18/10/2026
Another memorable night at the Rockers Reunion last Tuesday celebrated, as usual, every 2nd Tuesday of the month at The Earl Haig Club in downtown Whitchurch. Entertainment provided by Roosevelt - Cardiff, top ban, Strats, Teles and Hammons abounded, they played some good covers but would have liked to have heard more harmonies in the mix. Not many dancers graced the podium, they must still be tanning their lithe bodies somewhere in southern Europe.
Lovely to see old friends, colleagues and musos which is exactly why the late great Eddie "1000 Fingers" Williams created The Rockers Reunion. Old friends like Howard Fox, back in the day a talented scrum-half for Fairwater R.F.C. and later became Chairman of the club. Around 1980 Howard and I played in the resident band in the Fairwater Sports and Social Club. I have often told the story of the time when The Fox had this "great idea", on Saturday night all the band should turn up wearing a short tartan skirt. In those days everyone's sister had a tartan skirt. What he didn't tell us was, on the night, Howard's brother turned up at the stage door with half a dozen live chickens! Just before we went on stage, The Fox produced lengths of elastic and a few thick pork sausages.
We went on stage with our trousers rolled up above our knees, a length of elastic tied to our belt buckles and the other end tied to a thick pork sausage hidden by a short tartan skirt. Oh yeah, and then Howard came on dressed in an inverted sack with holes cut for his head and arms. We started to play Old MacDonald's Farm and bending our knees in time with the music so that the elastic stretched and you can imagine the rest! Everyone fell about laughing. That's when Brother Fox released the chickens.
Chaos ensued. Chickens running around the concert hall like err, well like err headless chickens if you get my drift. Ladies standing on chairs screaming and clutching skirts around legs. Committee men and rugby players trying to catch the insurgents.
Well, I never laughed so much.
Happy days Howard, old friend.
Rambled on a bit, sorry folks.
Next Rockers Rumble on Tuesday 10th November.
See you there
Ciao
Tone x