Started in 1973 as the Bass player in the rock band SMACK, this was followed by Olie joining a reggae/ska band, Machine - Hot Snacks. He went on to busk in Coventry and Cornwall, playing in reggae bands and more. Doc Mustard did the sound and played at The Stoker venue, organised by Steve Ashwell in Coventry. At some point in the 1980s, he formed a partnership with Jerry Richards, formerly of Tubulah Dog and Crokodile Tears, who became known as the Cobalt Kid. Ollie moved to Cornwall in the 1990s, where he formed a trio called The Cobalt Kids, featuring former Coventry residents Alan Varney on bass guitar and Robert Brown on drums. According to Alan ‘Doc Mustard and the Cobalt Kids were just ready to do gigs and we had a lot booked and even got 26 songs recorded 13 of which are on a CD, but just as it was about to be unleashed on the public Ollie took ill and within 12 weeks sadly passed away in 2019’.