mostly david ephgrave

Last night I had a couple of dreams relating to mine and Glyn’s comedy club, Mostly Comedy . In the first the stand-up James Acaster was not a real person, but an actor playing a part – and in the second, the cockney legends Chas & Dave came up to Hitchin to play for us.  I’m now determined to make my dream a reality (the second one, that is). I watched an excellent documentary about them ( ‘Last Orders’ ) on BBC4 about a year ago. It was one of those programmes that you switch on by chance before bed, only intending to watch a few minutes, then find yourself engrossed. I’d never realized just how far-reaching their careers were. Did you know that Chas did stints in both Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent’s backing bands? He also jammed with Paul, George and Ringo at Eric Clapton’s wedding in 1983; the only time The Threetles ever played publically after John’s death. Also, Eminem’s 1999 breakthrough hit, ‘My Name Is’ is built around a sample that...