Alan Longmuir, a founding member of the Bay City Rollers music group, has died at the age of 70. Once upon a time, the Rollers sold — depending on which account you believe — somewhere between 120 and 170 million records. Even the low-end estimate qualifies them as one of the most successful acts of their day.
A very minor footnote in their career is that in 1978, they hosted thirteen episodes of The Krofft Superstar Hour for American television and I was the Head Writer. There are all sorts of stories around about the Rollers then and since, some of them creepy or sad…and I have no idea how much truth, if any, there is to such tales.
I just wanted to say, in case it matters in the slightest, that during our long-ago four (or so) month association, Alan was an absolute professional and the cause of zero problems. In fact, when there were problems within the group, he was the guy who solved them. I have nothing but good memories of the man. Sorry to see he's left us.