Well despite my best efforts to stay sober and be miserable,every year when my birthday comes around(21 Dec) I tend to reflect on years gone by and open a bottle of plonk(or three).Born in Camden in 1960 then moving on up the Great North Road to Barnet, I wasn't far from Rods "Manor" around Highgate.The earliest memory I have of Rod must have been when Maggie May hit number 1.I was still in shorts in Camden and playing football but the older boys and girls were dancing and singing to their new "pop/rock"hero who had a unique voice and presence.. Something NEW had"arrived"on the scene.