From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #904 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, December 12 2014 Volume 15 : Number 904 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] TGPT [Richard Evans ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:37:57 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: Re: [AVALON] TGPT Nice one Richard Evans > On 9 Dec 2014, at 09:37, Richard Mills wrote: > > Can't believe my luck. Heard that Paul Thompson is now playing with > Lindisfarne, currently touring with some pre-Christmas dates. I've got a copy > of The Thrill Of It All, the book on Roxy Music by David Buckley and the 4CD > box set, both signed by Bryan Ferry, Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera. > > The glaring omission has been the now-holy grail signature of TGPT. The > nearest date to me by a LONG way was Nettlebed Folk Club in Oxfordshire, but > it's been sold out for months. The club volunteers told me I could whistle > when I enquired about returns. > > So I resigned myself to travelling to the gig and just hoping for a chance to > grab the autographs either before or after the show, without actually seeing > it. But as I looked for the dressing room, a door opened and there was Paul > Thompson. He signed for me happily and posed for a picture. > > Just as we would be going, he asked where I'm from, how far I'd come. I > explained I'd gladly come from home just for the chance of the signatures, > even though there'd been no tickets. "Stay there, I'll see what I can do, > can't have you going back to Luton", he said and so, Diana Harper (who was > prepared to accompany me on this fool's errand) and I are attending a > Lindisfarne gig on the band's guest list. Smiley face!!! > > Richard Mills > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #904 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest