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I met Van Morrison in about '64 or '65. I was in a band which shared a gig with Them* at the Queen's Hall, Barnstaple. It was from there that Van the Man travelled to Oxford and met up with Howard Marks and the gig got a passing mention in Marks' book Mr Nice.
[*Gloria, Here Comes The Night, Baby Please Don't Go, etc]
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI have appeared in Scottish Tourism adverts filmed at Falkland Palace on two separate occasions. (FACT)
I have snogged a surprisingly large number of relatively famous people.(FACT)
My cousin-in-law is one of the producers behind Dead Calm, Babe, Happy Feet etc.(FACT)
Another cousin-in-law's wife was the mother of Veruca Salt in the recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (FACT)Posted 3 years ago # -
The band was called The Other Side, John - Tony MacDonnell on drums (who later became the drummer in The Humphrey Lyttleton Band), Dave Vallance on tenor sax (who later became the bass player in Gene Pitney's band), Mike Woodbridge on bass, Ron Whale the vocalist and me on guitar. Whoever I lent my copy of Mr Nice to, never gave it back, so I can't give you the quote; but, from memory, Marks described Van turning up at his rooms in Oxford in '64 or '65, 'having just travelled down from a gig in Barnstaple' (which was the only time Them ever played in North Devon). The Other Side were a rock-n-roll band. Our set included Good Golly Miss Molly, Long Tall Sally, Boney Malonie, and stuff of that ilk.
Plucky, I was only about 15 or 16 at the time, a good guitarist but maybe a bit naive as an Ilfracombe lad. I remember one of Them asked me 'Where's the scene round here?' and I said 'You could try the old road out of Combe Martin across Exmoor, there are some pleasant views up that way.'
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virtuallywill
offlineMemberI have a signed Rubettes L.P
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theumpire
offlineMemberMr Gor - the track was called Boney Moronie, originally recorded by Larry Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9rHlFxPeCQ
I used to play cricket with Peter Vaughan - Grouty from Porridge - and he always got caught at square leg!
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virtuallywill
offlineMemberThen again Mr.Umpire..... http://en-gb.facebook.com/feroni
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The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberWho doesn't love the very hungry caterpillar?
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Jammydodgers
offlineMember- My daughter was born on our 4th Wedding anniversary. So in 10.5 years time, her 21st Birthday will fall on the exact same day as the 25th Anniversary of our Wedding.
- And I have a cousin who managed to earn himself 2 Scotland International football caps. (and who is now a magaing partner of the players agency that represents Theo Walcott and David James.)
- I am named as an inventor on 10 issued U.S. patents (with several others filed or in the process of filing)
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Hunter F. Thompson
offlineMemberFrom the window at my dentist's surgery I watched the Challenger Space shuttle explode. My dentist and his hygenist, both Merkins, turned to me and asked: "What happened?"
I described for them what they had just seen. They didn't believe me. I knew we were all in for a rough ride, and quite soon.
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wallster
offlineMemberI once shared a hotel room with the producer of Led Zeppelin's Coda album. [FACT]
I once went shopping with Pippa the Postwoman from Wizardora. [FACT]
I'm married to the first cousin once removed of ex Squeeze drummer, Gilson Lavis. [FACT]
I've made 3 solo parachute jumps from 3500 feet. [FACT]
I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea. [Blatant lie]Posted 3 years ago # -
allmyownstunts
offlineMemberMy dad nearly got shot by Robert Mugabe's henchmen (FACT)
We were at my sister's graduation in Edinburgh on the infamous occasion they were giving the old bastard an honorary degree (Mugabe, not dad, who is SO not an old bastard and who got his degree all by himself). Dad made the near-fatal mistake of deploying his Kodak Ektra camera from his pocket to his sights a little fast for Mugabe's thugs' liking, and the earth-slowing moment when they whipped round and their hands shot to the insides of their jackets will haunt me forever.Posted 3 years ago #
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