How I Came to be in the Music Industry
A rare but brief synopsis.
With the introduction of the jukebox into our local cafe came the era of rock’ n’ roll; remember them? Those heady youthful days. The cafe was the place for us schoolkids to congregate, watch the schoolgirls crowded around the jukebox listening to Bobby Darin tapping their feet to Cliff Richard and the Shadows or going bonkers over Elvis Presley singing ‘Return to Sender’.
I was physically incapable of moving any part of my body to a rhythm, so I could never ask a girl to dance. Susan’s dad was the island’s policeman (you’ll know all about Susan if you’ve read my writings), which meant that her breasts were so far out of touching distance no one ever thought about them. We all thought about them because they were so perky, but in your life, you didn’t want to think about what her dad would do to you.
Hutch (Benny)was the island’s dork! He wanted to be an actor but made the mistake of telling his dad. Hutch became a trawlerman at age fifteen. I heard some years later that Hutch had made it to London, working in a local theater. A year later, he was on the dole. I mention this here because Hutch never gave up on his dream.
Dad played the mandolin. Dad said he learned because he had traced his ancestry back to that of Scandinavian gipsies, but Mum said he…
