#ken testi

As a plus Crystal was also there! But not as a guest panel. I'll maybe go again when he finally gives a talk on stage...

“He was warm, generous of spirit and he didn’t mind taking a joke at his expense but you had to be prepared for the comeback. He was never short of a good line! One of his favourite sayings was if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth over-doing. I can’t put my finger on anyone who has gone out and completely invented themselves in the manner in which he did. If he had contracted it a few years later he would have survived. What would he have given us if he had survived?” - Ken Testi

(There are slightly different versions of this episode. This one’s by Kent Testi, Ibex roadie and manager)

“Freddie was shy offstage, but he knew how to front a show. It was his way of expressing that side of his personality. Everything on stage later in Queen, he was doing with Ibex at his first gig: marching from one end of the stage to another, from left to right and back again. Stomping about. He brought dynamics, freshness and presentation to the band that had been completely lacking previously.” - Ken Testi