That was the month that was - September...

Tuesday 2nd

Played in the Johnny Briggs Celeb / Am Golf Day at the Belfry, on the monster Brabazon course. All proceeds going to the Mcmillan Nurses appeal. Photo shoot first, along with Johnny Briggs ( Coronation Street's Mike Baldwin ), athlete Kris Akabussi, snooker legend Willie Thorne, 50's rocker Jess Conrad and former Wolves striker Don Goodman.

Too wet for buggies and took five and a half hours to play 18 holes !

Another charity golf day, this the "Sniffers" event at Stratford upon Avon golf club. Got rained on again. Rehearsal with my band ( The Move - featuring Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan ), at the "Madhouse" studios in Birmingham. Went well, and added to our repertoire, the Beatles "Got to get you into my life", the Everly Brother's "Price of love" and Free's "A little bit of love". All five band members together in our Mercedes mini-bus for the 250 mile drive to Anwick, a beautiful and ancient little town well north of Newcastle. Good show at the town's splendid theatre. Found a local pub right opposite our quaint little hotel, for a couple of after show nightcaps. Hit the road at 10am for the drive back to Birmingham. Heavy Friday traffic and took us 5 hours . Just made it in time for our 3pm band photo shoot at a studio in Digbeth. On then to Solihull Arts Complex for a quick sound check. Good show on the night and my old friend and former colleague in Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi , along with his lovely wife Maria, amongst the audience. Drove to the "Mailbox" in Birmingham to record a one hour show ( going out on Sunday October 9th at noon ), with my old friend Ed Doolan, at BBC Radio WM. Bumped into fellow presenters, and old buddies Les Ross and Jenny Wilkes as well. Got the 10.45 train from Warwick Parkway to London Mareylebone, writing up cd reviews and a blog for the Sunday Mercury along the way. Cab to Capital Radio in Leicester Square for 2 hour show with David "Kid" Jensen and then a one hour "Desert Island Discs" type show. On then to a studio across town to record an interview with "Emirate Airlines". Lots of plugs for the new Move 4 cd box set, which comes out at the end of October. Along with my good friend Don Givens ( manager of the Irish under 21 team ), went to Molineux to see Wolves beat Bristol City 2.0. Sat in the directors box and former Wolves owner Sir Jack Hayward in the row in front of me. Move gig at the splendid Garrick Theatre in Lichfield. Good show and the new songs went well, Another standing ovation at the end from the crowd. In the afternoon drove to the Lickey Hills to find the location for the latest short film to be directed by Martin Nigel Davey ( last year I was a featured extra in Norman Wisdom's last ever on screen performance ). This time I did the same kind of thing in a very funny sketch featuring Solihull comic Don McLean and actor Geoffrey Hughes ( "Onslow" in "Keeping up Appearances" ). Also met for the first time actor John Alderton, who was just as nice as I thought he would be. All profits from the cd sales of this movie going to the "McMillan Nurses" charity - which is where we came in !