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The former frontman with Welsh '60s icons Amen Corner could be the world champion in name-dropping if he put his mind to it.

William and his brother Ralph started their business at Amen Corner in 1760.

Taylor, on the tail of the leaders at the halfway stage with rounds of 71 and 72, said: "I've heard stories of guys trying to walk down Rae's Creek to get in to Amen Corner.

Like his team working at Amen Corner, he was pleasantly surprised by what he saw on his visit to the North-east to launch his event at The Wynyard Club.

Flambe's stablemate Captain Kozando is reasonably interesting, but on racetrack form more likely winners are Amen Corner, Charitable and Better Off.

I don't think The Amen Corner is likely to follow, but James Baldwin's vivid picture of spiritual tension, personal dilemma and religious politics in Harlem combines wicked observation and pacey dialogue with real pathos.

And, as always, fans of the event can look forward to a packed programme of great acts, ranging from rock, pop and roots to classical, some of the highlights of which will include psycho-ceilidh rockers Neck, Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, the Jon Amor Blues Group, New Amen Corner, indie hot-shots The Words from Manchester and top tribute acts The Secret Police and AC/DC copyists Hell's Bells.

In Cardiff then we also had Love Sculpture, headed by the music legend Dave Edmunds and of course Amen Corner with Andy Fairweather Low, both of whom went on to bigger and better things.

Mr Miller, 52, who is married to Linda, 53, admits the renewed legal challenge came as a blow, coming two years after he was forced to close his business in Newcastle's Amen Corner.

YOUR IN-DEPTH GUIDE TO THE MASTERS Champion Trevor Immelman on the hell holes at Amen Corner

Not for American amateur Brandt Snedeker who birdied all three holes of the treacherous Amen Corner on his way to a first-round one over-par 73.

1 clicked into top gear around Amen corner last night to scorch past the challenges of Phil Mickelson and Mark Calcavecchia.

At 3,039-yard, par-60 Scholl Canyon in Glendale, former men's club president Jim Hix won two club championships but regards as his finest accomplishment the day he birdied Scholl's notorious Amen Corner.

Other productions at the Playhouse this spring include James Baldwin's The Amen Corner in a co-production with Tricycle Theatre (February 16-March 4) and Irish playwright Brian Friel's Wonderful Tennessee (June 2-24).

Former Amen Corner star Alan Jones runs The Globe in Albany Road, Roath.