Summary
He is a friend to the biggest names in music, narrowly cheated death in Jamaica and has now written a book on North East rock icons. Simon Armstrong spoke to the man with a hotline to the stars
It's my most prized possession," Chris Phipps explains. "I've been offered a lot of money for it but there's no way I'd ever let anyone have what's inside."See the full content of this document
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Rocking All Over the World
He's talking about his contacts book. In nearly three decades working in music television, he's jetted across the globe to interview every big name that matters.
So cherished is the item, the 58-year-old writes many of its entries in code ensuring that, in the catastrophic event of it getting into the wrong hands, no-one could make use of it.Initially reluctant to reveal its secrets, he relents and shows me a handful of loose she...See the full content of this document
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