How bad is the design of the Reading ’82 program? Good lord. With four or five exceptions, the lineup wasn’t much better than the cover. Budgie were horrid. I’ve always loved them but they made two mistakes (a). not playing any ‘70’s material (it was only ’82 for god’s sake) and (b). coming...

Unfortunately these were the days when you’d buy a nice new shirt and then cut it to pieces, never to be worn...

I was given this shirt as a thank you for working on the Lennon Art exhibition in London. I still wear...

Ex-classic period Whitesnake axe wielder Bernie Marsden on stage at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire opening for Joanne XXX. The fabulous double neck SG was a treat that night, especially as it was just Bernie onstage with an acoustic guitar player. Not exactly the usual instrument of choice for a...

Over the years, I’ve picked up a few copies of the UK’s Disc music paper. Great headlines – “Free – the new Stones?”, the Isle of Wight Festival lineup and ….. Kenny...