A Pub With No Beer Maine Street Jazzmen @ Rosie Malone's.

Ray Harley (tpt); Jim McBriarty (clt/sop/vcl); Herbie Hudson (tmb/vcl/hca); George Richardson (pno); Alan Rudd (bs); Mike Humble (dms); Olive Rudd (vcl). OMG! was the reaction of myself and fellow devotees when we discovered there was NO BITTER on at the pumps! Many left for climes that may have been jazzless but at least offered succour to the sucker in search of a chalice of the Holy Grail. However, after I suffered a flagon of Foster's Lager, the Guvner succeeded in producing Oxford Gold from the dormant engine. At last it was game on. On stage Olive paid tribute to the glorious weather with a rendition of Blue Skies. Later our girl did good on You Can Depend on Me and Just Friends. Jim sang Avalon and Varsity Drag his vocal timbre as sparkling as his deep blue soprano sax. On piano George also kept things swinging - ignore the caption in the photo these guys don't fall asleep on the job (if you'll pardon the expression!) Herbie played tailgate and blew harp and sang, Alan Rudd compensated for the lack of a bass drum whilst Mike Humble played as though bass drums were a bit of a luxury. Lance.