The Stealers Wheel song "Stuck in the middle with You" is an ode to Billy Connoly and another member of a band they used to play with. The lead singer of SW had Billy Connoly to right of him on stage and inbetween songs Connoly would crack jokes. To the left of him was the bassist who would...
The one time drummer for Black Flag, the Columbian, Robo was refused re-entry into the US in 1985 and was not seen or heard of by anyone in the the band until he turned up last minute to drum at a strange MisFits gig at Concorde 2 a couple of years ago (which I attended). There was hardly...
Captain Sensible novelty single "Happy Talk" was recorded on the spur of the moment when they were very drunk and high and decided to go into the studio and mess around. If you ahve a decent enough stereo and listen carefuly, near the end of the song Sensible can be heard shouting "I'm such a...