Book Content by Chapters Chapter 1 – Expelled Driving a steam train at the age of 8. Bad boy activities. Corporal punishment. Expelled from school.
Chapter 2 - Pirate Radio Failed audition for pirate radio station - Radio Free Scotland. Billy Connolly encounter. BBC script rejection from That Was the Week That Was.
Chapter 3 – 1965 to 1973 British Rail, Hospital Broadcasting and Israel Religious bigotry in Glasgow. Jewish girlfriend and trip to Israel. If you can't get in to broadcasting then start your own radio station.
Chapter 4 - Radio Clyde December 1973 Pioneering radio days. Two months before the start of commercial radio in Scotland.
Chapter 5 - Pan Am Flights to Trinidad December 1975 First Class travel reward for radio work. High powered executives steal the cutlery. First and only attempt at a drug deal. How radio in Trinidad was crudely relayed the BBC World Service.
Chapter 6 - SuperScoreboard Secrets How a radio guru creatively produced an image of predictive powers at football matches.
Chapter 7 - Into the Music Business My dislike of The Waltons on TV launches my ventures into the music business. Setting up two publishing and management companies - Jammy Music and Scotia Nostra. Devious publicity stunt banning a singer from getting married. Unexpected success from two customs officers.
Chapter 8 - Kelvingrove Festivals Establishment of free open-air rock festivals in Glasgow for bands with original music.
Chapter 9 - Braniff Flights 1980 with Andy Collier Amazing adventures on a trip round the USA on an airline with the big orange bird. Andy is a journalist who moved to Glasgow from England whom I helped with contacts. He asked me to go with him on a freebie set of flights to the USA.
Chapter 10 - More Braniff Flights May 1981 Milking the First Class Airpass with Braniff. Music Producer Clark Sorley from Kilmarnock on a whirlwind trip around the USA. It was not surprising that the airline went bust shortly after this.
Chapter 11 - Jammy Music Production Library Music for TV, Radio and Movies at just the right length. The True Love Orchestra - Wedding Song for Sarah Ferguson and HRH Prince Andrew. Producing records with Craig Ferguson in the guise of Bing Hitler, and noted actors Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson in their comedy act Victor and Barry. Movie music success in the USA.
Chapter 12 - The Dolphins Dangerous fireworks at a midnight open-air concert. Loyalty to individuals on management contracts when they go solo.
Chapter 13 - USA Trips In search of fame Attempts to get record deals. Los Angeles attorney hired. Madam Wong's West is not a brothel! Foggy Bottom is not something you get from a strong curry!
Chapter 14 - Music Scene at Radio Clyde Creating Stick it in Your Ear! Hoovered at the Albany Hotel at 3am - T shirts. Supercharge song story She Moved the Dishes First. Programme series "Hear Me Talking" - without the interviewer. Award winning production The Big Day.
Chapter 15 - Million Miles on Northwest How to win as a frequent flyer. Thanks to Saddam Hussein for my Million Mile status. Sick Northwest aircraft gives me First Class Singapore Airlines experience. Finding the way to San Jose. Etiquette in Thailand.
Chapter 16 - Doing the Continental How to emerge from bankruptcy in the USA. Hawaiian Goddess Madame Pele. Doing the tango in Buenos Aires
Chapter 17 - Climax in Pattaya The Thai word "porn" is not what you may think. The horizontal leisure centre. Website for the Climax Rock Band.
Chapter 18 - Claymores in Europe
Why American Football has more hanging about than in a clothing warehouse.
Chapter 19 - Crazy Radio Clyde Career How TV shutdown at 1030 pm made Radio Clyde an outstanding success. The Great Crossini escapologist on the radio. Princess Margaret meets the Wombles and Uncle Bulgaria is arrested. Winning a Rover Sterling car. Tales from Kai Tak. Mallan in Manhattan. The Assistant DA from Orange County, California becomes Radio Clyde presenter.
Chapter 20 - Air Mike The Island Hopper America won Guam from Spain on a misunderstanding. The Romeo and Juliet story of the Lovers Leap. The significance of the Love Stick on Chuuk. Stone Money and bare breasts on Yap. The lifeline air service of Micronesia.
Chapter 21 - Circus Circus Las Vegas The Ringmaster's club had me hooked. Do they send the elephant instead of the limousine? Hieroglyphs surprisingly accurate. How to make money from a casino - own it! The Mormons and the Mafia Mob.
Chapter 22 - On the Fly Murphy's Laws of Hub Operation. Suitable for upgrade or friend of the gate agent? Hooters Air go bust!
Chapter 23 - 21st Century Travel Lounging around the world Polaris style. Australian snake in the mouth. A pokie is not a sexual act. Enlightenment through beer. Over the North Pole in search of the sanity clause. The Lucky Shag may surprise you. I fall for a camel called Darcy. Grilled by the Feds in Las Vegas.
Chapter 24 - 2020 Angel Number 2020. Quarantined in Australia. Escape home.