Hawkwind all-nighter '91-ish, busker question.

[Kevin Perry]

I know him: his name's Rory and somewhere I have a URL for his Web site (the
Invisible Band).  He is a real busker and isn't a former band member.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuckey, Robert" <robert.stuckey at WCOM.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: Hawkwind all-nighter '91-ish, busker question.


>    Here's a question I've meant to ask for ages. At the
>   all-nighter in '91 (may have been '90) at Brixton Academy,
>   there was busker playing guitar outside the gig using an
>   amp on a shopping trolley powered by a car battery.
>
>    Anyway, at the end of Hawkwind's set (may have been a 2nd
>   set that evening), Hawkwind finished with a lot of sounds
>   and noise which evolved into the very same busker being
>   left on stage still with the shopping trolley amp playing
>   away on his own.
>
>    Me and a friend (hi Jas!) were dancing like mad and
>   didn't even notice the change from band to busker until we
>   looked up. Does anyone know who that busker was? Was he a
>   real busker? Or was he a former band member in disguise?
>
>    We were new to the Hawk scene at the time so wouldn't
>   have recognised a previous member.
>
>      cheers - Rob