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NEXT CAME THE PUBS AND CLUBS ALL OVER THE NORTH WEST .. WHAT WITH WORKING AS A PAINT SPRAYER AT WIDNES FIRM TODD STEEL DRUMS AND WORKING MOST FRI..SAT..SUN NIGHT THERE WAS NO TIME TO THINK.. SOME CLUBS WERE EASY TO DO AS YOU PLAYED A SET ROUTINE BUT SOME WERE A BIT DIFFERENT WANTING ROCK OR PURE COUNTRY ..SO A GOODLY AMOUNT OF SONGS WERE LEARNT .. AS I WAS THE MAIN SINGER I RECKON I HAD A TOUGH JOB LEARNING THE SONG THEN SHOWING THE OTHER MEMBERS HOW THEY WENT.. WE PLAYED MOST TYPES OF CLUB TRAVELING MANY MILES FOR A FEW YEARS INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE AMERICAN BASES IN GERMANY BOOKED BY AN AGENCY IN FRANKFURT THIS WE ENJOYED DOING BUT IT WAS HARD WORK AS THE TRAVELING TOOK ITS TOLL ON US .. WORKING 5 X 45 MINUTE SPOTS MOST NIGHTS THEN TRAVELING BACK TO FRANKFURT AFTER EACH GIG WAS HARD GOING BUT OF COURSE THERE WAS STILL TIME FOR PLENTY OF BEER AND RELAXATION ... WHICH MADE IT WORTHWHILE DOING THE TOUR.....
ALL IN ALL A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AS PART OF LIFE...
MORE OF THIS COMING SOON
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