(Hobbies & Favourite Things - In no particular order)
Classic motorbikes & restorations, Theatre, Live Gigs, Isle of Man TT, Olivers Mount in Scarborough.
Sports
Motorbiking, Cycling, Walking, Squash, Tai Chi.
Dishes
Sunday Roast, Fish and Chips, Lamb Tagine.
Chefs
Anthony Bourdain, Marco Pierre White, Mike Preston (Ex Head Chef , Leodis Brasserie, Leeds), Raymond Blanc, Rick Stein.
Holiday Destinations
San Antonio - Texas, New York, Queensland, Ibiza, France, Spain, Morocco.
Rock & Jazz Instrumentals
Bass guitar & Drums.
Blues Performers
Robert Lucas, BB King.
Drummer (Jazz)
Buddy Rich.
Drummer (Rock)
John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.
Male Actors
Edward.G. Robinson, Clint Eastwood, George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, John Mills, Sydney Poitier, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Sean Connery, Hugo Speer.
Female Actresses
Simone Signoret, Lauren Bacall, Brigitte Bardot, Raquel Welch.
Musical Artists
Johnny Hallyday, Miles Davis, Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson.
My Best Vocal Singer
Joe Cocker.
Female Performers
Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Joan Armatrading, Tracie Chapman.
Likes
Rock, Blues, Country & Western and Jazz.
Favourite Country Singers
Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson
Favourite Rock Band
Led Zeppelin.
Arts & Culture
Van Gogh, Aboriginal Art, Rodin, Banksy and (Susan Halls Ceramic UK)
Classical Composer
Mozart, Vaughan Williams.
My favourite Song
With a little help from my friends by Joe COCKER
My favourite Musical Tracks
Rosanna by Toto, Moby Dick by John Bonham, They Killed Him by Kris Kristofferson.
Film Directors
Akira Kurusawa, Sam Peckinpath, Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino.
Movies
Yojimbo, The Chase, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Seven Samurai, The Wild Bunch.
TV series
The Prisoner, NCIS with Cote de Pablo, Black Adder Goes Forth, Porridge, Dad’s Army, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
Books
Remembrance of Things Past, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Catcher in the Rye, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Saigon.
Favourite Writers
Marcel Proust, Alexandre Dumas, Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré.
Quote
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.
Hates
Marmite, Frogs legs.
My Character
Unconventional.
Regrets
Not having seen Jimmy Hendrix perform live.
Male Icon
Muhammad Ali (Met in Zaire at The Rumble in the Jungle. Stayed at the same hotel as him for a month - The Intercontinental Hotel, Kinshasa), Also in Ghana and when he visited the UK.
Female Icon
Brigitte Bardot.
Other
I am a Christian and would like to believe that I still live in a Christian based country.
Alternative Religion
Buddhism.
Follow me
Instagram #rogerraymond2014
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