Thanks to my friend DeeJay for pointing this out to me - it was on a BBC2 show. An excellent summary of alcoholism I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people. You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. I drank for friendship and made enemies, I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity; I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom...
This is indeed music at it's very best. I checked out the Derby venue with the thought of taking Stropster (as he's learning guitar) to see them and Derby is the cheapest for us to get to by train, but there are only two seats (not together) left! I'm not surprised really. O well maybe another time. Meanwhile, I'll watch them here. Thanks for sharing these "Masters of Guitar" with us x x
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame - the show we went to had unallocated seating so sitting together wouldn't have been an issue...
DeleteI really love that clip of Adam McKee you put up. Can't get it out of my mind.
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