Playing "The Child Catcher" in the UK Touring production
of musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (October 2006)
His trademark sideburns and black gloves came about by accident: he needed to dye his hair black for an appearance on Top of the Pops in 1973, but the dye stained his cheeks and hands black so he hastily donned stick-on sideburns and black gloves to disguise this.
He started playing guitar as a youth. He met one of his biggest influences, Buddy Holly, at a gig in Doncaster, and played backstage with the singer and his band the Crickets.
He had a daughter Sophie Alice Margaret born September 1981 with Liza Goddard.