I sat up with a bottle of red wine last night and listened to Vanilla Fudge and became so depressed that I needed a quick burst of the Young Rascals before crashing out. So, where did Pronto come from? Obviously he was based on Tonto the Lone Ranger's sidekick but I remember a roadie called George who lived in Benyon's flat for quite a few years. He came down with the Bakerloo Line and stayed on to work for May Blitz. He was a part of the Birmingham lot who knew Black Sabbath from their early days. He used to come back in the early hours of the morning wired up and he'd wake Benyon by emptying the nights takings on him before handing it on to 'the management' or just give him a good shake and as 'cup of tea?'. He was a good guy and strong as an ox. I remember standing in the kitchen at the flat late at abut 3am and George came running up the stairs with a full size fridge on his back shouting 'check this out, man'. He also had hilarious stories about meeting various bands while sleeping in vans on Belgian bomb sites or on the cross channel ferry. These days kids creep off into their cellars alone and post their stuff onto You Tube. It's all very different to transit vans with aircraft seats  and signs saying Hatfield and the North.