“I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.” James Brown. I was on the rebound from my Cajun experience when an associate, Laurie Jay, asked me if I would meet with a couple of girl singers. He was thinking of offering them a management deal and asked me if, assuming I liked their material, I would produce some tracks he could to play to a record company in order to obtain a deal. He told me should a record company be interested I would get the job of producing the album. Laurie had started his career as a drummer playing with The Shadows, The Echoes (1960-62), Dusty Springfield, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis, he also fronted Laurie Jay combo (1962-1965). He later went on to manage Elkie Brooks, Billy Ocean and Shirley Bassey. Most people that had worked with him would say he was diffi ...