Long John Baldry: S'long John

PITY, I THOUGHT, when I heard Long John Baldry was in panto. It used to happen to faded rock'n'rollers – not very good rock'n'rollers, mind you, rock'n'rollers with names like Jess Conrad – but Baldry? Why, only a few days before I heard the sad news I'd played a track of his on the recently issued Mary Sol festival album. Thankfully though, a glance at Time Out told me that at least it wasn't Dick Whittington or Jack and the Beanstalk.