Other than Gordon,Jenney and my wife the only celebrity I have ever met was the famous UK proponent of true New Orleans "traditonal jazz",Ken Colyer.Ken usually known as "The Governor" formed a band that at various times included Chris Barber, Monty Sunshine,Lonnie Donegan and Bernard "Acker" Bilk.Anyway one Saturday evening my good friend Russ King and I attended an evening with Ken in a nearby town, before a break Ken had played one
of Russ's favoUrites fittingly called "Walking With The King"
During the break Russ and myself availed ourselves of the
chance to visit the little boy's room,and found ourselves pointing Percy at the porcelain on either side of Ken.Russ thanked him for playing "his" song,he must have confused Ken because after the break Ken announced that he had had a request and proceeded to playing "Walking With The King" again
There is a splendid website in Ken's honoUr with a complete section detailing his autobiography at
http://www.kencolyertrust.org/dreamsindex.html
Oops nearly forgot the Saturday Massey Hall concert in 2006 where at the end I was able to have few words with and shake the hands of both Red Shea and Ronnie Hawkins who had been sitting about 4 rows behind me
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"Sir" John Fowles Bt
Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum
(where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!)
I meant no one no harm
Once inside we found a curious moonbeam
Doing dances on the floor