Quote Originally Posted by macstheman View Post
I won't tell him it might go to his head!!
The fifties were his 'scene' being a ****ager at that time and the music was yank dominated with only the likes of Tommy Steele, Lonny Donegan, Marty Wilde and the like from the UK. So he had a number of yank records which our uncle, who spent many months a year in the US with work, would bring over. Having said that he was into skiffle and played the mouth organ very well in a local group, however his speciality was the 'bones'! Quite how he made such a good sound by rattling two pieces of bone together I never fathomed! I still have those two pieces of bone which have been polished to a high sheen and are on display in our lounge!
You mention two of the last men standing from the first wave of U.K. rock’n’roll, dear old Marty is always up for a chat and I have an article ready to roll in my magazine next month, whereas to be blunt Tommy Steele is a nightmare to interview and refuses to discuss his rock’n’roll days at all. Most of the first wave were ‘discovered’/ managed/ renamed by Larry Parmes, including semi-local lad Vince Eager (lives in Nottingham), a gentle giant who is still pin sharp on and off stage at 82