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House Party |
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I Can See Your Public Bar |
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The Way I Feel |
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Let's Watch TV |
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Opening Time |
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Droopin' |
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After Hours Waltz |
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08 |
Hey Roulette |
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Heart of Stone |
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If You See Kay Tonight |
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SF 8301 |
| Verpakking |
Jewel Case |
| SPARS |
DDD |
| Geluid |
Stereo |
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| Vocals, Percussion |
Ron Watts |
| accordion, piano, harmonica, vocals |
Steve Darrington |
| Electric & Acoustic Guitars |
John McKay |
| Drums and Percussion |
Bob walker |
| Base & Violin |
Malcolm Barret |
| Baritone Sax |
John Williams |
| Tenor Saxophone |
Dave Gelly |
| Trumpet & Flugel horn |
Pete duncan |
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From High Wycombe, England, Ron Watts (vocals), Steve Darrington (keyboards), John McKay (guitar), Malcolm Barret (bass) and Bob Walker (drums) constituted perhaps the most alarming blues revivalist act of the early 70s. They specialised in an Anglicised form of Cajun with more than a dash of the hilarious smut that got them banned from many venues. Whit his foam-rubber phallus and wobbling beer gut, Watts was their sex-symbol but Birmingham's Big Bear Records still saw much star potential in the group's beer-sodden outrage. Augmented with horns, the aptly-titled Opening Time was a diverting encapsulation of their bawdy humour and stylistic motivation but it struck the populous with, shrugged Ron, "the impact of a feather hitting concrete". It seemed that the moment for a UK equivalent of Canned Heat had passed. Produced by Dave Edmunds, a second album was released posthumously when it was discovered that Droop's line-up for this venture had included Pick Withers and Mark Knopfler, later of the more marketable Dire Straits.
Albums: Opening Time (1972), Booze Brothers (1989).
Brewers Droop is the name of a Southern English band (whose history can be followed in "Hundred Watts" by Ron Watts) in which Mark Knopfler played for a few months in 1973. Knopfler split his time between teaching part-time, and playing with the band. Later, the Dire Straits song "Industrial Disease" mentions a malady (alongside smoker's cough) which shares its name with that band. The song saw its U.S. chart peak on January 22, 1983 at #75.[3]
The name is a reference to a slang expression for erectile dysfunction brought on by heavy drinking.