The Scotch of St James club was a popular meeting place for rock musicians during the mid 1960s situated at 13 Masons Yard, Westminster, London SW1. Paul McCartney

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 frequently visited it, as well Rod Stewart

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, Eric Burdon

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, Ronnie Wood and bands like The Moody Blues

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 and The Spencer Davis Group.

The club was where a then unknown Jimi Hendrix

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 played his first gig in England on 24 September 1966, when he joined the house band for some blues standards. On 19 October 1966 the Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first UK gig as a private showcase at Scotch of St James.