The first folk concert I went to (Emerald Hill Theatre, South Melbourne, 1962) the curtain raiser was a jazz trio -double bass, banjo, and on clarinet Gerry Humphries (full name Humphreys-Hunt). We became friends and I sang backing vocals on his Gerry & the Joy Boys' "Rave On" single, post-Loved Ones. Last saw him late '74 in London where he'd reverted to playing clarinet with a relative's trad jazz band whilst earning a crust by reading gas meters, having decided the pop life was too unreal. My favourite Oz pop frontman! A Loved Ones CD was issued (maybe still available), and yes it contains "Blueberry Hill"
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