Thursday, 2 June 2011

Icarus flying home # 32

Rockabilly boy
Coming across old pictures is a bit of a shock to the system and this one takes me back. I was living in London but had gone back to Scotland for a gig and a party. My quiff isn't quite as slicked back these days and my jeans are definately not this skinny but the memory is intact because I can remember this exactly. And I found the picture inside my old songbook, most of which I can still play, even though I haven't for years and years. Goodness, it doesn't seem such a long time ago. Seven years later I had a PhD and a new academic life, from rockabilly to sillybilly. Steve Earle in concert in your own living room - stick around for the second song - such a gem.