OFF: the Manband

[Chris Warburton]

At 14:38 14/09/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Excellent gig by the old Welsh bastards last night!  Deke looked to be in
>good shape, as did they all, except they had a (highly competent) stand-in
>drummer for Terry Williams, who was unwell.  (Jones quipped: "What do they
>call it these days?  Substance abuse?")

I concur wholeheartedly - though I could be accused of rose-tinted glasses
since it was my first Man gig in twenty years having previously chased them
all over the country in the '70s.  I don't know whether it was the return
of Phil Ryan on keyboards, but  they were well spacet too (with hardly a
"whooshy" noise to be heard *g*).

>Good to meet up with Chris W too!

Likewise it was good to put a face to Andy's name...

>They're supposed to be playing a few more dates this year - Harrow, Sheffield
>and Southampton, I think they said - with a new album  out early next year.

Also  Stoke (The Wheatsheaf?)


>Anyway, the most amazing bit was when Martin Ace put aside his bass and
>played a tuba during one song!  Now I've really seen everything!

We weren't hallucinating then...

ChrisW

ObCD: Bach - Sonata's & Partitas for Solo Violin (I'm ill & need soothing)
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