I have fond memories of the 60s music scene in Swansea and, of course, the talents of Peter Ham, My earliest memory was when Peter was with The Iveys, along with Ronnie Griffiths, Dai Jenkins and Micky Gibbins. The first time I heard them was, I think, at St. Benedict's Church Hall and, boy, were they bad. In fact, they became the opening act for all the established Swansea bands, because we always knew we could outshine them, but that didn't last very long.

Their road-manager, Alwyne Jenkins, reminded me of the when we, The Bystanders, were traveling back from Hagger's ballroom, Pembroke, one evening. When we got to Stepaside, the van conked out I think we actually ran out of petrol, but being the 60s, there were no all night garages until you got to Griffs in Llansamlet. We parked the van under the canopy of a garage in the middle of Stepaside. It was quite warm in the van when, half-an-hour later; The Iveys turned up and offered us a lift home. "It's lovely and warm in our van," said Clive, so Pete, Micky and the boys drove off and left us. By 3 o'clock in the morning, you could have snapped a dog off the lamppost. We were perished. But we survived and met the lads the following night at The Nosh, The Nosh being The Star of Pakistan restaurant by the High Street station.

Probably the most famous story regarding myself and The Iveys was when we were all stuck in the snow at The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. I think that it was in 1963, but I could be wrong. The day we left for Carmarthen it was just picking snow in Merthyr and our ever-reliable van had conked out again so we took three cars that fateful day, Ray Williams' Ford Prefect, Micky Jones's Ford Anglia and my Ford Anglia. Micky had just passed his test and had never driven in the snow before. He came around a bend in Hirwaun sideways and I hit him side-on, smashing his doors and my wing. What a start to a gig. We eventually got to Carmarthen where The Iveys, Tony Winn-Jones, The Wild Ones, The Black Jacks and our manager, Wyn David, were waiting. There were fits of laughter when they saw the state of Micky's and my car The snow, by this time, was about a foot deep. There was a doubt as to whether the concert would go ahead at all but we were stuck there so we all agreed to play, no matter who turned up. Not many did but we all enjoyed the gig and were offered The Lyric's upstairs room to bunk down for the night. I remember being awoken at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning to the sound of drums so we went to the theatre balcony, turned the lights on and there was Tony Wynn-Jones, in his birthday suit, doing an impression of Gene Krupper. The following day the snow was even worse but The Iveys decided they were going to make a run for it. It was an adventure I certainly didn't want to participate in so we stayed another night and The Iveys headed for Swansea.

I mentioned earlier how they always played second-fiddle to the likes of The Bystanders, The Jets, The Wild Ones and The Fleetwoods but they certainly had the last laugh when they decided to come off the road to write and rehearse a new set completely. The transformation was startling. Badfinger was born and some of the great songs of the late 60s, early 70s, were about to be heard by not only the Welsh public but also by the rest of the world.

I still see Peter's smiling face looking out of the van as they left The Lyric Theatre for that fateful trip to Swansea. He didn't seem to have a care in the world and tragically, later in his career, he obviously did. To write a song like 'Without You', at such a young age, makes me think what would he have been capable of if he'd still been alive today.

Enjoy the exhibition and the tribute to Peter Ham and the great thing about it is we can still enjoy his music forever.