Did I just see George Ford playing bass in the Shadows 1980 TOTP on BBC4 or are my eyes deceiving me?

George did indeed spend some time as a Shadow. I remember seeing him playing on TV with them back then. Steve has lost three bass players: Paul Jeffreys died in the Pan Am flight that crashed over Lockerbie, George Ford dies in Canada a few years ago and poor Lincoln Anderson passed away last year.

Three really nice guys who died far too soon.

Hi Mr Raffles, here is a wikeipedia entry I came across a while ago which seems to chart George's career quite well.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ferris_Wheel_(band)

PS, looking for that wiki entry again today, I came across a (sorted of) related article about Jim Cregan which I thought might be worth a peruse as well.

www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2013/12/from-gramma...oy-to-cockney-rebel/

Cheers