How We Used To Watch Great Moments In Popular Music - Original Painting

Created for the Exhibition: The Boy With A Leg Named Brian: Memoirs by Pete McKee

The first gig I went to was The Selecter at the Poly (the music venue
changed its name to the Nelson Mandela Building a few years later).
The gig was part of a commendable Council initiative called “Rock on the
Dole” and tickets were just 50p each. There had been some bovver at a few
ska gigs in other towns previously, so anyone arriving at the gig wearing
dockers had to remove their laces and hand them to the security on the
door. A kid from school known as Wobbly Gob had the highest pair of Doc
Marten boots known to mankind. As he was a short lad, it looked like he
was wearing a pair of leather lace-up trousers. It took him half an hour to
unlace his boots and he nearly missed the gig. There was no way anyone
was going to get their original laces back, which really pissed him off as he
ended up with a pair of odd laces that only went halfway up his boots.
On the bright side, it didn’t take him as long to lace them back up.

Product Details
Created in 2024.
Emulsion on board.
Framed in non-reflective museum glass.
Measurements including frame: 670mm x 925mm