Close encounter with a Moody Blue
by Roger Hicks
In the early 1990’s Angela and I were on holiday near St Ives in Cornwall.
One evening we visited the Watermill, a restaurant at Lelant with a small bar, for a drink.
The local milkman a singer/guitarist was playing in the bar (which was empty) to entertain visitors. Part way through his set a man wearing a leather jacket walked in with an elderly lady and sat down in the corner .
The milkman’s next song was ‘Nights in White Satin’ by the Moody Blues. It was one of my favourite songs and I sang along loudly.
At the end of the song the man at the corner table gave us a standing ovation. Not long afterwards the couple left and the landlord then announced that the man was Justin Hayward, founder and lead singer of the Moody Blues who was there with his mother who lived locally.