Jan 29, 2021
The final part of John's memories of playing in pop and rock bands in Edinburgh in the 1960s. This time round its a mammoth five hour gig at The Assembly Rooms in George Street. Playing with The Saracens at The Top Storey club. The joys of hauling all that equipment about. Seeing The Small Faces and The Troggs at...
Jan 22, 2021
Part two of John's behind the scenes adventures in Edinburgh's live music scene in the 1960s. We hear about the joys and pitfalls of being on stage and travelling to gigs. Watching fights break out in the audience. More about the venues, The Gamp, The Top Storey and The Gonk. Seeing the up and coming bands of the day...
Jan 16, 2021
John Robertson was born in in 1945 and taught himself to play the guitar as a boy. He caught the bug for Rock and Roll when on a family holiday in Shetland in 1957- they were playing Little Richard in a local fair ground. Back in Edinburgh, at the age 17, he joined the band, The Saracens, he later went on to join...