I thought you might have had enough of the Duchess – though I’ve got a lot more photos. Here’s some from London.
Excitement raged. I was taking my youngest son and his friends to see the Amazing Magic Band playing at La Scala in London! It was going to be epic!
It was epic!
More background.
I’m thinking back through fifty five years. Some memories are still vivid.
The Middle Earth gig was scheduled for a couple of weeks before my important A-Level exams. I needed a place at uni for three more years in London! Those exams were crucial. I knew that a trip to Middle Earth meant not getting to be before three. But with a couple of weeks to go that wasn’t even a consideration.
I turned up at Middle Earth to find that the band had cancelled, Drumbo was sick. They put Aynsley Dunbar on instead. Now I liked Aynsley but it was a poor substitute. My expectations had been mounting for weeks.
The good news was that they had rescheduled and were going to perform a double-header with none other than John Mayall with the great Peter Green. A fabulous prospect.
The bad news was that it was the night before my important A Level exam starting at nine in the morning.