Radio Gonzo

GONZO #232

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As many readers of this magazine may have gathered, about twenty five years ago my first wife and I worked for Steve Harley and his band Cockney Rebel, running their fanclub. As a result, between 1989 and 1994 we went on tour with the band selling their T Shirts and tour programmes as well as our own wares. The 1990 tour was a particularly ni8ce oine, and I ended up writing abook aboput it , stylistically based upon Robert Greenfield's seminal account of the Rolling Stones' 1971 tour of North America. Telling it as I saw it, I was rather impressed with the resulting book, but it magaged to offend so many of the prople involved with the touring party that we were soon asked to leave, our contract was terminated. And we never worked for them again. Ho Hum! One of the members of the touring party whom I truly missed however, was a lanky tecchie called Roy who did arcane things with the mixing desk and the lighting. He was truly one of the nicest people that I have ever met in the music business, and for yea