Oh no, they’re back…

SCFO goes to Devizes

And to Angler’s Retreat again, the day after...

The two founding members of this expanding band saw the writing on the wall and

figured they had to go with the flow and show themselves in Devizes on a nice Saturday

in the middle of April.

Once they were there they found that many others had the same idea. Among others

to be seen there was Andy Scott, Steve Grant & Elliot Tuffin (who got the honour of

making a guest appearance in Andy Scott’s & Steve Grant’s acoustic set). There

were also a bunch of others there; Johnny “The Smile” Mogs (ask him how many cds

he won in a Steve Priest-competition some years back...); Stephen “Woody” Woods

(with Hat on his head, and Cap on Hat – also having had the offer of being the new

drummer in SCFO) & John “VC 10” (showing how good he can actually be as a

background singer, also refusing to acknowledge any resemblance to Swedish

pop singer Carola...).

One of the members in the band went ahead and won the very first ex. of the cd

Sweetlife, by the band Sweetlife, in a raffle that collected money for a fund in

memoriam of Mick Tucker. The other one had to explain to a bedazzled Mr Scott

that SCFO have no intention of stealing the audience from his band. A dirty job

but someone had to do it...

Buddies! The honourable “Chairman of the board” Stewart Roney and

Sweet-connoisseur Elliot T were bonding when the hour was getting

late, and the bar was getting crowded, at The Black Swan in Devizes.

THE VERY NEXT DAY: ANGLER’S RETREAT...

Andy-fan Elisabeth “Lady Starlight”; Steve B (now a happy owner of a Mick Tucker-jacket) &

American David “Herbie Poo” (entrusted cameraman at Devizes) were watching some Action

on the stage at Angler’s Retreat. Also together with some other inmates: BC Sweet champion

in his own right, Marc “Axeman” Pearson; Henrik “Townshend’s my best friend...” Rademacher

& Cheryl “I AM THE MANAGER!” Stapleton. And what was going on on stage...?

Elliot T once again rocked The Retreat. With a new band, his Joe Cocker/Andrew Strong/

Elvis Presley-like voice, and lots of guest appearances the set varied with lots of Sweet

classics in it too. Marc/Axey came up and displayed his skills in the Steve Priest-sound

alike version of “Blockbuster”; with the twirl of his finger he hit the vocals with uncanny precision.

SCFO, although present, did not appear that night. They felt they had to give it a rest, and keep

concentrating on the rehearsals for the “Only for U, Live in ´02”-tour, which, despite rumours of

cancellation, is planned to take off later this year...

“WE WON’T TURN OUR BACKS AT OUR FANS....”

Till Then: ROCK OFF!