By Chalkie Davies

I was so psyched that I was going to photograph Robbie Robertson, he was staying at the Savoy and was one of my favourite musicians. Unfortunately, when I arrived at his Suite he was looking pretty rough, when I suggested that we go outside to do the photos he reacted somewhat like a Vampire being asked to leave his coffin before nightfall. But, I was ever persuasive and he kindly agreed, however once he got in the Elevator he immediately sat down on the leather seat in the back, having never seen a seat in an elevator before I decided that as he was unlikely to be able to leave it, he might as well stay where he was and we could do the photos in the lift. He was quite relieved when I suggested this. “Had a rough night did you?” I asked after hitting the button for the final frame, “Yea, Jack’s in town and you know how he likes to party” came the reply. Of course what he was referring to was that Jack Nicholson was in London to Film The Shining with Stanley Kubrick, this is what even the most hardy Rock Star looks like after a night out with “Jack”…