”Once did a gig with the late Peter Sarstedt”

I did a gig supporting his brother, Richard (a.k.a. Eden Kane), at the time he had ‘Boys Cry’ in the charts. He was a very nice guy, a great performer, and sickeningly good-looking. He was also very kind - my band’s gear was pretty clapped-out and, when we did our sound-check, he suggested we used his PA and his band’s amps and drum-kit. That must have been the best we ever sounded!

His band was ‘The Downbeats’ - I seem to recall they were Nottingham-based.

Eden Kane is in his 80s now, still doing live gigs, often with Marty Wilde and The Wilde-cats. And he’s still sickeningly good-looking! :-)