I Started Off Playing The

The Chances Of A Reunion Now Are Less Likely. I Was Thinking Of Having A 40th Anniversary Of The Band, But Now They Are Really Another Band, So It's All A Bit Weird.

There Is A Big Age Gap Between My Sisters Janice And Irma And Myself So I Didn't Know Them That Well When I Was Younger Although They Have Been Very Supportive In Later Life.

I Started Off Playing The Clarinet, After I Was Inspired By Listening To My Dad's Benny Goodman Records.

Strangely Enough, Through All Those School Years I Decided At 13 Or 14 I Was Going To Be A Musician And So School Was Just Something To Get Out Of The Way, A Waste Of Time And Not To Bother With It.

It Was By Listening To Goodman's Band, That I Began To Notice The Guitarist Charlie Christian, Who Was One Of The First Musicians To Play Solos In A Big Band Set-up.