by RayL » Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:12 pm
As a 'junior sprog' learning the ropes at BBC Broadcasting House, I was sent to the Playhouse Theatre in the summer of 1963.
Billy J. and the Dakotas were to appear in a show to be recorded there.
Being fascinated by the 'twiddley bit' in The Cruel Sea' I asked Mike how he did it. He showed me how he placed his hand and the finger movements needed. Thanks, Mike! I tried, Oh how I tried, to play that afterwards. Still can't!
(on that same day, The Beatles were to play in a studio at BH. Perhaps if I hadn't been sent to The Playhouse, I might have met The Beatles!)
EDIT. Just realised that i told that story about Mike Maxfield in the link quoted above. Oops!