A Biscuit Update

Thanks to the wonders of the internet, the post I published yesterday about Carl Henry and Half Man Half Biscuit  was seen by Carl and he dropped me an email today. Here’s what he said:

“Huge surprise to see this appearing as one of your blogs, very many thanks for your compliments I feel very honoured.

Last week we (Biscuits) went down to Stowmarket for a benefit concert for ‘The John Peel Art Centre’. His wife arranged it and, before the concert, took us back to her house (Peel Acres) and treated us to dinner. We also got a guided tour of the great man’s record and CD collection. It was truly huge and he had a very unique catalogue system linked to a database.

Sheila was absolutely lovely and could not have done enough for us. It was a big treat and we went to his grave in the morning to pay respects. I was lucky enough to meet him on about 4 occasions and every time he just made you smile by the way he spoke as much as his humorous stories.

 Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for saying what you did about my ditties, I think we share the same passion for music judging by your playlists etc.

We played Cambridge the night after and here is a (low-fi) extract that somebody captured on their phone. One of the best (and worst) aspects of smartphones is that people instantly publish and broadcast your entire performance without you having a say in the matter. Great if you perform well but not if you have a stinker – it keeps us on our toes”

It was great to hear from Carl, and fascinating to hear that he has been down to Peel Acres. Lucky man!