The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25682   Message #307129
Posted By: GUEST,Bob Bolton (outback - hiding from the Olympi
28-Sep-00 - 12:23 AM
Thread Name: Spike Milligan
Subject: RE: Spike Milligan
G'day all,

I will bring this thread back to a (sort of) folk music connection. Goon Show tapes probably kept me alive in my bush band days - I have some 108 of them on cassette tapes (sneaked of the regular Saturday noon playings on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) and I relied on them to keep me alert and alive driving (sometimes for hours) after finishing a gig at midnight, packing all the gear up and driving away at 1.00 am or later.

I am sure that zany humour (instead of the deadly "easy listening" music of past midnight) was the only reason I survived about fifteen years of that.

Regards,

Bob Bolton