It Was 24 Years Ago Today.....

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Bob The Shrek 29 July 2005 10:45 · Member since July 2001

...that I played guitar (and sang) in public for the first time.

My friends and I were at the pub having a few pints and they had a band playing that night - Charlie & Di had got married that day. My mate Geoff asked if we could do a song when they went on their break and they agreed but we could only do one song. My brother disappeared and came back 20 mins later with my guitar, Geoff borrowed one from the band, Mark used the bass and my brother fucked about with the drum machine.

H hour arrived and by democratic means, ie they all picked on me, I was volunteered to sing. We decided on Same Old Blues by Lynyrd Skynyrd primarily because it's a piece of piss to play but I had no idea what the words were. Geoff had to write them on a sheet of paper and celotape them to the mic. In the meantime, I'm chucking Jack Daniels down my throat like there was no tomorrow.

We fucked up the intro, got through the verses, Geoff played a blinding guitar solo, we fucked up the ending and still got a decent round of applause.

Geoff left the stage, straight in to the toilet and threw up - the wuss!! That's when we realised that Wembley was probably out of the question.

Ah, I remember it if it was yesterday.

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Erin 29 July 2005 10:54 · Member since July 2001

Rock 'N Roooooll!!!

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Bob The Shrek 29 July 2005 10:59 · Member since July 2001

Trust me Erin, it was more like cock & bull.

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Erin 29 July 2005 11:01 · Member since July 2001

*lol*

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PieterMC 29 July 2005 11:17 · Member since July 2001

Any bootlegs available of this Bob?

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Fenderek 29 July 2005 11:19 · Member since July 2003

At the same time I was... 1 year old :)

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Erin 29 July 2005 11:29 · Member since July 2001

Fenderek wrote:
At the same time I was... 1 year old :)

I was 4.. HA HA..Bob's OLD! ;-) *lol*

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Fenderek 29 July 2005 11:40 · Member since July 2003

PieterMC wrote:
Any bootlegs available of this Bob?

Can you share it? ;)

Erin wrote:
I was 4.. HA HA..Bob's OLD! ;-) *lol*

LOL- yeah... :)

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Bob The Shrek 29 July 2005 11:51 · Member since July 2001

There is no bootleg of us in the pub fortunately but there is a tape of us rehearsing at a studio in Uxbridge, Middlesex - and the answer is no!!!

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Janet 29 July 2005 12:02 · Member since July 2001

I have heard Bob play his guitar...Save Me, Tie Your Mother Down, Brighton Rock...all over the telephone! lol!

:-)

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Erin 29 July 2005 12:02 · Member since July 2001

Bob The Shrek wrote:
but there is a tape of us rehearsing at a studio in Uxbridge, Middleses - and the answer is no!!!

Awwww...;-p

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doremi 29 July 2005 12:14 · Member since March 2005

As The Who sing...

''Long Live Rock!'' Congrats Bob! :)

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Victoria 29 July 2005 20:19 · Member since December 2004

Great story, Bob! XD

Thanks for sharing :)

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Maz 29 July 2005 22:17 · Member since July 2001

Did you coordinate your dress for the day?

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Mr.Jingles 29 July 2005 22:28 · Member since January 2002

...Sgt Pepper told the band to play?

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