Sadly, we'll never know for sure how good he was. If only Eddie had let him finish playing his new song for us each week, instead of coming onstage and titting about as Deputy Dawg or Cliff Richard. Syd might have revealed himself to be a musical genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9h-8nO4pHUIt's a nice idea, but trust me, after half a verse of this you'll be
begging for Eddie Large to wander on and do his Deputy Dawg impression... And wait til you get to the standup at the end...
This is well worth a look, though - Noel's Gotcha of Eddie Large:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ofw-eyAl0Notable for the following:
1) the actor Robert Harley as one of the stooges, who surely back then would've been fairly recognisable From stuff like Fast Forward, the Daewoo adverts etc.
2) a young Rebecca Front as the female stooge - bet that wasn't on her showreel for Armando...
3) the fact that Eddie actually comes across as quite a decent and funny(ish) guy in real life
And 4) that much like the tv show, you don't even realise Syd's there til about halfway through!