Born John Robinson 24th June 1952 in Rochford, Essex. He first wanted to play guitar after seeing Tommy Steele on the telly. He made a wooden guitar with elastic bands for strings & has been struggling to play guitar ever since! He heard “Wonderful Land” by the Shadows when he was 10 in 1962 & wanted to play like the Shadows. He got his first guitar Christmas 1963 when he was 11 and the Beatles had just released “ I Wanna Hold Your Hand” . He played in a band at school in Gt. Wakering & various bands locally, from pop to rock, such as “Hard Graft”, “Dirty Harry”, “Private Sector”. He Started playing with Alan & Mick when the Saddows were formed by Alan in 2000.