Klay's early childhood was spent in London. His father Ronnie, a struggling artist (hence the name Klay named after his father's favourite painter Paul Klee – well it was the sixties) also played Jug in The Dedicated Men – an art school band who were doing rather well at the time, though sadly not financially. The band were signed to Pye records and toured with The Who amongst others. His mother, Bridgette, was an artist's muse.

After moving about with his family across the UK landscape, he...