The co-founder of the Ealing Club, Alexis Korner is to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony on 19 October 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Ealing Blues Club, which many consider to be the birthplace of British rhythm and blues, was opened by Alexis Korner & Cyril Davies and their band Blues Incorporated on 17 March 1962.
The basement venue across the road from Ealing Broadway in now occupied by the Red Room club. During the 1960s the venue played host to musicians who went on to work with and develop blues-based rock in groups including the Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who, Manfred Mann and The Yardbirds
Korner, who was born in Paris was brought up in Ealing Village, off Hanger Lane and died in 1984. He appears in the documentary Suburban Steps to Rockland, the Story of the Ealing Club which is to be screened at the ActOne cinema on 12 May and at the Ealing Project on 1 June.
Tickets for the Suburban Steps to Rockland can be booked here:
12 May ActOne Cinema
1 June: Ealing Project
