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I travelled from Portsmouth to Birmingham to see the Black Crowes in their first ever UK gig sometime around 1990.

It was at a sleazy Brum club called Edwards No 8 (sadly no longer there) and when Chris Robinson asked for requests I remember hollering for this track. I was ignored . . oh well. It was a good ‘un and I bumped into old pal and former hotel colleague Blaze Bayley too. He was on the cusp of great things with Wolfsbane then.

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