From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V4 #217 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, August 22 2002 Volume 04 : Number 217 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Re: Jon McLoughlin ["S Meyer" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:14:15 -0500 From: "S Meyer" Subject: OV: Re: Jon McLoughlin After a long night of talking (and drinking!) with Jon during that US tour, one of the reasons he spoke of for possibly not wanting to continue in the band itself, was the long distance he was away from his child in England (a son, I think, who was around four at the time). Seems he made the choice then, to leave the band and return to England. He was a sweetheart. Hope all is going well for him and that this move did help in his family situation. I have the good luck to have both Dave's and Jon's autographs on my Dels t-shirt, Dave signing at the show I purchased it at, and Jon signing at the next show to which I wore it. (I don't know where the "ill" guitarist story comes in, though, as we all knew back then that Dave had left the band.) Cindy - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Armstrong" To: "Dels" Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:35 PM Subject: OV: Jon McLoughlin > I had an email from a friend of mine on the Otway list. It seems she was on > holiday in Cornwall and decided to take a scenic flight around Land's End > (this is the nearest point in England to the US and the furthest west - a > quite spectacularly beautiful part of the country). > > She got chatting to the pilot, Jon, who told her he was at school with the > lead singer of Del Amitri. According to Sally, he told her some time ago > when their guitarist was ill he stood in on a really big tour in America and > Canada. Anyway, he earned enough to retire and he's now got a lovely job in > a lovely part of the world. > > I guess that must have been Jon McLoughlin, and as he co-wrote SOSP he must > still get a royalty cheque for it. > > Fancy that eh? Something for the "Where are they now" section of the FAQ. > > Jane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > John Otway - 2002 The Year of The Hit > His next Hit Single BUNSEN BURNER > featuring Eddie and I on backing vocals on the B Side (along with 998 > others!) > Released 30 September 2002 > Find out more at > http://www.hithithit.com or http://www.otnews.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V4 #217 **********************************