ROCK'N'ROLL WILL NEVER DIE

And sometimes dreams come true. Last night Tony Bramwell and I accompanied Kevin Montgomery & Band to Paul McCartney's 25th anniversary Buddy Holly party at the Mermaid Theatre. Kevin had been asked to perform as his father, Bob, was Buddy's closest friend during their school years and his original musical partner, Buddy & Bob, prior to the Crickets. Bob was also responsible for writing "Heartbeat" as well as one of the songs Kevin performed last night, "Wishing", and a host of others. To see the guys' faces when they were introduced to Paul was just one of those, never to be forgotten moments. Mike Berry, who had a hit with "Tribute To Buddy Holly" way back in 1961 provided the house band, and we were treated to performances from Marti Wilde, Joe Brown, Tim Rice (doing his best Elvis impersonation) closely followed by his Ricky Nelson one. Bruce Welch, Dave Gilmore, Mick Green (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates), but Kevin and the boys brought the house down with their versions of "Wishing" and "Not Fade Away". The reception was ecstatic, even Paul was rockin and rollin as Pat Buchanan ripped another solo from his guitar and rounded off, for me at least, nine months of "dreaming the dream". Last night proved there is music, categories do not matter, this was rock 'n' roll, through the last four decades, timeless and brilliant, a wonderful night and a stunning experience.

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