The Caffrey Brothers recording sessions for Phonogram with Gus Dudgeon producing. Gus (right) and engineer Stuart Epps, during† Caffrey Brothers recording session The fabulous Mill Studio where we cut four tracks. Now owned by Chris Rea who was once also produced by Gus at the Mill Relaxing outside the residential part of the Mill The … Read more
Pete Adshead who was to become Baby Ford was sent up to my Whitley bay studio to collaborate with me by his manager Joe Chibley. We co-wrote several songs. The usual way of working was that Pete would send me a bunch of suggested titles in the post and I would work up a track, … Read more
On October 10th 1974 I got a call from our manager to say there was a gig going that very night supporting Wishbone Ash could I contact everyone and get the band together for the show. I rang round everyone including the roadies and we were ready to rock. When the call came in I … Read more
This trip to Reading for the GDF launch was quite something. Pictured below are me and Adam Francis with that MCI desk from The Mill Studio. I never thought I would see it again. How well I remember our time in that fabulous studio with Gus. Gus was of the habit of playing the previous … Read more
I was always a big fan of The Searchers so I was delighted when, in 1982 they recorded my song “I Don’t Want To Be The One”† About a year or so later I heard they were performing in my area and I arranged to go. The gig was Castles in Catchgate (NE of UK) … Read more
Me and John Verity produced Mikes a single “Its Over” . We didn’t write the song so we made him do one of ours on the B side. The song we gave him “Brothers And Sisters” was pretty crap really and I can’t remember why we didn’t give him something decent but hey, that’s showbiz! … Read more