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It all began one summer evening in 1991; there was a ring
on the front door-bell.
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The three of us were messing about musically (if you can
call it that) around 30 years ago. I
still have some photos from that time, although I think these would destroy our
credibility if they ever saw the light of day.
At one stage about 18 years ago we advertised for a sax
player. Who should reply to
the add ? - you don’t need three guesses.
Inge has been with us ever since.
She says she’s the new kid !! The
STREET RODS ran for about 12 years and eventually looked like coming to an end.
But it was not the end after all.
Kev who had a band called JUKE BOX JIVE sort of amalgamated with us.
The name STREET RODS had to go.
So we took the word JIVE our of K ev’s band, and the word STREET out of
STREET RODS, and now we have a merger which has been in force for 12 years.
In March this year, Pete decided to call it a day, and
guess what? Dixie decided he
had had enough of sitting behind a drum kit and wanted to go on bass.
No sooner said than done. For
the best part of one year we had been using a stand-in drummer, as Dixie had a
few medical problems which are now all sorted out. So this is how John - our drummer since March - joined
the band, and the bonus was, that he already knew a lot of our numbers.
Rock & Roll has taken us to many parts of the world;
Holland, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Germany, Austria, France, Malta, on
cruises and all over the UK - rain or shine.
So, 30 years later, we still “have Rock & Roll -
will travel” and as long as the R & R people give us the support they
always have, we will …….play it again Sam ……
Mick