(c’63-64). Bert Curtis (drums), Dave Everson (lead guitar / vocals), Alan Hatswell (guitar), and Pete Cannon (bass).
This Guildford band played The Ticky Rick Club, Basingstoke – which became the Rang-a-Tang Club in mid-’65 – and the Rock & Twist Dances, Guildford. Curtis had been in Guildford skiffle group The Leopard Spots before going on to join The Age Beaters.
On 4 November ’63, Phil and The Stormsville Shakers headlined opening night of the Rock & Twist Dances at the Civic Hall, Guildford, with The Original Dominos, The Condors and The Age Beaters in support. The Age Beaters returned the next week to support The Raiders with Terry Shane on 11 November; The Condors on 18 November, The Original Dominoes on 25 November, and The Transatlantics on 2 December.
The next year, the band would travel further afield with gigs at the likes of The Pavilion, Clarence Pier, Portsmouth where they performed on 17 May ’64. Later in ’64, on 26 September, the band supported Rip Van Winkle, along with The Dynamos, at The Ticky Rick Club, Basingstoke. Kenneth Payne, a rookie promoter at the time, organized his first event at Foxburrows Hall and booked The Age Beaters
Curtis’ local connections went back a ways as the grandson of Mr Reg “Robin Red Breast” Curtis landlord of the Seven Stars, Swan Lane and the Vintner’s Arms, and son of Albert Curtis Snr who also landlorded the Seven Stars. Sadly, Curtis passed on 3 April 2020
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