The Pages
Ted Johnson on the left, Ronnie Grundy centre, Alan Ormandy on drums and Steve Barnes on the right , photographed in "The Jollies" Oldfield Road (you can just make out Ted's Watkins Dominator bottom right)
Line-up included
- Ted Johnston - lead guitar
- Steve Barnes - rhythm
- Ronnie Grundy - bass
- Steve Revel - drums
As "The Pages", (Me on lead guitar, Steve Barnes on rhythm, Ronnie Grundy on bass and my cousin Steve Revel on drums) we were booked at the Cubi Klub in Rochdale as support group for the Drifters.
I remember we had to do an extra set as they were late and we got reserved front row seats They were brilliant and had their own guitarist and when a guy from the local paper tried to photograph them, they all seamlessly went onto 2 mikes and huddled together so he could get them into shot.
He gave the thumbs up and pressed the flash and nothing happened, so he turned the camera round (screw in flashbulbs) and looked to tighten the bulb up . As soon as he did , the flash went off, blinding him and he fell off the edge of the stage
The Drifters all fell about laughing and later, I had a chat with Johnny Moore (what a REALLY nice guy)
Ted Johnston - 24/2/13
