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TED CHIPPINGTON STARTED HIS CAREER STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL UNDER THE NAME OF EDDIE, AS HE WAS
ONLY A YOUNGSTER. HE LATER BECAME TED DUE TO MATURITY AND BALDNESS. HE WOULD TRAVEL THE COUNTRY
BEING COMPLETELY IGNORED BY EVERYONE, WHICH WAS A USEFUL LEARNING CURVE TO TONE HIS ACT TO
PERFECTION.
ON HELPING OUT SOME UNGRATEFUL BUGGERS, WHO WERE IN A RUBBISH GROUP WITH WEIRD HAIRCUTS, HE
SET UP A SMALL TOUR AROUND THE MIDLANDS THROUGH HIS MANY CONTACTS FROM THE PAST. BY ALL ACCOUNTS
HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS AND WAS JUST A HANGER ON, WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THE INTERNET IS. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ONE OF THESE CHAPS WAS LAST KNOWN TRYING TO SELL CD'S OF TED'S
EARLIER WORK, PLEASE DO NOT BUY, MONEY GRABBERS.COM OR SOME SUCH TOSS.
ANYWAY, TED GRADUALLY WORKED HIS WAY UP THE SHOWBIZ LADDER SUPPORTING MANY INDEPENDENT GROUPS
SUCH AS DANGEROUS GIRLS AND HERE & NOW - GOOD BLOKES
BUT NOT AS GOOD AS ELVIS.
ONE DAY TED WAS APPROACHED BY A CHAP HE RECOGNISED AS ROBERT LLOYD AND WAS ASKED TO DO SOME
CONCERTS WITH THE NIGHTINGALES, TED JUMPED AT THE CHANCE AS THIS MEANT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO
PAY TO GET IN TO SEE ONE HIS ONLY TWO FAVOURITE GROUPS, THE OTHER BEING THE FALL. HE EVEN
GOT £3 ONE DAY, PROGRESSING UP TO A FIVER AND A CURRY, THEN SOME BEER AS WELL, CAN'T BE BAD.
MR LLOYD HAD A RECORD LABEL AND DECIDED TO RELEASE A TED CHIPPINGTON SINGLE, GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR TED
THOUGHT. RECORDED LIVE SUPPORTING THE FALL, THIS WAS PUT OUT AS "NON STOP PARTY HITS OF THE 5O's 6O's AND 7O's" AND BECAME
AN INSTANT INDIE CHART TOPPER. THINGS WERE LOOKING UP.
VINDALOO WERE KEEN TO DO AN ALBUM AND SO WAS TED. "MAN IN A SUITCASE" WAS IT'S TITLE AND IS
TALKED ABOUT TODAY AS A CLASSIC.
WORKING WITH A HIGHER QUALITY MUSICIAN, AS OPPOSED TO MATES
WHO WERE HOPELESS (SORRY LADS),TED BECAME A BIT OF A STAR, RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH SOME
FAMOUS PEOPLE, WHO NOW DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM HIM, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR LONG.....
TV SLOTS, PRESS - IT ALL GOT TOO MUCH SO TED RETIRED. TED WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE "GOOD
MATES" HE WORKED WITH, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND THERE'S ALWAYS A PINT WAITING
FOR THEM. TO ANYONE ELSE WHO GAVE HIM A HARD TIME,THANKS,VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
NOW THE FUNNIEST MAN ALIVE IS BACK TO EDUCATE YOU AND
MAYBE EVEN ENTERTAIN YOU.
AFTER FULFILLING HIS MAIN AMBITION OF APPEARING ON
'PEBBLE MILL AT ONE' AND FEELING THERE WAS NOWHERE
ELSE TO GO IN SHOW BUSINESS HE TRIED HIS HAND AT
CONQUERING HOLLYWOOD AND FAILED QUITE WELL. TED
ENDED UP TRUCK DRIVING IN THE U.S.A. (ANOTHER
AMBITION DONE) UNTIL ONE DAY OVERTURNING HIS
RIG ON PCH, JUST NORTH OF LOS ANGELES, RATHER THAN
SPEND TIME IN SOME GRIM STATE PENITENTIARY(NOT A
PARTICULAR AMBITION) HE CLEARED OFF RATHER QUICKLY
TO MEXICO.
TED WORKED AS A COOK IN VARIOUS BACKSTREET RESTAURANTS -
THAT OLD SUITCASE CAME IN HANDY ONCE AGAIN.
ONE DAY HE SAW THE LIGHT AND TURNED TO THE LORD,
HE WASN'T SURE IF SOMEONE PUT SOMETHING IN HIS CUP
OF TEA THAT MORNING BUT ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE AND
SOUGHT FORGIVENESS.
IN RETURN HE HAD TO COME BACK TO
THE U.K. AND ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION
FROM THE ERRORS OF THEIR WAYS - STILL LITTER LOUTING
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
TED WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP HE
IS HERE FOR YOU, SUITCASE IN HAND AND READY TO GO...
CAN'T REALLY BE TOO BAD NO, NOT REALLY NO.
