Pah, I posted that long ago. 
Somewhwere. And Herbie did here pretty early on. Incidentally, Sweet too have to do with he-who-may-not-be-named-in-every-thread, admired by Andy Scott and guesting with them live on an US tour when they played Alright Now in tribute to a just departed Paul Kossoff. Worthy of reposting though.
Andy was/is very much into Purple & played in that style before he joined Sweet, the influence can be heard in many of their B-sides.
Almost every year he plays a gig for up to 700 of his fans who travel literally from worldwide just to attend. It's in Bilston near Wolverhampton, hometown of Slade's drummer Don & the venue used to be one of the places a fledgling Slade rehearsed at.
In 2010 Andy did a fund-raiser there & I surprised him by having 250 plastic Sweet scarves made to boost the funds, he's a tad taken aback when he comes on; they've had "The Stripper" as their stage intro music since the very early days of Sweet.
We had a good laugh about it after, when he said it brought back memories from the 70's crowds.
