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Time Bombs

This was the other side to 'Julie Isn’t Julie In The Bath'. Both these songs used to go down really well at our live gigs. The sentiment for 'Time Bombs' is loosely based on my best mate and keyboard player in Orphan, Phil Campion. It’s basically about playing in a band being above everything else in life, even when things don’t quite work out. (I can honestly say, being in a band is probably the best education in the world). The second verse sort of explains the theme: My mate Terry, plays in a pop group Rockin’ out the radio hits at the Legion Saturday night, face all white  He’s got to be stoned to get him through the night But he writes some songs in the candlelight He’s thirty years young and never lost sight He’s got the Nazz but the band’s not right tonight. Both songs feature Mick Lawson, (alias Emmitt Till a good song writer himself) on baritone vocals, Bob Bowman on lead guitar and Billy Paul on tenor sax. Tragically Billy is no longer with us; he passed away at the ridiculously young age of 32. He played with many of the famous bands at the time – Roy Wood’s Wizard, Ruby Turner, to name a couple. So sad, such a great sax player. Thanks Billy for leaving us with your soulful sax. You are sorely missed.