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The Saturday Gig (A Border Legend)
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Another song from Built to Last. Country music from the real countryside.
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Acoustic rock n roll, blues, country and folk. Songs sung like they matter.
Welcome to my page. It will contain my own recordings of my own songs. There will also be some recordings with my old partners, Steve Goodchild (who now lives in Canada) and the Deacons - we were a popular West Midlands folk group in the 1980s and still get together once in a very blue moon. I am based in Chester UK and play every week in the city at Alexanders as well as other gigs around the area. For recordings by my current bands 'Root Chords' and 'Deportees' please go to www.soundclick.com/rootchords or for more information about me or the bands go to our website www.grahambellinger.jimdo.com, www.deportees.jimdo.com and www.rootchords.jimdo.com Hope you enjoy something you find here - do let me know.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #137
Peak in subgenre #19
Author
Graham Bellinger
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Graham Bellinger.
Uploaded
September 12, 2005
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MP3 5.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
An entirely true story of course - where else but in rural Shropshire could Elvis return and have it remain a complete secret? Written back in about 1980, when the Drum and Monkey was the local for the late and much missed Ronnie Lane - once of the Small Faces - who lived at Fishpool under Corndon Hill. He would sometimes be accompanied there by some of his 'heavy friends', and the sudden mass appearance of Eric Clapton, Pete Towshend, Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood in the bar could put the most experienced pub band off its stroke for a few minutes at least. A tribute too to the Saturday bands who still work the circuit of pubs, village halls, weddings and parties, never hoping for the big break, just pleased to have the chance to play.
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A BORDER LEGEND (The Saturday Gig) Every Saturday night somewhere in this County Percy Williams’ van is bouncing down a track Snakeskin boots dodge puddles in a pub car park As his band unload the gear from the back They’re just a little local band Playing Rave On and Promised Land Summer Time Blues, Blue Suede Shoes Brown Eyed Handsome Man They got Lenny on the bass, on the drums its Mick – he’s a builder They’ve held that rhythm down since 1959 That’s a 61 Strat, Percy bought it new with his first wages Showing its age but it’s still sounding fine They’ll play Jailhouse Rock and Thirty Days Baby Baby What’d I Say Knock on Wood, Johnny B Goode And That’ll be the Day Never hoped for the break, never dreamt of being big Just working on the day job for the Saturday night gig Never needed the contract, never needed the agent’s game Cos one night in a one horse town they had their brush with fame It was years ago they were playing way out in some small town When the pub went quiet and everyone turned to the door Percy put down his guitar in the middle of Honky Tonkin And Mick let both his sticks drop to the floor Because Chuck Berry walked inside With Eric Clapton at his side And someone said ‘I knew it – the stories true, it’s Elvis – he’s not died’ Well Eric said ‘He’s laying low Don’t tell anyone that you know Given the fans the slip Just to take this trip And he’s travelling incognito He’d never hoped for the break, never dreamt of being so big Just working on the day job dreaming of the Saturday night gig Never needed the contract, never needed the Colonel’s game Then one night in a one horse town he had his brush with fame' Then Elvis ordered a Guinness and Percy called out Memphis Lenny hit the bass and started up the band They really rocked that night and to this day Percy just keeps quiet ‘Bout what Elvis said at closing time when he smiled and shook his hand They played back in the USSR With Eric Clapton on guitar Elvis took the mic for That’s Alright Chuck duckwalked round the bar They played Boppin at the High School Hop Fannie Mae and Blue Jean Bop Peggy Sue and Lovin’ You Bye Bye Johnny and Let It Rock Louie Louie and Mony Mony 20 Flight Rock and Only the Lonely Long Black Train, His Latest Flame Rip it Up and Bonie Moronie
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