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Broc's biography

Born and raised in Morocco; Broc spent over ten years playing Honky-Tonk piano at the Shak-El-Khanom; widely regarded as the best whore-house in North-Western Africa.
In 1995 Broc was lead British climber on the ill-fated Anglo-French attempt on the West face of Mont Blanc. Led by the world renowned alpineer, François d’Bois, five men left Camp 6 for the final ascent to the summit only to be overwhelmed by a sudden and ferocious snow squall – 36 hours later Broc emerged from the blizzard carrying the body of d’Bois; the remains of their colleagues were never recovered. At a ceremony in Paris eighteen months later; in recognition of the courageous and selfless act of returning the body of France’s favourite mountaineering son, Broc was awarded France’s highest civilian, peacetime honour; La Croix d’St Michelle:

“…pour la force de l'esprit humain dans la visage à l'adversité extrême…”

If you buy Broc his preferred drink, Brandy and Babycham, and catch him in a particularly good frame of mind; he might be enticed to remove the shoe and sock from his left foot and reveal the frost-bite damage from those dreadful nights on the mountain that resulted in the loss of two toes.

When Broc is not recording or touring with the band he returns home to his small boarding house in Little Bispham, which he runs with his fifth wife, Ethel, and their seventeen children.