David Ambroseの加入には、Pete Bardensの猛プッシュがあったようです。
I was not at all surprised when Pete Bardens rocked up at my place, enthusing wildly that the 'time was right' and that there was this band we must join right away.(中略)
No way was Pete taking no for an answer.He insisted that I accompany him to meet the band right away - a blues outfit calling themselves the Hamilton King Blues Messengers.
(中略)It was during the worst winter anybody could remember, 1962/63, that Pete dragged me by the hair through the snow and ice to meet Hamilton King.From memory, we found him at The Castle, a local boozer on the Harrow Road.
続いて、Ray Davisが加入します。
So here we were: frontman Hamilton, Pete on piano, Alan Scott on drums and a lead guitarist whose name now escapes me.His replacement joined us in 1963, with a name I won't ever forget.It was Ray Davies: the very same who had once played alongside Hamilton in Dave Hunt's
実は、二人の加入の経緯を紹介したのは、このことを知っていた方が、次の展開が面白くなるからでして、乞うご期待。