Keith Hunt

Wanting to find some information on the Web and not finding same drove me to research and compile these documents. I scoured every book on popular music and "Record Collector" magazine that lived under my roof, not to mention the lp's that had to be dragged screaming out of retirement once again for me to scan the sleeve notes for any useful scrap. The double CD collection "The Complete" became an automatic "must-buy" when I came across it in around 1996. It's remarkably informative booklet by Brian Hogg was instrumental in inspiring this Website and I was pleasantly surprised to find a request for information by Keith Hunt who intended to publish a book about the Kidd. A couple of years later while researching the group I chanced upon the same book listed for sale on a web site and that was it, I HAD to have it. The book is simply brilliant and portrays a less complicated and seemingly happier time, often from the first person's point and bringing the reader that little bit nearer to the action. An invaluable and indispensable source of info. Imagine my sadness then at learning that Keith had passed away shortly before its publication. Life has a habit of being cruel but maybe, just maybe he and Johnny while away happy hours in a far better place while their legacies live on.  It sadly seems to be an out-of-print collector's item in its own right now....