It’s hi hi baby as the old act goes on US tour

This is an extract from a much large piece about The Bay City Rollers. If you are interested in the who article why not click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Bass player Alan Wright, now a 47-year-old barber who lives in The Inch, explained that he was the first to leave the band - and fall out with Les in the process.

He said: "I left to join Bilbo Baggins, a rock band also managed by Tam Paton but totally different from the squeaky-clean image of the Rollers.

"Bilbo Baggins already had a record deal and Threshold were going nowhere so I just thought I should go for it. But Les was upset. Just weeks after that Les joined the Bay City Rollers and made it big."

Alan explained that after leaving Bilbo Baggins he worked for years as a session musician, playing with groups including the Mercury Award-winning pop group M People.

But he admitted that the upcoming comeback was an exciting prospect.

He said: "The tour was Les’ idea. He was very serious and everyone is really up for it. The old magic is still there too. I’ve been playing in different bands and doing session work ever since.

"It was the first time I’ve spoken to Les since I quit the band. But even though we haven’t spoken for nearly 30 years, everything just clicked and we got on like a house on fire."

Alan recalled that his mother’s Abbeyhill home was the focal point of Threshold’s activities in the early 1970s - because, unlike the other band members’ homes, it had a telephone.

Source: http://www.baycityrollers.de/artikel.htm

As a footnote to this story, Brian Spence tells us that Alan Wright was never actually a member of Bilbo Baggins.

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