Bass rumbling and general disconnection from reality. Brian started on guitar pre-teens with a virtually unplayable acoustic 6 string, on which he eventually learnt to play most of The Shadows instrumentals. He favoured bass after going to live gigs, feeling the gut wrenching, teeth rattling, liver melting low end thump of the often used Gibson, Epi or Fender Jazz or P basses through Ampeg, Fender or Marshall stacks. In ’65 he joined a popular local band, Scrooge & the Misers after boning up on their covers of bands such as The Who, Dr Feelgood, Stones and suchlike. They were lucky enough to get two records out on EMI Columbia label, but had to change the bands name to The Attraction. They had a fair bit of success and was interviewed by David Jacobs on ‘Radio Luxembourg’, nice guy. They backed The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Fortunes & a few other ‘names’. After a while he left to tour Germany & France backing an American keyboard / vocalist with a French drummer and German guitarist! In ’69 he had enough, sold his gear and packed up. Around 2015 he bought a bass on the advice from a friend he’d kept in touch with since 1965. He now plays in, what is in his opinion, one of Norfolk’s best Rock covers band - Jokin’ Apart.