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You may well be right, but it's still a pity. I saw Peter Green with the Splinter Group in the early 2000s, and I guess he wasn't at his best, but I enjoyed it and at least I saw him. Similarly I saw Johnny Winter in Leverkusen in 2010 when he could barely make it on to the stage, but he played well, I think, and I'm glad I went. Once they are gone, they are gone.

Happy birthday, John. I had tickets for this gig in Cologne. It didn't happen. Don't remember why ...

Sting, tomorrow in Cologne. Slightly delayed ...

As it happens, I was in Scotland last month. Oban, Stirling, Glasgow (briefly) and St. Andrews. I try to make it every year or two. Maybe next time! 😀

I live in Germany. It's a bit far ... 😄

No apology necessary. I'm not offended 😁, just wondered, you being a fellow Scot and all.

Hi Dave, may I ask why you refer to Paisley as being in Glasgow? It isn't, it's the 5th-biggest city/town in Scotland, and I should know, being a Buddy. I don't mean to be argumentative at all. I'm just curious.

He did indeed. I saw him in Mannheim on that tour and I certainly didn't expect him to be playing bass.

Curtly Ambrose plays bass in the reggae/soca band Spirited, with Richie Richardson on guitar.

Shock horror!

Ha ha! Ever seen Dylan live? It can be a struggle even to recognise what he's playing.

I was there for a few days in 2015 for a Rugby World Cup game between Scotland and South Africa (my 2 teams ... Scottish born but long residence in southern Africa). It was great. Friendly people, some nice pubs, a decent pedestrian area, guitar shops, easy trip to Tynemouth at the coast etc. As others have said, the centre is quite small so you can walk everywhere, and the quayside is great too. Highly recommended for a visit. Something I'm not used to (being from Africa and having lived in Germany for a long time) was the arrival of busloads of young people dressed up to the nines, who then hit the town in determined fashion. I have no idea whence they came. A few hours later many of them were staggering about or face down in the gutters. Culture shock ... but I never had any problem with anyone there.

And 'last night I dreamed of some bagels'.

I've never forgotten Lenny Henry's take on the song: 'me ears are alight'.

One of my favourite songs. It's not particularly weird, though, IMO. Just a story about a weird woman 😄