It was anarchy!
Summer is a tricky time for the Open Music Collective being bang in the middle of the holiday season and numbers were very small. The first year PP (Post Paddy) we decided not to do anything and a couple of people who hadn't got the message turned up and had a mini session. After that, the only night off we took was the one closest to New Year's Eve. The August Anarchy night came about because a wedding. To be more precise, a family wedding, and that meant for the first time since taking over from Paddy at The George, Shirley and I were going to miss a night. Ross ‘never again’ Williams stood in on the condition that it was a punk night, possibly thinking I would decline. I didn't, and it was a great evening. This was its third year. George opened with Sham 69's Hurry Up Harry in a gentle and melodic style, nothing like the original. This was followed by a bit of The Beatles; we don't get enough Beatles at the Open Music Nights. The song in question, also ...