John Farrar - along with Cliff, Hank, OLivia etc... - seems to have been blessed with eternal youth. Maybe they all drank from the same fountain on one of those far eastern tours? He also puts in an appearance at Cliff's 60th birthday bash back in 2000 - I know 'cos I have a video of it which I got with a special edition of Hello! And guess what, neither he nor Cliff now look any older!
I remember there being a period in the mid/late '70s when it seemed that most bass guitarists sported the obviously very trendy beard/curly hair/shades combination. The first time I saw Alan Jones (in the video for Love DeLuxe) this was how he looked. Likewise Mo Foster at the Thank You Very Much gig. I seem to recall that this was a look also favoured by Jeff Lynne and Gerry Rafferty amongst many others.
Ahhh, them were the days...