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red devil Wrote:

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> Does Hoochie love the new Ian Hunter long

> player?...Sun Times review gave it a middleing 3

> stars, not sure if that should be read as a

> compliment or not...


I'm expecting my copies to arrive tomorrow, released officially today. I haven't read the review yet.

The one in Uncut was good.

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LuLu Too Wrote:

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> Loochie baby - forget Ian Hunter.

> Referencing Microdisney on some other thread -

> Respect!

> Now - what about Fatima Mansions?


Forget Ian Hunter? LuLu behave yourself.

Liked Microdisney a great deal but the Mansions less so, didn't have the tunes to my ears.

Sean M is a fan as well.

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giggirl Wrote:

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> I found myself having brunch yesterday with

> someone to whom I had to EXPLAIN who Ian Hunter

> was. It was most tedious Hoochie. The food was

> excellent though.


It's an alarming state of affirs Giggi when there are people at large with this enormous gap in their cultural knowledge.

You could direct them to the interview in this month's Word magazine. Nice to hear you put them straight.

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HonaloochieB

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I don't think IH is going to be nervous, seasoned campaigner that he is. So I'm guessing that I'm probably the more nervous of the two us.

Mind as IH said in a recent interview the crowd will be as much a part of the show as the group, and if they do fall on their arses we'll blame ourselves for allowing them to do it.

I'm going to the first three nights and am looking for a ticket for the last, at the time funds wouldn't stretch to all the gigs.

Christ when I bought them October seemed such a long way off, and now here it is upon us.

I'll stop now as on reading the last sentence there's every chance I'm getting into Mrs Brady Old Lady mode.

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HonaloochieB

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And it was great, I mean great. They haven't played as a group for 35 years, but it could just as easily have been a couple of weeks on the strength of the performance. Ian at 70 was throwing himself about like a 30 yaer old and his voice was on absolutely top form.

Started with Hymn For The Dudes and finished with Saturday Gigs, very little from the early LPs more from Brain Capers on.

The bassist Overend has had the least to do with music over the years, but his playing and posing were as spot on as the last time they played. They played Honaloochie Boogie and even Ian's aside to the group of "Oh no, not HB" couldn't detract from it. It's not a favourite of his, but what does he know, he only wrote it.

There were some minor fluffs but nothing anyone was going to give stick over, and I'm sure they'll be sorted by the time they get to Hammersmith.

High points? Many but Moon Upstairs, All The Young Dudes, The Journey, The Original Mixed-Up Kid and The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll have stayed with me.

Sadly our drummer Buffin (Dale Griffin) was hospitalised before the gig, his place was taken by The Pretenders' Martin Chambers. Buff's health is poor so Martin has been rehearsing with them on the basis that he would be doing most of the set anyway. He did them and us proud an' all.

I'm trying to be objective here but this was a group who by any standards put on a great show, they're being paid a fair amount but there was no sense of going through the motions, the enthusiasm and energy flowing from the stage was inspirational. Ian Hunter has never done anything to embarrass me (though the small top hat phase in the 80s made me tut a little) and he continues not to.

Me and my son met up with some old chums from Ian Hunter shows and the revels continued into the small hours.

We returned fiscally poorer, but spiritually richer than Croesus.

MTH fans not there will think themselves accursed.

Bodes extremely well for Hammersmith, they'll be on top of their game by then.

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bigbadwolf Wrote:

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> My Mum is going to the one in Hammersmith Hooch.

> Do you know a character who calls himself Bill

> Oblivion?


Indeed I do BBW. I suspect it's not his real name though.

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