it was a Full House last night at Gilly’s CMC! No surprise there, as the band playing
was The John Aston Band featuring Ken Durrands on Bass And vocals, Derek
Thurlsby (C'est La Vie) on lead guitar and pedal steel with of course John on
rhythm and lead vocals. "I Still Miss Someone" and "Sweet Dreams Of You" were
just a couple of songs John performed with perfection helped along on pedal
steel by Derek, what a superb musician. Ken is also known in his hometown of Doncaster as the voice, very apt too as songs such as "The Race is On "and "The Love Bug Told Us Why”. The song that John just about ended a near perfect night with "The Old Lamplighter " which John put on an album in the late 70s, Recorded at a studio in Wakefield; the sound technician at that time was the late Richard Whiteley of "Countdown" fame. John put the band together for Gilly as a favour as he was looking for a band for that particular night. It may have been a one off and may never happen again but you never say never in this business; I think as everyone agreed "What a great Night".