Just Help Yourself tells the classic story of the difficult path to fame trod by so many bands and artists in the 1960s. The story of Rhydyfelin rock group The Senators (later the Squires), of founder Vernon Hopkins' discovery of Tom Jones, and their launch towards international stardom. This is the bands story from their gigging days in south Wales when Tom and Vernon were as close as brothers, to their eventual and inevitable painful falling out in 1969 when Vernon and the band were cast aside by manager (and fellow South Walian) Gordon Mills: since then Hopkins has seen Tom on only a handful of occasions. This is a no-holds-barred account of their time together, gigging in Working Men's Clubs in South Wales, then living a hand to mouth existence in London, waiting for their breakthrough. When fame finally did arrive, with it came the uncoupling of the star singer from the band by an unscrupulous manager. Just Help Yourself gives new insight into Tom Jones himself, and into the world of pop music in the Sixties and early Seventies in a grittily authentic narrative. Hopkins experienced both the pop star high life, touring America, Australia and Europe with Tom, and the low points. The music business really was and is as cut throat as reported. For more information about the audio production produced by Karen Struel-White featuring a script by PT Rose please email : karen@karenstruelwhite.com
Now available: 'Just Help Yourself: The Complete Audio Dramatization Script'. Created by Vernon Hopkins & PT Rose
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Now available: 'Just Help Yourself: The Complete Audio Dramatization'. Created by Vernon Hopkins & PT Rose
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