Tagged along with The UK Stiffs to Kilmersdon village hall on Saturday where they were supporting top Who tribute band Who's Next. After dropping off a couple of bits of gear it was straight down the Jolliffe Arms for a pint. This is where Grant performs his pre-gig ritual of getting the delicate balance between junk food, pints of beer and sweariness exactly right.
Paul, Steve and Chris returned to the venue to do technical stuff but Grant felt he was a pint and a half short of optimum verbal rubbish spouting so we stayed on.
Later at the show he proved to be on top of his game baiting some of the older villagers and relating how he had shaved his conker sack for a recent visit to France. I think that was probably a bad move - if you want to fit in on the continent grow all patches of bodily hair to at least two inches in length. However i digress, both bands were superb on the night and well worth the admission money. I missed a small section of the Who's Next performance when the organisers distracted me with free hog roast but not as much as they distracted Chris who had six portions!
The hall wasn't packed but this was one of the most enjoyable shows i've seen from these two outfits - thanks to Alex, Craig and co for the full on sweaty performance. Kilmersdon is home to the famous Jack 'n' Jill hill so i was disappointed that the comatose ale casualty lying in the beer recovery position at the back of the gig wasn't attended to with vinegar and brown paper, still can't have everything.
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