Cole Page Sun 19th July 09

Oh how we love LIVE radio, it introduces that "edge".
It was good to see Mr Crooner again and very much on
form. Slightly tanned from his tour of duty, first at
The Belfry then north to The Open, at Turners!
Cole on this occasion brought his own desk, through
which he played his i pod for backing music and his mic.
It was the first time we had used this modus on the
show and were just a touch apprehensive.
How right we were to respect the law of Murphy,
it could and so it did, wonderfully & spectacularly.
We looked a right pair of nanas, but what the hell,
we got it right the next time & it was well worth it!
"Fly me to the moon & let me.................................

John Helliwell. Supertramp Sun July 12th 09

It's been some time since I bumped into THE sax man.
John eats & breathes jazz & returned from Malibu to take
exams at the Royal Northern College of Music, revealing
his birthday along with colleagues young enough to be his
kids ..... no problem.
There was the gig last January in Geneva with Creme Anglaise
and a guest turned up to do a number... it was Kevin Spacey who
produced a creditable Bobby Darin tune or two!
John was recently called upon to present an award to Chris de
Burgh in Munich & soon it will be Kaltenburg for Excalibur, closely
followed by Italy for a little Puccini.
We had many calls for some new music from Supertramp, to which
John looked optimistic but of course, it's not just down to him.