by RayL » 27 Apr 2021, 15:02
Video recordings of The Rapiers (until the advent of smartphones with cameras) are quite rare. Colin was very strict about people making recordings of their performances. After Wayne and his wife Jackie died in the motorcycle accident, Colin organised a benefit concert in 2005 at the Wyllyotts Theatre in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire and many, many famous artists gave their time to perform that night, among them Bruce and Jet. I was asked to do the video recording.
In the end there was no official DVD issued (the cost of the Performing Rights was just one of the problems, I recall), so still sitting in my archive is Colin's recreation of The Rapiers using their matching white Burns Bison guitars, and what I think was the last time that Bruce and Jet played on stage together. They did Apache and FBI (including kicks) with Colin on lead and John Tuck on drums.