| 2001. A Mexican coroner rules
Kirsty MaColl's death by speed boat propeller a tragic accident. Billy Bragg and Shane
McGowan know better. That's why they've travelled to Mexico to track down Kirsty MacColl's
real killers. Bragg determined that justice be done the proper, ethical way. McGowan,
driven by rage and grief and a fair quantity of booze. But the Mexican frontier is a
dangerous place for folk-inspired pop troubadours… There's
Sting, the river king and his gang of hired guns with their unsettling off-kilter tribal
rhythms. Word is that David Crosby - The Cocaine Cowboy- and his gang the Three Amigos,
Neil Young - The Hippy Cowboy and Jon Bon Jovi - The Lonesome Cowboy, are gunning for his
River King crown.
Throw into the mix enigmatic bandit El Morrissioso and his gang -
one single, tubercular waif by the name of Hector - and cameos from Phil Lynott, David
Bowie and maybe even the King himself and the stage is set for a farcical showdown.
Will Shane and Billy meet out justice? Will Hector get a gun in his
hand? Will Sting come down off his high horse? One thing's for sure: They're all Lost In
Music.
Tommy Mack's demented rock'n'roll fantasy is an epic saga born out
of a boyhood obsession with rock'n'roll mythology, a twisted imagination and a flimsy
grasp of libel laws. Think Huckleberry Finn meets Apocalypse Now meets a Bo Selecta for
people who can read. And know what Keith Richards did with a Mars Bar.
The Author:
As a would-be pop star, Tommy Mack released his first record at 18
and toured with Babyshambles before his teenage dreams came crashing down all around him.
But he never stopped believing in rock & roll, even when rock & roll was slightly
embarrassed of him and tried to avoid being seen out with him. Tommy Mack is a stand-up
comedian, music journalist and writer, he has written for the NME, Drowned in Sound, Logo
and Felix.
'Lost in Music' plays daily at 3.30pm at the Hillside Bar except
Wednesdays and is a free show (unticketed) in association with Laughing Horse Free
Festival. |
