Odds, ends and one liners.
Odd gigs? There certainly were! The “Oor Wullie Song Contest” at the wee hall in the SECC. BGB performed someone else’s song about a’body’s Wullie. I never worked out how the hell this one came about.
The Special Unit at Barlinnie, on the back of a song George co-wrote for a documentary about the place.
Drumchapel Shopping Centre as part of Mayfest. The same festival gave us a show in a tent on Glasgow Green with some local angry poets.
The Rockaway Day festival at Dingwall fitba ground, sharing the bill with Runrig and Andy “Mr Boom” Munro. Slept outdoors afterwards, part of the train station was stolen for the bonfire. The next day was the Highland Seer’s Summer Solstice Party in Ardgay, complete with bonfire jumping.
These spring to mind as well…
George used to incorporate a toilet roll into the act on occasion, demonstrating how to sort out the age old problem of uneven lengths at the end of the roll.
Deke the Sax used to have a broom with an SM58 gaffa taped to it as a mike stand..held up right by the loyal road crew.
Walkie talkies were used to convey drink orders to me at the bar. Big G would quite often forget to step away from the mike while doing this though.
“That’s twice you’ve sworn…get out!!” shortest gig we ever did. Thank you barman, and goodnight.
Proposed content for Gig posters:
“Big George and The Business..you’ll believe a man can fly.”
“Be afraid, be very afraid,”
“Nurse! The Screens!!”
A controversial one to end with..”Ladies and Gentlemen, the band that brought AIDS to Edinburgh..BLUES ‘N’ TROUBLE!!”
