Eugene "Sonnie" Torlot - sax, Kevin Asbrey - bass, Steve Short - drums,
Barri Jones - guitar / vocals, me - keyboards / vocals
This was where I sold my soul to the devil and joined an existing band to earn some money! Lost Weekend was a very sucessful club band that gigged up to three times every week and although our repertoire was enormous I can't remember us ever rehearsing! We were a band that played "requests" however obscure or crap just to keep the punters happy, this was mainly thanks to Barri who was a human jukebox. The first line-up that I joined had the legendary Stuart Loakes on drums, he was Animal in person and would come around from behind his kit while Barri played the drums and sing "Why must I be a teenager in love" while slowly let his trousers fall to his ankles...hilarious! Also in the band at this time was Sonnie Torlot on sax formerly with Coast to Coast who had a number 3 hit with "Do the Hucklebuck" and John Godfrey, formerly the bass player with Mungo Jerry who had a worldwide hit with "In the summertime" and toured all over the world. He was an amazing bass player but lived a Rock'n'Roll lifestyle that forced him to eventually leave the band. I managed to talk my old friend Kevin Asbrey to replace him and around the same time Steve Short joined on drums, this is the lineup on the picture above. We played loads of gigs and even went out to Switzerland for a week and played every night at different venues at a ski resort. On the second or third day Sonny broke his arm in a Skiing acident but still managed to carry on playing the sax. It was a great week, partying until the early hours every night. The band sounded really good when we were rocking and we had some great nights but eventually after a couple of years playing the clubs and the Birdie Song I could stand it no more and left the band.
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