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| Born: |
Croydon Surrey 29/10/1953 (I was so ugly when I was born the Midwife punched my Dad) |
| Educated: | Just about |
| 1st Gig: | Age 14 in Thornton Heath Surrey (I was crap) |
| Jobs: |
Saturday Jobs – Pet Shop – Butchers – Furniture Shop – Sports Shop in Finchley (met Spike Milligan there for the first time). Proper Jobs – Tyre Fitter (really) Austin Reed (Regent Street) Hornes Menswear (London & Romford) Rock Venue Promoter – The Tunnel Greenwich – The Royal Standard Walthamstow – The Rivoli Brockley Started the Tunnel Club Alternative Comedy Night with Malcolm Hardee Tour Managed: -Sonny Curtis & Albert Lee Wrote comedy for: - Richard Digance, Dave Lee, Bobby Davro, Jim Davidson amongst others for Live, Radio & television. Opened, ran and wrote for the I.E. Theatre. Written 12 comedy rock musicals including ‘Cherkazoo’ with Ian Gillan Had 3 plays staged in London Written 100’s of songs, 100’s of poems, 37 plays Performed 1000’s of gigs with a variety of people including; Mickey Jones, Dominique Le Vak, Mick Hawksworth, Steve Waller, Albert Lee, Keith Nelson, Richard Edwards, Steve Donnelly, Alison Young, Siobhan Parr, Alan West, Steve Elliott, Richard ‘Standby’ Smith, Phil Evans, Paul ‘Mac’ Bonvin, Bobby Valentino, Jim Almand & many others.
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| Lived: | Thornton Heath Surrey, Norwood south London, Warrington, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Forest Hill South London, Hampstead, Greenwich, Alaska and Axminster |
| Fondest Memories: |
Jack London (my Great Grandfather) Hanging out with the Everly Brothers & writing a song with Don Interviewing Raymond Baxter My first Guitar Meeting Keith Nelson Singing with Alan West Meeting & writing with Jim Almand Writing with Richard Digance Hitting an Eagle two on the 1st Hole at Lyme Regis Golf course Driving James Hunt’s Mclaren down the Pit Lane at Silverstone Virtually every gig I’ve ever done Opening night of ‘Missing Marilyn’ in London with lots of friends Coming face to face with a Bear in the wilds of Alaska
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