I'd like to thank Chris Abbott, Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Dave Whittaker, Fred Gray and Martin Galway, Richard Joseph for completing my C64 music era at last.... and not forgetting the bonus of meeting Simon Nicol and Gary Liddon - Remember me Gary, I was the guy in the blue shirt taking a photo of you at the same time you took a photo of me at the evening event
-.... Ive been on the C64 scene for many many years and have always loved the sid music listening to it almost everyday when possible. So going to the show and meeting my idols was a dream come true at last..... 'MayheM' were you the guy i meant early on friday nite, I was the guy in the white shirt with my girlfriend (from belfast), I came down to your table and asked if you were going to the back in time show???. Anyway about 20 mins later Fred Gray and his Daughter came in to the bar and sat down beside me, I turned to my girl and said 'Shit, I think thats Fred Gray!'... So i got chatting to Fred and his daughter and hes so so nice, really down to earth and easy to talk to, i have him in loads of photos, then the next evening i was getting a photo taken of me and ben daglish and he asked if he could join in the photo with me and ben.. WOW! how cool was that!
asking me if he could he join in the photo.... His daughter ALEX told me she was a bit freaked out that people knew her father. LOL! She was 6yrs old when her father was composing on the c64 and didnt know then and even now what he was doing LOL! .... As for Martin Galway - whos from Belfast just like me
- , is another great great guy, what a laugh we had with him.... Dawsy, Stevie and me talked to martin for well over an hour at the evening event
and the story he told us about hearing 'Thing on a Spring' for the first time and the faces he pulled while explaining it had me in fits of laughter..... All in all the whole weekend as amazing for me, and all the bands played together so well..... Cant wait till the DVD is released.... (Chris Abbot... why not get some of the photos taken by the guys that attended the show and add them to a photo part of the DVD... just an idea!)..... Well thats it from me i guess..... Just like to say again, Thanks Chris for putting together a great show and bring all those C64 musicians together in one place! I think God himself would have struggled to achieve this.... Who else could have made it possible for me to meet Martin, Rob, Fred, Ben, Dave, Richard,Simon, Gary and PPOT.... to chat with them and get my photo taken with them.... Only you Chris..... Thx
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