Photograph
The Megaband, The CasualTies, Switchdoctor
International 1
21st May 1988

This was what passed for a dressing room at the International! This was one of four gigs that I 'depped' on bass for Switchdoctor until they got a permanent replacement for the fired 'Chip' (I was a reluctant paticipant in R 'n' B but apart from Phil, all the others were and still are, mates). Left to right, Phil Gardner, Graham Nall (still with The Soul Bandits), the legendary John Dickinson (still on guitar with The Soul Bandits and The Blues Blasters), Arnie Furniss (still on bass with The Casual Ties and lunacy with Beat Science) and Henry Quick (still drumming with The Blues Blasters and anybody else he can fit in his busy retirement from Teaching!).
We supported Wilko Johnson this night and I have to admit to being more nervous doing a sound check in front of Norman Watt Roy (my hero, along with Rockette Morton) than I was playing in front of a few hundred Wilko fans, but then again, I was fuelled by alchohol by the time we went on!
Judging by the sweat on Graham's jacket, this was taken after our set!