Verden Allen on the early days of Mott the Hoople

Photo thanks to Mike Bunyard. Click for more of Mike's images of the Mott the Hoople reunion shows.

Verden Allen was the original keyboard player for Mott The Hoople and the catalyst for their 2009 reunion. While I was in London for the reunion I spoke to Verden on the phone. Here’s what he had to say:

Verden was a bit hard to understand thanks to a lousy phone recording and his thick Welch accent, so here is a transcript of the interview you can read along:

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