Alan Longmuir: Girls (not) allowed in the Bay City Rollers
He told us that we were not to have girlfriends. It was implicit that if one of us decided to marry we’d be an ex-Bay City Roller.
He said that if it was discovered one of us had a girlfriend it would ruin the illusion and the female following would fall away and we’d be finished as a band.
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Hide AdHe cited the case of John and Cynthia Lennon and told us how Brian Epstein was forced to keep their marriage a secret and, when it did come out, all hell was let loose.
Personally, I didn’t think John Lennon had too bad a career after he was married.
I Ran With The Gang: My Life In and Out of The Bay City Rollers by Alan Longmuir with Martin Knight is published by Luath Press in hardback, priced £14.99