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M at Les Cousins, Feb 1971

Just a Zeitgeist portrait snap I found going through some old negs, for some reason never printed before.

At that time, 1968-72, Les Cousins (named after a 60s French "New Wave" film) was a brilliant folk music club in Greek Street, Soho, London in the cellar under a Greek restaurant, Dionysus. I was a fairly frequent "floor player" there (getting things started before the main performer or filling in the break). It had no alcohol licence, just a very basic coffee bar with, memorably, a polythene teaspoon chained to the bar. In the winter it was very cold for the first half-hour or so and I vividly recall having to sit on my hands to warm up my fingers so I could play.

When the sessions ended around 1 a.m. I would walk round to Frith Street and use my last £1 buying the necessary one drink to be able to spend the rest of the night listening to jazz at Ronnie Scott's.

Most of my guitar-playing heros played at Cousins including Davy Graham, Bert Jansch & John Renbourn, Paul Simon, Martin Carthy, Ralph McTell, John Martyn, Stefan Grossman and many others (even the classical guitarist John Williams). Meeting Mike Oldfield there in 1968 (performing with his sister Sally) convinced me I was never going to be the world's greatest guitarist – he was only 15 and already way better than me – starting me on the road back to my day-job.

Usually M was noticeably the most glamorous member of the audience and was invited to sit up on the "stage" when (as often) there were not enough seats. It is now a very smart area of town but in those days quite sleazy with strip clubs and "massage parlours" all down the road. When M first joined me there she wore one of her usual ultra-mini dresses and had a difficult time ouside fending off interested men until I arrived – after that she realised that trousers were more practical (also for climbing over the church-pew seats).

I found a nice description of the venue here and another from Ian Anderson.

PS (2023) I have posted another photo of her there a year later...

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Holborn (show map)

Taken on: February 1, 1971

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