Andy's Whiskey and Go Go!

I went to an odd kinda pub, for a gig, in Coventry, The Shakespeare, to see a band called Iron Horse.
The place was heaving and seemed to be a trendy kinda hangout... the kinda of place you would go for a drink, before going night clubbing. So it seemed strange to look around the place to see the odd (old I might add) rocker.You could tell who they were, with the tattoo's and leather and the girlfriend /wife hung on the arm still wearing the same short dress they'd probably worn at the rock club of the time, many years ago. And that's not to say they didn't look bad then or even tonight (most anyway), although some were a little more filled out!
Anyway back to the band. I'd gone down expecting to see in the line-up, my old band producer Spike (Andy Faulkner) but got Tim, a bass player from years ago, off the Coventry rock circuit, that I'd been part of myself. Also from the same scene was guitarist Baz Eardley (from Chevy) who I'd also known.
But the main focus of the band which was noticable from the off, was one Brummy (I think) lad, Wardi. The kind of showman/vocalist that even in a small venue like this can get the audience going and you feel you don't want to miss any of his antics, ie slapping a girls ass as she walks past on 2 ocassions. She obviously enjoyed it as she was at the front by the end of the set, ogling him. But take note she was a typical trendy but amused by this rocker.
Anyway on to the music and yes they were all covers but what great tunes they are, we got a couple of AC/DC, Hell Ain't a Bad place to Be, Riff Raff, Flick of the Switch and a bit of Highway to Hell, (Sorry I can't count) some Lizzy, Emerald, Rosalie, ZZ-Top,Tush, UFO's Doctor Doctor and a great version of Stay with Me. We were treated to an excellent drum solo, about 4 mins long, which seems unheard of in a pub nowadays I would think, but brilliant all the same.
Wardi did some walk about stuff, which went down well, but with a cordless mic would of worked better. The guy still backcomb's his hair from the look of him and reminded me of Stevie Jaimz.He got the crowd going from the off by getting them to tell him to F' off and also played onthe fact that he and his band were old, reminding us at different intervals. But considering he is old, he was stripped to the waist from the start and encouraging others to do the same. One girl who, got more pissed as the night went on, asked for a song request, to which the reply was'yes if ya get yer tit's out' which she proceeded to with a quick lift of her shirt.
So a great night, I'm deaf now by the way, but hope to catch the band again. Spoke with Wardi after the show and seemed not a lot of gigs currently on the cards.I asked them if they had management and he said no but could do with it.... Almost as though he was expecting me to say I was interested......

Oh and one last thing.... Ain't it strange when ya go to gigs these days , there are always people you recognise..... cuz they are all friends of yours from My Space...lol