AW, ROCKER: Glad to hear from guitarist Andy Wren, one of the redwoods of the British Rock 'n' Roll scene over the past two decades. This hep cat's run in combos with Rapiers family ties like Jet Black, The Avengers and Robb Storm & The Persuaders, even depped as a Rapier rhythm guitarist for a night. "My current band is the hardcore rock 'n' roll/rockabilly quartet Slim Slip & The Sliders," he notes on his MySpace hangout. He also plays lead guitar in a Buddy Holly tribute band, Marc Robinson & the Counterfeit Crickets. I first met the personable Mr. Wren just before he and a reunited Jet Black rocked the roof at the Wayne Nicholls Memorial Concert, July 2005, Potters Bar... BUS STOP: The Routemaster used for the Walkers Crisps advert "is at a coach builders in Leicester being converted into a tour bus", says a YouTube poster... 59 CLUB: Tommy "Dizzy" Roe, Billy Joel, Ventures lead guitarist Nokie Edwards, Sonny Curtis of The Crickets, actor Albert Finney, poet Dante. What do I have in common with these creative lights? A May 9 birthday, yessiree.
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