GlennGP, checking in

[adam]

That's a great story Glenn, made me smile. And I haven't heard of "Dirty Dicks" for years.

[GlennGP]

Sweet Adam, glad I put a smile on your dial. :-)

[maxaxe]

Nice to hear you haven't really disappeared. Hope you can get back to building guitars soon . . .

[GlennGP]

For the record, doing "Dirty Dicks" was some of the most intense, furious, impromptu yet scripted playing I've ever done. You have around 20 songs that you know and have rehearsed, but three-quarters of the show depends on the audience interaction. You have to know the songs well enough to mold them around what's going on in the hall at the time - lots of "vamp till ready" stuff, but sometimes "it's looking ugly, cut to the end so we can get out of here". And it has to look seamless, either way, so that they don't demand their money back. You can't rely on the audience's cooperation, you have to nurture it.

I remember one night, out amongst them (with a radio mike and remote pack for the semi-acoustic) I found a bloke from Brazil and, as we did, we competed amongst the cast to find the audience member who had travelled the farthest to be there on the night. Well, the moment I found that bloke, who was not unattractive to the opposite sex, I waited for attention, made the bloke stand, and asked loudly "Which of you ladies would like a Brazilian?!" Uproar ensued. So proud, so proud. I pretty much rode the rest of the night on the value of that one-liner.

[wokkaboy]

yer great story Glenn, we had a Dirty Dicks show in Perth many years ago, run by Max Kay, is is a similar show you played in ?

[GlennGP]

It's licensed by a bloke who bought it from the originator, so I'd be surprised if the show you saw wasn't in some way authentic. There is a dedicated venue in Parramatta still, as well as two touring companies (NSW and Sthn Qld) and the seasonal ACT/Sthn NSW company I was a part of. The show doesn't get out West very often to my knowledge, but it does so periodically.