The remarkable life of blues legend Victor Brox who played with Hendrix and Clapton, had a love affair with Nico and sang on Jesus Christ Superstar
Jimi Hendrix called Victor Brox his 'favourite white voice'. He was a huge influence on a young Jimmy Page.
After school he went to university in Wales to study philosophy and from there moved to Ibiza, then home to a bohemian jazz scene inspired by Charles Mingus. Earlier he had acted as guide to the 1963 Blues and Gospel Caravan when the troupe arrived in Manchester. The Granada TV Chorltonville broadcast was their only scheduled appearance, and so Victor found Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Williams, Willie Dixon and Lonnie Johnson an informal gig at Chick' s Bossa Nova, a dive bar opposite Victoria Station .
In the 80s he co-led the band Mainsqueeze with Dick Heckstall-Smith and composed the children's musicals The Book of Dreams and Dr Seuss: The Musical, with the latter receiving a production at The Old Vic Theatre. He marked his significant birthdays with a gig – his 50th was celebrated with an all-day festival at Band on the Wall and his 80th birthday party was a public concert at the Carlton Club.
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