Woodstock and the WILD night before that ended in a RIOT! | Ric Lee of Ten Years After

Not exactly like that.

My two brothers, my eldest one, Peter, was always tapping on things.

Actually, sorry, he would have been a better drummer than me if he'd have persevered with it.

But he wasn't the rebel that I was.

And he became a bank manager.

But he was good.

We both used to tap with knives and forks on the dining room table at Sunday lunchtime.

And Pete and I were listening to the radio.

And the first program that was on at that time was Two Way Family Favorites, is what it was called.

It was on the light program, which is what it was.

We had the light program, the home service, and something else.

I can't remember what the other one was.

But Deerway Family Favourites was basically a programme that linked families that had active servicemen in Germany.

This was just after the war.

And so this was a record request programme and the families could write in.

and choose a piece of music and have their families talk to you.

It was like a radio mail, if you like.

I went down to the record shop.

There was a really big, it wasn't a window as such, but it was like a display case, which was built onto the side of the shop.

And the latest releases Sid put in there for everybody to see.

And there was an album there one time I went.

And it was called Burning Beat.

I've still got it.

It was Buddy Rich and Gene Cooper.

And I'd heard of Gene Cooper.