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Author Vernon Hopkins Published by Seren ISBN 9781781724767 EAN 9781781724767 Bic Code Cover Paperback
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Just Help Yourself’ is the classic story of the difficult path to fame trod by so many bands and artists in the 1960s. It tells the story of Rhydyfelin rock group The Senators (later the Squires), of founder Vernon Hopkins’s discovery of Tom Jones, and their launch towards international stardom. This is the band’s story from their gigging days in south Wales when Tom and Vernon were as close as brothers, to their eventual and inevitable painful falling out in 1969 when Vernon was sacked by manager (and fellow south Walian) Gordon Mills: since then Hopkins has seen Tom on only a handful of occasions. This is a no-holds-barred account of their time together, gigging in Working Men’s Clubs in south Wales, living a less-than-glamorous life in Notting Hill, waiting for their breakthrough in London.