Bryn haworth band live biography

DURING my early years in journalism, I was lucky enough to interview a number of musicians. I have already described my meeting with the delightful Kevin Coyne, at which he persuaded the future Police multi-millionaire Andy Summers to buy me a pint. The Sensational Alex Harvey was a poppet, who bought me a couple himself.

And another fond memory from the seventies concerns a half-hour chat with the singer, songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Bryn Haworth.

Bryn grew up in Darwen, which gave me the excuse to interview him for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph following the release of his first album Let The Days Go By in 1974.

We met in his dressing room at Preston Guild Hall, where he was appearing in concert, and he told me his life story.

It was on July 29, 1948 that Bryn was born in Blackburn, son of a maths teacher. The family soon moved up the road to Darwen, where Mr Haworth taught at the technical college and Bryn wou