Lee Dorsey(Gothenburg, 1968)
1968 was a busy year for Dorsey. 4 singles on his US label Amy including the funk classic and breaktastic ‘Four Corners,’ along with ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Cynthia,’ and ‘Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter.’ Work with New Orleans legend Allen Toussiant, he continued to be at the foreground of the development of the New Orleans Funk Soul sound, playing numerous dates in that year with bands such as The Meters.
This Gothenburg gig seems a misnomer. It doesn’t form a part of any European tour taking place at this time. There was little publicity surrounding the gig, with the only mention being an advert in the Gothenburg’s local press. He certainly would have had some kind of fanbase in Sweden. His single ‘Working in A Coalmine’ was an international hit and his music had been licenced and released via Stateside into the Swedish market. Whether this was a one-off gig financed by local promoters who were fans, in the hope that more dates could be arranged once he was over, is only speculation but is probably the most likely context behind the gig.
POSTER DIMENSIONS : B2 (500mm X 707mm)
Globe Club
Situated in Östra Nordstaden, this was rough and lively part of the city. During the major waves of America emigration between the 1860s to the 1920s, emigrants passed here, between the Gothenburg Central Station and the ships waiting at the Port of Gothenburg to the west. By the 1960s the area was considered neglected and a slum district. The Globe, like a number of other music venues, including the first Cue Club, was therefore flattened in order to make way for the re-development and the construction of Nordstan, Europe’s largest Shopping centre.
Initially a student club opened by Tommy Nilsson and Ingmar Stenroth, The Globe had a reputation of mixing music with disarming stage performances, such as Fakir ladies with Boa Constrictors and chickens let loose on the dance floor. The same building also housed the popular clubs Joker and 1789, all which were demolished in 1969 when redevelopment work of the area began. But not before it had played host to some stellar acts, including the best of Sweden’s beat underground, Soul acts from the US including Lee Dorsey and the Soul Brothers and influential UK artists such as Alex Korner, John Mayall and Earth - a year before they changed their name to Black Sabbath.
Peckham Soul Prints
Designed by Craig Jamieson, these prints explore the unique diversity of Gothenburg’s cultural and social history. Focusing on archive research, and as well as re-discovering original prints, they often draw on contemporaneous listing material to create completely original artwork
All designs are silk screen lithographic printed and use 100% recycled and sustainable paper.
1968 was a busy year for Dorsey. 4 singles on his US label Amy including the funk classic and breaktastic ‘Four Corners,’ along with ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Cynthia,’ and ‘Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter.’ Work with New Orleans legend Allen Toussiant, he continued to be at the foreground of the development of the New Orleans Funk Soul sound, playing numerous dates in that year with bands such as The Meters.
This Gothenburg gig seems a misnomer. It doesn’t form a part of any European tour taking place at this time. There was little publicity surrounding the gig, with the only mention being an advert in the Gothenburg’s local press. He certainly would have had some kind of fanbase in Sweden. His single ‘Working in A Coalmine’ was an international hit and his music had been licenced and released via Stateside into the Swedish market. Whether this was a one-off gig financed by local promoters who were fans, in the hope that more dates could be arranged once he was over, is only speculation but is probably the most likely context behind the gig.
POSTER DIMENSIONS : B2 (500mm X 707mm)
Globe Club
Situated in Östra Nordstaden, this was rough and lively part of the city. During the major waves of America emigration between the 1860s to the 1920s, emigrants passed here, between the Gothenburg Central Station and the ships waiting at the Port of Gothenburg to the west. By the 1960s the area was considered neglected and a slum district. The Globe, like a number of other music venues, including the first Cue Club, was therefore flattened in order to make way for the re-development and the construction of Nordstan, Europe’s largest Shopping centre.
Initially a student club opened by Tommy Nilsson and Ingmar Stenroth, The Globe had a reputation of mixing music with disarming stage performances, such as Fakir ladies with Boa Constrictors and chickens let loose on the dance floor. The same building also housed the popular clubs Joker and 1789, all which were demolished in 1969 when redevelopment work of the area began. But not before it had played host to some stellar acts, including the best of Sweden’s beat underground, Soul acts from the US including Lee Dorsey and the Soul Brothers and influential UK artists such as Alex Korner, John Mayall and Earth - a year before they changed their name to Black Sabbath.
Peckham Soul Prints
Designed by Craig Jamieson, these prints explore the unique diversity of Gothenburg’s cultural and social history. Focusing on archive research, and as well as re-discovering original prints, they often draw on contemporaneous listing material to create completely original artwork
All designs are silk screen lithographic printed and use 100% recycled and sustainable paper.
