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Take the Last Train

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If rock and roll was the inspiration, skiffle was the means. It didn't matter it you couldn't play guitar like Scotty Moore or sing harmonies like Don and Phil, you just made it up as you went along giving thanks to Mr Donegan along the way.

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A Breaking Heart

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Most things eventually break or stop working, usually on an audible scale just t o let you know they've had enough. Others prefer to fall apart in silence which is the inspiration for this song​

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Mendips

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251 Menlove Avenue was John Lennon's home until he left in 1963. During a visit to the house now owned by the National Trust, I discovered that the name plate Mendips had earlier been removed from t h e front gate by a fan and souvenir hunter. After Lennon's death in 1980, it was returned anonymously and is now on display in an upstairs room.

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Rosie

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Rosie Stick was a free spirit from Cornwall and good friend at the time of Dave Luck who originally suggested the name Hunter Muskett. Rosie appears in the first verse, Dave in the second, and the lovely Denise in the third. I once recorded this song with the band back in the day - sadly, my piano

playing has not improved over the years but sometimes it's good to revisit old friends.

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BB King

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In 1963, The Aztecs, an aspiring band of teenagers in Sussex, trying our best t o master the chords of "Apache", stood transfixed in St Leonard's Church Hall when the Rolling Stones appeared before us announcing the arrival of R&B. Overnight, we became acquainted with the likes of Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters and BB King. The world order had changed and so had we. As Dr John once said: "What a night!"

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