Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Bulls Head Bob Jun 2025. BOB DYLAN BIRTHDAY BOY!! A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.

 How doo' you Brummies at home and abroad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB.

Bob Dylan was 84 on 24 May.   

From 1962 onwards America got to hear, for the first time, Bob Dylan, folk singer, protest songs, lingering love songs, songs of hate.  Lyrically inventive, poetic, biting or tender words delivered with a rasping vocal style that challenged convention.  Folk music was not big on the music scene in Birmingham and so it would be 1964 before the UK, that is us Brummies, became
aware of him when he had his first commercial hit as a folk artist with "The Times they are a Changin" flying up the charts.  In 1965 The Byrds  electrified "Hey Mr Tambourine Man" which stormed into the UK charts and introduced his songs to the record buying popsters.  The Byrds then attached themselves to him like a leech releasing song after song from Dylans 2 previous LP's.  The world followed Dylans emergence onto the commercial scene and from then until today every band and artist were recording covers of his musical catalogue of songs.

It has now been 62 years and 40 studio albums since his emergence and he is still writing wonderful songs and still touring.    

It was kind of inevitable that a Biopic would be made about him and I must admit to being ambivalent about just how that may turn out.  With Tim Chalamet portraying him I was looking forward to seeing it whilst having concerns that it could be disappointing.

FILM REVIEW  A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

You don't fuck around with a hero or his story.  So when I watched the movie the first time I didn't like it, well maybe indifferent would be a better description.  However, a week or so later I felt that I might have been a tad over critical so I watched it again and this time I really liked it.   By this time I had read about Chalamets involvement in the part and was impressed by the fact that he played the guitar and sung the 40 songs that featured in the movie.  The only thing that was false was his prosthetic nose!

Bob Dylan himself changed the name of his girlfriend in the movie to give some peace to her family.  A nice move on your part Bob showing some consideration and decency.

Anyway I recommend the movie to you all.   In his youth I doubt if he ever saw himself still performing at the age of 84, but I can only say how grateful I am to be able to hear fresh songs from the man himself.  

God Bless you Bob Dylan.  

What else is there to say about the worlds greatest songsmith.  He also gave the world it's most brilliant group of musicians, The Band who were more than lucky to have such a guiding light for inspiration.

When I first heard, many years ago, the Bob Dylan radio show I was shocked at the depth of his knowledge of all things musical which educates the listener.  I strongly recommend you listen to the whole series if you have the time.  I strongly recommend everything he's written.   Today there are people who copy him but thats all they are, a copy without the genius and anybody can do that.  No talent required.

FINALLY

Mrs Bob and I are looking for a nice holiday resort to visit, we've got loads of holiday brochures that we have ploughed through and are now reaching the argument stage of why one of us doesnt want to go to certain places.  The USA is out of the question, when you enter a once friendly country and are asked by the immigration official if you " have ever said anything bad about Donald Trump" you know it's bad news.   You dont get that sort of crap when you go to Skegness!!!

Take Care of each other, love and respect dont cost anything.  

Bob

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Friday, 2 May 2025

BULLS HEAD BOB MAY 2025. 1965 THE HARPSICHORD. THE UGLYS, THE YARDBIRDS, THE BEATLES AND THE DOORS. GRAHAM ASHFORD. VE DAY MORE BEER

 Hello Brummies, Brummies Abroad and lovers of 60's music.  

One day late in publishing, Mrs Bob and I took ourselves out for the May Bank Holiday and had a spiffing time but we're back here in The safety of our abode and so.......on with the Motley!

1965 THE YEAR OF THE HARPSICHORD....THE UGLYS.

JIM foreground.
I got an email from David Mann who lives in Australia and he says that he has started to listen to a new radio show playing  hits from the 1960's and he was knocked out by the songs he'd never heard before, including the June 1965 hit "Its Alright" by The Uglys, asking if I thought there was a similarity between the Harpsichord played by Uglys organist Jimmie O'Neil and Ray Manzareks harpsichord sound on The Doors hit "Light my Fire" (1967).   


Celeste
It made me think of other songs with Harpsichord and 1965 seemed to be the year when that sound was used most.   The early 60's recording studios were largely used by bands and orchestras and it was usual to have random instruments available in place such as a grand piano for instance.  I recall there being a Celeste which had the sound of tinkly fairy bells which was used to accent certain notes.  

Harpsichord.
When The Uglys arrived at the PYE studios in London to record 'Its Alright' it was Jim's intention to use his Vox Continental organ, the best portable organ available at the time.  However Jim spotted the harpsichord in the corner under a blanket and being a Classically trained pianist started playing it.  

By this time in the 60's bands were looking for different instrumental sounds and straight away he recognised that its acoustic sound would be a perfect substitute for the reedy sounding VOX and he was right, its multi string plucking sound was perfect.

THE YARDBIRDS

The Yardbirds "For Your Love" March 65 had featured the instrument for the opening chord sequence for this, their first hit.  They didn't have a keyboard player and on stage used a 12 string guitar to emulate the harpsichord sound. Organist Brian Auger had played the harp on the recording itself.   Eric Clapton left the band shortly after because of their pop image.

THE BEATLES

Later on, that same year, the Beatles recorded the wonderful  John Lennon song "In my Life" but didn't have a solo written so whilst they were out to lunch George Martin scored, played and recorded the baroque sounding solo.  I recall folk talking about the harpsichord solo however, it was  manufactured using a double tracked, speeded up piano.  Sounding remarkably alike but not the genuine instrument.

So, now getting back to Ray Manzarek of The Doors.   I researched, quite thoroughly, anything and everything to do with him and his instruments for the year in question then I listened to "Its Alright" and "Light my Fire" back to back and am quite sure that on Light my Fire he didn't play a harpsichord.   I did read that he had drawing pins tapped into the hammers of his Fender Rhodes piano.   This was an old ragtime musician's trick of increasing the rinky-dink treble sound of the piano keys so I can see how you could be convinced into thinking it was another instrument but there is a discernable difference in the sound. I know that there has been much discussion about it but quite understandable given the recording tricks and the know how to achieve.   I do agree that the playing style of the two pianists is similar though.  What do you think?  I'd be happy to hear any comments that might cause me to change my mind, furthermore there have been several remastering of the Doors material so  harpsichord could have been over dubbed at a later date.

BRUMMIE ABROAD BIRTHDAY. 

Heres wishing a happy 81st Birthday to the great Graham Ashford ex singer of the Brumbeats.   He will be enjoying his day in Hawaii where he has a home where he spends the days painting the beautiful surroundings he lives in.   Have a wonderful day Graham and if any readers are interested in purchasing any of his great works please drop me a line and I will put you in touch.



REASON TO CELEBRATE

The 8th of May is a significant date which Mark's the end of the 2nd world war in Europe and to recognise this all pubs in England and Wales will be open for an extra 2 hours.  I'll have a brown and mild please!!

FINALLY

Theres a mild spell of weather so I'm going to forget all this dangerous bullshit going on in the world and count my blessings at having lived through the Golden Years of peace.  It wasn't a hippy dream, it was our reality.

Take Care

Bob

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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Bulls Head Bob Apr 2025. John Caswell RIP. Clapton at 80! Bulls Head Bob exposed! new photo!!

 Watcha you Brummies, 

"The Sun is out, the sky is blue" to quote Buddy Holly. I just love the Spring time, wild flowers in bloom fresh Spring air carrying their various scents.   I'll be at it in the garden soon, relaxing in my new deck chair watching Mrs Bob pulling out the stinging nettles and poison ivy.  I've bought her some gloves to make the task easier, I'd do it myself if it wasn't for the risk of damaging my delicate musicians fingers.  

JOHN CASWELL RIP.

I was stunned to hear last week of the passing of great Brummie guitarist John Caswell.   It was only a week or so ago that I was wishing him a happy birthday so this came as a real shock.

John was a lovely, quiet spoken, gentleman.  An afficionado of Blues music and especially Eric Clapton whose music he featured in his live performances with the John Caswell Band. 

John had been active in the Brumbeat days going way back, playing with various groups and I have said many times that you don't have to be famous to be appreciated but you do have to be known on the scene and he certainly was a stalwart who enjoyed playing to the fullest extent.   He was a Fender man for sure and got all the tones possible and played in all styles which was a real testament to his abilities.

My condolences go to his family.  He will be sorely missed by all his musical friends in the City.  God Bless you mate.    

ERIC CLAPTON AT 80, BIRTHDAY WISHES. 

I would like to wish Eric a happy birthday.   I, like John Caswell, was influenced by Eric during his emergence as a blues purist and the sheer brutal sound he introduced to the British guitarists with his Les Paul and Marshall amp set up which they copied with much gusto including me.   I think it's true to say he was the most important guitarist on the British music scene since the wonderful Hank Marvin and then he achieved world domination with Cream.   Today he is still a great force and still touring filling mega stadiums, long may he carry on.  I love the man.  I have recently been watching a four part Youtube interview with Andy Fairweather Low including the inside story about his time with Eric and others.  Well worth watching, not only for the info in Eric but his roller coaster ride through the music business.   

NEW PHOTOS OF BULLS HEAD BOB.

I thought it was about time I put my face on display to you lovely readers so, one old one and one taken on 31 March 2025.  The first one is me at Sutton Park in Birmingham when I was 9 with the Boy Scouts you might find it difficult to spot me on this overhead shot so I've included a close up.   As a clue I'm the one with the Wonky Woggle!



I remember it well, it was 1957 and a gathering of more than 20,000 scouts at a Jamboree.  It was a sunny day with thousands of spotty little kids being herded around the park then lined up behind rope barriers.  It was all a bit of a shambles really.   I didn't stay in the scouts for long but this wasn't the only time I was at Sutton Park.   As a teenage musician I played at Sutton Park a couple of times in the sixties once for a Bumper Fireworks night and one more time in 1967.

BOB EXPOSED
So here I am age 76, full face photo, care of Mrs Bob.   I am currently growing my hair to donate to an organisation who make wigs for Cancer patients who have suffered hair loss.  It doesn't cost a penny to do things for those less fortunate if we give it some thought.  I just ignore the petty comments from wankers.


Some might think it's nothing much but to help to restore someones dignity is mighty.

Take care of each other is the watchword.  It don't cost a penny to be kind. 

Love the one you're with.

Bob

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Saturday, 1 March 2025

Bulls Head Bob Mar 2025. Jimmy Holden RIP.

 Hi you Brummies, Brummies Abroad.   

My apologies for the absence of the February blog but with one of the Bobettes being taken into hospital at the end of Jan my focus has been on her recovery.  

JIM HOLDEN  RIP 



On the 29th of January, Jimmy Holden, ex Uglys drummer and founder of the band was laid to rest at the Lodge Hill Crematorium,  his funeral was attended by the many friends Jim had.    He had the nicest of personalities and was loved by all the Brummie Musicians of the day.  

Jim had formed The Dominettes who had then become The Uglys in 64, named after some hideous looking bouncers at a nightclub.   The name struck a chord with the public and the band took off in a big way scoring a Pye Records deal in 1965 with a self penned song "Wake up My Mind" which, although getting plenty of airplay was not a hit in the UK, amazingly however it became a Number 1 hit in Australia.  The band were being lined up to go there on The Rolling Stones tour of the same year, however the Aussie Musicians Union wouldn't permit another British band on the Bill.  The song would become famous as being the first "Socially Conscious" piece of music and its lyrics featured as part of the curriculum of Newcastle University sociology degree course.

Jim was one of the nicest guys you could meet, always interested in others peoples lives and good at lending an ear to others problems.    He was also a great group drummer, he wasn't the most technical but was the glue that held the Uglys together in the same manner that Ringo did in The Beatles, simple but effective.  Always smiling and never happier than when he was sat behind his drum kit.    He especially loved his contribution on "The Quiet Explosion" which saw him playing the Bass line with his drumsticks.   I met him in 1965 when the band had their gear stolen and we loaned them all our kit till they got sorted out.  They were brilliant.  It doesn't  seem like it was 60 years ago that I was chatting with him at The Carlton.

He could talk the hind legs off a donkey and had a million stories to regale you with and all of them hilarious.   

After his departure from The Uglys he formed his own printing business and continued playing semi pro as a member of the House Band at the Rum Runner for a number of years.

Jim far right.

2024 saw the release of The "Complete" Uglys CD and the band reunited socially for the first time since 69 at a get together to celebrate the occasion although there was no commitment or agreement to them playing live again.

I loved his company along with his many friends both in the music biz and with his social group at the Black Horse 

in Northfield. 

I shall think often of him.   RIP old friend.

There is a more comprehensive write up on the pie stand page at Brumbeat.NET. as well as a host of interesting and informative articles regarding all the Brumbeat bands during the 1960's for you to enjoy.

I'm pleased to say that my daughter is well and truly on the mend so everything should be back on track for next months blog, irreverence, mirth, the continuing saga of Mrs Bob, Brummies Abroad and a host of other stuff to get your interest.  

Thanks to you all for visiting the blog.  Why not drop me a line if you have anything interesting or otherwise to say.

Much Love 

Bob


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Monday, 6 January 2025

Bulls Head Bob Supplement Jan 25. JIMMY HOLDEN. RIP

 Hello Folks,

JIMMY HOLDEN. RIP  

Some sad news filtered through after the Christmas season that Jimmy Holden, 83, ex Uglys drummer sadly passed away at home on or about 7 December.   His funeral date is 29 Jan and will be held at Lodge Hill Cemetry at 1.45 PM.  Should you wish to attend you can email his neice, Lynne Holden, at the following email address,  lynneholden@ntlworld.com or by phone WhatsApp  +44 7930 685244. Condolences can be left at Jim's Facebook page  JAMES A HOLDEN.  

Jim was a fabulous guy and it was he who formed The Uglys a real benchmark group who competed with the best bands of the day nationally and famously scored a Number 1 in Australia.

The last time they were together was for the CD release in 2004 picture below:


The Uglys (l to r).  Steve Gibbons, Jim Holden, Dave Morgan, Richard Tandy, Will Hammond.

He will be missed by his many friends.


Bob.




Wednesday, 1 January 2025

Bulls Head Bob Jan 2025. Dream Guitar 1954 Strat.

Happy New Year all you Brummies Abroad, brummie musicians of the 60's and fans of the 60's.  

The gift giving and the hullabaloo of the family Christmas Dinner have passed and me and Mrs Bob are taking it easy recovering from the party and home invasion by the Bobettes so accordingly this will be a shorter version than normal of the blog.

I was thinking about the Stratocaster piece I did in the November blog and specifically the part about saying that real aficionados would prefer to have an original Strat and not the Ultra models that have all the bells and whistles.    Well, slap me down with a piece of wet cod, Fender have the answer to fulfill your desires, and mine.

FENDER STRATOCASTER 1954. 70th ANNIVERSARY.

I was 8 years old when I first saw my first Strat in real life at Woodruffes guitar store in the centre of Birmingham.   I stood there for what seemed hours admiring its space age looks and the wonderment of its Sunburst paint job.   I've never forgotten that feeling, so it came as a big surprise when I clapped my eyes on the recently released 1954 Anniversary  Stratocaster that I 
felt overcome by the same experience.  This guitar is a thing of real beauty.

It is expensive, around the £2,500 pounds mark, so you know you are buying a guitar of quality build. 

The depth of colour over the wood grain is impressive, the smell is incredible, reminiscent of the old days.  The included tweed case is luxurient lined with red crushed velvet and the 70th Anniversary logo is emblazoned on the interior and full of case candy.

I would love to own this guitar, not necessarily as a stage instrument, but one to play on rare occasions at home for my sole enjoyment because I really believe that this will be a really collectible guitar and its value should increase exponentially even in the short term. 

I have seen it demoed and its sound and tone without pedals is perfect, no, it's better than that!  It's probably the closest thing I have heard to that early 50's sound that made it the most popular guitar in the world at the time.   I honestly keep thinking about buying one then just as quickly dismiss the thought, it's a dilemma so ...... Watch this space........

What a beauty!!  There is also a Custom Shop version for an extra 400 hundred quid but this one does it for me.

Way back in the day, the first Strat I saw in someones hands was white and belonged to Bob Hanson, lead guitarist of The Dextones, being played at The English Martyrs School youth club and funnily enough there is Partscaster on it's way to me that was constructed by Bob and has recently been gifted to me by its owner and my oldest musical mate, the lovely Cliff "Oggie" Ogden who unfortunately can't play it any longer.   I look forward to giving you the run down on how this baby performs once I get it out of the box and cranked up.    So Happy New Year Cliff and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for thinking of me.

FINALLY

I really hope you have a great 2025.  Above everything I wish you a life full of peace and love.  I wish Ukraine a speedy resolve in deposing the Russian Thug and getting their beautiful country back in their own hands.

Love the ones you're with,

Bob

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Sunday, 1 December 2024

Bulls Head Bob Dec 2024. Fender Stratocaster. Bev Bevan at 80. New Book, Flowers in the Rain - The Move. Mrs Bobs Xmas Gift.

Happy Christmas you Brummies, you lovely Brummies Abroad, and 60's music lovers across the world.

Its here again!  I've been dusting off my vinyl Christmas LPs, I like to play them at Christmas as it takes me back to better days of family values before the word Digital was ever used.

Bing Crosby " White Christmas" is always the first LP on the turntable as we sit down with a glass of Sherry to open our gifts, Oohing and Ahhing as Bing does his Thing.  Pure emotion.

We are again full of the Christmas spirit here in the Bob Household and have checked our Christmas decorations to see if any need replacing, made a list of all the chocolate bars that we adore then looked at YouTube to learn how to make them at home to give to friends for xmas.  

Now Mrs Bob's friend, "Bat Faced Eileen", actual photo below, is not someone I'd put

on my friends list but in the belief that it's better to give than receive, added to my respect for Mrs Bob's wishes, I've put aside my distaste for Bat Face and I've made her some Hard Nougat. She only has four teeth so that should glue her gob together for months.  Ho ho ho merry Christmas.

70TH ANNIVERSARY FENDER STRATOCASTER.

Now some of you Musos may be dreaming of getting your dream guitar and being Fenders 70th anniversary of the legendary Stratocaster, it might be top of your wish list.  To celebrate this landmark event Fender have launched the Stratocaster ULTRA II as their latest variant.  The ULTRA II replaces the ULTRA which in turn replaced the ELITE which replaced the PROFESSIONAL which replaced the PERFORMER etc ad nauseum. In fact during the 70 years of the Strat there have been more than 250 variants, which incidentally works out at 3.67 per year since 1954 and even the countries of production  USA, Japan, Korea, Mexico etc have their own values.   

The Mexico model which was the cheapest is now set to rise in cost, but not value or quality, by at least 25% thanks to Santa Tariff Trump.  

Fender say the ULTRA II is their best model and sells at around £2,500 British pounds and the ULTRA at £1,900.   

To those of you who dream of getting the ULTRA II in your Christmas stocking I wish you well and hope your dreams do come true, such is the magic of Christmas.

However, the majority of guitarists would walk over broken glass to get their hands on one of the 1950's models because it's better in all respects.  To quote Eric Clapton "In those days you knew that every Strat would sound the same as the other.....just fantastic".  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEV BEVAN..80.

When I was a sprog of 14 years I first saw Bev Bevan in action with Denny Laine and the Diplomats.  He was incredible even way back then playing with a great rock group.  It was around that time that his band played as the support band for The Beatles for the first time in Birmingham and Paul McCartney commented on how good he was playing 5/4 time to the  instrumental "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck.  

Over the next couple of years my band got popular in Birmingham and Bev was in our audience on occasion.  I got to chat with him and was always impressed by his attitude, a very likeable guy with a huge smile and personality.  

When The Move formed he was the right man for the job with his thundering drums at his best on hits like "I can hear the grass grow" and "Something Else".  A real powerhouse.

Of course ELO were his real pinnacle of achievement that made him an international rock star.   I last saw him just before I left Birmingham in 1970, still a great drummer and still a real nice guy.   Happy Birthday Bev.   I wish you many more.

CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOK.

FLOWERS IN THE RAIN.  The untold Story of The Move.

The Move were a massive band of the day.  They were a great live act, I've said all this before. 

There is a new book available from Amazon Books on sale in time for Christmas for all you Brumbeat Fans.  It is the only book that has been written about The Move and would be the ideal Christmas gift for lovers of this iconic psychedelic Brummie band.

This new book written by Jim McCarthy has been the result of interviews with Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton.  

My understanding is that Roy Wood was not interested in taking part.  Too busy awaiting his Christmas songs royalties and eating pies probably.  Ace Kefford declined to be interviewed but having personal knowledge of his time with the band I would agree wholeheartedly with his decision.    Having two of the band members accounts of the bands story, left untold, means you only get 50% of the truth or of course half truths.  Nonetheless Jim McCarthy is a talented author who knows rock music and its foibles so he has written this book with as much of the available accounts as is humanly possible.  Not necessarily the whole truth though.

The band were systematically robbed by Tony Secunda and ruined by his lust for publicity going too far.  They went from psychedelic heroes to cabaret flops.  So with that in mind I'm absolutely sure that it will be a fascinating read about a generational mis-match of 60's group members.

MRS BOBS CHRISTMAS GIFT

I know that you readers like to know what I buy Mrs Bob each Christmas and this year we agreed to give each other a gift that  that you have to organise or make yourself.  Knowing it was made by hand or organised from the person you love makes it so much better.  So my normal "go to" gifts of power tools has been scuppered which is a bit of a bugger because I had planned to get her a Pressure Washer to keep the driveway clean and had secretly got bookings from neighbours for her to do 14 other houses at £30 a time less my 25% management fee, a win-win situation I thought.  However it's her 73rd birthday in January so I can buy it then!! forward planning is my watchword. 

I have to admit that I had been worried about what I could do  whilst, at that very moment, observing Mrs Bob through the living room window struggling to remove a heavy load of builders rubble from her last job.   I felt a bit guilty seeing the way she was obviously not enjoying that strenuous work so I went down to the pub to give her time to finish. 

Later that day I was looking at her pride and joy, her Ferrari yellow wheelbarrow I had bought her only 3 or 4 years ago and it was looking rather shabby, dented and with a wobbly wheel.  She obviously hadn't looked after it too well but I have a forgiving nature and it was then that I got an idea.  I got my mate Nobber to come and steal it out of the garden during the night.  The following morning she saw it wasn't in the shed.  "Oh its gone" she said.   "You'll probably just have to use the big spade now" I said jokingly   

Just like the TV show "Overhaulin", me and Nobber set to work the following day.  Armed with sandpaper we set to work removing the rust and bashing out most of the dents and at the end of Day 1 we had resprayed the interior in lovely Aztec Gold paint.
There was no stopping us now.  I got some 3 in 1 oil to sort out the squeaky wheel and put some grease on the wheel bearing which gave it a kind of 'Stealth' capability.  

She could work with it in silence without me even knowing she was hard at it.

The plan was all coming together fine and then I got the best idea of all.  To introduce envy into the equation, wheelbarrow envy!  
I'd seen blokes walking past  the house when she was barrowing in 3 tons of manure for the back garden and they were smirking at her, obviously thinking I should have bought her a Barrow with a bigger carrying capacity so she didn't have to make all those trips back and forth.    But, an overweight Barrow isn't the answer, she's a woman, she wants the best things in life, it's style that's important to her and I want her to have the best things and still have the enjoyment of a good days barrowing.  So in the dead of night I made the transformation that will make her the envy of the street.   

Christmas morning will be a blast for her when she sees this:


Tiger stripes on the frame and a go faster flame paint job that Chip Fookes would be proud of.    I cant wait to see her face on Christmas morning, I'll put a big red ribbon on it and put it the back garden so she sees it when she goes out to bring some coal in for the fire.  The real bonus is that it cost me less than £10 to do it.   She has told me that she doesn't know what to do for me so I suggested that she pays for me to record my new CD, that works out at around £600 which might seem a bit unbalanced financially but of course she will get the eternal joy of hearing me play, genius! She gets the best of both worlds, lucky girl!!

FINALLY.
I really want to say Happy Christmas to John Woodhouse, the Brumbeat.Net editor who allows me to nest my blog in his webpage.

I want to say Happy Christmas to my lifelong pal Oggie.  Still poorly I'm afraid.  He hasn't had the best year and I wish for him everything he wishes himself. 

Also a Happy Christmas to The Skiffle King in his Welsh valley hideaway for being the first of the few that started British Rock and Roll and his participation in bringing Birmingham musicians to the fore during the 60s.   An inspiration for the nation.

It's my birthday tomorrow so I shall be remembering all my mates from the Brumbeat days for their great and continued friendship and to all you Christmas season birthday celebrants out there too.  Have a hug!

Love the ones your with

Bob
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