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Came across this recently on the biog page of Ray Stiles - long time bass player with the Hollies

Narrowly missed meeting another of my idols just a short while ago at the B.B.C. '50 years of number 1 hit records' party. Jet Harris of The Shadows was there but I didn't realise it and he was gone before I could speak to him. I was really disappointed.

http://www.hollies.co.uk/bandprofileraystiles.html

Maybe next time Ray.

Name dropping i know, but i jammed with Ray in a music shop in Tooting when his band 'Mud' were just hitting the bigtime. nice guy.

Whilst we're into name-dropping, my band, The Gass Company, supported (a then unknown) Mud in High Wycombe in 1967!

Martin.

I once put on the backing track for Alan Bakewell at Vintage sixties Live.

Mike Honey wrote: a music shop in Tooting

That would have been Cascade Music, near Tooting Bec Station, a favourite of a lot of South London groups (Mud were from Hackbridge). The manager at the time was Tony Powell. Tony is a pro musician and does a weekly gig in Walton-on-Thames (using his stage name of Tony Vee) which is attended by a group from the Surrey Shadows Club. Tony has returned the compliment on several occasions, including the Surrey Club's last meeting when he sang 'Move It'.

Ray L

ecca wrote:I fell over in the snow.

yer but it wasnt alan bakewell`s snow was it peter

That depends on colour of the snow and the size of the grin on Bakey's face at the time.