2025/09/17
DR. Marigold's Prescription:
Alan French. Music: on the Road
★★★
My band Dr Marigold’s Prescription were lucky enough to have met Bill Collins, dad of actor Lewis Collins and manager of The Iveys later to become Badfinger in 1968. Bill drove us to the Guildhall Portsmouth England to support The Small Faces. https://t.co/Crs8vWnfvO
— Drops Of Brain (@cranialillusion) September 17, 2025
DR. Marigold's Prescription:
Fred Radley (guitar & vocal),
Alan French (keyboards),
Bill Friend (bass)
Dave Morris (drums)
all from Northern London.
Alan French (keyboards),
Bill Friend (bass)
Dave Morris (drums)
all from Northern London.
Bruce Channel (Dr.Marigold's Prescription was Backing Group for Bruce Channel, when he was visiting England)
Alan French. Music: on the Road
One show I must talk about is when Dr Marigold's Prescription opened for the Small Faces at The Guildhall in Portsmouth. Our van had broken down. The agency who booked us found a replacement along with a driver. Now at this time there was flooding along the route to Portsmouth. The River Mole had burst it's banks. After a few diversions we ended up in a traffic queue and time was running away. Our nice driver that day was getting agitated as we had a schedule to keep.
Bill Collins was the name of our driver, his son was the famous actor, Lewis Collins. Bill told us about the group that he managed The Iveys. This must have been around the time when the group signed to Apple, then changed their name to Badfinger. Stuck in traffic, going nowhere, Bill actually drove along the pavement, no messing about. We arrived in Portsmouth just in time. The bonus for us was Bill Collins carried all the equipment from the van to the stage. My lasting memory of him is eating his way through a bag of plums whilst driving. Only a small thing but sometimes those memories are the best.
★★★
