HIGHLIGHTS

Early 70s - Banned from Nottingham Playhouse for ‘making a mess’ (in those days props included eggs & flour!).
Early 70s - Taken under wing of Jack King at BBC Radio Derby. Jack, a fan, arranged many recordings and live spots.
75 & 76 Sidmouth Festivals, springboard to national gigging.
77 - ‘Roaring Jelly’s Golden Grates’, first album, Free Reed label.
78 - ‘This is... Roaring Jelly’, BBC Midlands, first TV appearance.
79 - ‘Roaring Jelly’s Christmas Trifle’, BBC Midlands TV special.
80 - ‘Christmas Trifle’ repeated on national BBC TV.
80 - ‘Christmas In Australia’ single released on Spot label (Topic subsidiary ) . Terry Wogan liked it, played it. Noel Edmonds hated it, didn’t play it.
81 - ‘In The Roar’, Topic album.
83 - Cambridge Folk Festival. 4-min. standing ovation for one RJ set, with Stephane Grappelli waiting to go on!'
83 - Tour of Hong Kong. Gigs in HK & Kowloon, plus TV & radio spots.
Early-mid 80s - More radio & TV incl. Chris Tarrant's legendary Tiswas; writing/recording music for several Channel 4 docos; Pebble Mill at One; regular spots on Stuart Hall's BBC Radio 2 show.
85 - Farewell gig at Derby Assembly Rooms. Split up... for a while.
87 - Reformed for one last tour. Sidmouth Festival one of last ever gigs.
2004 - ‘Valerie Wilkins’, re-released on comedy compilation CD ‘Nowt So Funny As Folk’, most requested track on Mike Harding’s Radio 2 show. More...