Amen Corner. Played at the Top Rank Suit Sunderland in March 1969. The Amen Corner, a Welsh R & B tinged pop band of the 60's featuring singer Andy Fairweather Low, organist Blue Weaver, guitarist Neil Jones, bassist Clive Taylor, saxophonists Allen Jones and Mike Smith and drummer Dennis Bryn. Amen Corner scored the first of their six British chart hits with "Gin House" in the summer of 1967.
Paradise Is Half as Nice, went to number one in early 1969. Fairweather Low pictured below had become a teenage heartthrob. Biggest Hits, If Paradise Is Half As Nice, High Into The Sky and Bend Me Shape Me. Andy Fairweather Low now plays alongside Eric Clapton, it's not a new experience for guitarist Andy, who has been with Eric since 1992. Andy joined Eric's band for their recent concert tour of Japan in 1997 and contributed to Eric's 1992 acoustic album Unplugged. Among other greats that he has worked with are George Harrison and Van Morrison.
Below is the Sunderland top ten for the 14th of January 1964
