And he said, "If I get desperate can I ring you?" And I said, "Yeah".
After one long, rambling, solipsistic intro, he finally asked me, "Why am I ringing you, love?
Why am I ringing you?" Exasperatedly, I replied, "Because you've reached B in your address book".
[Ronnie was an integral part of the Faces, with buddy Rod Stewart, at the time.] '"Can I ring you if I get desperate?" Mick asks and, sure enough, six months later I get the call and it coincides with the end of a Faces tour, so before you know it I'm auditioning with Jeff Beck, Steve Marriott, Harvey Mandel and Eric Clapton - all these great guitarists.
I rang my father: "You fancy going to San Siro to watch the Tottenham match?" I rang my friends and told them the good news.
I'll ring you back when I get more information".
He's dead though I didn't see the body, I'll ring you later and tell you where and when you can collect it.' "I waited until 11pm and rang him again.
So I rang the only person you can call in such a situation.
I rang up and said "You must be joking – reduce this dramatically or I go elsewhere".
"I thought it was a wind-up and said 'Yeah, yeah, OK Dave, give me your number and I'll ring you back'".
I rang up the Samaritans and you know, thank God I did".
