the network (soulwalkings on-line scrapbook)
the imagination connection summer 1996
left to right: Roland De Villiers, Michael Dumetz, Ben Neilan (sitting centre), yours truly (fool as always!), Billy Reid, Owen Snee and the work experience guy whose name I can't remember! LOL
holidaying in newquay, cornwall, summer 1982
• Send me an e-mail - tobywalker@talktalk.net
Roll Of Honour....
bangsy
• Chris (Fancy a pint...of tea!!? LOL United would be lost without our rantings over the beers...or is that years!! LOL. You have been a real rock solid friend to me. Thank you for that. Oh yes, thanks for keeping me in clothes for the last decade or so!)
louise
• Louise (Louise, I know things haven't worked out in the way that you might have wished in the past. Just want you to know that you will always have good friends not too far away. Take care now. Love from all the family.)
llew, peter bruntnell & sally
• Llew, Sally, Max & Charlie (Howz the Charlie Parker 'rare grooves' coming on? Great page at the site, by the way. Respect to you on that one. Learned a lot on that one from you. Thanks Llew. Love to you all in Arlington Road.)
Michael And Billy 2003
Billy, Gwen McCrae & Michael 2006
• Michael Dumetz (Been really touched by our friendship. You are a very good human being. Real pleasure to know you, my very good friend. Awful news regarding your mother's passing. Take care comrade)
chris bangs, billy reid and friends...wow!
• Billy Reid (Have a great deal of respect for you my friend. Problem with me is I am always taking the proverbial and never say the right thing! LOL Go make a million with your label and venue! Your mothers passing must have been awful for you. Just call if you need to talk. Love to all of the family.)
Roland, Pippa, Ella and Pip's Family
• Roland, Pippa and Ella (Keep the filth, Roly! Glad you liked the wedding CD's. Beer anytime you guys!! LOL. Your Wedding was fantastic. Two great families. Thanks a million.)
roy power
• Roy Power (Always gets the best dancers before the rest. Roy, you are an inspiration, my friend. Known you for such a long time, always a pleasure to meet up and play some tunes. Take care.)
nick power
• Nick Power (The man you know, who can, and quite often does!! Great 40th, by the way. Look after yourself, my very good friend and thanks for Grace's last birthday gig...'who let the dogs out!!!' LOL)
tim o'brien 1984
tim, brian, roy, michael and martin
• Tim O'Brien (Bentalls Boogie Man! Round yours for the footy? Take care and keep having opinions on things. Too much apathy out there. The World needs more people like you. Pleasure to know you my friend.)
• The Scooby Frontline! Soul Music's answer to 'catching the Professor'! Meddling kids! Left to right (rear): James Ellis, Sharyn Moore, Tim O'Brien, Sue Johnson, Shanti Egbuniwe, Claire & Martin McGhee and Nick and Roy Power. At the front, heaven knows, but they sure look scared! Now where's my Scooby snacks...LOL...
molly and grace
• Tania, Pete, Molly, Ralph & Jake (One day we WILL win the lottery! Please don't move...! Done it already, Doh! May Peter's father rest in peace. He will survive in your memories. That will make him immortal. Tania, thank you for being such a rock solid friend to Julie. Whenever you call, you should see her face light up! Molly, thanks for coming on the London Eye with Grace and me. Ralph, no I don't want a sandwich!! LOL)
...you can check Peter's excellent website right here...
tim & poppy
• Tim, Poppy & Family (Always great company. Glad you guys are keeping well, right now. Been a really hard time for the pair of you recently. You are two strong people in all senses of the word. You are always concerned about others and never yourselves. In fact, you always ask after people and that is a rare commodity thesedays. The 'I' words is used by so many folks thesedays. Not by you two. Just take care and, if you need us, we are just around the corner. Love to all of you.)
• Dave, Sarah & Zak (What happened to the e-mail address? Which pub? LOL One day I will pin you guys down! LOL)
ella and jay
l: mark r: ella, sharon and ann matura
• Mark, Sharon, Ella & Jay (Best dancers around and the sanest heads around as well!! LOL Love talking to you guys. You are both very special people. Loved the 40th doo...dangerous having free booze around for this deejay...ooh my head!! LOL Take care. Love to you all.)
plug
lisa's family, (lisa holding oscar), plug and chris fanning at our lady immaculate church 2.11.03
• Lisa, Plug, Oscar and Angus (Glad to have you guys back in the fold. Lisa, you are a very brave woman. You know what I mean. Love to both of you. When are we going to have that next walk? Hope there is a pub at the end of it!! LOL Congratulations on your new baby boy, Oscar in 2003...best news all year.)
do read this article, which indicates just what these guys have been though. Real courage...
trevor
maureen
• Trevor, Maureen & Family (respect, my very good friend! Thank you for touching our lives. Glad you liked the Marvin tune. You are both lovely people. Looking forward to your 90th Trevor! LOL)
dave o'connor
• Dave and Jan (Really pleased to know you guys. Great to see you at Oscar's Christening. Thanks for all the Halloumi cheese! LOL)
michelle and freddie
• Michelle & Freddie (No, I don't know the address of any good campsites!! Glad you have found your new home. Love to the pair of you. Pleased your eyedrops aren't needed anymore Freddie.)
Billy
• Fran O'Donnell, Duncan and Billy (great to see you recently. One of those people you don't see for years and it seems like yesterday when we last met. Love to Duncan & Billy. Great to know you guys.)
• Lucy O'Donnell (really sad to hear about your current health problems. Fran told me. Say hi to Ross for me. Fran sent me these images of you and Ross, along with Julian Lennon's 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' drawing. Hope the builders sort out your building works in double quick time. Love from Toby, Julie and Grace.)
reverend tim
• Rev Sir Tim Easton a.ka. Tim Dogg - skater extraordinaire! (What do you mean, you are in Santa Monica? Happy 40th, my friend and good to see you in the summer. One of the greatest things about you is you, obviously, really care about this music. You are a real credit to this small ball of rock and water we live on. Look at the great work you do (below), you should be proud, my friend.)
kids from the organisation that tim volunteers at (tim is bottom centre-right) http://www.peace4kids.org/
tim's skates 2004
tim & friends 2004
brian mitchell and fran o'donnell, circa 1988
• Brian, Joanne, Francis & Catherine Mitchell (Hope to see you guys soon. You are very brave people. Be kind to yourselves. You have been through a great deal. Many of the rest of us would have crumbled. Take care.)
lance
• Lance in Seattle (As you said 'Keeping the flame alive in the Northwest!' Thanks for keeping in touch from so many miles away. Take care my friend and up the Hammers!! LOL)
• Sheila, Tania & Jeremy and their respective families (thank you for your letters Sheila. You are a very wonderful woman, who has been an inspiration to this sad old fool. Take care and much love)
lisa, finnie and sally
• Sally (Great to see you at Oscar's Christening. Got yourself a good man there. Hold on tight to him. Take care. Hopefully your family will become a larger unit soon. You know what I mean. It will happen.)
owen
• Owen Snee & Family (Jordan deejaying yet? Must put some HSBC graphics in your loo at home!! Take care of yourself. Another human being that I have had the real pleasure of knowing. Glad you guys are coming home. By the way, you have a great Dad. Tell him he talks too much! LOL)
connor
• Connor & Sarah (Top geezer....top floor! We should go to Andalusia together one day. Love to you both. Also Connor, really sad to hear about your fathers passing. Lost mine 1997. Not an easy time, my friend. Might be neighbours soon? That would be nice.)
sue johnson
• Sue Johnson (A woman with amazing courage and skill. Pleasure to know you. You are a kind woman, who has been a very good friend to Julie. I really thank you for that. What a fine credit to humanity you are.)
martin & claire
• Martin & Claire McGhee (Got any marble? Pleasure to see you both at Nicks. What great people you both are. You guys tied the knot. Brilliant news! Brilliant evening as well!)
• Rose (Long time no see. So pleased you found your father. Whenever we speak, you totally confuse me! That is one of the nicest things about you. You make me feel as if I have a Soul Mate! LOL Looking forward to the barbecue. Take care missus!)
camelle
• Camelle (Great album my friend. Don't leave it too long before the next one. So much rubbish out there. We need some of your quality to brighten up the music scene.)
• Dave Jarvis (How are you my fellow photograph destroyer? Hope to catch up with you soon. Thanks for the site postings for Creme.)
• Carol (Hope you are keeping well and say hi to Steve for me)
• Simon @ The Blue Room (Brilliant venues, my friend. Always a pleasure to get together.)
• The Cornish connection, George, Gary and the rest of the gang. (How many people can you fit in one house! LOL)
winnie flood 1938-2008
michael flood
• Michael Alan Flood. Mike, you will be missed by many people. More than you would realise if you were here with us right now. Loved you very much my friend and we'll hook up again in the 'other room' at some stage. I'll bring the beers...you bring the music. No rubbish mind! LOL We hung around with you after the accident at the chapel. I helped Yvonne put your wedding ring in your pocket and Gary gave me a bracelet to put on your wrist. Your 'leaving doo' was very well attended, 'Floody'...R.I.P, my handsome...
daniel, gary, robert, andrew, christopher, jamie, joshua, sam, steven, grace and a breadcrumb on the lens!
andy connell and corinne drewery
• Corinne Drewery. Corinne, Julie and I were really touched by your writing to the local council in Cornwall, regarding that stretch of road where Mike was killed. I hope it has some positive effect. You and Andy are very caring people. Thank you.
chris and steve tolley
• Chris & Jackie Stockon (Great to see you guys at Roy's doo. Thanks for the positive site feedback. Chris, you are a political touchstone. Thank you my friend)
dave godin with marvin
• Dave Godin (Your views were not a million miles from my own. 'Keeping your head whilst others are losing theirs'. I was very, very sad to hear you passed away. You were a very great man in all senses of the word.)
paul auerbach (reader in economics at Kingston University)
• Paul Auerbach (anyone who can speak fluent Russian must be taken seriously!! LOL You have been an enormous support over the years, my friend. Thank you so much. Known you since the Sixties. You are a great human being. You aren't aware of that, are you? It's the truth.)
• Eric and Mary LeBlanc (Thank you so much for all your support at the site. You are a mine of information. Enjoy your new home and love to all the family. You are fantastic people)
• Steve Lewis, Helen & Joe (Hope to get to see you guys soon, and yes I would love to hear some Dancehall!! Sorry I missed you at Swing Out Sister's album launch. Catch up another time.)
• Gerard (Roy Keane for President! Thanks for all the support...and pizza's!! LOL)
• Fi (Hope everything works out for you. You are a very nice woman)
• Mark White (Good to speak (via Clive!) at the end of last year. Hope you are keeping well)
greg
• Greg & Annette Price & Family (Sheffield has a great export..........now come home!!! LOL)
• Liam, Teresa & Family (Loved the set at Sallys party. Keep in touch.)
andy waterman
andy with lenny williams
• Andy Waterman & Family (respect to the family. You are a very special person and a credit to our global community, my friend. I don't know a woman out there that hasn't taken a shine to you at one time or another!! LOL)
charles waring
charles waring & lamont dozier
• Charles Waring (Blues and Soul would be a poorer place without your input. Really pleased we touched base at Ledisi's gig. World needs more people like you. Did I drink too much last night? LOL. Glad we got the Jackson Sisters in touch with you.)
tashan and grace
• Tashan (What a great human being you are my friend. A credit to the planet. Love to the family and hope that you get to see more of Heiress in the future. Her and Grace will have a ball when they meet!! Great to hook up in 2003. May it not be the last time. First time I have only seen your feet and nothing else, trapped under Grace's cabin bed!! LOL Love to Kadeem as well. Future deejay I think!! Much love to your Mom.)
lonnie thurman cook
• Lonnie Cook (Lonnie, thank you for more support at the site than this old soulboy deserves. I was very touched by your comments on Kev's show. I hope that you have a new lease of musical life, my friend. Your songwritings surely deserve at least that.)
alexis nichele pauling
• Alexis Pauling (Thank you so much for sending me the interview you did with your dad as a child. Really pleased you got in touch and really enjoyed our exchanges on the Net. Love to all the family. Good luck with your singing career. Peace Sista.)
• Lamont and Barbara Dozier (Nearly fell off my chair when you asked to meet up. Hope you got the CD's O.K. Thanks for letting me take a picture or two of you. You are the nicest of people)
pari and gwen 2006
• Gwen McCrae (Great to see you in June 2005. Finally got you here with Pari and the great Soulpower crew. They are such nice folks. Lovely to see you and thanks for the shout during the show. Very touching. You had the song line-up arranged perfectly. Everyone who went e-mailed me and said how much they enjoyed themselves. Thanks as well Pari.)
• Marva Whitney (Great to see you, along with Charles in 2005. Hope the book goes well. If you have Charles on board, you are ensured of something of real quality. Great show by the way. You have an amazing voice.)
• Martha Redbone (Great showcase sista. With Peter and Santosh you are in great hands. You have a lovely album there. Deserves great things.)
mark webster
•Mark Webster and Family (Always good to meet for a beer. Thanks for keeping me updated with Tashan's 12". Love to the family)
barry towler
• Barry Towler (Thanks for all the support at the site Barry. Really appreciate it. Love to the family)
lana durovic
• Lana Durovic (great to have worked with you and I hope that you and your family are all keeping well. Take care)
• Chris & Jane and all at the Salon! (Made famous by Channel 4, no less. LOL)
• Veronica Geal (another woman who has been through a great deal. You are very great person. Always a pleasure when we meet.)
• Alex Simons (No, I haven't got that 'rare groove!! No 'accounting' for taste!! LOL)
• Glen Murphy & Colette (Always a pleasure to share a beer with. Thanks for the Vejer trip.)
clive clark and tommy mac
clive clark with grant santino (centre) and martin 'tornado' gayle, chris 'spin' dryer, dj carlos, dj carlos's friend and carol chaplin (cherie blair's recent style guru, no less) at 18 years of age.
• Clive Clark & Tommy Mac (Hadn't seen you, Clive, since 1977 at the bar at the Global Village. Seemed like yesterday. Great to see you and hope that all you undertake goes well for you, my friend. Tommy, I wish you all the best.)
• Tony Le Van & Family (Long time no see and yes I am putting on weight!! LOL)
steve tolley and roy power 1982
• Steve Tolley (Thanks for joining the weekly mailing lists. Hope all is well. I remember our outrageous trips out in '81. Respect to you my friend.)
• Tony Horn (Although I know we haven't met personally to date, I feel as if I know you very well, my friend. Great magazine, Soulin is, without doubt. See you soon, hopefully)
• Trevor (Thanks for all the requests. Kept me on my toes!! LOL. You have very good taste, my friend)
leo hallin
• Leo Hallin (So much support at the site, I don't need legs to stand up!! LOL. Thanks Leo)
george reid
• George Reid (Thanks for being there at the outset, George. All those shouts on your radio shows made me blush a little. Keep on keepin on as Curtis once said. Good to know you my friend)
• Andy (How's the CD's coming on? Sorry to hear about the shop. See you for a beer soon, my friend)
john gurrin 1981
• Martin Allen, John Gurrin & Respective Families (Good to see you guys at Roy's doo. Love to your families)
lynne's parrots 2003
• Lynne Boon (Genuinely good person. See you for a beer before yuletide?...again. Love to the parrots!! LOL. Take care now, pet!)
• Ann Matura (Hope all is going well at the record company)
john
• John McDonagh & Family (Long time no see. Must rectify that.)
• Bean (Chops, gravy and sprouts....lovely!)
tuk and junia
• Junia Brown (Best musical tastes west of the M25! Yee Haaa! How ya keepin' youth!! LOL)
lester and clive 2005
• Lester Bachelor (Off to Montreaux this year? Thanks for the work my friend and where is that photo of Atmosfear you promised me!! LOL Clive talks a lot doesn't he?)
wayne
• Wayne, Tracey & Family (Is it the original cylinder recording on Stax! LOL)
conan
• Conan (Hope you are keeping well & happy. Always a pleasure to see you my friend.)
• Chris Fanning (Now hows about that 1976 doo next year, my old 'Greyhound in Croydon' friend? Thanks for letting me deejay at your doo a couple of years back.)
• Paulette Jean Jacques (What are you up to these days, sista? Where are you?)
• Peter, Shirley, James & all at Land (Best designers in town! Great to see you recently. Saved someone's life I guess......you know what I mean!! LOL)
tony benn
chatting with tony benn in 1984
• Rt. Hon Tony Benn MP & Family (The Funk Force still burns strong. Thanks for the Christmas cards over the years. Really sorry to hear about Caroline. She was a fine woman)
robbie vincent and peter young
chris hill, robbie vincent and brian mitchell
• The Deejays: Robbie Vincent, Pete Young, Chris Hill, Gilles Peterson, Jeff Young, Ralph Tee, Steve Hobbs, Kev Roberts, Chris Brown, Tony Monson, Tom Holland, Greg Edwards, Sean French, Richard Searling and... (The list is as long as my daughters Christmas 'wants' list! LOL)
•The Clubs: The Lacy Lady, The Global Village, The Goldmine, The Atlantis, Flicks, The Hilltop, Frenchies, Bogarts in Harrow, Pantiles, The 100 Club, Crackers, The Watersplash, The Rio, America's, The Roxy, all the soul weekenders (bound to be many I have forgotten!)
• The artists who have dropped by the site at some stage:
Tashan, Lamont Dozier, Syreeta Wright, Mitty Collier, The Jones Girls, Gwen McCrae, Swing Out Sister, Michael Stokes, Mandrill, Linda Tillery, Juicy, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, Linda Clifford, Bessie Banks, Joshie Jo Armstead, Pauli Carman of Champaign, Vernon Fails of Chapter 8, Keni Stevens, The Pastels, Ann Sexton, The Soul Children, Vertical Hold, Larry Mizell Jnr, Tim Dillinger, Tavares, Nolen & Crossley, Paul Riser Jnr, Undisputed Truth, Deodato, Lonnie T. Cook, The Waters, Bobbi Humphrey, Randy Muller, Michael Sutton, Gene Chandler, Penny Wells, Fat Larry's Band, Jeff Lorber, Don Freeman, Ozone, Steve Mancha, Tune Weavers, Tony Terry, Sandra Wright, Ramsey Lewis's son, One of The Dells daughters, Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, Crown Heights Affair, Marva Whitney, The Showstoppers, Rare Gems Odyssey, Ramp, Ed Townsend's wife, Force MD's, The Elgins, L.A. Boppers, 5 Royales, Jerry Bell, Mystic Merlin, Starpoint, Mike Jimenez, Onaje Allan Gumbs, The Seven Souls, Lonnie Cook, Leon Ware, Don Blackman, The Chestnut Brothers, The Detroit Emeralds, Archie Bell And The Drells, The Three Degrees, Lamar Thomas, The Tymes, Wornell Jones, New York Skyy, Zoom, Atmosfear, Augie Johnson, Chuckii Booker, Mack Rice (The Falcons), Nona Hendryx, Passion, Leroy and Nate Hutson, Patrick Adams, The Younghearts, Billy Griffin, Creative Source, Donna McGhee, Roy C, Lonnie Hill, Pleasure, Lesette Wilson, Sheree Brown, The Satintones, Freddie Jackson's people, Willie Tee, David Lasley, Ben Sidran, The Jackson Sisters, Sydney Joe Qualls, Elaine Stepter, The Chi-Lites, Richard Caiton's uncle, Ronn Matlock, Nathan Heathman, Dorothy Moore, Sly, Slick & Wicked, Bobby Eli, Tonni Smith, The Braxton Brothers, Unlimited Touch, Susaye Green, Rose Royce, Rov've, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Jimmy Castor, Cuba Gooding, Swamp Dogg, Tom Browne, Charles Drain Jnr, Gavin Christopher, New Birth, Guinn, Imagination, Detroit Romeo's, Phil Perry, Tommy Stewart, Imprompt2, Mtume, The Knight Brothers, The Lost Generation, Into New Directions, David Simmons, Noel McKoy, Marva Whitney, Camelle Hinds, Chris Bangs and Al Broomfield.
• My parents (Totally confused as to what has transpired over the last 49 years. Freddie, rest in peace, Mary, hope you are keeping well.)
freddie and mary
• Dylanie (what's going on?)
• The Yorkshire connection (Maureen, good to talk after all these years. Do send my love to Richard, Gillian and Roger.)
richard and belynda
• The New Zealand connection (thanks for sending me the image Belynda. I hope Joan and Verity are keeping well. Regards to your respective husbands Adam and David)
• Penultimately, thanks to all of the visitors at this site over the months and years. Every single soul that has been here, I thank you. Be gentle with yourselves. The World is full of apathy, arrogance and stress. Life is certainly uncertain thesedays, as 'Dimples' said 23 years ago. Work on what you believe in. Speak your own truths and be certain of your goals. They are a real guiding light in a time of political and Worldly change. It may not occur to you, however, you have a reason for living and being here. Nature couldn't function without your presence. Be good to yourselves. Take care of your friends. They are a real credit to you and they will be how you are remembered, all told. Think of others. Try to love your families. They may not return that love, however, nature cannot be denied. What you do will come back to you. You will receive love if you give love. Simple really. Our lives get complicated because the bad people out there want it to. It hides their guilt and sadness. Be good to, even the ones you see as evil. Feel for them. They must be tearing themselves up inside. Real shame. We all start our lives with the same building blocks. It is the knocks, along the way, that form the individual. I hope you all live to a ripe old age, love the soul music that has been and is still to me made. We cannot deny that we love, live, are born and die. Be good to yourselves in this life. It may seem a little crazy at times, however, nature has it's own way of correcting the balance. Always remember we are dead for a very long time, but alive for a very short duration in the great scheme of things. The secret of life is 'enjoying the passing of time', as James Taylor once sang. Love is always the answer to most ills. Take care now. Peace...now who did I forget? LOL...
julie
...finally, the two most important people in my life, Julie & Grace. How the hell you guys have put up with me, over the years, is beyond me. Thank you. Love you both forever. That's a promise. What would I do without you? You are both the 'one in a million' people, that, if you are lucky enough to cross paths in this life, you are truly blessed. Even after 24 years of being a couple and then marriage, when you walk into the room, Julie, I still fancy you to pieces. Grace, you are a great person who will achieve your goals in life. What they are, I don't know right now, however, I will help you in whatever you try to accomplish in life. Peace and love to you both. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
grace at minus 6 months (november 93)
grace
school sports day 2003
grace & julie 2005
to all these fantastic people (not me! LOL) and all of those who have supported the music (and each other!) over the last thirty, forty, fifty years. you are all great people....
...remember we pass this way once in our lifetimes...
a fool on gwithian beach, cornwall, circa 1985......and that fool is......
toby walker 2000/1/2/3/4/5/6/7......
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