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Conrad, Jess (
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Conservative Party (
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)
Copacabana Beach (
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Cousins, Robin (
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Cream (
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)
crews (
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Crystal Palace, London (
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V
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VII
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Cuba (
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Curdled Milk (
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D
Dalí, Salvador (
I
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Daltrey, Roger (
I
)
Dean, Roger (
I
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Deep Throat
(film) (
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Dickens, Frank (
I
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Disney (
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)
DJs: ‘non-needle time’ (
I
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Dresden (
I
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Duke of York pub (
I
)
E
Ealing Borough Social Club, London (
I
)
Eastern Bloc (
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Egan, Mike (
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El Globo (
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III
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English Chamber Choir (
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), (
IV
), (
V
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English Rock Ensemble (
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II
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Entwistle, John (
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III
), (
IV
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Evans, Dr (
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)
Evening News
(
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Evening Standard
(
I
), (
II
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F
Falklands crisis (1982) (
I
)
Fernandez, Tony ‘The Greasy Wop’ (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
Flashman, Stan (
I
)
Fluminense Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (
I
)
Foot, Michael (
I
)
Fragile
(
I
)
Fragile Carriage Company (
I
)
France
Rick lives in the south of France (
I
)
The Strawbs in (
I
)
waterfall sound in
No Earthly Connection
(
I
)
Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition (
I
)
Funky Fat Fred (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
G
Gerrards Cross, London (
I
)
Gerry and the Pacemakers (
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Goldsmith, Harvey (
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)
‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ (
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), (
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), (
III
), (
IV
)
Great Train Robbery (
I
), (
II
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Grundy, Bill (
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)
Guevara, Che (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
H
Hammersmith Odeon, London (
I
)
Harefield Hospital, west London (
I
)
Harley, Steve (
I
)
Harris, ‘Whispering’ Bob (
I
), (
II
)
Harrison (Cuban government official) (
I
)
Havana, Cuba (
I
)
Hayes, Chris (
I
)
Hayes British Legion, Middlesex (
I
)
Heath, Sir Edward (
I
), (
II
)
Heathrow Airport (
I
)
Heavy Jelly (
I
)
Hemmings, David (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
Hendrix, Jimi (
I
)
Hilton Hotel, Tokyo (
I
)
Hodgson, Roger (
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), (
II
)
Holden, Ken (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Holiday on Ice
show (
I
)
Holland, visit to (
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)
Holt, Ashley (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
Holy Cross Church, Warsaw (
I
)
Honky Château
(
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Howe, Steve (
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), (
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III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
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Igor (Russian Head of Security) (
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), (
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), (
III
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ITV (
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), (
II
)
J
James, Barney (
I
)
James Royal and the Royal Set (
I
), (
II
)
Japan, Rick and the English Rock Ensemble in (
I
), (
II
)
Japanese Airlines (
I
), (
II
)
John, Elton (
I
)
‘Journey’ (
I
)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
(
I
)
in America (
I
)
at Crystal Palace (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
in Brazil (
I
)
and the dinosaurs (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)
in Japan (
I
)
Number 1 in the album charts (
I
)
recorded as a solo project (
I
), (
II
)
at the Royal Festival Hall (
I
)
Julie’s Restaurant, Notting Hill Gate, London (
I
)
K
Karl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba (
I
)
Kaufman, Rachel (
I
), (
II
)
KGB (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
uniform (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
), (
IX
)
Khan, Chaka (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
King Arthur see The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Koski, Albert (
I
)
Kosygin, Alexei (
I
)
L
Lane, Brian ‘Deal-a-Day’ (
I
)
and the Brazil trip (
I
), (
II
)
and
Journey
(
I
)
and
King Arthur
(
I
)
a legend in the music business (
I
)
and Rick’s heart attacks (
I
), (
II
)
and Yes’s vegetarianism (
I
)
‘Last Battle, The’ (
I
)
L/ azienki Park, Warsaw (
I
), (
II
)
Leander, Alan (
I
), (
II
)
Led Zeppelin (
I
)
Ledgerwood, Mike (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Lennon, John (
I
)
Lisbon (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Little Richard (
I
)
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, Lord (
I
)
London Symphony Orchestra (
I
), (
II
)
Lufthansa (
I
)
Lynch, Kenny (
I
)
M
Maida Vale Studios, London (
I
)
Manchester City Football Club (
I
)
Manchester Free Trade Hall (
I
)
Measham, David (
I
), (
II
)
Melbourne (
I
)
Melody Maker
(
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
Mervyn Conn Artists (
I
), (
II
)
‘Midnight Hour’ (
I
)
Moët & Chandon offices, London (
I
)
Moon, Keith (
I
), (
II
)
Morgan Studios, Willesden, London (
I
)
Moscow (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)
Moss, David (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Moss Bros (
I
)
music therapy (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Musicians’ Union (
I
)
‘Mustang Sally’ (
I
)
Myers, David (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The
(
I
), (
II
)
in America (
I
), (
II
)
in Brazil (
I
)
on ice (
I
), (
II
)
and Radio Solent (
I
)
recorded (
I
)
Rick’s 1975 solo epic (
I
)
and
Success Story
(
I
)
written in hospital (
I
)
N
Nag’s Head pub (
I
)
Napoleon Bonaparte (
I
)
Nazis (
I
), (
II
)
Neasden, London (
I
)
New World Symphony Orchestra (
I
), (
II
)
Newcastle City Hall (
I
)
Newell, Roger (
I
), (
II
)
News of the World
(
I
)
1984
(
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
NME
(
New Musical Express
) (
I
)
No Earthly Connection
(
I
)
‘non-needle time’ (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Nordoff–Robbins Foundation (
I
)
O
Old Grey Whistle Test, The
(television programme) (
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), (
II
), (
III
)
Olejniczak, Janusz (
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), (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
Olympus,
HMS (
I
)
Olympus cameras (
I
), (
II
)
O’Neil, Terry (
I
), (
II
)
P
Packhorse pub, Gerrards Cross, London (
I
)
Paraguay (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Pat (tour manager) (
I
), (
II
)
Philadelphia Fury soccer team (
I
)
Pickett, Wilson (
I
)
Pickford-Hopkins, Gary (
I
)
Pink Floyd (
I
)
Plug the Roadie (
I
)
Poland (1982) (
I
), (
II
)
Polish resistance (
I
)
Portugal (
I
)
1984
promotion (
I
)
problems at 1970s gig (
I
)
Prokofiev, Sergei (
I
)
Q
Q
magazine (
I
)
Quarry, Miranda (
I
), (
II
)
R
Radio 1 (BBC) (
I
), (
II
)
Radio Luxembourg (
I
)
Radio Solent (
I
)
Red Lion pub, Brentford, Middlesex (
I
), (
II
)
Red Lion pub, Camden, London (
I
)
Redding, Otis (
I
)
rehab clinics (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Reisner, Lou (
I
)
Rice, Sir Tim (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Rio de Janeiro (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
)
Rivelino (
I
)
Roberto (El Globo employee) (
I
)
Robertson, Willie (
I
)
Robertson Taylor (
I
)
Rolling Stones, The (
I
)
Roof Gardens, Kensington, London (
I
)
Royal Albert Hall, London (
I
)
Royal College of Music, London (
I
)
Royal Festival Hall, London (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)
Royal, James (
I
)
RSPCA (
I
)
Rupert the Bear incident (
I
), (
II
)
Russia
bath towel incident (
I
)
passport and visa problems (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)
Rick buys military uniforms (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)
Rick in a TV show (
I
)
rwcc.com (Rick’s website) (
I
)
BOOK: Grumpy Old Rock Star: and Other Wondrous Stories
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