Born: Swindon, Wiltshire, September 21st. Instrument played: Guitar.

Music. Girls. Watching other groups perform. Being along in a crowded discotheque. Merseybeat. Seeing/hearing the Kinks for the first time on "Juke Box Jury", 1964. Two-tone Mk. II Vauxhall Cresta's (pref. black/pink with white wall tyres and sun visor). American guitars 1957-1965. Teddy boys. Seeing/hearing Jimi Hendrix on "Top of the Pops", 1967. "Swinging London". 50's Americana. Virtually anything produced by George Martin (to 1970). J.S. Bach. Eric Clapton 1965-1968. Steely Dan. The Rickenbacker 12-string. Peugot 404's. 30's English architecture. Black people dancing. Jascha Heifetz. Tamla Motown. Frank Zappa. The Great Western Railway. 1968. Rimsky Korsakov's "Scherharezade". Money. "A Hard Day's Night". Wanda Landowska. Walking. Jealousy. "Summer Holiday". Muhammed Ali. Tchaikovsky. The Harlem Globetrotters. Pete Townshend smashing his guitars. Pete Townshend not necessarily smashing his guitars. Jimi Hendrix on "The Lulu Show", January 1969. Rolling Stones "Jumping Jack Flash" promo film. Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser. John McLaughlin. Winkle Pickers. Andy Partridge. New Musical Express, 1972-1976. Stevie Wonder. Hank B. Marvin. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Jimi Hendrix at Monterey, 1967. Rory Gallagher at Devizes Corn Exchange, 1971. Nostalgia.