7) Fomation of The Drifters as Michael had to leave

Everything seemed perfect for a time and things were moving smoothly for our band, Teenage Fentons when another blow hit us. Michael who was a few years my senior in school informed us that he secured a job as a Broadcasting Assistant with Radio Malaysia and had no choice but to accept the appointment and had to leave the band. Kenny and I were in a dilemma once again and knew that we had to get a bassist quickly to replace Michael.

There was a group of guys that Kenny and I used to hang out with in Cowan Street. We were there nearly every night just to chill out and watch the girls go by. Among the group, there was a guy nicknamed *Kai See who can play the bass guitar and another guy nicknamed Vor Lut which in Cantonese means “bald”. I was never sure why he got that nickname as he had a head full of curly black hair. Anyway, both of them took turns to fill in as bassists for our band which we eventually called The Drifters comprising Kenny on rhythm guitar, Vincent on drums, me on lead guitar and of course on bass it was alternating between Kai See and Vor Lut. In spite of the change of name for the band and a change of line-up in the group, Peter Lean continued to be our Manager.