Steve Thompson

In 1983 I was asked to write English lyrics for the Italian finalist in Eurovision.  I was up against the wire and had to do this really quickly. As I was working Tommy Morrison rang me and said, “what are you up to” (as he often did). I told him what I was doing and … Read more

Dean Stockdale has joined us on Keyboards. The picture now featuring Dean is the CD that gets distributed around collaborators.  It just never worked out with Les Watts – conflicting schedules and location of rehearsals took their toll. However, I’m sure Les will pop up later in another part of the project. Now we’re steaming … Read more

Last night one of the songs we rehearsed was “Paris By Air” which was a hit single for the Tygers of Pan Tang and also on the top 20 album “The Cage”. The signature guitar intro is gone because we’re doing a new arrangement in a different key to work for Lorraine Crosby. Now not … Read more

This week I posted this picture containing three elements on Facebook and asked what the connections were. Nobody got it so here are the answers. Left to right the three elements are Charlotte Black, The Pity Me Village Sign and Celine Dion. Connection 1) In 1981 I went to Pity Me where there was a … Read more

I posted this video in Facebook yesterday under the heading “THE PERFECT GUITAR SOLO” – The upshot is that the conversations that followed mean that Steve Lamb with be appearing as another guest artist when the band hits the road. Back in the ’80’s my house in Whitley Bay was like the world famous Brill … Read more

I’m pleased to announce that Phil Caffrey will be joining our bevy of guest vocalists. Phil and I go back quite a ways. From the days when I used him and his brothers, Peter and Paul: The Wallsend Beach Boys as backing vocalists on all my productions at Impulse studios, through a deal with Phonogram … Read more