A review of a new book about rock'n'roll in West Yorkshire brought a letter from Maurice McVeagh, who was busy on that scene back in the 1950s. He was interested to read that the comedian Johnnie Casson was a former drummer with Bradford group The Cresters.
"In the late 1950s as a member of The Dingos rock group, along with The Cresters and The Sidewinders (a group formed by local students) we were privileged to be asked to perform at the Students Club on the same night as Mick Mulligan's Jazz Band, with singer George Melly," he writes.
"One of the highlights of the evening was a ten-minute solo by the famous drummer Pete Appleby, then with Mulligan's band. The Dingos' drummer Smudge' Smith was overwhelmed by his superb talent."
In the book review Johnnie Casson was quoted as saying that he regarded fellow Cresters member Richard Harding as the finest British guitar talent "bar none".
Says Maurice: "Although I wouldn't disagree with Johnnie, I would suggest that Kenny Fowler of The Dingos was his equal or at least comes a very close second."
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