He promoted them all: The Who, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Yes, Free, Rod Stewart, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, The Nice and scores more. Acts that didn't usually play in the North-East played for Geoff Docherty. And this is his incredible story in his own words.
At the Bay Hotel in Sunderland, Geoff "Doc of The Bay" Docherty progressed from being doorman and bouncer to self-appointed promoter with a style all his own.
After an upbringing marked by hardship and countless street fight, he brought self-belief and steely determination to getting the big stars to play on his local patch. Sometimes they were on the way up. Sometimes they were already big. Sometimes they didn't show at all. But Docherty was always optimistic, always resolute and always driven by an innate sense of fair play - and he always paid in cash.
This is a unique star-filled memoir of a street-fighting man who became an unforgettable promoter. In the process he also became a folk-hero in his native North-East and one of British rock's most colourful legends.
