I once sat within 20 feet of Robert Plant at a folk gig but we weren't on speaking terms. Oh and I told the singer from Placebo whom we all called "not really American Brian" to get off the fence and embrace being gay. He wasn't very happy. He wasn't famous yet.
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
You forgot NLA drank in your boozer add me to the list
According to uncle he is the most important good looking athletic and inspirational person on the planet
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
You forgot NLA drank in your boozer add me to the list
According to uncle he is the most important good looking athletic and inspirational person on the planet
Coming from a West Ham fan, that's not much of an endorsement.
John martyn Black francis Kevin coyne Muhammed Ali Sue Perkins (worked with her for 9 months when she left school so before she was famous ) Tom baker John hollins Richard griffiths Iain banks Terry Pratchett Michael Nyman John spiers/ jon boden
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
You forgot NLA drank in your boozer add me to the list
According to uncle he is the most important good looking athletic and inspirational person on the planet
Not forgetting that I've drunk (and got drunk) on many occasions in @Algarveaddick 's bar.
Slaven Bilic was on my Thames Clipper journey home on Wednesday. I cheekily asked him if he'd fancy staying on till Greenwich and taking on the Charlton job (in jest, Russell, honest) and his response was, "Charlton? You need more than a manager!"
I had the good fortune to meet Sir Alex Ferguson at an ITV jolly up, the week after they had done us 1-0 at the Valley, with Dwight Yorke scoring the last minute winner. Had a good chat to him, and he obviously had a lot of time for Charlton, as he mentioned what a good player he thought Kinsella was, and how he hoped we stayed up.
What struck me most, is that he said about an hour after the game he received a phone call from Graeme Souness, all the way from Portugal, where he was managing Benfica.
"Did you just play Charlton Alex?".
"Aye we did - we won 1-0".
"How did the boy Pringle play?"
"Not bad - plenty of pace, gave our boys some problems"
"Good" says Souness "I've been trying to get rid of that useless bastard for months!!!"
That reminds me that I once was on the same Ryanair flight from Gothenburg to Stansted as Martin Pringle. Oh the glamour...
I will always remember the day, I can't have been more than 10 yrs old. Surrey were playing at Whitgift (a lovely idyllic out ground and a massive shame it's no longer on the county circuit).
One of the great traditions of these games at out grounds is you are allowed to wander onto the pitch in between sessions of play and have a knock around. It was the highlight of my summer every year. We were also allowed to collect the autographs of players fielding on the boundary or as they walked off.
Now there were a couple of players who's autographs I hadn't yet got so as they were batting together and lunch was called I darted onto the pitch with my mini bat for autographs and my autograph book, my old man in hot pursuit. I said excuse me would you mind signing my book/bat.
It was at this point that the great Mark Butcher of 60+ England test caps looked up at my father and said good afternoon Mr *****! Then Mark Ramprakash, the greatest batsman on the county circuit for over 2 decades, said the same! Flabbergasted I was. My old man had never been a hero of mine but somehow these greats knew him by name but also in a way that they respected him enough to use his last name. I was stunned and didn't say anything for at least half an hour.
Mr Butcher kindly arranged for us to spend the rest of the he day in the members pavilion. He also had a shirt signed by the team sent down to us and a few other bits of kit. I still have it all.
So the question on everyone's lips: how did Canters old man know these players? Well actually it's incredibly boring, his firm did the accounts for a group of the Surrey players and being a partner (and a massive Surrey fan) he personally made sure all the players were suitably looked after.
It was a productive relationship that provided us with free tickets in the members pavilion for a number of years.
Slaven Bilic was on my Thames Clipper journey home on Wednesday. I cheekily asked him if he'd fancy staying on till Greenwich and taking on the Charlton job (in jest, Russell, honest) and his response was, "Charlton? You need more than a manager!"
Did he really?? Laughing stock. What did you say to that '?
Slaven Bilic was on my Thames Clipper journey home on Wednesday. I cheekily asked him if he'd fancy staying on till Greenwich and taking on the Charlton job (in jest, Russell, honest) and his response was, "Charlton? You need more than a manager!"
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
Paul Went was my driving instructor, and Jesse Birdsall used to be on the rockabilly scene didn't he?
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
Paul Went was my driving instructor, and Jesse Birdsall used to be on the rockabilly scene didn't he?
Yes - so did Gary Hailes, Mark Savage, Alex Giannini, Claire Martin, Ray Gelato (he's doing a "rockin'" set at the weekender we are going to in Spain next month) Robert Plant's daughter and Camilla Deakin. You might see a pattern emerging here mate...
I also forgot Dave Ruffey and Segs Jennings from the Ruts - Dave has a place over here next to Boz's...
Slaven Bilic was on my Thames Clipper journey home on Wednesday. I cheekily asked him if he'd fancy staying on till Greenwich and taking on the Charlton job (in jest, Russell, honest) and his response was, "Charlton? You need more than a manager!"
Did he really?? Laughing stock. What did you say to that '?
I actually didn't say anything. I just gave a knowing nod in response. He was clearly preoccupied and I felt a bit bad for approaching him. The footballing world is definitely aware of the shambles in SE7.
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
Paul Went was my driving instructor, and Jesse Birdsall used to be on the rockabilly scene didn't he?
Yes - so did Gary Hailes, Mark Savage, Alex Giannini, Claire Martin, Ray Gelato (he's doing a "rockin'" set at the weekender we are going to in Spain next month) Robert Plant's daughter and Camilla Deakin. You might see a pattern emerging here mate...
I also forgot Dave Ruffey and Segs Jennings from the Ruts - Dave has a place over here next to Boz's...
I once let Boz' hairdresser Elaine, at Slick50 in Southend cut my golden locks
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
Paul Went was my driving instructor, and Jesse Birdsall used to be on the rockabilly scene didn't he?
Yes - so did Gary Hailes, Mark Savage, Alex Giannini, Claire Martin, Ray Gelato (he's doing a "rockin'" set at the weekender we are going to in Spain next month) Robert Plant's daughter and Camilla Deakin. You might see a pattern emerging here mate...
I also forgot Dave Ruffey and Segs Jennings from the Ruts - Dave has a place over here next to Boz's...
I once let Boz' hairdresser Elaine, at Slick50 in Southend cut my golden locks
People I have had in my pub, and gone to dinner with:
Garry Nelson Paul Went Richie Wilson
People I have had in my pub:
Steve Brown Andy Jones Colin Walsh Graham Stuart John Robinson Joey Barton Rob Green Paul Stewart Tommy Tynan Paul Cullen (Widnes director of Rugby) Derek Beaumont (Leigh Centurions owner) Karl Howman
Actors who I met and shared a few beers with who were working with my late friend Alex Giannini:
Phaldut (Paul) Sharma Liz McInnerny (Tim's sister) Henry Goodman (he informed me that Nelson Mandela had died that evening) Marc Warren (read through a play with him when he was at drama school with Alex)
I briefly met Chuck Berry and got his autograph in '79
I was front of house manager/driver at the London Rock n Roll show in '91. Drove Jimmy Jones to Wembley (lovely man), and then met and had a chat with Richard O'Brien (one of the most charming people I have ever met), also Graham Dene (very unassuming and modest - he had every right to play the "do you know who I am" card at the stage door, as he was working for Capital Gold at the time, and they were the main sponsors, but didn't do that at all). I also sat down and had a coffee with Alex Hughes (Judge Dread) who had basically pinched word for word my entire press release about the show for his column in (I think) The Kentish Messenger. He told me it was so good there was nothing he could add. I'm a sucker for flattery...
I met Robert Plant a couple of times at gigs - the first time he said "Oh - you're Perry!", as I was a friend of his daughter, been dining out on that one for years... Another decent bloke with a great knowledge of rockabilly and rock n roll.
Kevin Nolan introduced me to Bert Johnson outside Leicester's ground when we were playing them back in the nineties.
I once got a beer glass in the face when Steve Wright was doing his Radio 1 stage show bit, I was behind him, behind the decks and he ducked quicker than me.
Phil Daniels brought me a pint on my 21st - another top bloke.
Alvin Stardust was at my wedding.
I got pissed backstage at an Oasis gig and ended up chatting with Gem, Andy and Zac, and said hello to Liam, though I have almost no recollection of it (it was free booze all day).
I kind of know Mark Lamarr - if we bumped into each other, he'd know my name, put it that way. Likewise Jesse Birdsall and Gary Hailes (he's been round my house).
People I really know, as proper friends I see and communicate and sometimes go out with:
Ray Gelato (swing and jazz sax player and singer) Claire Martin (Jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter) Jacquie O'Sullivan (former member of Bananarama) Boz Boorer (Morrissey's musical arranger, co-writer and guitarist) Mark Savage (Gripper from "Grange Hill")
Plus loads of rock n roll and rockabilly artists that would only mean something to DA9 and me...
Edit: Oh I nearly forgot - Camilla Deakin, TV and film producer, she's just done "Ethel and Ernest" with Raymond Briggs.
Paul Went was my driving instructor, and Jesse Birdsall used to be on the rockabilly scene didn't he?
Yes - so did Gary Hailes, Mark Savage, Alex Giannini, Claire Martin, Ray Gelato (he's doing a "rockin'" set at the weekender we are going to in Spain next month) Robert Plant's daughter and Camilla Deakin. You might see a pattern emerging here mate...
I also forgot Dave Ruffey and Segs Jennings from the Ruts - Dave has a place over here next to Boz's...
I once let Boz' hairdresser Elaine, at Slick50 in Southend cut my golden locks
Did she move to Blackpool?
I assume by that you are stating that's where Boz lives now, well, here he is at said barbers, maybe he lived there, maybe he was just passing through.
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According to uncle he is the most important good looking athletic and inspirational person on the planet
Black francis
Kevin coyne
Muhammed Ali
Sue Perkins (worked with her for 9 months when she left school so before she was famous )
Tom baker
John hollins
Richard griffiths
Iain banks
Terry Pratchett
Michael Nyman
John spiers/ jon boden
Charlotte Hatherley from Ash once bought me a drink.
I've met New Model Army, and Rob (RIP) let me have a go on his drum kit.
That's the barrel scraped clean!
I will always remember the day, I can't have been more than 10 yrs old. Surrey were playing at Whitgift (a lovely idyllic out ground and a massive shame it's no longer on the county circuit).
One of the great traditions of these games at out grounds is you are allowed to wander onto the pitch in between sessions of play and have a knock around. It was the highlight of my summer every year. We were also allowed to collect the autographs of players fielding on the boundary or as they walked off.
Now there were a couple of players who's autographs I hadn't yet got so as they were batting together and lunch was called I darted onto the pitch with my mini bat for autographs and my autograph book, my old man in hot pursuit. I said excuse me would you mind signing my book/bat.
It was at this point that the great Mark Butcher of 60+ England test caps looked up at my father and said good afternoon Mr *****! Then Mark Ramprakash, the greatest batsman on the county circuit for over 2 decades, said the same! Flabbergasted I was. My old man had never been a hero of mine but somehow these greats knew him by name but also in a way that they respected him enough to use his last name. I was stunned and didn't say anything for at least half an hour.
Mr Butcher kindly arranged for us to spend the rest of the he day in the members pavilion. He also had a shirt signed by the team sent down to us and a few other bits of kit. I still have it all.
So the question on everyone's lips: how did Canters old man know these players? Well actually it's incredibly boring, his firm did the accounts for a group of the Surrey players and being a partner (and a massive Surrey fan) he personally made sure all the players were suitably looked after.
It was a productive relationship that provided us with free tickets in the members pavilion for a number of years.
I also forgot Dave Ruffey and Segs Jennings from the Ruts - Dave has a place over here next to Boz's...
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