First ever
Barrowland gig was in May 1997.
It was a gig we put on to
celebrate Celtic’s 30th
anniversary of their Lisbon
triumph in 1967, all the Lions
were alive then and all
attended. It was a fantastic
night.
What was that
like being lads from the East
End?
Being an east end
Glasgow boy it was a dream come
true to play such an iconic
venue and to make it even more
special my own Mum and Dad
actually met there in 1941. They
went on to be married in 1948
and stayed very happily married
till they both died months apart
in their 90s. I bet they never
imagined in their wildest dreams
their son would go down in
Barrowland history as the venues
most successful artist for
appearances and sell-outs in the
75-year history.
Any funny tales
you can share with us.
We ’ve had
countless laughs over the bands
30-year history but one that
stands out happened flying into
Australia on one of our world
tours. I left my bag sitting on
a spare seat we had beside us
because on a long flight you are
in and out of it. Tam the
guitarist had placed a banana on
the fold-down table beside it,
unknown to me it slid into my
bag with the plane’s vibration.
He forgot all about his banana
and I never knew anything about
it. Well, when we arrived in
Perth my bag was scanned after a
huge argument with the airline
because our equipment had missed
the connection in Dubai. They
spotted the banana and I was
accused of trying to smuggle in
forbidden fruit and was fined
$220.
What you guys up
to, any new material you working
on.
These days we are
as busy as we want to be.
There’s always room for new
material but there’s only so
many things you can say about a
football club and we’ve pretty
much covered everything in song.
Myself and Frankie have other
interests in a 60/70/80s pop and
rock band we play in.
Where
are you guys playing next?
The rest of this
year sees us visiting Australia
again in November and then we
have 4 visits to England and one
more visit to Ireland. Along
with our usual Scottish gigs
that kinda wraps the year up for
us. Next year we are already
booked to play in Las Vegas,
Santa Ponsa, Tenerife, Portugal,
England and Ireland. Along with
our 2 regular Barrowland gigs
and our other Scottish dates
we’ve got enough to be going in
with. Lol.
Thanks for speaking
to us and Glasgow Eyes wishes you
the best for the future.
