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scor46 I had a glass of wine with Bryan Ferry on table 69 in The Sun and Doves. I used to cut his grass and hedges in another life and Roxy Music was the first live band I ever saw at Newcastle City Hall in 1974. So we had a lot to chat about...


A glass of sparkling water will get my autograph anytime.

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Mark Dodds Wrote:

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> scor46 I had a glass of wine with Bryan Ferry on

> table 69 in The Sun and Doves. I used to cut his

> grass and hedges in another life and Roxy Music

> was the first live band I ever saw at Newcastle

> City Hall in 1974. So we had a lot to chat

> about...

>

> A glass of sparkling water will get my autograph

> anytime.




Please dont tell me you knew Brians first ( and airbruished out of the official picture ) wife back in newcastle when Bry was a mere student ?

there used to be a bloke from some rock band the name of which escapes me who used to drink in the phoenix, dont know if anyone remembers him,but he was in there quite a lot used to wear a hat which was his stage prop as well.

Mark Dodds Wrote:

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> scor46 I had a glass of wine with Bryan Ferry on

> table 69 in The Sun and Doves. I used to cut his

> grass and hedges in another life and Roxy Music

> was the first live band I ever saw at Newcastle

> City Hall in 1974. So we had a lot to chat

> about...

>

> A glass of sparkling water will get my autograph

> anytime.



Ferry is dull as a plank though. And what about the a***hole son? Yeuchhh ...


My first gig was Newcastle City Hall also- '78 - Bowie touring Heroes & Low. Very enjoyable altho even aged 13 i sensed the ziggy riff was wrong on electric violin

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