[peel] Re: Andy Kershaw Shows back online

[Phil Edwards]

>... and I followed my nose to the barn's doorway, and it was Kershaw and a
BBC sessions engineer sharing a joint.

I was also there. The engineer's name was George.

> The ganja was cut with tobacco. I about gagged. You Brits....

I'd only ever had it that way.

Phil {:?;}

  -----Original Message-----
  From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Tom
Roche
  Sent: 22 January 2008 04:36
  To: peel@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [peel] Re: Andy Kershaw Shows back online



  At 8:38 AM +0000 1/21/08, peel@yahoogroups.com wrote:
    2b. Re: Andy Kershaw Shows back online
        Posted by: "RobF" robfleay@... robfleay70
        Date: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:08 pm ((PST))

    Speaking of Kershaw - there was a sympathetic article in the Mail On
Sunday today (saw it at my parents house before anyone asks!) featuring an
interview with his sister and his girlfriend.






  The Mail On Sunday Kershaw article is long, whoo it is long. It is likely
the Least Edited Article  In The History Of Weekend Papers so set aside an
hour and read the whole stinkin' (and cliche-ridden) saga.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=5092
31&in_page_id=1879


  "His life is a Greek tragedy" now, ya know. Oh, and "he is the architect
of his own downfall."


  The article is oddly and uncomfortably fawning. His GF and sister feel
that, hey, since no body died he shouldn't be in jail. It is completely
understandable they would stick up for him.  He is a fine DJ yes, but
apparently an abusive alcoholic with a mean streak.


  Peel once told me - when Kershaw's name had come up in passing - "The man
has *such* a temper. His 2 personalities are a world apart." And just a few
years later I'd finally meet Kershaw - at Peel's wake. Obviously a somber
post-funeral gathering, in an old barn in the country, at twilight,
certainly no rebellious spirit in the air. But after awhile I noticed a
faint smell of pot fighting the faint smell of manure... and I followed my
nose to the barn's doorway, and it was Kershaw and a BBC sessions engineer
sharing a joint. I joined the circle, introduced myself, Tom from Atlanta
bla bla. My small talk was forced and so was his. I wish now I could report
some insight, but I can't. No one was themselves that day, no one said much,
no one was in a good mood.


  The ganja was cut with tobacco. I about gagged. You Brits....