FREDDY MACK: It was interesting to read Nick's memories of his short time with Freddy Mack. I am busy compiling a complete gig list of the group and members (very complicated history) and Melody Maker actually lists all of the acts that played at the Upper Cut in January 1967. It looks like Freddy Mack opened for tonnes of famous acts from about 21 December 1966 to early February 1967. You can see all of the artists listed in Melody Maker's classified section at the back in the British Library at Euston. It looks like Ged Peck was there at least until late March/early April 1967. Dave Tedstone told me that he went to see Freddy Mack play at Eel Pie Island (the date was 4 April) and it was one of Roger Truth's final gigs. The guitarist, he said, was Stuart Taylor not Ged Peck. Stuart could have been a temporary fill in because Dave Tedstone joined that day and played his first gig in Birmingham on 5 April. He joined Jimmy James & The Vagabonds later that year before briefly working with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (check out Acid Jazz recordings).