You might try to follow up the story of why Monty Sunshine left the Barber Band and why, around the time of the break-up he appeared in Melody Maker with a black eye.... heard rumours......
Used to see The Barber Band (with lonnie Donegan) and all the greats regularly at The Cavern in Liverpool before the Beatles disease struck and wiped out good music there.
I once loaned a book on Tibet to an erstwhile friend who promptly gave it to 'Dad' (Bruce Turner) who was interested in the subject. We used to see him, John Chilton and George Melly at New Merlin's Cave in London. Melly once told us that the great thing with Alzheimers was that you met new people every day.
Jim Carroll