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"LAST SWILL AND TESTAMENT", THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAUL "SAILOR" VERNON IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Buried deep in the swirling mists of time is the ethereal vision of a Tizer-spattered young Herbert in England’s own North West London, seated in front of a spindly-legged monochrome television, swallowing hard in silent amazement as a parade of obscure musicians unfolds in front of him. Electric guitar and double-bass solos, impassioned vocals, boogie piano, eccentric harmonica-chewing and the off-centre energy of a home-adapted 9 string guitar assault his innocent senses. Though he was lurking in the safety of a suburban British living room, the Blues had come through the cathode-ray tube to find him, and his life would never again be the same.

Now, at last, you can read about the lifelong journey that Paul “Sailor” Vernon undertook as a result of that catalytic event almost 45 years ago. His experiences in the London of the 1950’s and 1960’s are vividly –sometimes painfully- recalled, as are his peregrinations in the United States of the 1970’s and 1980’s; the founding of the now-legendary magazines “Sailor’s Delight” and “Blues & Rhythm”; his time at the cutting-edge “Making Waves” record company; his path-finding explorations into early World Music history, and everything that happened beyond, when he jumped ship to join the American Foreign Service.

It’s all here in the hilarious, illustrated history of a 20th Century roller-coaster life and adventure that will leave you reaching for an enamel bucket and a fresh bottle of disinfectant.

GASP as you read how he road tripped his way through the Deep South armed only with a Rand McNally map, a Swiss army knife and an emergency jar of Marmite

SIGH as you absorb in-depth descriptions of legendary performances by long-departed giants of the Blues

CHOKE on your coffee as one rotten gag after another blindsides you

REND YOUR GARMENTS as you realize just how many original Blues 78’s went through his sweaty hands

SHOUT “BLIMEY” within earshot of surprised elderly relatives as you follow the rags-to-riches-to-gags-to-gliches-to-blags-to-bitches-to-clags-to-switches tale of his extraordinary life.

All this and much more for less than the price of a night’s unfettered passion in a vintage dirigible. Probably…...

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