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= Roger Eagle = Roger Eagle was the DJ who laid the foundations for what was to become known as Northern Soul. He introduced the club goers to many different genres of music at The Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester during his sessions there  from 1963 until 1965. Although he started out heavily blues and R ‘n B influenced, his love of music evolved with the passing years and always seemed ahead of the curve. In 1976 he opened Eric’s Club in Liverpool which became a venue for many of the famous bands of the time including The Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello and New Order.

In the early sixties he published a well respected magazine – R ‘n B Scene which gave insights into the lives of mainly black blues and R ‘n B artists with some superb tour photographs of artists such as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy William II and Howlin’ Wolf, taken by photographer Brian Smith.

Roger Eagle helped to foster the British Blues scene in the sixties booking British groups for the Twisted Wheel such as John Mayall, the Spencer Davis Group and Them as well as US Soul and Blues legends including Jimmy Reed, T Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Charlie and Inez Foxx and Edwin Starr. In addition, he was   playing rare Soul tracks at the Twisted Wheel many of which went on to be sought after items on the present day Northern Soul scene. His major role in what was to become the Northern Soul movement has only recently begun to be acknowledged.

He originated from Oxford, educated at Dragon School and migrated to Manchester in the early sixties. He started working for the Abadi brothers at The Twisted Wheel Club for £3 a night in 1963. His love of music began with rock and roll - Ray Charles was a particular favourite - and his sessions were occasionally peppered with tracks by Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry. As a friend of Guy Stevens (Sue Records London), he was able to add to his extensive record collection through this connection. He was one of the first DJs to import records directly from the USA.

After leaving the Twisted Wheel he began working at The Blue Note situated a few hundred yards from the Whitworth Street Twisted Wheel. He later went on to open the short lived Staxx Club which was a nod to his love of the Stax Records label and later the Magic Village which was a venue for psychedelic rock complete with the obligatory light show although he managed to play tracks from his favourite blues artists including Albert King and Buddy Guy. He also organised a concert at the Houldsworth Hall Manchester under the Magic Village banner with Country Joe And The Fish topping the bill.

Born 15th July 1942 - Died 4th May 1999.