Another The Police Story
Couple of years ago, myself and the Mrs decided to spend 2 weeks at a rented cottage in Skye. Lovely place, converted gatehouse to the big hoose, which in turn was now a hotel. The guy who owned the gatehouse was the ghillie for the estate, and basically at the beginning of season moved out of his house into the ghillies office (as he would have fishermen turning up for permits at all times). Obviously, the house had a lot of personal effects, including a dining room wall covered in photos, people, places. Most intriguing was the one where the ghillie, as a young man, was sitting on a sofa in what looked like a record studio, Stuart Copland by his side. Curiosity got the better of us, and in conversation started chatting with him about the photo. Turned out, early in his life he was a band manager. Firstly for Curved Air, then for The Police, just before they became really big. Fascinating guy, fascinating life and was a joy to listen to. His only regret was when first moving into the gatehouse, he decided to sort out some personal possessions that had been held in storage, and burn the stuff he didn't need. Unfortunately, he mistakenly burnt a load of gold records, managing to save only one, which was on display in his office.
(GhostAtTheFeast Soup Sir?, Thu 5 May 2011, 22:06, 1 reply)

Curved Air...
...that takes me back. I used to have a bit of a thing for Sonja Kirstina when I were a lad. And the drummer's name was fantastic: Florian Pilkington-Miksa!
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Fri 6 May 2011, 12:35, closed)