The DTs - Leicester Dores Wine Bar - 1984
The DTs were an r'n'b band very much in the vein of Dr Feelgood, and like them were excellent exponents of 'pub rock' (n.b - don't be fooled by the name of the venue: it had previously been called the Dixie Arms, and the name was all that had changed). In Simon 'Honeyboy' Hickling and Steve Walwyn they had respectively an excellent vocalist and guitarist. In fact, Steve Walwyn did become a member of Dr. Feelgood in around 1990. The DTs' set mostly consisted of covers, and their renditions of Chuck Berry's Talkin' 'bout You and The Beatles' One After 909 were particularly good. I do remember them having a single called BSA Rocket III which was built around a Bo Diddley riff with loads of slide guitar, but they rarely seemed to play it live. I saw them quite a few times and they were a great night out.
Mansun + Travis - Reading Alleycat - 1997
Mansun had released their album Attack Of The Grey Lantern about three weeks previously and were touring the toilet circuit to promote it. They had already released a series of accomplished singles prior to the album being released and put in a pretty fiery performance on this particular night. Travis on the other hand were thoroughly unremarkable and I really did not expect to encounter them again!
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