Friday 16 December 2011


Pronto was Th'Groover's roadie although I haven't as yet found a drawing of him carrying anything. He seemed to have total faith in in El Maestro in the full knowledge that he was a walking disaster who could only be relied on to let people down. I always thought a lot of this material came when Benyon shared a flat with a number of bands including the remnants of the Bakerloo Blues Line who were all trying to find new gigs. Terry Poole, the bass player, went on to play with a band called May Blitz and Benyon designed their album covers. But it was struggling bands zipping up and down the motorway that he found most interesting. He would always prefer to end up in a bar with musicians, agents or producers who had stories of failure and bad luck because they were always richer in detail than stories about bands who had made it. I remember Danny Baker saying he was pissed off with interviewing people who had nothing to say. Since then it's all got a lot worse as the cult of celebrity has engulfed creativity and reason.

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