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murraymints | 10:24 Mon 02nd Jul 2018 | News
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alan has passed away after contracting an illness in mexico....shang a lang Alan

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That's sad.

The band were a massive success all over the world, and never got the recognition (or the money!) that they deserved.
10:29 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Big Tam robbed them left right and centre... I knew one or two of the original line up...if only they had had better management...
10:31 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Indeed he did murray.

There is an excellent book 'When The Screaming Stops' that details the chicanery and abuse that surrounded the band.

Properly paid, they would all be millionaires now.
10:34 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Loved them back in the day, RIP Alan
10:35 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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10:37 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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I had the dubious honour of being considered a friend of Big Tam back in the day... used to visit him at his well guarded home... many a story I could tell !
10:37 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Go on....... ;0)
10:39 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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My daughter was a great Bay City Rollers fan. She had a medley of their songs played at her wedding and all her friends wore tartan scarfs round their wrists while they boogied away.
10:43 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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I'd probably find myself being sued by his estate ! lol.. not a nice man under the charming exterior he exuded..to those he favoured...but vindictive and extremely ruthless to those he didn't..very controlling, sly and manipulative... but he died with a great many spondoolies..was a landlord to many many city properties in the city , as well as the bands business..in addition to trading in "illicit" material !
10:44 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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There was a load of writing attached to that. What happened to it?
I was just commenting that I wasn't really a fan, but what terribly sad news. I remember Alan being the quieter one - I think he's in red tartan on that video?

On another note, I'd never noticed the similarity between Les and Neil Patrick Harris before:



This is pretty good if you can stick with it!
10:45 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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yup alan in red..oldest in the band and brother to Derek...
10:46 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Was Derek the drummer? If memory serves, think he was?
11:00 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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yup..he went on to be a mental health nurse..but had a run in with the law for child porn...
11:02 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Ooh, lovely! Everyone I know that ever met Les, thought he was vile!
11:04 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Les still touring with "his" rollers band... woody is a music lecturer at the Edinburgh College...
11:06 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Eric still writing music and has formed several bands..retired for a bit after a serious illness but is making a comeback..mainly in the folksy genre now
11:11 Mon 02nd Jul 2018

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