He later joined Eden Kane's band touring with Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde until, like many other British acts in the sixties, he found his way to Hamburg, initially playing with Sutch and later joining the houseband at the legendary Top Ten Club and The Star Club. Years later Paul McCartney paid Freddie the ultimate tribute by inviting him on stage at The Hammersmith Odeon. It was, however, visiting Americans who made Hamburg memorable for Freddie, when he met and sat in with all of the rock 'n' roll greats. Rock 'n' roll is pure excitement, there is nothing else that can make an entire audience, of all ages and descriptions, start stamping their feet. It's that incessant drive in the beat.
Fads come and go but rock'n'roll has stayed.
Oh Boy' which made him a household name, especially on the continent. Freddie's life now consists of jetting backwards and forwards across European capitals playing festivals and TV dates, sharing billing with his own heroes like Sleepy Labeef, Scotty Moore and Chuck Berry. I'm glad that the TV success happened later in life because I could handle it, a lot of people couldn't. If I can, I fly them out where ever I go. Robin Murly plays Bass, Les Bailly on drums, they have played with just about everyone in the game, and Pete Davenport plays guitar.