I first met Johnny when he appeared as a guest at the club my father Stan & I were running at Amberley in West Sussex. It was in the late 60s and to this day I've never seen an artist galvanise an audience so quickly. Since that time he guested on numerous occasions during the club's 10 year run, he and my old man becoming great mates. Then finally, he 'took over' the club on its last night with Dave Moses and Diz Dizley. After that I lost touch with him until a few years ago when quite by chance I happened to be in a pub on a Sunday morning in the middle of nowhere..never knew the place existed until that day. Took me a while to place that voice but I got there - he was over from Norway on one of his two yearly visits. Had a great time catching up. I was over at Arundel's Willows Club on Wednesday when I heard that Johnny wasn't well, so I just want to wish him a quick recovery and hope he's back on the circuit as soon as possible.