Now you must forgive me for noticing this, but nearly every band we have gone to watch here at the Night Owl in Home farm, have consisted of bands that were missing their lead members as they’re no longer with us.
Like Freddy and the dreamers, Garry Puckett and Union gap and last night it was Adge Cuttler and the Wurzels.
So they all now go under their new names of The Dreamers, Union Gap and The Wurzels. So I won’t be seeing the Rolling Stones appear here to soon as they’re all still alive (mind you that’s debatable).
Last night we were entertained by The Wurzels and what a treat, no backing tracks it was all live and didn’t it show.
The band was as tight as a drum (saying that the drummer was the oldest I’ve ever seen still playing at 74 years of age) but their musicianship showed through.
Most of the band have been replaced at some time or another over the years as they first appeared back in the sixties and then made a number one hit in the seventies with 'I've got a Brand new Combined Harvester' and Adge Cuttler died in a road accident in 1974.
We both came away with big smiles on our faces after watching these old F*rts doing their stuff, old they may be but they could certainly show the young guns how to play and entertain.
Their rendition of the Kaiser Chief’s ‘Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby,’ was brilliant and we both ended up humming the tune all night.
If you’ve never seen or heard of them here’s the link to the You Tube video
of them playing this song, I guarantee you will be Ohh Arring along with them.
For our American friends they go under the label of (Scrumpy and Western, which was there first single back in 1966) Scrumpy is the Somerset name for Cider.
So there’s nothing much to report at the moment as we will be winding down to depart back to Briarfields on Sunday.
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