Appendix Part One cont...

At a reunion at The Bandstand 2008 Al Lovelock said that he had borrowed an amp from Bowie on the day of the Festival but blew it up and nobody ever knew who it was. We stayed for the entire concert and enjoyed every minute of it, we probably went for a pint in The Robin Hood afterwards.

Despite many interesting leads that resulted in dead ends Appendix lasted for about 2 years. Al continued to perform and went on to play at Donnington Park. He spent several years doing gigs while touring America.

Rob Jackson said he remembered Bowie playing but never thought that he would have gone on to be as big as he is today. Rob also mentioned that after the Festival he had an audition for The Herd, a band that featured another local performer and Arts Lab member Peter Frampton. Rob managed to get to play four tracks at the audition but lost out to Henry Spinetti. Rob is still playing and is a member of 101Proof.

Bill Liesegang joined Nina Hagan at Rock In Rio in 1985 and played to 500,000 every day for 12 days with Rod Stewart supporting, then Nina supported Queen, this can be seen on you tube. See it on Bill's website.

In 1970 the band had a big break when they appeared on the same bill as Jimmy Witherspoon at Bromley Technical college "It was fantastic", said vocalist Neil Holmes, "we never dreamed that we would ever appear on the same stage with someone as big as Jimmy Witherspoon". The group had been plagued with bad luck. Their agent failed to get them any bookings and had sent them along to fake recording sesions. The band also played at The dragon in Albemarle Road.

The Appendix pages are dedicated to the memory of Neil Holmes.

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