Twickenham.
Also in May 1973 but exact dates unknown:
Riverboat, Toronto (two gigs); Miami Beach Auditorium (with Jackson Browne)

June 1973

9th: Clive Palmer COB - Hull Folk Festival.
15-17th: Clive Palmer COB - Norwich Folk Festival.

August 1973

1^st: London Music Festival, Alexandra Palace (with Steeleye Span)
10^th: Durham University.
11^th: Newcastle City Hall.
12^th: Civic Hall, Barnsley.

September 1973

4^th: Empire, Glasgow (with Brinsley Schwarz).

October 1973

1st: Salle Industrielle, Lille, France.

Set List:

Black Jack David
Everything's Fine Right Now
Rends-Moi Demain
El Ratto
Dear Old Battlefield
Dumb Kate
Circus Girl
Lady Wonder
Saturday Maybe
My Father Was a Lighthouse Keeper
At the Lighthouse Dance
Ithkos

11^th: City Hall, Newcastle.
12^th: Odeon, Leicester.
13^th: Civic Hall, Barnsley.
14^th: Civic Theatre, Darlington.
The Incredible String Band played the second half of the evening. The first half was played by McGuinness Flint.
16^th: Capitol Theatre, Cardiff.
17^th: Dome, Brighton.
18^th: Guildhall, Southampton.
19^th: Town Hall, Birmingham.
20^th: Civic Hall, Barrow-in-Furness.
22^nd: Fairfield Hall, Croydon.
23^rd: Colston Hall, Bristol.
25^th: City Hall, Glasgow.
27^th: Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
29^th: Music Hall, Aberdeen.
30^th: Caird Hall, Dundee.
31^st: Guildhall, Preston.

November 1973

1^st: City Hall, Sheffield.
2^nd: City Hall, Hull.
3^rd: City Hall, St Albans.
4^th: Civic Theatre, Gravesend.
5^th: Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
6^th: Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge.
8^th: Civic Hall, Guildford.
9^th: York University.
11^th: Playhouse, Nottingham.
12^th: Rainbow, London.
13^th: Princes Hall, Aldershot.
14^th: Playhouse Theatre, Harlow.
15^th: Congress Theatre, Eastborne.
16^th: Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa.
18^th: Royal Court, Liverpool.
20^th: New Theatre, Oxford.