It was the swinging 60s, and Britain was just catching on to the Blues, R&B and Jazz sounds that were coming in from the USA. Pirate radio was starting up, playing the music that the BBC didn’t. Young musicians were forming bands to play this music in their own new British way, and Mod was the new look.
Music and fashion came together in London, where clubs like the Flamingo, Scene and Ronnie Scott’s were feeding the new sounds to the youth.
Dennis was a Mod in Reading, jumping the milk train on a Friday night to go ‘Up West’ - because being a Mod was all about living for the weekend and being part of the scene - the music, the clothes, the girls, and the little blue tablets..."
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