‘I just let it rip!’: jumbo amateur rock band bangs the drum for Brum

Brum Rocks, born out of community musical groups, will bring together dozens of performers to play a new anthem for Birmingham

When Steve Groome started learning to play guitar after retiring, he never expected he would end up in a band.

At 66, I'm not going to get a phone call from Mark Knopfler or Eric Clapton. I might not even get in an averagely rubbish covers band," he said. But I don't need to with this, we have fun. I just let rip."