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MUSIC: Pub Crawling Blues

We were tipped off to this by a documentary about British blues music Lenny Henry made for Sky Arts.

It’s from a 1969 LP called Black London Blues which is pretty great from start to finish and is available on Spotify, iTunes, and to buy on CD.

And, yes, that is Ram John Holder as in Pork Pie from the 1990s sitcom Desmond’s, who turns out to be a very interesting bloke.

I had ten pints of bitter at the volunteer of Gloucester Place.
I’m pub crawling… I’m the Ram.
I’m pub crawling… I’m your man.

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Who Drank My Beer? (1952)

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 9th November 2015

We heard this song by Dave Bartholomew on a compilation of blues and R&B songs about booze that Bailey’s Dad was listening to over the weekend. It’s a sad tale of a bloke who goes (we think) to the bog and, when he comes back, finds that someone has finished his pint:

Who drank my beer while I was in the rear?
Who drank my beer while I was in the rear?
Point out that low-down moocher —
I’ll dislocate his future!

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VIDEO: Harrison Ford Advertises Kirin, 1994

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 17th August 2015
1 Comment on VIDEO: Harrison Ford Advertises Kirin, 1994

“Nono — Kirin ragaa-biiru, kudasai!”

A really boring Indiana Jones film or a less gloomy sequel to Blade Runner, perhaps?

(Via Open Culture.)

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VIDEO: 1975 Covent Garden Beer Exhibition

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 4th August 2015
3 Comments on VIDEO: 1975 Covent Garden Beer Exhibition

We’re very grateful to Steve AKA @untilnextyear for pointing this clip out to us. Do any of you CAMRA veterans recognise the participants, or perhaps even yourself? The hipster in the Washington University top wouldn’t look out of place at a craft beer festival in 2015.

PS. Our long article about Covent Garden ’75 features in the current edition of CAMRA’s BEER magazine which is technically only available to members but is probably also knocking about a shelf in your local real ale pub.