Clash singer Joe Strummer in 's road movie , as an ex rock star turned private aviator. Northern Irish singer Van Morrison mentions Taylor in his 1999 song "Goin' Down Geneva: "Vince Taylor used to live here/No one's even heard of him/Just who he was/Just where he fits in". Morrison would later interpolate "Brand New Cadillac" into his concert performances of "Going Down Geneva." Taylor had a son, Ty Holden, who stated on BBC Radio 4 that Vince Taylor was an absent father. Ty was in the indie band Crown of Thorns, managed by Miles Copeland III. Ty Holden is now a DJ on the London underground dance scene. On 18 August 2010 BBC Radio 4 broadcast the documentary Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth which, in the words of the producer, is a programme that "uncovers the truth about a singer whose wild lifestyle ultimately destroyed him, but in so doing he gave rise to a myth that transcended glam-rock and science fiction". Adam Ant wrote and recorded "Vince Taylor" (co-written with Boz Boorer) for his 2013 album Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter. The song is partly a tribute to Taylor, and partly concerning a gold-plated chain given by Taylor to his French girlfriend Valerie who later passed it to Adam Ant (Ant has further claimed to having used the chain as a weapon, wrapped around his fist, in a confrontation with Sid Vicious.) The Playboys After several changes, the final line-up of The Playboys became: Bobbie Clarke (drums) (born Robert William Woodman, 13 June 1941, Coventry, Warwickshire), Johnny Vance (bass) (born David John Cobb, 1941, died 16 April 2007, Portsmouth, Hampshire), Alain Le Claire (piano) (born Alan Cocks, 26 August 1938, Dulwich, London) and Tony Harvey (guitar) (born Anthony Harvey, 1940, died 23 March 1993), who alternated with Bob Steel. See also British rock and roll Bibliography Vince Taylor Illustrated Discography, by Phil "Heron" Guidal, Black Leather, 1988 Bodast: Spectral Nether Street, Cherry Red Records, CD-Inlay essay by Jon Newey, London, January 2000 Besse, Josette and Jean-Loup Jouve. Vince Taylor, Johnny Kidd. Paris: Éditions Horus, 1979 , 75p. References External links Vince Taylor, the Black Leather Rebel – Detailed biography Mr "Brand New Cadillac" Detailed information available in French and English Vince Taylor – Discography 1939 births 1991 deaths English expatriates in the United States English pop singers English songwriters People from Isleworth