1976 With the end of my folk trio Feathers I began to look for some kind of band to play songs. basically it was a safety in numbers thing. Well safety in noise too. We'd already recruited a lead guitarist in Ken and now we looked for a drummer and bass player. Our bass player was a freind called Geoff who didn't really play bass but he managed to get one. The drummer was a friend of my mate DJ called Vic Bolgarow. He played drums in his own bungalow. He got very excited about his records he put on his vintage record player. He was tall. The man for the job. We started rehearsing in the backyard of Ken's place. Bought a small PA from Tandy electronics and rugged up against the cold..rocked out.
We found a new name in Subway. And played our first gig at the Bayswater Youth Club. Near the train station. There was lots of kids there but no one was really interested in us. We did a shocking cover of this song. It's basically one chord. And that's what we played. We should have listened more carefully. This needs a brilliant bass player. Actually our covers were always bad which is why I kept writing songs. No one could compare them to other artists. Anyway we got through it. At last I was in a rock band. Kinda.
Paerback writer is a pure magic. It was purely a single at first. Showing the great wealth of songwriting. I've said it before but I really love singles. 3 minutes of joy. We played this song a lot at Rubber Soul. I think I still have Ronny's copy in my record box. They all carry the smell of pubs.
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