SAD SAD SAD - A farewell to the King of 'Rock and Coal' gentleman promoter Tony Mastin.

 

HELPING THE 'PSYCHIC' DETECTIVES - Cotchford Farm revisted, Byron gets a poolside view.

 

MISS YOU - A tribute to our good friend Dennis.

 

SNAP JUDGEMENT- "As good as his originals" was the considered verdict of celebrated Rock Photographer
Gered Mankowitz on the Rollin'Stoned at his retrospective at London's Proud Gallery.  

THE YEAR OF THE GROUNDHOG - ...the final page of the 2007 Calendar has blown away and we herald the new... if only life was that simple for The Rollin Stoned...

 

MARCH OUT OF TIME but things are about to kick off as March makes it's entry - is it as a Lion or Lamb? I can never remember... well probably neither as it happens, global warming will have seen to that...

 

AND NOW BREATH OUT - For those of you who have managed to hold their breath since our last communiqué, my salutations, that's an impressive pair of lungs you're sporting,...

 

FAG ENDS -...woo! woo! woo! 'alright I want you to put down the cigarette, stub it out and move slowly away from the pack keeping your hands visible and clear of your mouths...'

AND IN WITH THE OLD - Let me welcome you all to 2006... and you are welcome to it frankly, if it’s all the same to you we’ll stick with good old tried and trusted 1966...

 

MORECOMBE NOT WISE - Choosing the 'Copocabana' of the north to stage our attempt at the worlds biggest free concert at this time of year was somewhat ill-advised...

 

HOOCHIE COOCHIE WHO? -yes it was London's very own Hoochie Coochie Man... the one and only Art Wood...the Big Brother who taught young Ronnie to suck eggs - a mean trick Art, but then what are kid brothers for...

 

REVIVING THE SPIRITS OF '66' - And so we contemplate the prospect of grown men hitting the bar, tackling Becks, diving headers, reaching the knockout stages... but hey, that’s enough of Keith’s antics...

 

WE DID IT OTTWAY - ...Just goes to show, you'd have to back an old converted Leyland post office van against an RAF Norseman any day...  

2005'S RUNNING LATE - ...well O.K., the truth is somebody forgot to set the alarm for 2005 and the band overslept, but please bear with us...

 

SHOWING A BIT OF THE OLD CALAIS SPIRIT - Bill reckoned this was nothing and that in his day disembarkation meant putting your instruments above your head, jumping unquestioningly into the briny and, up to your neck in it, wading ashore under enemy fire, but then Bill's day was pre-living memory...

 

GERCHA YA YAS OUT - Sir Mick in particular is busily mugging up the rhyming slang of his youth ..."light us a Prada" (Prada Bag - fag)... Mick does have his limits mind, he says he always draws the line when asked to "Luva Duck", never mind having a "Gander"...

 

KEITH'S JUST A REGULAR GUY - with the aid of an old wheel barrow blagged off Charlie's dad, the 'Human Stiff' has, even at a penny a go, proved a pretty decent little earner...

 

END OF THE YEAR SHOWS - ...and please do remember to explain to your children that a pet isn't just for Christmas day, they will have to make it last until the butchers are open again...

TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE'S AREN'T... all sex, drugs and rock'n'roll ...but they are none of the above.