HW Andy G'b - Dave Brock & his Baton 1982-3

[david hall]

The Bob Calvert incident was from 76....Manchester I think

Dave
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From: david hall <dave at PARMA29.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
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Date: 04 April 2000 23:53
Subject: Re: HW Andy G'b - Dave Brock & his Baton 1982-3


>Wasn't this from 1976?
>
>David
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>From: Tim Gadd <lupercal at GEOCITIES.COM>
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>Date: 04 April 2000 16:55
>Subject: Re: HW Andy G'b - Dave Brock & his Baton 1982-3
>
>
>>At 10:51 AM 4/4/00 +0100, M Holmes wrote:
>>>Melvyn Vincent writes:
>>>
>>>> Just thought you'd like to know that I clearly remember the 'Dave
>>>> Brock and his baton',bit! (nuff said guvnor).  In 1982/3 I
>>>> accidentally stumbled on a column in the London Evening Standard about
>>>> a rock musician appearing in court after being arrested in possesion
>>>> of dangerous weapon.  Apparently Mr David Brock.  aged 39 ,was stopped
>>>> by police in a London street whilst in possesion of a 4ft baton, and
>>>> when questioned he claimed that he possesed it purely for self
>>>> defence! He subsequently appeared at Marylebone Magistrates Court and
>>>> was fined.  This is roughly the story as I remember.  It quite
>>>> surprised me because I had always had this vision of DB being a very
>>>> level headed,laid back sort of guy.
>>>
>>>Even level-headed laidback sorts of people sometimes need to defend
>>>themselves. I expect that the arresting policemen were carrying batons
>>>to do precisely the same thing.
>>
>>
>>Yes, you see Batons are the UK equivalent to handguns. don't what ever you
>>do get into an argument with somone from the National Baton Association.
>>
>>This reminded me of an old Australian press clipping about Bob. I dug it
>out.
>>
>>>From RAM (Rock Australia Magazine) November 18, 1977:
>>
>>(Photo of Calvert in Lawrence of Arabia outfit)
>>
>>"At a HAWKWIND concert in London this week, bouncers felt compelled to use
>>excessive violence when restraining the sci-fi rock group's fans. In turn,
>>vocalist Bob Calvert threatened the bemuscled morons with a microphone
>stand
>>to save his followers from serious injury. (See, the hippie dream still
>lives!)"
>>
>>--
>>Tim Gadd
>>Hobart, Tasmania
>>
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