Guitarist January 1989 (page 56) Interview by Tony Hicks.  Dave
reminded me that Slade and The Hollies did a gig or two
together. .. I remember Nottingham, a ballroom where The Hollies
were well known at the time, and it must have been very early
days for Slade. But I do remember they went down ever so well- I
also remember them being about three times as loud as we were!
Yeah, and Allan Clarke came in and he was wearing a tassley ...
did he used to wear a tassley coat?  Yeah, like a cowboy thing
...  Gosh, I do remember it, 'cos our drummer was laughing at
him ...  That's nice!  Well Don's a bit like that, always
throwing lines at you, and he said something like: "You'll never
get anywhere looking like that!" And he'd got knee-length boots,
like cowboy boots ... We were just happening, and you know how
crucial fashion is then, when you're supposed to be carrying the
fashion, so anybody that's like from a slightly older league ...
Right... we'll get off that subject... So when did Slade come
about? Was it