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'Characters' on the London gig scene

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Bovine Juice

Post subject: 'Characters' on the London gig scene

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:57 pm

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Bananas

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:05 pm

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Oh there's only one Bove....The Legendary Sir Davie Mac....

Now there's a character, is there anybody in the London gig scene who doesn't know him?

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Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.

As long as there's sex and drugs, I can do without the Rock 'n' Roll....

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SPT

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:27 pm

Cocker's trouser zip fiddler

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Even I've met Dave Mac and I was never a fixture on the gig scene.

Anyone know the bloke on the left - taken at the Dublin castle in '03. Looks like he's in the Soundsxp age bracket

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Bovine Juice

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:29 pm

Drunken mustachioed lothario on stage

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True. If anyone had offered as the second one, a name other than the Mac Attack I'd have been surprised. Top little fella. Always in his leather jacket and oil sodden jeans and filled to brimming with snakebite. Goes to a lot less than he used to now he's all luvved up (he denies he is and claims poverty is the reason but it's a bloody strange coincidence).

Too many Dave Mac stories to relay in one sitting but one that sums up his passion is Toy Dolls* playing a low profile 'secret' gig in a village hall in a tiny village in the Swiss mountains about ten years ago. The gig was paid for by a keen local fan who was so desperate to see them he paid them handsomely to perform in this unlikely area. Dave Mac who is a massive Toy Dolls fan gets wind of it at very very short notice and somehow gets a flight out there, a taxi at the other end and tracks down the venue on the day with a lot of walking and hitching. The band know him as he's followed them around Europe many times but they certainly didn't expect him there, then.

*A lot better band than the Nellie the Elephant novelty hit would suggest.

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Bovine Juice

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:33 pm

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:36 pm

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:41 pm

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Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.

As long as there's sex and drugs, I can do without the Rock 'n' Roll....

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SPT

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:50 pm

Cocker's trouser zip fiddler

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Cavey

Post subject: Re: 'Characters' on the London gig scene

Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:19 pm

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jannerboy

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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:53 am

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Tim S.

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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:36 pm

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There's a chap who looks a bit like Damon Hill who seems to be at every single gig that I attend, and some of the ones my band plays at too. He's a real photog, and I'm sure he's lovely but I tried to talk to him once and he sadly wasn't very responsive, so he remains an enigma to me.

He probably posts on this forum...

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shadyadie

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:58 pm

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shadyadie

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:03 pm

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:21 pm

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Bovine Juice

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:45 pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:02 am

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:21 am

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:32 am

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Tim S.

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:03 pm

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Yep, that's him!

I love the internet.

PS: Flacid Casual, I've not seen you and your lovely lady for ages - how are you?

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:33 pm

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