A Son of the Rock

In my mind this is a kind of companion piece to Albert Hammond’s The Free Electric Band which also dealt with the attractions of a popular music career but this one is more about the frustrated dream.

Kevin Johnson: Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)

Edited to add:- the original video I had here is no longer available. The version above is not the one that was a single in the UK; this one contains a series of “doo-doo-doos” that was mercifully cut from that 45. Re-edited: the above is now a third version.