Moldy Warp

so the Fendamen were up and running. Shortly after Doreen Pritchard joined as Bobby’s Girl, closely followed by John Riggott who couldn’t play anything but did have a car. A bass was obtained on the promise of payment to follow, payment never did so the unfortunately named owner Mr R Soulby forceably repossessed the instrument (John was instantly demoted to transport manager).After a couple of personel changes in the group the Senators were born.They soon enlisted the talents of Brian Dobson the “after eight” drummer – this being the earliest he ever arrived as his winter months were occupied by 1st team rugby for Otley and his summers had an even less predictable arrival time as he played cricket for a local team.

 
On a memorable night at a Menston Youth Club dance, when the vicar arrived late to be greeted by the sight of Geoff Dixon showing all signs of being musically brain dead due to his earlier encounter with 11 pints at the local hostelry. He was propped in a corner with blood all over his blonde guitar as he had dropped his plectrum after three bars of Telstar, (the organ sound was courtesy of a Sooty type battery driven keyboard with a Grampian microphone wedged underneath it) so had proceeded to cut his right hand into a frenzied pulp. From out of the smoke filled room appeared Des O’Hara with his brother Kevin and mates to render their version of “Fallen leaves on the ground”. Mystically the next day Des had joined, Burns bass and all.