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The Jacket

"go hang a salami, im a lasagna hog"

About Me

I'm a 6lb piece of 40 year old cow hide. Pins are stuck in the front of me, I've a silver Phoenix and rising sun on my back and my pockets are filled with assorted bits and bobs. I can often be found frequenting Old London Town showing my appreciation for the best music on offer. Due to my weight I'm not keen on the summer months so have arranged for a deputy. Younger and lighter "The Waistcoat" has already made a few excursions but, still being a work in progress, no pictures are available yet.


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My Interests

Real Music, Real Ale and a thirst for life.

Music:

Retrofin, Rosered, The Hamsters, Thunder, Metallica, Thin Lizzy, Led Zepplin, Lee Perry, Byron Lee, Bob Marley, The Clash,Old Crow Medicine Show, Dixie Chicks, Nanci Griffith, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, John Prine, The Jam, Queen, The Sweet, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Kate Wolf, Martin Carthy, Meat Loaf, Motorhead, Quireboys, Kiss, Dr Feelgood, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Wilko Johnson, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, Jools Holland, Squeeze, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Futureheads, Ash, Do Me Bad Things, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, The Motel Kings, The Rythm Brothers, John Lee Hooker, George Thorogood, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, The Georgia Satellites, Jimmy Cliff, The Black Crowes, Christy Moore, Goats Don't Shave, Janis Ian, Satchmo, Garth Brooks, The Darkness, ACDC, T-Rex, Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, Janis Joplin, The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers, Lloyd Price, Chuck Berry, Free, Bad Company, Hank Williams, Neil Young

Movies:

Big budget action films where a contrived plot is mandatory; Van Helsing, The Mummy, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Comic films where sticking to the original text/characterisation is optional; X-men, Spiderman, Fantastic Four. Westerns where goodies and badies are easily distinguished by the colour of their hats; majority of John Wayne films. Also; Any Given Sunday, The Godfather, In the name of the Father, Mask,.

Television:

News, Sport and music is about all I watch

Books:

Ian Rankin, Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt), Colin Forbes, Jack Higgins.

Heroes:

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards - The Master Blaster, Townes Van Zandt, Bill Hicks, Rex Bob Lowenstein.

My Blog

Bex, Blues and JD

Current mood: thoughtfulBy chance, last Sunday evening, I happened across Bex Marshall (or rather her mypace page, www.myspace.com/bexmarshall). She sings the blues, plays bottleneck guitar and has a ...
Posted by The Jacket on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:18:00 PST

The Bitter End

Blogs eh? A bit like buses, nothing for three months then two over a weekend. After a most disappointing day of football, no, not England, Forest losing 3-0 to Scunthorpe is what I..m talking about....
Posted by The Jacket on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:56:00 PST

Bullet Bar, Kentish Town

TThree months or so ago I said I'd write a blog for every gig I went to. Three months ago was the last time I blogged. I could blame a hectic work schedule, I could argue that gigging a couple of time...
Posted by The Jacket on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:30:00 PST

Paulsgig - Romford, 28th Jun

Wednesday night saw me take the short trip from Jacketsville to the badlands of Romford.  To get to the Golden Lion I needed to walk down the length of South Street which, for a couple of hundred...
Posted by The Jacket on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:01:00 PST

Introductions over ...

Through plundering a certain persons top 8/16 however many myspace friends I came across earmusic and last night I moved my behind from Jacketsville to the wilds of Chalk Farm. After waiting for a bus...
Posted by The Jacket on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:51:00 PST

Introduction

Inspired by the worlds greatest Pixie, Ms Rosered, I have decided to write a blog after every gig I attend.  I will be giving the whole gig a "J" (Jacket) rating (if Kerrang can give "K's" I can...
Posted by The Jacket on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:42:00 PST