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BRUCE MARSH
EVERYDAY JOE
Belated thanks for Rob Hughes’ eyewitness account of The Clash residency at Bond’s in 1981 [March issue]. I hope Don Letts talks the record company into releasing a fulllength recording of what hasn’t been destroyed. The article has a great cross-section of movers and shakers in the band’s orbit, but they were always amazingly inclusive to their fans too – as illustrated by this photo with Joe.
This was taken at a charity event at Tower Records, Piccadilly Circus about a year before Joe died. Joe was such a generous bloke that he invited me to the green room to hang out with him and the other celebs, including Gary Kemp, Karl Wallinger and Keith Allen. They wondered who the fuck is this guy, but Joe just introduced me as if I was a friend.
It was a surreal but brilliant afternoon for me, including sitting in on a 10-minute interview for Radio 2!
Keep up the great work! My subscription to Uncut is helping me through this Armagideon Time!
Bruce Marsh, Newbury Park
That’s a wonderful story, Bruce; and a terrific photo. [MB]