"Travelling Man - On The Road With The Searchers"
by Frank Allen
Foreword by Sir Cliff Richard and Mark Knopfler
In 1999 FRANK ALLEN , bass player and front man with THE SEARCHERS since 1964, wrote a book on his lifetime of travel. This is still in print - see below for ordering details:
It is called "TRAVELLING MAN" with the sub-title "ON THE ROAD WITH THE SEARCHERS" - not an autobiography as such, but more an amusing and sometimes irreverent look at a lifetime of travel from one of the most popular performers still on the 60s music scene:
- Frank's school and family trips in the 50s
- Joining local bands as a teenager and journeying to gigs
- Going as a member of Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers to Hamburg
- Meeting the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley and others
- Joining the Searchers, who had become good friends in Hamburg
- First trips to the USA, working with the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, the Ronettes, the Temptations etc.
- The 1966 Philippines/Australia tour with the Rolling Stones, during which the drummer Chris Curtis left the group
- Forces shows - Israel in the 60s, Bosnia in the 90s
- The break up with Mike Pender and the ensuing court case
- The Solid Silver Sixties Tours, the resurgence of the 80s and 90s and much more
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A must for every Searchers fan, and indeed for anyone who appreciates 60s music, interesting travel tales and a humorous look at a lifetime of bringing enjoyment and entertainment to others.
The book is published in hardback form, and contains about 100 photographs.
Title: "Travelling Man - On The Road With The Searchers"
Author: Frank Allen
Publisher: Aureus Publishing Ltd, Castle Court, Castle-upon-Alun,
ISBN No: 1 899 750 29 0
Price: UK - £14.99, Overseas - £19.00 sterling including packing and airmail post.
St Brides Major, Vale Of Glamorgan, South Wales, CF32 0TN
Tel & fax: 01656 880033
Aureus Publishing Ltd
Frank will be pleased to sign any copies which are brought to Searchers shows.