From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #425 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, September 22 2012 Volume 15 : Number 425 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Cocktails with Bryan Ferry [Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON] Cocktails with Bryan Ferry Lee, I think this is from the same event? http://www.therakeonline.com/read.php?id=137&d=2012-09-19&t=Champagne-Supern ova:-Anderson-&-Sheppard-and-The-Rake-for-Bryan-Ferry Andrew www.andrewshearer.com Twitter & Facebook: @shearermusic > To: avalon@smoe.org > Subject: [AVALON] Cocktails with Bryan Ferry > From: leesullivanart@aol.com > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:02:28 -0400 > > Dear All > > I've been asked to post this account - originally on my Facebook page - here > for the 'wider audience'. I am steadily growing wider myself, so here it is. > > Apologies to those who've already read it; move along, move along, nothing new > here (except a correction to the spelling of La Price's name). Those who want > to see the accompanying pic, please see my FB page. > > > > > > 11th Sept 2012. > > Anderson & Sheppard, Savile Row tailors to Prince Charles and Bryan Ferry > among many other luminaries were launch a second outlet around the corner > from their main premises; The Rake magazine, a very high class Gentleman's > fashion publication - 'the modern voice of classic elegance' - features Bryan > Ferry as cover star and interviewee of the current issue: number 23 vol 5. A > joint launch cocktail party was held in the A&S new premises with the Rake > magazine as co-host; Bryan Ferry was guest of honour. I was invited, as I have > been supplying cartoons semi-regularly for The Rake and my cousin-in-law is > the Art Director of the Singapore-based publication, who has also seen me play > sax in tribute band Roxy Magic. A perfect circle, or rampant nepotism at work, > however you wish to think of it :) > > My wife Jo and I spent an hour or so playing wall-flowers, sticking to the > sides of the very tastefully restrained new decor, whilst gawping at all the > lovely suits on show, as modelled - I suppose - by regular clients and the > glitterati of the tailoring industry, plus a couple of thesps (faces familiar, > names unknown). > > Then Mr Ferry breezed in and was introduced to a few people. I thought, well, > it's now or never, so, having already caught BF's eye as he walked in (in a > 'do I know you?' kind of way) I sidled over to Marc, my Rake contact, to try > and wheedle an introduction, but before I could even begin the process Ferry > came over to me for a chat. So of course I fixed him with my most steely look > (yeah, right) and told him why I was there and also that I was in tribute band > Roxy Magic (irresistible). A great moment of the night was when Jo joined me > after a few seconds, thinking that I was talking to Marc (which had been my > stated intention) only to find herself being introduced to Ferry by me. > Marvellous. > > Ferry was his usual Prince Charles-like gracious self and seemed reasonably > interested by the conversation; he broke off to say hi to a couple of > glamorous well-wishers, only to return to the important subject of which song > was most popular with our audiences. I replied that one of them was 'If There > Is Something' - incidentally nominated by the magazine as number one of their > 'Songs of Elegance and Experience' and currently playing (the original version > - not ours!) on their website. He replied, 'of course, that's a good one for > you with the long sax solo' - gesturing to my gold sax pin on (on the lapel of > my B#50 M&S linen suit - I know how to cut a dash). > > He wished the band well, then was whisked away to other liggers and we were > left to recover with some more champagne, peach Bellinis, Tequila Sunrises and > exotic canapC)s (smoked eel, quails egg, potted shrimp etc.). I briefly spoke > with Michael Bracewell - Roxy biographer; then more champagne, darlings, and > we chatted to a lovely lady seamstress from Sicily who had been working at A&S > for 40 years. Ferry was off at around 8:30 and, as he was going, we managed to > get a snap taken with him (see my Facebook page) and then I persuaded Jo (who > is so shy at these kind of 'dos' that it spurs me on to be bold - well, that > and the cocktails do) that we should chat to Antony Price - Roxy's long-time > costumier and dresser to the stars and 'women with rich husbands'. He was a > scream, as I knew he would be, and we had the amusement of Jo pointing out to > him that he had a sewing-pin sticking - point end out - at right angles from > his breast pocket. We left before we were thrown out and took our goodie bags > with the excellent magazine (really nice photos & layout of course) and > hankie(!) and were home before 11pm. > > And there, Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case. > > Lee S > > > > Displacement activity a problem? This won't help: www.leesullivan.co.uk > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #425 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest