The Great Malacca Hike

The Great Malacca Hike

The Great Malacca Hike 2014 Report #4   Things moved forward today. Late last night I got my ticket for Melbourne. I leave Sunday evening.   This morning at 6am I was on the phone to Ottawa, Canada, talking to the Oz embassy about my visa. The guy was very helpful. He...
Paris Olympia part 2

Paris Olympia part 2

Tuesday October 18, 1966 Fifty years ago I was working with Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity. We were in Paris at the famous L’Olympia Music Hall with top French music idol, Johnny Halliday. Also on the bill was an unknown newcomer performing his first ever...
Paris Olympia part 1

Paris Olympia part 1

Monday October 17, 1966 It’s no fun to be driving into Paris at the start of the rush hour, on a cold and stormy Monday morning in a car that had been built to be driven on the opposite side of the road. Especially when you have had no sleep, having spent the night...
Serge & Brigitte

Serge & Brigitte

Magic Moments in the Summer of Love #5– Recording with Serge Gainsbourg I don’t know if this next story can be exactly described as magical, but it was definitely interesting. Having worked with America’s greatest songwriters at the beginning of 1967 (Bacharach and...