I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

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Back in those days we thought we could change the world.

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It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

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Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

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So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

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I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

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I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

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I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

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We also did something called the Texas Peace Festival, which was actually a better gig both musically, and in the way it was organised.

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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

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