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Terence, the early years part 2

 

The first band I can ever recall playing in, consisted of Bob Mardon on drums (and serious Afro!) Paddy Mulville on lead guitar (and seriously long RED hair!) and me on bass, a Gibson SG copy a la Jack Bruce, loaned from my dear old mate, Nick Fisher. Think I must have been around 14, probably the Summer before my 15th birthday. [Read more →]

Terence, the early years part 1

 

Terence Ruffle March 2008

My dear brother in law Jed taught me the rudiments of guitar, at the age of nine, initially on the six string banjo, that only had five strings! Then, no doubt after much harrassment from my good self, my parents bought me a plastic Spanish guitar from Woolworth’s. [Read more →]