Shownotes Transcript
The song I have sent you this week has a tale attached to it which you couldn’t write….It’s called “Small Town Cowboy” and I was commissioned to write and record this for a guy called Brian “Sundance” Brooks back in the day…he had a shop which sold cowboy gear in Birmingham called “Urban cowboy” and I was informed he was going to put on a huge western show in one of the arenas…bringing over all sorts of stuff over from the States….so I came up with this song…the original title being Urban Cowboy….and on the label it was “sung” by Mr.Brooks….there were all sorts of big companies involved but after meeting “Sundance” I requested my money upfront (a habit of mine)…got paid and sorted out the record….only to be informed that Brian had absconded with a few million in his hired Rolls Royce. I gave the 500 records I had pressed to a local charity and that was that….I think I was the only one who got paid…..hence the change of title…that’s showbiz.
.I watched the news coverage of the Britains Got Talent show….apparently the winner had a dog act and used TWO dogs…OH NO….this could be the end of the world…and of course everyone jumps on the bandwagon…but she got to keep the winnings,,,and the guy who came second did a card trick (which I saw and was well impressed} but all the knowalls were ringing in saying they saw a hole in the bottom of the lemon he used in the trick…IT’S A TRICK MORONS !! just go along with it. I know several good card tricks and when you do them there is always someone who has to try and be clever…just enjoy the trick.
Alton Towers has been in the news with a nasty accident on one of the rides….these things happen…fortunately there were no fatalities but it wont do business any good…and why they have to have endless news bulletins from outside the closed gate is beyond me,,,.I once wrote a song about Alton Towers and sang it with my session singer Sue Young…I took the completed job to them and they bought it from me lock stock and barrel,,,it was used on their radio and TV adverts with Terry Wogan doing the voiceover. This was shortly after they opened.
There is a big increase in the number of pubs closing down….there are many things getting blamed but you have to move with the times if you want to survive…drinks are to expensive in pubs and personally I prefer to drink at home…and when I do go out I go to Wetherspoons which has great food and drinks and is CHEAP….that’s why it is always full. Maybe the average pub can’t compete I don’t know but if one pub charges £2.80 for a pint and another charges £1.99 where am I going to go?
...... along with good quality Wetherspoons have free wifi….it really is no contest…sad but that’s business.
.....and finally….the FIFA saga is all over the news and is very entertaining…old Sepp has decided to stand down..I wonder why…and Jack Warner is going to blow the gaff…he has done very well since Dixon of Dock Green…Evnin’ all….what is a disgrace is this has been going on for years with no-one doing anything about it…including us lot…and it takes the FBI to intervene…..and suddenly all the sponsors are pretending to be shocked…as if they didn’t know.
The amount of money these crooks make is obscene…especially when there are those starving in the world…I hope they all get life sentences.