I was bitten by the urgent intensity of Lonnie Donegan's skiffle in the 1950s, still love him. Johnny and the Hurricanes rocked, Roy Orbison epitomised cool anguish, The Shadows, Beatles, Stones, Who, Small Faces, Kinks, Pretty Things (NOT the Dave Clark Five), Motown, Stax, Dylan, Blues, Hendrix as the 60s juggernaut rolled over me. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Toby Jugg led on to more blues, Clapton, Cream and 10 years in Australia for me, touring, recording, TV. Back to Blighty in 1980, I joined Nine Below for the first time in 1981 after seeing an ad in the Melody Maker. Hold tight, here we go again!

Yes I like food, mainly Malaysian, Japanese and Indonesian. Susan's bread and butter pudding.
 
I like a nice suit me. Or needlecord midnight blue stretch jeans from Zara.

I like to read politics, biography, humour. Private Eye. I like to visit art galleries, I like Turner, Matisse, William Blake. London has the best in the world. I like to visit Craven Cottage, but not always on match days.
 
Some of my influential musicians are Willie Dixon, John Entwistle, James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, John Mc Vie, Andy Sylvester. Yes, they're all bass players.
 
I play a 1964 Fender Precision bass, customised with a Badass bridge and brass top nut. Peavey Max 450 amplifier driving two 2x10" cabs.