John Rhys - Co-Writer Of Time Will Pass You By

The other day Dave Thorley posted a Youtube link to TWPYB on Facebook. I listened to it, and as always with this song I was transported again. So, armed with Google and a lot of free time, I thought I'd have a go at finding one of the authors of that brilliant lyric so central to our Northern Soul existence.

The first search on John Rhys threw up Blue Power, a website run by a blues fan called John Rhys Eddins who, it turns out, is a Brit born in Saxmundham, Suffolk in July 1941. I banged off an email to him and got a more or less immediate reply. In the email I directed him to Soul Source so hopefully he'll be on here before long.

Meanwhile he's published my letter outlining to him the history of the song's impact on the scene in the UK and beyond and, amazingly, the original demo of the song which he thought we might be interested in hearing (might be!?). He says there's a strange story to tell regarding the evolution of the song , "as strange as only stories can be in 'the twilight zone' of the music business".

It promises to be a fascinating one, I reckon.

Here's the link: http://blog.bluepower.com/