Mothers 1968-1971

In August of 1968 the Carlton Ballroom relaunched as a rock club under the name Mothers.

Over the next three years this unlikely destination, up a fire escape above a furniture shop in Erdington, became one of the UK’s meccas for heavy and psychedelic music, with John Peel as a quasi-resident DJ and a ridiculous roster of acts including Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Muddy Waters, Fairport Convention, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd. Across the road from the club itself, Jez Collins (Birmingham Music Archive) will assemble a group of Mothers survivors - both punters and performers - and attempt to piece together what went on in this UV-lit monochrome den.