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Updated November 5, 2006

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Special people, and some connections...
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Robert Kane and Joe Strummer
France on the 14th of August 1999 - Bigger Image
(Photo courtesy John Butterfield, fetched from Feelin' Good - April 2003)
Joe Strummer (The Clash's voice and soul) played a festival in France with his latest band, The Mescaleros, and visited the Feelgoods dressing room to congratulate the band for chosing Robert Kane as frontman.
- Joe, another important and special man, who is sadly missed...

Above documented meeting between Dr Feelgood & Joe Strummer is not the only connection between the Feelgoods and The Clash, which justifies a special mention of Joe at this website (for me personally it's just wonderful to realize the relations between these two bands, who both mean a huge lot to me). So here we go:
In the early days of Pubrock, in the mid 70's, Joe Strummer's band, The 101ers, shared the bill with the Feelgoods occasionally, breaking grounds (and opening doors) for the upcoming Punk scene. Canvey's son, ex-Hot Rod Lew Lewis (1969 member of the Southside Jug Band with Sparko, Lee and Chris; later continuing with Dr Feelgood and 'Solo-'Wilko as well) played Harmonica on the legendary Sandinista triple album of the Clash. Now, after Joe's untimely death on 22. Dec. 2003, Wilko played at the Joe Strummer Memorial at the Tabernacle, London (20.April 2003) and Lew Lewis joined the band Swindle for 3 songs at the Strummer Memorial at the Chinnery's in Southend on May 2nd. 2003.

To learn more about Joe and his legacy, visit ~ IN MEMORIAM OF JOE STRUMMER (A tribute page by Gabi)  ~
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14-Nov-2004

A blonde who walked into a store and says to the clerk, "Can I buy this tv?"
The clerk says, "We don't allow blondes in the store." So the blonde walks home and puts a wig on and goes back to the store.
"Can I buy this tv?" and the clerk says, "We don't allow blondes in the store!"
So she goes back home and gets a total makeover and goes to the store and says, "Can I buy this television?" the clerk says "NO! We don't allow blondes in the store!"
The blonde asks "How did you know I was a blonde?"
"Because thats not a tv; its a microwave!"
(Source: InfoBeat Entertainment Newsletter)

02-Oct-2004

Question: How does a musician end up with a million dollars?
Answer: Give him 2 millions and check his bank account a month later.
(Source: Fito de la Parra, Canned Heat's drummer)

01-Sep-2003

Saint Peter is checking ID's at the Pearly Gates, and first comes a Texan. ''Tell me, what have you done in life?'' says St.Peter.
The Texan says, ''Well, I struck oil, so I became rich, but I didn't sit on my laurels - I divided all my money among my entire family in my will, so our descendants are all set for about three generations.''
St.Peter says, ''That's quite something. Come on in. Next!''
The second guy in line has been listening, so he says, ''I struck it big in the stock market, but I didn't selfishly just provide for my own like that Texan guy. I donated five million to Save the Children.''
''Wonderful!'' says Saint Peter. ''Come in. Who's next?''
The third guy has been listening, and says timidly with a downcast look, ''Well, I only made five thousand dollars in my entire lifetime.''
''Heavens!'' says St.Peter. ''What instrument did you play?''
(Source: Escape Hatch - Jokes and Funnies at www.buzzle.com)

A band director named Ravelli was having a lot of trouble with one drummer. He talked and talked and talked with the drummer, and performance simply didn’t improve. Finally, before the whole orchestra, he said, ''When a musician just can’t handle his instrument and doesn’t improve when given help, they take away the instrument, and give him two sticks, and make him a drummer.'' A stage whisper was heard from the percussion section: ''And if he can’t handle even that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor.''
(Source: Escape Hatch - Jokes and Funnies at www.buzzle.com)

Types Of Music
Jazz: Five men on the same stage all playing different tunes.
World Music: A dozen different types of percussion all going at once.
Opera: People singing when they should be talking.
Rap: People talking when they should be singing.
Classical: Discover the other 45 minutes they left out of the TV ad.
Folk: Endless songs about shipwrecks in the 19th century.
Big Band: 20 men who take it in turns to stand up plus a drummer.
Heavy Metal: Codpiece and chaps.
House Music: OK as long as it's not the house next door.
Blues: Played exclusively by people who woke up this morning.
(Source: Escape Hatch - Jokes and Funnies at www.buzzle.com)
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