The Authors

JON HAYTON, born in 1942, became the lead guitarist for Dig Richards & The R'Jays in 1958. He stayed with the R'Jays when the band went out on it's own in 1961 and then transformed into the Rajah's in1964.

LEON ISACKSON, born in 1942, became the R'Jays drummer in 1959 and also stuck with the band through the sixties with Johnny O'Keefe. Jon and Leon's paths crossed again, backing artists like Winifred Atwell and The Delltones during the seventies. Leon still writes and plays music for a living.

*************************** photo insert LEON & JON Dec.1961

Welcome to the site.

On behalf of my late co-author, Jon Hayton, I hope you enjoy the book as much as we enjoyed writing it.

Behind the Rock was only a short run for Time-Life in 1990 and it was hastily edited and printed in Hong Kong before we could see the final draft. The original hard copy of the book has been out of print for some time now and I have been grateful for the opportunity to correct the mistakes and omissions of the original book and add the continuing story of PART 3 as Jon and I always intended. Jon wrote some funny irreverent things that still make me laugh so it was a pleasure to put them all back in.

In addition to the re-edited text, we have also included new related pics for PARTS 1. 2. and 3 as well as a few appropriate Pop-Up pics in every chapter. These are a bit like finding easter eggs so you will have to read the book.

Part of the process of reading a book is the use of your own imagination which can sometimes draw better pics than the real ones so I hope these Pop-Ups will not deter from the text. It's sometimes nice to know what these turkeys really looked like (including me).

We had a lot of fun finding a few pics from the scrapbook that fitted chronologically with the story.

The site is a living evolving thing – so we welcome any suggestions (or pics).

If we ever find some more appropriate ones we will be happy to stick them in, so keep watching.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my web mistress, Shell for her dedication, encouragement and hard work in bringing this project On Line.

Enjoy.

Best wishes

To Part 1 Rock n Roll Puberty