Douglas Hotel Gig Recollections/ Scottish Gig Venues no Longer with us

[BogBrush1903]

I was correct. They are due back

...and there was me thinking that I was the only one that kept my stubs...Although I did deface mine with the year, but really, who prints tickets off without a year...slack work

[Disco Buc]

The Venue roon the back of the Douglas. Stickiest carpets in toon, quines hauling doon their pants and squatting ower the urinals in the mannies' lavvies when there was too much of a queue in the wifies', getting in for nothing, if Murray, one of oor drivers, was on the door..

Martin Stephnson and the Daintees.
The Q-Tips.
Jack Brice.
Frankie ****ing Miller
Rory Gallagher at least twice
Gil Scot-Heron twice
The Hothouse Flowers just before they hit big time.
Mike Scott fae The Waterboys in Another Pretty Face
Bo Diddley, or wis that the Palace?

Ruffles?

Two Tone tour Nov 79 (Selecter, Madness, Specials, just two ****ing days before Dexys replaced Madness who'd signed to Stiff). Fire regulations totally ignored with over 600 in that night.
Penetration
Gang of Four
The Red Crayola
Delta 5

Aye the stickiest carpets in toon.

[Pacman1903]

Aye the stickiest carpets in toon.

Moshulu was like walking in treacle

You had to tie your laces tight to go in there