Paul Townsend

Thank you for visiting my Page here. My name is Paul and I have been involved with live music, in one way or another, for over 30 years.My first experience with live music was with a great little band called The House of Lords from Stanford-le-Hope. For a while, I did the driving and the carrying while everyone else did the playing and got the applause. After that, I spent some time earning a living until I fell in with another dodgy bunch that went under the name of Automatic Slim. I was driving and carrying again but I had a great time. For a long time I had tried to get the hang of playing guitar but all that was available were right-handed ones. After quite a while I picked up a left handed guitar and it, sort of, fell into place. I learned enough to fake it and was soon playing rhythm guitar in an Essex band called Endaksi. Part covers and part original material. After that all finished I did nothing, (musically) apart from occasional roadying, for a while until I met a chap called Tony Belyavin (Bass) and we put a band together. We were then called Less than Bless'd. There were various members over the years, all nice chaps and chapesses. We played many gigs - probably over a thousand - including pubs, clubs and bike rallies. We played at a Lee Brilleaux memmorial show on Canvey alongside Dr. Feelgood (obviously) and the Kursaal Fliers. Eventually we changed the name to The Dynamite Dick Band. This lasted a couple of years until a change of personnel prompted another name change to The Cherrybombs. After a move to another town, I left Tony and the Cherrybombs and, intending just to put a rehearsal band together, went on MusoFinder. The Result was Scarface Jones. We did a few gigs and then I left in June 2008. You can also visit the Harlow 70's Motorbike club by clicking here. ,Harlow 70's MCC