UK and Greg Lake on consecutive nights in San Francisco with my friend, Dax. Both good although Greg overdid it on the backing tracks. We also had a great chat, over breakfast, with John...

Ex Manfred Paul Jones and his boys at Sunderland Poly! Whey...

This was the only show I ever saw with my Dad. He was a good singer and we’ve sung together many times, especially when we were both in the choir. We sung at Durham Cathedral and York Minster among various other rather amazing “venues”. He really supported me when I decided...

So at the time I was a massive Mellencamp fan. Scarecrow and Lonesome Jubilee were, and still are, great records. So he comes to the UK for a one-off show and Polygram call and ask if they can have a window display at the Virgin London Oxford Street Megastore. Of course they can, and I...

The only time I saw Zappa. He opened with the Black Page, and did a killer Stairway to Heaven and I am the Walrus. So glad I got to see the...

This was Steve and the boys in the middle of the headband, biker, Vietnam vet, heroin and double neck SG phase. He’s rather different...