- Sid Griffin
- Filthy McNasty's London
24 July 2000
- 24 July saw Sid Griffin back at Filthy McNasty's
in Islington following last year's talk on Gram
Parsons. This time, Sid was there to offer
musical accompaniment to Record Collector's
PeterDoggett who was there to talk about his new
book Are You Ready For The Country which examined
the relationship between country and rock music
since the 1950s. Sadly the evening turned into a
fiasco. Peter Doggett started okay and after
talking about The Byrds' experiences when they
visited Nashville, introduced Sid who gave a
quick acoustic version of Drug Store Truck
Drivin' Man, which was apparently based on this
visit. Peter continued and obligingly took a
question from the audience about Elvis. However,
the questioner was not satisfied by the answer
and laboured his point to the stage where he
became, if not aggressive, then certainly hostile
and was eventually escorted from the venue. This
clearly unnerved Peter, though he carried on.
However, after Sid had run through Final Wild Son
(after Peter's references to Jerry Lee Lewis)
things got worse. The other half of the pub was
host to a private party with loud music
(ironically, Elvis) which drowned out Peter's
attempts to continue his narrative. Despite some
attempts to cut the noise it quickly became
apparent that he couldn't continue and the host
rather disgustedly called off the event. There
was never a chance that both events could have
co-existed and the management at Filthy McNasty's
will need to sort out their priorities if they
are to continue hosting reading/live music events
at the venue.
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