My cousin and I were playing our usual word games, as elderly children do, and after 'What was the greatest gig you never went to?' and 'Put together a rock supergroup using only residents of your county', he asked 'If you could be in any band, any era, which would it be?'.

Rather than opting for early Fleetwood Mac, or Sandy-era Fairport, I surprised us both by choosing to be a 1960's Famous Flame backing James Brown.

However, now you've mentioned the Pips........