[kj] Dugmore and others

[jpwhkj at aol.com]

That's interesting Mick, I hadn't heard that.

Personally, I'm not a musician, and am not qualified to comment on 
others' talent (or lack of) - but I know what I like! And I rate both 
the studio recordings and the tour for Pandemonium.  I went to several 
of the gigs (London, Bristol, Nottingham, Watford, as I recall) and 
they rocked.  Youth was excellent - considerable stage presence. And 
whatever Dugmore was doing with the drums certainly worked for me.

In terms of creative input, I think that listening to early Joke versus 
later Joke proves that Big Paul was the man, and no one, but no one, 
has been a satisfactory replacement. Not saying they haven't been good; 
just that they haven't filled the shoes of one of the driving forces of 
the Joke.

Jamie



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Head <mickhead at beeb.net>
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:42:47 +0000
Subject: [kj] Re Dugmore

  "Dugmore was a hired gun and made no bones about that
 in his playing. It's good, it's heavy, but it's
 totally phoned in.

 Leigh"

  There's a little bit more to it than that, GD once likened the job as 
being asked to play for his 'Led Zeppelin' & get paid for it too. He 
was into the Joke big time (Bauhaus too) & his status in the band then 
was no different to say Raven's or Ted's on the 2003 tour.
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