Found this when I was researching an old record shop from the '70's.

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Crikey! That's an interesting link...worth a good hour's attention this evening with a glass of something red and fruity, I think. Thanks for that, Fatfish59.

Hi jollyroger, ff you really would like to settle down with a nice drink and get lost in an account from those times then I would recommend the following website. roadstories.co.uk/about.html

It is written (and occasionally updated [he's holding out on us?] ) by Cockney Rebel's first tour manager Richard Ames.

It charges a subscription fee, but in the absence of an autobiography (ahem, hint!) it might be as near as you are going to get to the real thing.

Richard worked with an number of top acts (Kate Bush, The Who, Adam and the Ants and so on) and they are also featured on the website.

Thanks for the heads-up, Gedken, but I wouldn't pay a sub for info that will be mostly available elsewhere.
Reg

I know what you mean Reg, but there is a fair bit of info. on there that you won't find anywhere elsewhere.

Thanks Fatfish for the nod.Great to read about meeting the band in 1975 and what a gent George Ford was.