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>> It has now been
over 31
years
since I first walked
into the Bandwagon one Wednesday night in September 1975, to answer a call from the
stage in search of a Presenter of Rock. I confess that I had
absolutely no idea where treading that path would lead, or to the
incredibly colourful and diverse characters that would subsequently
surround me at all levels of my life in Rock 'n' Roll from both sides
of that stage!
It has taken me almost
until now, when life finds me in my late middle age, to realise and
understand fully just how important those far-off times have been to
all who grew up with, became a part of, or were touched by the
magical Soundhouse Years.
Together, we created a
real Tour de Force as far as the music industry was concerned, and
as the years went by, a real 'family of friends' was forged lasting
right up to current times. Indeed, in some cases, even leading to
marriage, family and beyond!
They were our
formative years in more ways than one, and, as I look across the
period that spans our life and times, our many achievements, the few
failures, the happy and sad parts, from the outrageous to the truly
crazy and totally insane, I do so with a fondness of memory for all
who took part, and, for one last time, the wish to do it all again
without the slightest change!!!
The Soundhouse Website
is a celebration of our lives together, and a lasting testimony of
what can be achieved by ordinary people who banded together in
difficult times, in order to fight for, and share in a passion for
the music that they all loved so very much, and the resulting way of
life that came from it! I welcome all of you to it and thank all who
helped create our 'little piece of history'.
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