Worst Gigs
   
"The Wurzels. Not great fans of McDonalds"
   
    By Kathryn Courtney-O'Neill

Having met Pete Budd and Tommy Banner of "The Wurzels" I couldn't miss the opportunity to ask them about their worst gig:

Pete: "Oh I honestly don't know. It's hard to put a marker on the worst one because we go out there to enjoy ourselves." Then Tommy chips in with his thoughts. "I think Bracknell." At this point Pete is trying to recall the gig whilst Tommy continues the story:

"Years and years ago we did a gig for McDonalds Staff members." (And that triggers Pete's memory of that night.) "And they were the most ignorant people we had ever met. This wasn't the ordinary staff, this was managerial type and it was at The Hilton Hotel in Bracknell. The guy who had organised it and booked us to do it, he came up to us after we'd done about two songs and said to us 'Lads if you just want to wind up now feel free. I have never come across such ignorant people.' And this was the guy who'd organised it and he was McDonald staff himself! It was lovely for us because they weren't even bothered about us. So we finished off and it was our quickest pay day ever, We only did three songs."

"I think it was the food more than anything ..... I think they were enjoying the food and they weren't interested. People were sat with their backs to you and you'd never do that, that is the height of ignorance to do things like that! It wasn't that they didn't like us, it was just, well they weren't interested. They were more interested in the occasion with the free food and booze and such like, but it was a long time ago and under the bridge." added Pete.

   

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