Rolling Stones : The Joint was Rocking – Going Around and Around (Memories of Eel Pie Island )
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‘Eel Pie Island was a big hang-out for me, an ancient damp ballroom stuck in the middle of the River Thames reached by a rickety wooden footbridge. But you felt that you were heading somewhere truly exotic. https://youtu.be/UIK6s8HESYY It was the place where I began to understand the power of Rhythm & Blues.’ (Rod Stewart) Last week was a big week. My daughter started at University. I drove her there with a knotted stomach – hoping, praying, that these next years would be all that she hoped – the time of her life. On… Continue reading Rolling Stones : The Joint was Rocking – Going Around and Around (Memories of Eel Pie Island )