John's Children



John's Children were a 1960s pop art/mod rock band from Leatherhead, England that briefly featured future T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. John's Children were known for their outrageous live performances and were booted off a tour with The Who in Germany in 1967 when they upstaged the headliners. Their 1967 single "Desdemona", a Bolan composition, was banned by the BBC because of the controversial lyric, "Lift up your skirt and fly" … (read more at Wikipedia)

Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions

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Other Shows Played

 * 16 July 1967: Come And Play With Me In The Garden (single) Track
 * 17 July 1967: Come And Play With Me In The Garden (single) Track
 * 19 July 1967: Sara Crazy Child (single - Come and Play With Me In The Garden b-side) Track
 * 14 August 1967: Desdemona (single) Track
 * 10 April 1992: Hippie Gumbo (acetate)
 * 06 October 1999: Come And Play With Me In The Garden (LP-A Midsummer Night's Scene) Bam-Caruso
 * 10 October 1999 (BFBS): Come And Play With Me In The Garden (LP-A Midsummer Night's Scene) Barn-Caruso
 * 10 September 2002: Desdemona (7") Track (JP: "There have been loads of books about Marc Bolan over the years and when I'm mentioned in them I do appear a bit of a knob to be perfectly honest. But the fact of the matter was I always knew that Marc had a bad side to him, and most of us did, but nevertheless the nice side of him was really nice and I enjoyed his company enormously. And that's about all there is to say on the subject really.")
 * 10 October 2002: Sara, Crazy Child (7") Track