Neil Innes — British Writer born on December 09, 1944,

Neil James Innes is an English writer, comedian and musician, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles... (wikipedia)

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.
And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.
In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.
I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.