![]() So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna buy it off you and get it sorted out.' And he's like 'Oh I don't wanna sell it, you know I just lent it to you' and I said 'well that's a pity cause I was just about to drive over to your flat with a fistful of nice crisp, new, smelly bank notes'. It's a great old machine and it's as pissed as a rat because it's been so badly abused. After about a week I rang him up and I said 'Pete, you're a', I won't repeat the exact expression, and he said 'What da you mean?' and I said 'the bloody way you've treated this instrument, it's a disgrace. I think it was in 13 separate pieces and the road crew had glued it back together on the road. He did however give me this dog of a Thunderbird that he'd smashed to bits. When I rang Peter Watts up and said I need to borrow an instrument he was like 'yeah sure, come round'. They were a brilliant bunch of guys, were really good to us, and the bands I think complimented each other really well. Got on brilliantly with them particularly Mick Ralphs, Peter and Buffin the drummer, I didn't get to know Ian (Hunter) so well. We had been out on the road with Mott The Hoople, we supported them on their first headline tour you know when All The Young Dudes was a big hit. Presumably he had got a few of the Thunderbirds kicking around at that time? Live at the Glastonbury festival 26/5/05 - photo Lauren LargeįlyGuitars Your main stage bass is one you've being playing since 1972 an early 1960s Thunderbird IV that you initially borrowed from Pete (Overend) Watts. 1981 Victory Standard (Candy Apple Red).
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