I attended the Top Rank in Hanley, Stoke on Trent, aged just 10 in 1970. 

Northern Soul was the the first club music I ever heard, and I adored it. Seeing the spectacular dancing just blew my mind.

 When I hear any of those tunes today, I’m transported right back there. I moved through the Jazz-Funk era attending all-dayers at Manchester Ritz, Blackpool Mecca, Tiffanys, Newcastle Under Lyme etc. 

I purchased loads of vinyl, which I still have, and deejay that stuff. It stirred an interest in Jazz and proper Funk, which I am enormously passionate about. I also was around for the birth of Hip-Hop, and took in loads of Reggae too. I run a record store in Stoke on Trent and present shows on Trax Radio UK.