A man of great wit. RIP. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25738224 Humanity and humour: the human race at its, oh so rare, best.
RIP Denis. Happy memories of being sat as a family, watching It'll be alright on the night as a kid at Christmas time. Another one of those seemingly ever present TV faces gone.
Blimey another of my 1970s Sci-Fi fantasy women gone after Servalan earlier this month. **** me. If someone now announces Glynis Barber has left this mortal coil I'll be both distraught and wondering if there's a serial killer focusing on tasty 70/80s actresses out there.
Always enjoyed his (& Frank Muir's) contributions on the radio show "My word" in the 50's-60's. Great comedy writer. RIP Denis.
A lot of people who just associate him with Chas and Dave won't realise what a well respected musician he was and how many singers and bands he backed or was part of. Was part of Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers when I saw them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chas_Hodges
I was only reading about him last week. He played on some big hits in the 60s, one of which I was surprised about but for the life of me I can’t now recall. Chas, the man who said it how it was when it came to nagging women. RIP.
Pot the reds then, screw back For the yellow green brown blue pink and black Snooker loopy nuts are we We're all snooker loopy. Ya can write good poetry about anything. RIP lad.
I have a Chas (and Dave) anecdote - about 25 years ago I bought tickets to see them at a club in Scunny - I didn't fancy sitting in a club watching bingo, and other such entertainment till they came on so me and the boss went to the pub round the corner from the club for a few; we walked into the bar to be met by Chas, Dave and 3 or 4 rough looking guys who turned out to be their roadies, playing pool, downing pints and chasers and having a right good laugh with the locals. They were having such a good time that they failed to walk round the corner to the venue for their first slot - ten minutes after their no show the club's committee turned up en masse in the pub and, for a few minutes, it looked like a ruck was going to ensue. Long story short, they stayed in the pub till past closing time, got pissed as farts, sang a few songs with the locals and generally gave a great show ...... just not in the club round the corner!
If someone had said " One day you will be posting an Eric Clapton song popular around Eastville way", I would have thought get to ****. But here it is...from the Charles and David Xmas show in 1982, with Chas tinkling the ivories
Apparently at one of Clapton's weddings there was a jam session with a group comprised of Chas, McArtney, Harrison and Starr.
