Georg Kajanus Phil Pickett Henry
Marsh Grant Serpell
Phil Pickett, writing
for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2007 said:
"The infamous Friars Club sticks out in my memory as a really special
venue which we'd all heard about before we played there, but never could
have imagined how great the audiences were or what an amazing reception we
always got whenever we came to Aylesbury.It was wild and during Sailor's
1970's heyday, there was nowhere we played to more enthusiastic audiences
anywhere in the UK than Friars. The ecstatic reactions at Glasgow Munich
and Hamburg came close but nothing topped Aylesbury and Friars - I've
still got the cup we won as "Sensation of the Year" award in pride of
place in my studio."
Celebrating, quite
literally, with a glass of champagne....(courtesy of the John Braley collection).
In this picture, on the left is John Braley obscuring David Stopps and
Phil Pickett and Grant Serpell
Sailor, happily have never
gone away and continue to be popular, especially in Europe. Pickett and Serpell have always been there. Henry Marsh rejoined the band in 2006.
Georg Kajanus and Marsh reappeared at Friars in 1982 as part of Data.
Pickett also co-wrote one of the most radio played songs ever in Karma
Chameleon, a huge hit for Culture Club. Were also the very first
recipients of the coveted Friars Heroes Award.
