Sunbury Cricket Club apologies for the late cancellation of the Good Old Boys gig (see article of 8th January) because of the snow. Fortunately, nearly everyone got the message in time.

The next Music Night is on Friday 8th February when the SCC welcomes The Jackie Lynton Band. Jackie is one of the larger-than-life characters of the British music scene, with a colourful career that goes back to the late '50s when he had a residency at the legendary 2is coffee bar in Soho, and was part of the equally legendary Larry Parnes package tours of the day. He had recording deals with Pye, EMI and Decca during the '60s and early'70s but the elusive big hit single never came, despite numerous releases, produced by the likes of Tony Hatch and Mark Wirtz, and featuring the top sessions players of the day - his version of The Beatles' "Little Child" includes a guitar solo by Jimmy Page, and was recently revived on Brian Matthew's "Sound Of The '60s" programme on Radio 2. In between times, he helped decorate John Lennon's Weybridge house!

The '70s saw him joining The Savoy Brown Blues Band, touring the USA with ZZ Top, and while there establishing a relationship with Colin Pattenden, a Sunbury resident who was touring with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and who now plays bass in Jackie's Band. He also hooked up with Status Quo, for whom he later wrote "Again And Again", and with whom he still occasionally guests during their tours. The '70s also saw him establish The Jackie Lynton Band, with an appearance on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and at the Reading Festival, and which has been through a variety of incarnations over the years, but has been the vehicle for the development of his highly individual stage act and a string of albums. Jackie is a marvellous raconteur and has written comedy scripts for the likes of Jim Davidson as well as appearing in bit parts on TV shows like "The Bill".

We are guaranteed a thoroughly entertaining evening of rock 'n' roll and lively banter with Jackie and his band, which as well as Colin Pattenden on bass, includes Adrian "Spud" Metcalfe, formerly with The Nashville Teens, on drums, and Mike Windus and Chris Bryant on guitars - Chris runs the renowned guitar shop "Chris Bryant Guitars" in London's Charing Cross Road, so knows a thing or two about the instrument! I do urge you to read the extensive biog under "Who?" on Jackie's web site at www.jackielynton.com - it's very entertaining, and there's some 'live' video there as well. We look forward to seeing you on the 8th Feb.

Following the cancellation of the Good Old Boys, the gig has been re-arranged for Friday 22nd February - it's appreciated that it's a half-term weekend for some people, so apologies if you can't make it - but the band were keen to get it back in the book as soon as possible, and SCC were also keen not to lose an event from the calendar while trying to maximise bar takings before the end of the financial year at the end of March, since, as you can imagine, the terrible weather during the summer meant that a lot of cricket matches were lost, which, like all cricket clubs, has affected their turnover significantly, so your support for the Music Nights is very important to the Club and much appreciated.