The Night The Music Died
It's 1941 and Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson, Band leader, BBC Broadcaster, dancer and singer leaves his lover Gerald Hamilton behind, to make his way to play The Cafe de Paris in . As Ken navigates London’s Blitz torn Soho, believing the venue to be the 'safest place' in London, Ken has no idea what awaits him in the basement of the infamous Cafe de Paris
The Night The Music Died
Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, swing band leader, conductor, dancer and BBC broadcaster performs weekly at the BBC whilst leading his band, The West Indian Jazz orchestra. Ken and his band are the house band at the fashionable Cafe de Paris club located in the basement below a cinema in Soho. In March 1941, Ken leaves his lover the infamous Gerald Hamilton, aristocrat, spy and 20 years Ken's senior, to make his way across London as the Blitz strikes. Knowing he can't let his audience down, Ken risks everything to perform at the venue everyone says is the 'safest pl...
